Label: Demon / Edsel
Released 11/11/2022
4xCD:
4CD set. Demon Music group in conjunction with the Hughes family are proud to present the first official compilation of music from the movies of legendary filmmaker John Hughes, covering the classic eighties period from 1983-1989. For anyone growing up in the 1980s, the films of John Hughes are some of the most iconic of the decade and have created a lasting cultural impact still felt and referenced across TV, film and music. As well as the characters and stories created in these iconic movies, what made John Hughes' movies different from the rest was the symbiotic relationship between scene and music. Whether Cameron Frye staring at the painting in Ferris Bueller's Day Off set to The Dream Academy's "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)", Duckie and Andie from Pretty In Pink at prom set to Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's "If You Leave", or even Neal and Del's classic "Those aren't pillows" scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles set to Emmylou Harris' "Back In Baby's Arms". The 4CD booklet includes memories from Matthew Broderick, James Hughes, Tarquin Gotch, Ron Payne, plus track-by-track sleeve notes.
2xLP:
Curated by John Hughes' music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, this 2LP vinyl release includes 25 tracks from the movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Planes, Trains And Automobiles, She's Having A Baby.
Track listing:
4xCD:
CD 1
- Kajagoogoo – Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) – From The 1984 Movie ‘From The 1984 Movie Sixteen Candles’
- Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) – From The 1985 Movie The Breakfast Club
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
- Oingo Boingo – Weird Science – From The 1985 Movie Weird Science
- Furniture – Brilliant Mind – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
- The Flowerpot Men – Beat City – From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
- Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Dr. Calculus – Full Of Love – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
- Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road (Album Version) – From The 1987 Movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (Soundtrack Version) – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
- Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson – Left Of Center – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
- Pete Shelley – Do Anything (Soundtrack Version) – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Carmel – It’s All In The Game – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
- The Dream Academy – Power To Believe (Instrumental) – From The 1987 Movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
- New Order – Elegia (2015 Remaster) – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
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
2xLP:
- Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave
- Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
- Yello - Oh Yeah
- Thompson Twins - If You Were Here
- Lick the Tins - Can't Help Falling in Love
- Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
- The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
- Furniture - Brilliant Mind
- Big Audio Dynamite - Bad
- Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
- General Public - Tenderness
- The Dream Academy - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)
- Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson - Left of Center
- Dave Wakeling - She's Having a Baby
- Dr. Calculus - Full of Love
- Killing Joke - Eighties
- Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
- Flesh for Lulu - I Go Crazy
- Kirsty MacColl - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
- Pete Shelley - Do Anything
- The Flowerpot Men - Beat City
- Bryan Ferry - Crazy Love
- The Rave-Ups - Positively Lost Me
- Steve Earle & the Dukes - Six Days on the Road - Album Version