Eighties movies had the greatest songs ever!
-
mikekaraoke23 — 16 years ago(October 11, 2009 05:20 AM)
i disagree mcfly loads of 80s movies didnt need songs to make a film a success like ET or short circuit or the goonies or crocodile dundee or starwars or teenwolf or willow all big hits but the songs were great the soundtrack songs wasnt always on every min of the day but was on quite alot. i mean rocky 4 made 5 hundred million
-
CCRider01 — 15 years ago(March 24, 2011 04:26 AM)
"I think because so much marketing goes into today's films, and today's box-office returns are so huge, they feel no need to tie it into a hit song. Back then (the 80s, and even 90s), a hit song could aid a film's success because it got constant airplay. Thus, made the people want to check out the film. But that was in the day of struggling to keep a film afloat until $100 mil. Nowadays the average "big" opening is about $50-60 mil."
Films also cost a LOT more to make and have much larger marketing budgets. Factor inflation, piracy, and more entertainment options (video games, 500 TV channel universe), and an average film today probably makes LESS profit in its theatrical release than in the 1980's. DVD/BluRay and International box office can certainly offset this, but they still had VHS tapes in the 1980's. Also $50-60 mil openings are not your typical film. -
Chelle-the-Belle — 17 years ago(October 13, 2008 05:02 PM)
All I can say is..it's all about the 80's!!!!
This movie has an amazing soundtrack! Watched this over the weekend and I instantly recognized one of the instrumental melodies (sounded a lot like a particular Chicago song). My smart movie/music buff boyfriend informed me that David Foster worked with Chicago, therefore the similarities. And then later in the film, I heard a bit of the St. Elmo's Fire melody, too. Great piece of work and a wonderful movie!
p.s. The last memorable movie song I can think of? Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic. And that was was back in '97, I think. -
Padwanna — 16 years ago(June 30, 2009 01:39 PM)
Yeah man, the 80's had some classic tunes. Who can't forget Highway to the Danger Zone! Phoar wicked tune!
I don't get why people are so down on 80's music. It defined an era, and had it's fair share of wicked cool tunes, just like any other decade.
Padwanna!
The internet has the ability to turn sane people into ranting fools!
