Electric Dreams (soundtrack)
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Electric Dreams is a soundtrack album from the film Electric Dreams, released in 1984
Several popular rock and New Wave music
ians of the 1980s contributed original music to the film's soundtrack. It was available throughout Europe but remained unreleased on compact disc in the U.S. until September 1998. Until then it was only available as an import.
The song "Together in Electric Dreams
" by Philip Oakey
and Giorgio Moroder
was released as a single and became an international hit in 1984. It was later featured in their album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
(1985). It is still regularly played live by Oakey's band The Human League
to this day and remains one of their most popular live songs. Another song, "Video!" by Jeff Lynne
, was also released as a single (with a non-album track, "Sooner or Later", as the B-side) but it wasn't as successful.
The song "Love Is Love" by Culture Club
was released as a single in 1985 in Canada, Europe and Japan. The single went top 3 in Canada, top 10 in Japan and was Culture Club's biggest hit in Brazil.
Several popular rock and New Wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
ians of the 1980s contributed original music to the film's soundtrack. It was available throughout Europe but remained unreleased on compact disc in the U.S. until September 1998. Until then it was only available as an import.
The song "Together in Electric Dreams
Together in Electric Dreams
"Together in Electric Dreams" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the original soundtrack of the 1984 film Electric Dreams....
" by Philip Oakey
Philip Oakey
Philip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...
and Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
was released as a single and became an international hit in 1984. It was later featured in their album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder was a collaborative album released in 1985 by Philip Oakey, lead singer of the electronic band The Human League and seminal electro producer Giorgio Moroder, whose early records had been a major influence on Oakey....
(1985). It is still regularly played live by Oakey's band The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
to this day and remains one of their most popular live songs. Another song, "Video!" by Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
, was also released as a single (with a non-album track, "Sooner or Later", as the B-side) but it wasn't as successful.
The song "Love Is Love" by Culture Club
Culture Club
Culture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...
was released as a single in 1985 in Canada, Europe and Japan. The single went top 3 in Canada, top 10 in Japan and was Culture Club's biggest hit in Brazil.
Track listing
- "Electric Dreams" - PP Arnold (O'DowdBoy GeorgeBoy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...
/Hay) - "Video!" - Jeff Lynne (Lynne)
- "The Dream" - Culture ClubCulture ClubCulture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...
(O'Dowd/Craig/Hay/Moss) - "The Duel" - Giorgio Moroder (Moroder)
- "Now You're Mine" - Helen TerryHelen TerryHelen Terry is a British singer, known for her backing vocal work with Culture Club. As a solo performer, she scored a Top 40 hit single in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost", and released one album in 1986, Blue Notes....
(St. JohnHelen St. JohnHelen St. John - singer-songwriter, pianist, lyricist, recording artist.Helen St. John's claim to fame came as a result of her piano performances on the soundtrack of the motion picture Flashdance, "Love Theme from Flashdance," which resulted in 2 Grammy nominations: Best Pop Instrumental...
/LemorandeRusty LemorandeRusty Lemorande is an American screenwriter, director, actor and film producer, who created the 1989 version of Journey to the Center of the Earth.One of Lemorande's first major jobs was production executive for the comedy Caddyshack...
) - "Love Is Love" - Culture Club (O'Dowd/Craig/Hay/Moss)
- "Chase Runner" - Heaven 17Heaven 17Heaven 17 are an English synthpop band originating from Sheffield in the early 1980s. The trio comprises Martyn Ware , Ian Craig Marsh and Glenn Gregory...
(MarshIan Craig MarshIan Craig Marsh is a former English musician. He was a founding member of the electronic band The Human League, writing and playing on their first two albums and several singles, until leaving in 1980 to form B.E.F...
/WareMartyn WareMartyn "Teddy Bear" Ware is a British musician and music producer. He is the chairman of a local football team: PPA. As a founder member of both The Human League and Heaven 17, he was partly responsible for hit records such as "Being Boiled" and "Temptation"...
/GregoryGlenn GregoryGlenn Gregory is an English musician. A founding member of Heaven 17, he was partly responsible for hit records such as "Temptation"....
) - "Let it Run" - Jeff Lynne (Lynne)
- "Madeline's Theme" - Giorgio Moroder (Moroder)
- "Together in Electric DreamsTogether in Electric Dreams"Together in Electric Dreams" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the original soundtrack of the 1984 film Electric Dreams....
" - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder (Oakey/Moroder)