I film iconici degli anni ’80 di John Hughes probabilmente non sarebbero stati gli stessi senza quei brani simbolo a farne da colonna sonora. Ora è possibile ascoltare i brani musicali dei film di quel talentuoso regista e seneggiatore in un cofanetto intitolato “Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes”, in uscita l’11 novembre via Demon/Edsel (pre-order).
Definita come “la prima compilation ufficiale di musiche tratte dai film del leggendario regista John Hughes“, il cofanetto copre il periodo d’oro del regista, dal 1983 al 1989, e contiene selezioni dalle colonne sonore dei film ‘Pretty in Pink’, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, ‘The Breakfast Club’, ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘Weird Science’, ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’, ‘Some Kind of Wonderfu’l, ‘She’s Having a Baby’, ‘The Great Outdoors and Uncle Buck e Planes’, ‘Trains and Automobiles’. Il tutto è stato curato dal supervisore musicale di Hughes, Tarquin Gotch.
“Life Moves Pretty Fast” è disponibile in un 4CD da 74 brani con un 7″ e una cassetta bonus, ma anche in edizione 6xLP in vinile rosso da 73 tracce in edizione limitata e 2xLP da 25 tracce. Sia il cofanetto deluxe in CD che l’edizione limitata in vinile contengono un libretto con le memorie di Matthew Broderick, James Hughes e Tarquin Gotch e le note sulla copertina dei singoli brani.
Tutte le versioni del cofanetto includono “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” dei Simple Minds, oltre a brani di Kate Bush, Oingo Boingo, OMD, Big Audio Dynamite, Psychedelic Furs e altri ancora.
“Quando lavoravamo alle colonne sonore dei film, il modo migliore per spedire la musica in tutto il mondo era la cassetta, con Fedex“, ha ricordato Gotch in una dichiarazione. “Mandavamo a John cassette di musica appena uscita, di demo, di mix appena finiti (e lui in cambio ci mandava video VHS delle scene che avevano bisogno di musica)“.
Il figlio di Hughes, James Hughes, che ha collaborato con Demon Music Group per la realizzazione del disco, ha aggiunto: “Serve a ricordare non solo i musicisti di cui papà si è fatto paladino negli anni Ottanta, ma anche quanto intensamente la sua ricerca di musica si sia estesa oltre quell’epoca. Fino ai suoi ultimi giorni di vita, continuava a collezionare quantità spropositate di musica da tutto il mondo, dischi da ogni dove di sonorità new romantic e new wave che molti associano proprio a lui”.
Tracklist dell’edizione 4 CD, cassetta e 7″:
CD 1
Kajagoogoo ““ Kajagoogoo (Instrumental)
Simple Minds ““ Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ““ If You Leave
Oingo Boingo ““ Weird Science
Furniture ““ Brilliant Mind
Dave Wakeling ““ She’s Having A Baby
The Flowerpot Men ““ Beat City
The Psychedelic Furs ““ Pretty In Pink
Flesh For Lulu ““ I Go Crazy
Dr. Calculus ““ Full Of Love
Lick The Tins ““ Can’t Help Falling In Love
Steve Earle & The Dukes ““ Six Days On The Road (Album Version)
Kirsty MacColl ““ You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (Soundtrack Version)
Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson ““ Left Of Center
Pete Shelley ““ Do Anything (Soundtrack Version)
Carmel ““ It’s All In The Game
The Dream Academy ““ Power To Believe (Instrumental)
Kate Bush ““ This Woman’s Work
New Order ““ Elegia (2015 Remaster)
CD 2
The Beat ““ March Of The Swivelheads (Rotating Heads ““ Dub Version)
Nick Heyward ““ When It Started To Begin
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ““ Tesla Girls
Big Audio Dynamite ““ BAD
Killing Joke ““ Eighties
The Specials ““ Little Bitch
Gene Loves Jezebel ““ Desire (Come and Get It) (US Club Mix)
Flesh For Lulu ““ Slide
Love And Rockets ““ Haunted When The Minutes Drag
Sigue Sigue Sputnik ““ Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
Lords Of The New Church ““ Method To My Madness
The Jesus And Mary Chain ““ The Hardest Walk (Single Version)
Echo & The Bunnymen ““ Bring On The Dancing Horses
General Public ““ Tenderness
The Blue Room ““ I’m Afraid
Belouis Some ““ Round, Round
Thompson Twins ““ If You Were Here
The Dream Academy ““ Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) 3.07
CD 3
Yello ““ Oh Yeah
Book Of Love ““ Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
Otis Redding ““ Try A Little Tenderness
Patti Smith ““ Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
Westworld ““ Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo
Divinyls ““ Ring Me Up
Topper Headon ““ Drummin’ Man
Billy Idol ““ Catch My Fall
The Association ““ Cherish
Penguin Cafe Orchestra ““ Music For A Found Harmonium
Zapp ““ Radio People
The Blue Room ““ Cry Like This
Ray Charles ““ Mess Around
Joe Turner ““ Lipstick, Powder and Paint
Darlene Love ““ (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry
Marvin Gaye ““ How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Perry Como With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra And The Ray Charles Singers ““ Juke Box Baby
The Chordettes ““ Mr. Sandman
Ray Anthony And His Orchestra ““ The Peter Gunn Theme
CD 4
Lindsey Buckingham ““ Holiday Road
Emmylou Harris ““ Back in Baby’s Arms
Hugh Harris ““ Rhythm Of Life
Spandau Ballet ““ True
Propaganda ““ Abuse ““ Here
The Dream Academy ““ The Edge of Forever
Yello ““ Lost Again (Album Version)
Bryan Ferry ““ Crazy Love
The Rave-Ups ““ Positively Lost Me
Los Lobos ““ Don’t Worry Baby
Steve Earle ““ Continental Trailways Blues (Album Version)
The Revillos ““ Rev Up!
Boston ““ More Than A Feeling
Balaam And The Angel ““ I’ll Show You Something Special
The Rave-Ups ““ Rave Up/Shut Up
Pop Will Eat Itself ““ Beaver Patrol
The Vapors ““ Turning Japanese
Silicon Teens ““ Red River Rock
Cassette
Side A
Simple Minds ““ Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ““ If You Leave
Oingo Boingo ““ Weird Science
Yello ““ Oh Yeah
Dave Wakeling ““ She’s Having A Baby
Lick The Tins ““ Can’t Help Falling In Love
The Flowerpot Men ““ Beat City
Steve Earle & The Dukes ““ Six Days On The Road (Album Version)
Kate Bush ““ This Woman’s Work
Side B
The Psychedelic Furs ““ Pretty In Pink
Furniture ““ Brilliant Mind
Killing Joke ““ Eighties
Sigue Sigue Sputnik ““ Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
Flesh For Lulu ““ I Go Crazy
Echo & The Bunnymen ““ Bring On The Dancing Horses
General Public ““ Tenderness
Kirsty MacColl ““ You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
The Dream Academy ““ Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)
7″³ single
Side A
1. The Flowerpot Men ““ Beat City
Side B
1. The Blue Room ““ I’m Afraid
