The Running Man Gets A Collectors Vinyl Release

Here is a new vinyl soundtrack that collectors and fans may like.

THE RUNNING MAN (DELUXE EDITION)—ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
FROM VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS
MUSIC BY HAROLD FALTERMEYER
TO BE RELEASED ON LP & DIGITAL ON AUGUST 14TH
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE TODAY, JUNE 15TH
(June 15, 2020—Los Angeles, CA)—Varèse Sarabande Records is
thrilled to announce the upcoming special release of The Running Man
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) by
GRAMMY®-winning composer Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top
Gun, Cop Out and the upcoming film Top Gun: Maverick). The Deluxe
Edition version will be available digitally and released on LP for the
first time on August 14, 2020. The LP version is available for
pre-order today, June 15, on VareseSarabande.com (
https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/the-running-man-deluxe-edition-vinyl
).
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite
television program is The Running Man—a game show in which prisoners
must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a
scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold
Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside
again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted
host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson) has no intention of letting him
escape.
The original (1987) 17-track soundtrack has been expanded to 35
tracks, which include additional music and unreleased and alternate
cues. The album was remastered from the original Paramount Pictures
sources. The package features original artwork, images from the film
and a booklet with extensive liner notes by film music journalist
Daniel Schweiger.
Harold Faltermeyer on this special deluxe edition release: “Scoring
The Running Man was a rather big challenge. After the urban and bouncy
score for Beverly Hills Cop, and the epic and heroic score for Top
Gun, I was facing a new territory. The Running Man needed a dark,
ominous sound design with a new sound library we had to create. It was
fun working on this movie and it‘s great to see that after all these
years, there is still a vivid interest. I was very delighted when I
heard that Varèse Sarabande would be releasing the entire score!”
LP TRACK LISTING
Side A:
1. “Logo-Bakersfield” (full-length version) (3:00)**
2. “Fight/Escape” (3:51)**
3. “Game Show Promo” (0:36)**
4. “Laughlin's Collar/Richards’ Collar” (2:00)**
5. “Network” (0:36)**
6. “Richards’ Apt. Sneak” (1:13)**
7. “Captain Freedom’s Workout” (1:56)**
8. “Airport Chase” (1:26)**
9. “Medical Checkup” (2:23)*
Side B:
1. “Richards’ Intro” (0:49)**
2. “Hawaii/Amber Sneaks/Richards’ Betrayal/Blast Off” (2:00)**
3. “Richards Lands/Come On Down” (1:25) **
4. “Subzero Intro” (1:58)**
5. “Subzero” (3:55)**
6. “Count's Aria Marriage of Figaro” (instrumental version of
Dynamo’s theme) (0:40)
7. “Uplink/Amber Launch/Richards Grabs Amber” (2:55)**
8. “Buzzsaw Dynamo” (1:51)**
9. “Buzzsaw Attack” (1:54)**
Side C:
1. “Weiss Finds Uplink” (1:17)**
2. “Buzzsaw-Richards Fight” (1:55)**
3. “Valkyrie Intro/Valkyrie” (2:37)* (Composed by Harold
Faltermeyer and Richard Wagner)
4. “Spare Dynamo/Laughlin Dies” (2:22)**
5. “Fireball Intro” (1:23)**
6. “Fireball Chase” (2:04)**
7. “Fireball-Amber” (2:09)**
8. “Death March” (0:48)** (Composed by Jackie Jackson And Glen
Barbee)
9. “Fake Death” (1:37)**
Side D:
1. “Mick/Richards Amber” (1:40)**
2. “Broadcast Attack” (5:06)**
3. “Killian Is Launched” (unreleased version) (0:55)
4. “Revolution/End Credits” (alternate version of
“Intro-Bakersfield”) (1:59)
5. “Intro-Bakersfield” (2:02)*
6. “Captain Freedom's Workout” (full-length version) (2:27)*
7. “Massacre Highlights” (1:09)*
8. “Buzzsaw Attack” (minus lead guitar) (1:53)*
** Film Version
*Originally released on the Varèse Sarabande Soundtrack VSD-47356,
1987
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