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Title: Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes
Condition: New
Description: Compilation of music from the movies of legendary filmmaker John Hughes, covering the classic eighties period. 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, 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'. Curated by John Hughes' music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, this 4CD boxset includes 74 tracks from the movies 'National Lampoon's Vacation', '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', 'The Great Outdoors' and 'Uncle Buck'.
Artist: Various Artists
Format: CD
Edition: Box Set
No Of Discs: 4
Record Label: Edsel Curated Compilation
Release Date: 11/11/2022
Genre: Rock/Pop
Style: Compilation
EAN: 0740155726737
MPN: EDSL0067
Release Year: 2022
Tracks:

Disc 1
1: Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) [from the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles'] - Kajagoogoo
2: Don't You (Forget About Me) [from the 1985 Movie 'The Breakfast Club'] - Simple Minds
3: If You Leave (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4: Weird Science (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Oingo Boingo
5: Brilliant Mind (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Furniture
6: She's Having a Baby (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Dave Wakeling
7: Midnight Sun - The Flowerpot Men
8: Pretty in Pink (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Psychedelic Furs
9: I Go Crazy (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Flesh for Lulu
10: Full of Love (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Dr. Calculus
11: Can't Help Falling in Love (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Lick The Tins
12: Six Days On the Road (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Steve Earle & The Dukes
13: You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Kirsty MacColl
14: Left of Center (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson
15: Do Anything (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Pete Shelley
16: It's All in the Game (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Carmel
17: Power to Believe (Instrumental) [from the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'] - The Dream Academy
18: This Woman's Work (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Kate Bush
19: Elegia (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - New Order

Disc 2
1: March of the Swivelheads (Rotating Heads - Dub Version) [from the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'] - The Beat
2: When It Started to Begin (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Nick Heyward
3: Tesla Girls (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4: BAD (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off) - Big Audio Dynamite
5: Eighties (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Killing Joke
6: Little Bitch (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - The Specials
7: Desire (Come and Get It) [US Club Mix] [from the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby'] - Gene Loves Jezebel
8: Slide (From the 1989 Movie 'Uncle Buck') - Flesh for Lulu
9: Haunted When the Minutes Drag (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Love and Rockets
10: Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) [from the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
11: Method to My Madness (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - The Lords of the New Church
12: The Hardest Walk (Single Version) [from the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful'] - The Jesus and Mary Chain
13: Bring On the Dancing Horses (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Echo & the Bunnymen
14: Tenderness (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - General Public
15: I'm Afraid (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Blue Room
16: Round, Round (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Belouis Some
17: If You Were Here (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles) - Thompson Twins
18: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) [from the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'] - The Dream Academy

Disc 3
1: Oh Yeah (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Yello
2: Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes) [from the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'] - Book of Love
3: Try a Little Tenderness (From the Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Otis Redding
4: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Patti Smith
5: Ba-na-na-bam-boo (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Westworld
6: Ring Me Up (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Divinyls
7: Drummin' Man (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Topper Headon
8: Catch My Fall (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Billy Idol
9: Cherish (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Association
10: Music for a Found Harmonium (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
11: Radio People (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Zapp
12: Cry Like This (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Blue Room
13: Mess Around (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Ray Charles
14: Lipstick, Powder and Paint (From the 1989 Movie 'Uncle Buck') - Joe Turner
15: (Today I Met) the Boy I'm Gonna Marry (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Darlene Love
16: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [from the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby'] - Marvin Gaye
17: Juke Box Baby (From the 1989 Movie 'Uncle Buck') - Perry Como/Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/The Ray Charles Singers
18: Mr. Sandman (From the 1989 Movie 'Uncle Buck') - The Chordettes
19: The Peter Gunn Theme (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra

Disc 4
1: Holiday Road (From the 1983 Movie 'National Lampoon's Vacation') - Lindsey Buckingham
2: Back in Baby's Arms (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Emmylou Harris
3: Rhythm of Life (From the 1989 Movie 'Uncle Buck') - Hugh Harris
4: True (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - Spandau Ballet
5: Abuse (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Propaganda
6: The Edge of Forever (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - The Dream Academy
7: Lost Again (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Yello
8: Crazy Love (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Bryan Ferry
9: Positively Lost Me (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Rave-Ups
10: Don't Worry Baby (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Los Lobos
11: Continental Trailways Blues (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Steve Earle
12: Rev Up! (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - The Revillos
13: More Than a Feeling (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Boston
14: I'll Show You Something Special (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Balaam and the Angel
15: Rave Up/Shut Up (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Rave-Ups
16: Beaver Patrol (From the 1988 Movie 'The Great Outdoors') - Pop Will Eat Itself
17: Turning Japanese (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles') - The Vapors
18: Red River Rock (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Silicon Teens

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