I talked about this one a bit back when I reviewed Near Dark. I have to admit that this is the movie I first thought of when I saw that Best Soundtrack was a category.
Lost Boys (1987)
Ok. So I did do this one back in 2014. A lot, if not all, of what I said then still hold true. The movie holds well. Yeah there is some fast and loose play with the rules of vampirism here, but honestly it is still a great film.
Let's talk about that soundtrack.
There are so many great hits here. Many are covers, but for some reason it works fine.
We have Roger Daltrey of the Who singing Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," and for the longest time, I preferred this version. I was on a big Who kick then.
INXS practically made this one of their unofficial albums and I think added to their success of Kick, also out in 1987. Their song "Good Times" was a cover of a 1960s song.
The big covers were Echo and the Bunnymen's cover of The Door's "People are Strange," which gave the Doors some newfound fans in my generation (yes, we knew about them before). And the big one, Tim Capello's cover of The Call's "I Still Beleive." Tim Capello is still out there touring, too, and I guess he is like one of the chillest guys ever.
The original songs include the "title song" "Lost in the Shadows (The Lost Boys)" by Lou Gramm, and the real title song, "Cry Little Sister (Theme from The Lost Boys)" by Gerard McMann.
I have a lot of really fond memories of this album that coincide with my freshman year in college. It is the soundtrack I'd put to write vampire material. Kinda wish I still had some of that stuff. It might not have been (it wasn't, I am sure), but for nostalgia value.
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I guess since I never watched that until the 2000s it didn't really have a great impact on me. Decent soundtrack though.
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