"More incomplete soundtrack antics for fans. This is the original Terminator soundtrack disc containing part of Brad Fiedel's score plus all of the songs featured in the film. So yes, the songs from Tech Noir are here (You've Got Me Burning, Photoplay) as well as the songs Gingers blasts through her boxy Walkman before Arnold interrupts the party. The score is low budget, synth-based, workmanlike, and very appropriate for the film. The electronics fit the film perfectly even if it doesn't date well. The main theme is the highlight, running over 4 minutes and is preferable to the opening theme from T2 (which is a shorter rehash). It's got a slow build up, then starts pounding. You'll also notice that the Terminator Arrival music is the same basic cue that plays whenever Arnold is on the screen (care theft, gun store, shooting the first Sarah, etc.) In the mid-1990s the Definitive Edition of the soundtrack was released, meaning just about all of Fiedel's score saw the light of day, including the intense music from the police station invasion, etc. However, that 'definitive' edition didn't have any of the songs. The songs are kind of cheesy, very 80s, but fans of the film will appreciate them. I'm sure James Cameron wanted to get higher profile artists, but they took what they could get and we're the better for it. Both discs are out of print now, but not difficult to come across. For the Terminator fan, and the soundtrack fan, they're both recommended."
Well ...
N. P. Stathoulopoulos | 05/25/1999
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The definite edition is better. The original soundtrack contains a lot of junk (tracks 7 and up). On the other hand, 'love scene' is a very good piano piece. If you have enough money, buy both. AS"
I love this !
Michael | Poland | 06/24/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love this soundtrack! Specialy songs, they're great! My favourite are 8-11. This is the best movie soundtrack ever! "you've got me burnin'....you've got me burnin'...in the third degree" - Tahnee Cain & TryanglzIf you love 80's you must have it !!!!"
Don't Trust Mark Corning
B. DeMoss | USA | 01/25/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This soundtrack contains really good examples of 80s California-style soundtrack music. The instrumental stuff is scary and suggests robot attacks--really fits the movie well. The stuff by Tahnee Cain and Tryanglz is classic California-style New Wave; think Missing Persons. If you're an 80s synthesizer person, you'll love this soundtrack, both for the extra-creepy sci-fi sound of the score, and for the peep into 80s Cally-style New Wave."
Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz
Matthew T. Ryan | Mason City, IA United States | 05/26/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Of course who could ever forget the two most remembered songs from Tech-noir? They were "Photoplay" and "Burnin' in the Third Degree," and were soo amazing! (And they're both by the same group!) A couple of songs that would give one a very good idea of the ever growing craze for MTV & the decade of Music Videos!
But every other song on this Soundtrack was wonderful as well! Each song or theme applied to the movie in one way. (Not like a song just being placed there, just for the hell of it.)"