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Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Volume 1 and 2 – Released 1984, Atlantic Records In 1984 Atlantic Records released two separate soundtrack albums for the Orion Pictures breakdancing movie, Beat Street. The movie was only just beaten to theatres by the Cannon Pictures produced Breakin’, which also sought to cash in on the … Read more
Bladerunner OST – Vangelis – Released June 6th 1994, East/West Records Bladerunner OST is the official Vangelis soundtrack album to the 1982 scifi classic, Bladerunner. Despite the huge success of the movie, and the critical acclaim Vangelis’ score received, the actual soundtrack release was inexplicably delayed for 12 years. As is often with these types … Read more
Breakin’ – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various – Released May 1984, Polydor Records Breakin’ is the soundtrack album for the 1984 movie of the same name (also known as Breakdance). The movie was directed by Joel Silberg, who also directed another dance-related cash-in, Lambada, both released by Cannon Pictures. Breakin’ was the brainchild of … Read more
Jam On Revenge – Newcleus – Released 1984 Jam On Revenge is the debut album from US electro/funk group Newcleus. It’s a textbook 80s electro album, which puts Kraftwerk, p funk, Planet Rock, hiphop and breakdance culture into a funky space blender mixed up with some comic book heroics and glittering Afrofuturist vibes. Forty years … Read more