The soundtrack had other contributions, Cruise’s famous (and much parodied) lip syncing routine in underpants shirt and dark glasses to Bob Seger’s ‘Old Time Rock and Roll’ being one. Although most of them were around prior to the film’s production, they were edited and re-tooled for the film. The Tangerine Dream tracks from the film have been put together in the video below. Despite this early and shrouded relation (it took me ages to realise that I had had this atypical brush with a love of electronic music) I subsequently lost the grasp of it for a number of years before thankfully encountering Future Sound of London’s extraordinary Dead Cities when I was 18. In fact the soundtrack to Risky Business was one of the first albums I remember buying – specifically for the Tangerine Dream productions, which in form close to the original can be found here (an upload of the original presskit vinyl sent to radio stations). The film was also propelled by its soundtrack airless and crystaline, swirling and emotional.
Its described on Wikipedia as a ‘teenage sex comedy’ and aside from its titillation as to sex scenes it is a story of a suburban teen’s brush with prostitution (Cruise character Joel’s journey from suburban teen proto-yuppie to capitalist underbelly is done smoothly and also ends up working as a fairly ruthless critique).
When I was a child of about 12 or 13, the BBC showed Risky Business late one night, which I watched and recorded on VHS. Tangerine Dream’s contribution helps transform (/elevate) this film, its affect, its emotional scope and resonance and I hope by the end of this piece to be closer to how this occurs and what might differ about these varied and dynamic songs and motifs in transforming the experience of story and the feeling of that experience. Of course this can be said for all the best productions in this area whether they are orchestral, acoustic or electronic, but I’ve had cause over time to trace this thought in relation to electronic music especially – which had a kind of exemplification for me at a young age through seeing 1983’s Risky Business (starring a pre-“Tom Cruise”-Tom Cruise) written and directed by the debuting Paul Brickman. August 24, 2015.I’ve touched before on the use of electronic music in film soundtrack, something which at its best generates a sense of possibility for feeling and experiencing that takes the mergent synthesis (moving images and sound) to a different kind of place. "The Babysitter: Killer Queen Soundtrack - Every Song In The Netflix Movie". "In 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,' Should You Pick Tangerine Dream Or Tomita?". "Steve Reich's Piano Phase: What Are You Afraid Of?".
"The Influence Engine: Steve Reich And Pop Music". ^ Rutherford-Johnson, Tim (March 27, 2013)."Synth Sorcerer: Eight Essentials by the Late Tangerine Dream Founder Edgar Froese". "Steve Reich's Turning 80 - Here's Where You've Heard Him Before".
TANGERINE DREAM LOVE ON A REAL TRAIN IN FILM TV
"Stranger Things And How Tangerine Dream Soundtracked The '80s: Molly Lambert on the German Synthrock Bands TV Moment". "Underscoring the Drama in the Dark: Tangerine Dream's Music in BAMcinématek Series".
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