I'm doing a compilation and I need some good 8o's instrumentals. I have a few, but not as many as I thought there were. Some are from movies. Any suggestions? Would be much appreciated. I have these thus far. Who does the Popcorn instrumental song?
D.N.A.-A Flock of Seagulls Glass Streets-T.S.O.L. Axel F Kajagoogoo-Kajagoogoo
Posted by Sam 'The Made Man' Hain (Member # 3150) on :
Def Leppard--Switch 625
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Did the group A Flock Of Seagulls record an instrumental song? I believe it was called "Space Age Love Song"?
The Pretenders recorded "Space Invaders", an instrumental, on their first album.
A number of hit singles from TV theme songs and movies are instrumentals, such as Vangelis' "Chariots Of Fire" and Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice" theme song.
Several "progressive rock" bands such as Rush and the early Genesis (when Peter Gabriel was with them) did a number of instrumental songs.
[ 17. September 2008, 11:12: Message edited by: StevenHW ]
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Space age love song isn't instrumental
We are DEVO
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
I'm sure I'm just refreshing your memory Riptide. But here's a few I can think of:
Simple Minds - Theme for Great Cities New Order - Elegia Grauzone - Film 2 Kraftwerk - It's More Fun to Compute Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Eddie Van Halen - Donut City Art of Noise - Moments in Love The Cure - Three Paul Hardcastle - Rainforest Sting - Saint Agnes and the Burning Train
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Here's a few:
Love Theme Song From St. Elmo's Fire(instrumental version) by David Foster MacGyver Theme Song Theme Song from Halloween(the movie)
I also have a version of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson which is mostly instrumental....pretty cool.
I have all of these. PM me if interested.
Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
The Smiths- Money Changes Everything, The Draize Train Tons On Tail- Instrumental Killing Joke- Bloodsport Breakdown- Pipe Dream Bauhaus- Satori, In Fear Of Dub, Agent Orange- Pipeline, Bite the Hand That Feeds(pt 2), Out Of Limits Biohazard- Skinny Song Black Flag- Obliteration Crumbsuckers- Prelude Intro Enuf- Sucka Mosh Forced Down- Thread Love And Rockets- Saudade Madness- One Step Beyond(sort of) Metallica- Orion, The Call of Ktulu Murphy's Law- Intro One Life Crew- Murdario Stomp Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel- The Overture From Pigdom Come Sick Of It All- Clobberin' Time Stormtroopers of Death- March of the SOD Warzone- Intro Bust
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
You can´t go wrong with Jan Hammer. Check at least these awesome cd´s out:
Escape from Television (1987) Snapshots (1989)
There are tons and tons of great instrumental songs. Can you tell us more what kind of stuff you like the most?
Posted by Tim Cappello (Member # 3594) on :
Giorgio Moroder!!! -the chase, the fight, scarface themes, etc.
Paul Hertzog - Steal the Night (instrumental from BLOODSPORT!)
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
If you want rock instrumentals, you can't go wrong with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Tony MacAlpine and other artists like that.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Thanks for the listings guys, helps a lot. Looking at some of the songs, I realised I have a few I didn't even know were instrumentals. Atomik, I realise there are a lot of styles out there, I guess I'm going to have to catagorize them in sections such as industrial, hip hop, new wave, rock, new age, movie & TV show themes. There's other artists like David Sylvian, Brian Eno and Tangerin Dream I want to get, just a matter of what to get. Thanks Sam, totally forgot about Switch 625.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
A few more:
Toto - Dune (Desert Theme) Roxy Music - Tara Voices - Brian Eno (9 1/2 Weeks)
Anything Jean-Michel Jarre maybe?
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Yeah two words.... Tangerine Dream! Boom!
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
More like Vroom!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
I would like to recommend these 80s John Carpenter & Alan Howarth soundtracks:
The Fog (1980) Escape from New York (1981) Halloween II (1981) Christine (1983) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Prince of Darkness (1987) They Live (1988)
I think that you have seen the films and know how good the music is but take it as a reminder
And of course these Ta Dream soundtracks:
Thief (1982) Wavelength (1983) Risky Business (1983) Firestarter (1984) Flashpoint (1984) Heartbreakers (1984) Legend (1985) Shy People (1985) Near Dark (1987) Three O´Clock High (1987) Miracle Mile (1989)
Other awesome 80s Ta Dream studio albums:
Tangram (1980) Exit (1981) Hyperborea (1983) Le Parc (1985) (includes Street Hawk theme) Optical Race (1988) Lily on the Beach (1989)
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Yes! My favorite Dokken tune of all time. A b!tch to play on guitar though.
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Another one....Iron Maiden - Transylvania
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Another great Tangerine Dream soundtrack, which I don't believe was ever released as an album, is "The Soldier" (1982) starring Ken Wahl and the inimitable Klaus Kinski. Director James Glickenhaus's stuff was a cable staple in the 80s.
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