Phoebe Cates - "Paradise"

Man, how cute is this video of Phoebe Cates singing the theme to "Paradise"? I had no clue she did any music, but then again nobody told me. I love how very 1982 this clip is.

She apparently made two other recordings, both from Private School, but I'm only posting the poppy one below, yeah!

Rooftops (1989) - Soundtrack

I have taken forever to put this up, and have even given it out other places before putting it on our own blog (for shame, I know!) but in the recent lull of reviews, now seems as good a time as any to share this amazing (for me) find...

The way out of print soundtrack to Rooftops! I found this for $1 at a record shop in Philadelphia last summer, brand new, and didn't have a way to get it to mp3 until this past January. I have been jamming to it since, no doubt. In that same trip I found the soundtrack, not score, to Scrooged and if there's interest even though holiday season is quite nearly an eternity away, I suppose I can get that up also.

Anyways, this album is produced by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and features a track he did with Etta James! It's the album opener and a pretty raucous jam. Enjoy at will.

Rooftops 1989

Jake Speed (1986)

I missed Jake Speed when it first was released as a hopeful summer blockbuster, but it appears many people hold this film dear. Speed follows the Indiana Jones/Romancing the Stone adventurer vibe with the twist that Jake Speed is a fictional character based on a real life schlub.

The real life Speed is tapped by a woman to help her missing sister and through some twists, unbelievable turns and crude jokes, he finds her and takes down the baddies. That's it really. I may not have been watching hard enough; I did find it difficult to keep my attention on this and would start doing laundry or other cleaning. That's how bad it was! It drove me to domestic cleanliness!

Maybe it wouldn't be so terrible for me now if I had the exposure at 10 years old. The only good things I found were John Hurt, Karen Kopins was pretty cute, and a handful of cheesy one liners, which I always enjoy. It was like writer/star Wayne Crawford wanted to show the world that he was cooler than Harrison Ford, but he didn't know his fly was down the entire time. Who the hell is Wayne Crawford anyways?! I still don't know.

For those that have fond memories of ole Speedy, you'll likely enjoy this treat, the sweet Mark Snow keyboard drenched score! I did enjoy that quite a bit.

Jake Speed (1986) Soundtrack

You can rent it on Netflix if you want, or if you're a maniac, you can buy it on Amazon.

The Wraith Set to Kavinsky!

If you haven't seen The Wraith, what the hell? It's perfectly cheesy Charlie Sheen as a teenage-future-car-driver-vengeance-ghost-wraith-person with a killer soundtrack. As in ALMOST PERFECT, right behind Die Hard. Here however, our very own Mr. Smallberries unearthed this clip of The Wraith set to Kavinsky's synth awesomeness "Dead Cruiser" on his other great blog, The Walrus. Watch the clip, nothing can be more convincing to check out this movie than the above video. And then check out the original soundtrack with Ozzy Osbourne and Stan Bush below! EPIC!

The Wraith Soundtrack

Movie themes made awkward

Ok, I hope the rest of the campers don't kill me for this, BUT I just have a huge soft spot for all things '80s and terrible and awesome, like this clip. Movie themes from two of my childhood favorites, The NeverEnding Story and Goonies as performed by Kids Incorporated. I love how that first kid over emotes the whole thing, it's uber talent showy. They don't make 'em like they used to! Singing "Goonies 'R' Good Enough" is Martika, who went on to have a few '80s hits later on, including "Toy Soldiers," great song! And keep an eye for 10-year old Fergie in the blue jumper. She's much better here than in last night's Music Awards or whatever event that was.

I remembered Kids Incorporated fondly, but watching clips on youtube, I don't recognize anything other than the intro. Anyone else watch this? It looks terrible! What was I thinking?! Bitching logo though...



I was thinking I might post the soundtracks to each film, but this might be better, and more interesting for others, a collection of remixes for each song! Who doesn't love a remix, right? Here we have a bunch of "Goonies 'R' Good Enough" mixes along with the original b-side, "What a Thrill." Thanks to Vinnie Rattolle for compiling the "Good Enough" mixes. Check out his site for many other Goonies goodies among other amazing shares. Also included with Limahl's "The NeverEnding Story" remixes is the rare French version of the song with additional vocals by Ann Calvert. I don't know who that is and I don't why I told you. And i don't really know how to pronounce "Limahl."

Cyndi Lauper - Goonies 'R' Good Enough Mixes

Limahl - The NeverEnding Story Mixes

Sand Serpents (2009) / Tremors (1990)

Rooftops star Jason Gedrick picks up where Michael Gross left off in Tremors apparently. Maybe his fight dancing skills will be put to better use here. Not sure about seeing this one.

Though I am excited about the new Tremors movie due out with the best title yet, Tremors V: the Thunder from Down Under!

And since this post would be totally lame other wise (no guarantees though) here's the promo score to the original tremors, one of the best monster revival films out there!

Ernest Toost - Tremors Score

Ok one more thing, a tribute to Burt Gummer!

WTF of the Month: Cliffhanger Video Game

ET may have caused the video game crash of 1983, but ten years later Cliffhanger caused me to have acid reflux. I know this is somewhat off topic, but with the "reboot" ahead and my awkward appreciation for most things '90s Stallone (yes, including Oscar), I felt it appropriate to give you guys acid reflux also.


First of all, WTF, how come no one told me about this game before today? It may completely suck, but I would have loved this in the 8th grade. That be may saying more about me as an 8th grader than anything. Movie tie-in games generally do tend to, let's face it, suck. And while we won't be breaking any news on a 15-year old game here—Cliffhanger was awarded worst game of 1994 from EGM—we can bring this little stinker back to the surface for some air before we drown it again. I love how they picked the LEAST actiony shot of Stallone for the cover. He may as well be sipping a cup of coffee as he dangles there.

What's worse than the worst game of 1994? The Gameboy version, that's what.

If you're a glutton for punishment, grab a copy for the platform of your choice on ebay, or snag a rom online.

To make it up to you, enjoy these Cliffhanger goodies, including the epic Trevor Jones score, found at the apparently defunct Scores of Scores.

Trevor Jones - Cliffhanger Score

Killer Workout aka Aerobicide (1986)

There were two hot properties that really define the '80s for many people, including myself: the rise of the direct-to-video market and aerobics.

Killer Workout begins with the tanning bed burning of some poor young lady we learn later to be the twin sister of Rhonda, owner of Rhonda's Gym. Unfortunately for Rhonda, a new series of grisly deaths start happening at her establishment, many through the use of a giant safety pin, no joke. Weird thing though, no one seems to really notice or care. I mean, wouldn't the cops be all over this place, closing it down to look for evidence, interview people and try to solve the crimes? Or even, wouldn't you want to avoid working out on a machine someone was killed on? But no, the gym stays open, people work out, and one cop asks around every now and then. I guess to be fair, no one really notices the killings, so how can you freak out about a crime you don't know exists, right? People are just missing until one unfortunate, vibrant young employee is being chased and finds bodies in rather open environments. I guess we don't watch these movies for their logic.



What makes perfect sense to me though is the extended aerobics scenes with jamming workout tunes! Check them out in context below, then find the soundtrack link even more below:

The quality on this isn't perfect: it's pulled from the video itself, so it's fractured in parts, but really, I'd take this over nothing at all! Thanks to Master Cylinder putting the grunt work in. The only questionable track, not in terms of quality though, is the song "Woman on Fire" as a motivational song, which (SPOLIER AHEAD!), in light of the burning Rhonda suffers in the intro which leads to her murders, seems...tasteless? Not sure that's the right word since she is a killer, but it's definitely misplaced. At any rate, I expect all of you to incorporate these songs into your daily workout.

Killer Workout (1986) Bootleg Soundtrack

Killer Workout writer/director David Prior would go on to make many more low-grade genius such as Future Zone, Raw Justice and Zombie Wars to list only a fraction. And you may have recognized Marcia Karr (Rhonda) from Chained Heat or Hardbodies or for the less boob-inclinded, Maniac Cop, a small part in Real Genius and the Adam West actioner Night of the Kickfighters aka Night Raiders.

MJRM: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991)

I warned you about our love for the Ninja Turtles. And this is the perfect endcap for Michael Jackson Rat Month in my opinion (Splinter, duh). Most people who grew up in the '80s and '90s probably had some kind of relationship with the Turtles, and if it wasn't a deep burning love, it was at least on the level of thinking they would be a good date, if not a lasting relationship.

Anyways, Secret of the Ooze was the second feature film in the turtle franchise, not a typical candidate for this site, though to some that’s arguable. Most of you have likely seen it and loved it despite it's divergence from all previous canon. I think most kids were pumped to see Bebop and Rocksteady in rubber suited glory, but disgruntled creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were annoyed with the direction the characters took in the TV show, so they created Tokka and Rahzar, the wolf and snapping turtle mutants. These dudes ruled!



I may be the only person who thought so because they never truly made the transition into lasting roles in the series. They made one appearance on the animated show, and a rather ridiculous one at that, peek the first part of the episode below:



Rahzar sounds waaaay too intelligent to be terrorizing a mall, he should probably be trying to sell the mega-recliners at the center kiosk, explaining all the relaxing features they boast. Tokka can ring customers up.


Here’s the Archie comics adaptation of TMNT2. I don't really remember buying this as a kid, but who knows. It may have been my brother's and came into my possession when he surrendered portions of his comic collection to me. Or maybe he doesn't know I have it...Thanks Chris! This features art by long time turtles artist, Jim Lawson and writer Steve Murphy (aka Dean Clarrain). The scan is only ok, but it should be good enough to satiate the other turtle nerds out there.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Official Comic Adaptation (PDF)

My 11-year old mutant love aside, what most people probably remember about this movie is the questionable career move Vanilla Ice made in delivering "Ninja Rap" to the film's soundtrack. His intentions were probably right on, the "movie single" was pretty big in the '90s and his career was pretty hot then and figured he could brush off any ill effects. And he probably could have, but as time proved, he never really made super savvy decisions, Roll 'Em Up, anyone? In context though, "Ninja Rap" really is one of the better tracks, and that's a statement on how ridiculous the rest of the soundtrack is. No other huge names really appeared on the cd, but I think you'll find it fun anyways. Watch Ice and grab the album below!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Soundtrack

Now this is WAY off content, apologies, but I’m obsessed...

I also think any video game loving kid of this time also had an appreciation for the turtle games, especially the arcade version. Kids would crowd around that thing for hours and around this time in gaming, the only place you could get real 4-player action was at an arcade, my local one being Alladin’s Castle, man that place ruled! And what better game to have four friends on than one where you can be a Ninja Turtle? This also set the precedent for all future turtle games of that generation following the first TMNT release for NES, which was hard as balls, for younger me anyways. Tokka and Rahzar didn’t hit the game franchise until the NES game TMNT 3 - The Manhattan Project and then reappeared in the SNES follow up TMNT 4 - Turtles in Time.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project - NES rom

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time - SNES rom

Buy Secret of the Ooze/ Rent It / Watch It

Keep and eye out for more Ninja Turtles in the future, because really, can you ever get enough? And keep on eye on Ninja Pizza for all things TMNT related!

Robot Jox and Crash and Burn: The Scores

Apparently it's soundtrack week on CMC! And there's at least one more super awesome post left that I've been sitting on for Michael Jackson's Rat Month. Boy you guys have it made.

I don't know how many times I can say it, I love Stuart Gordon's Robot Jox. Back in my college radio days, the show my buddy Ross and I hosted was called The Robot Jox. In fact, it's not that I had completely forgotten, but Mr. Phelpster's post on the Manchester Morgue reminded me how I had not posted the score in our original post. We hadn't really fleshed out the format here yet. So here you go, months and months late. The score to probably one of my all-time favorite movies. I also love Die Hard, just so you know.

Robot Jox (1990) Soundtrack

The companion to Robot Jox (in life and in our post) was Crash & Burn, released the same year, and directed by Charles Band. The score was done by his brother Richard Band. Their father Albert, directed Robot Wars. I love the Band family's dedication to my overall childhood robot happiness factor.

Crash & Burn (1990) Soundtrack

Also, we can't claim credit for either of the above being available to you all. Both are long out of print and we don't know the original sources, but they are greatly thanked and appreciated!

If there are any previous scores or soundtracks for films we've reviewed you'd like us to post, let us know in the comments. It's a fair bet we have it, but at this point, I don't think we'll go one by one posting them up. It'll be by request only for the old stuff right now.

The Barbarians (part 1): The Soundtracks

Ok so remember waaaaaaay back when we first started this mess known as Camp Movie Camp, and we began the Barbarian series? We haven't forgotten, and as a show of good faith that there is much more magic and muscle ahead, we thought we'd bring you the way out of print soundtracks for both our first movies in that series.


Ok we admit it, It was kind of a tease to only offer you the butt-rock anthem "Yor's World" last time, but thanks to the power of community, and whoever the original source for this might be, you can now get epic with the whole damned score.

Yor: The Hunter From the Future (1983) Soundtrack

Remember the Fulci mind scramble that was Conquest? Well then your mind obviously wasn't scrambled enough, let this score by Claudio Simonetti of Goblin finish the job.

Conquest (1983) Soundtrack

Orca (1977)

I think many people are familiar with this De Laurentiis flop, so I’ll be brief and say simply, this movie traumatized my wife. Like many, she caught it as youngster during the early days of TBS going national. Their Saturdays were filled with total movie awesomeness, Orca being in pretty heavy rotation. But this repetition is not what traumatized her, but the miscarriage, oh dear god, the killer whale miscarriage.

Let me back up and run through the story as briefly as permits...We have Richard Harris, a salty ole sea dog who is out to catch himself an orca after seeing a dazzling presentation on their intellect and cunning. So in his pursuit, rather than catching his first killer whale, he kills it. While its mate watches. And she has a terrible, wretching, slow-mo miscarriage. Whales wailing, Harris sprays the whale fetus into the ocean, and with it any future plans he has, because as we learn, killer whales are some of the most vengeful creatures anywhere! Mr. Orca swears revenge in his whale screams and vows to make Harris’s life hell in hilarious and terrible ways. Harris gives in after a series of absurd attacks ending when the whale kills Bo Derek in her first film role. Harris finally succumbs to the bullying and hollers out to sea “I’ll fight you, you revengeful sunvabitch!!!!!!” The whale then leads him out to the parking lot, er I mean Arctic and then kicks Harris’ ass, and then commits whale suicide.



Trauma pics below, consider this your warning! Harris even throws up in his mouth a little bit.






If you didn’t see this on TBS, you have to see it now because it’s so ridiculous and entertaining to watch unfold. Director Michael Anderson directed other cult classics like the 1956 version of Orwell’s 1984, and the Kris Kristofferson gem Millennium. The one actual quality part of this movie is the score is by workaholic Italian master, Ennio Morricone. There is, however, a pretty ridiculous end credit song by Carol Connors and Morricone that recounts dramatically the relationship between Harris and the whale, that begins during the whale suicide ending. Check it out below, it wasn’t easy to find, but make sure to also grab the whole score, which really is awesome.

Orca Soundtrack

Carol Connors & Ennio Morricone - My Love, We Are One

Buy Orca/ Rent It