Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture is the licensed soundtrack to the 1991 Orion Pictures
film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
. It was released by Interscope Records
on July 9, 1991 on CD and cassette formats. In Japan it was released on August 25, 1991.
, this soundtrack features music from artists well-known at the time of the film's release. Many of these songs, such as Faith No More's "The Perfect Crime" and Megadeth's "Go To Hell", help paint the darker tone of the film. Many of the contributing artists have a cameo of some form in the film. "Shout it Out" was recorded while Slaughter was on the road during their Stick It Live
tour. The Winger track "Battle Stations" was written by front man Kip Winger after reading the script for the film and recorded shortly after the band returned from their first European tour. Neverland's song "Drinking Again" was not used in the film, but was a substitute for another Neverland song "For the Love (of Music)". However the intro from "Drinking Again" was used for a television promo for the film. Both songs were released one month prior on Neverland's self-titled debut album. The version of "God Gave Rock 'n Roll to You II" is not that which plays at the film's end as it lacks the intro by Steve Vai and the sound of girls chanting the chorus as the song fades to end. The intro solo was released by Steve Vai in his recopilatory album The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1, along with all of the other small pieces performed by him during the movie. Pieced together versions featuring Steve Vai's intro have been made by fans. "Dream of a New Day" was previously release on Richie Kotzen's 1990 album Fever Dream. "Tommy the Cat" was previous released on Primus' album Sailing the Seas of Cheese
. In this version, the title character Tommy was voiced by singer songwriter Tom Waits
. Notably, the track "The Reaper Rap", a reprise of Steve Vai's "The Reaper", features not only sound bytes of dialog heard in the film, but also dialog from the film's deleted scenes now believed to be lost. Portions of "The Reaper Rap" are absent in the film during its play and feature sounds that not included in the version that appear with this release.
gave the music a B+, citing that the music comes pretty close to being totally excellent.
Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion...
film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American science fiction comedy film, and the directing debut of Peter Hewitt. It is the second film in the Bill & Ted franchise, and a sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure . Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin reprise their respective roles...
. It was released by Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
on July 9, 1991 on CD and cassette formats. In Japan it was released on August 25, 1991.
Soundtrack information
Unlike the soundtrack to the film's predecessor, Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction–comedy buddy film and the first film in the Bill & Ted franchise in which two metalhead slackers travel through time to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation.The film was written by...
, this soundtrack features music from artists well-known at the time of the film's release. Many of these songs, such as Faith No More's "The Perfect Crime" and Megadeth's "Go To Hell", help paint the darker tone of the film. Many of the contributing artists have a cameo of some form in the film. "Shout it Out" was recorded while Slaughter was on the road during their Stick It Live
Stick It Live
Stick It Live is a live EP released by hard rock band Slaughter. The EP was released by Chrysalis Records shortly after the release of the band's debut album...
tour. The Winger track "Battle Stations" was written by front man Kip Winger after reading the script for the film and recorded shortly after the band returned from their first European tour. Neverland's song "Drinking Again" was not used in the film, but was a substitute for another Neverland song "For the Love (of Music)". However the intro from "Drinking Again" was used for a television promo for the film. Both songs were released one month prior on Neverland's self-titled debut album. The version of "God Gave Rock 'n Roll to You II" is not that which plays at the film's end as it lacks the intro by Steve Vai and the sound of girls chanting the chorus as the song fades to end. The intro solo was released by Steve Vai in his recopilatory album The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1, along with all of the other small pieces performed by him during the movie. Pieced together versions featuring Steve Vai's intro have been made by fans. "Dream of a New Day" was previously release on Richie Kotzen's 1990 album Fever Dream. "Tommy the Cat" was previous released on Primus' album Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
-Personnel:Primus*Les Claypool – electric bass, string bass, six-string fretless bass, clarinet, vocals*Larry LaLonde – electric guitar, six-string banjo*Tim "Herb" Alexander – drums, water jugProduction*Chris Bellman – mastering...
. In this version, the title character Tommy was voiced by singer songwriter Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
. Notably, the track "The Reaper Rap", a reprise of Steve Vai's "The Reaper", features not only sound bytes of dialog heard in the film, but also dialog from the film's deleted scenes now believed to be lost. Portions of "The Reaper Rap" are absent in the film during its play and feature sounds that not included in the version that appear with this release.
Track listing
| # | Title | Performer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shout it Out" | Slaughter Slaughter (band) Slaughter is an American heavy metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album, Stick It to Ya which spawned several hit singles including "Up All Night", "Spend My Life", "Mad... |
Plays while the Evil Bill and Ted continue to wreck their human counterparts' apartment. Right before getting another message from DeNomolos. |
| 2 | "Battle Stations" | Winger | Plays as Bill and Ted head for the Battle of the Bands competition, and Station constructs the good robot version of Bill and Ted. Also in the extended version seen exclusively on TBS Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc... where Bill gives Death a pep talk. |
| 3 | "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II The video was filmed in Los Angeles, California in July 1991 and was directed by Mark Rezyka. It features the band playing in a room with flashbacks of Simmons and Stanley during the make-up era of Kiss's heyday. There were no prominent clips of Carr during the make-up years featured in the video,... " |
Kiss KISS (band) Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,... |
First closing theme. |
| 4 | "Drinking Again" | Neverland | Not used in the film. Was instead used in a few trailers for the film. |
| 5 | "Dream of a New Day" | Richie Kotzen Richie Kotzen Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.At a young age, Richie Kotzen was taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by the band KISS to learn the electric guitar... |
Plays as Bill and Ted pull into the "Builders Emporium" parking lot. |
| 6 | "The Reaper" | Steve Vai Steve Vai Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso.... |
Plays as Bill and Ted leave the coliseum where the Battle of the Bands will take place, and at Joanna and Elizabeth's birthday party. |
| 7 | "The Perfect Crime" | Faith No More Faith No More Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike... |
Plays while the two Bill and Teds head to Vasquez Rocks Vasquez Rocks Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905-acre northern Los Angeles County, California, USA park acquired by the Los Angeles County government in the 1970s... park in the van. |
| 8 | "Go to Hell Go to Hell (song) "Go to Hell" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It appears on the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack released in 1991, and on Megadeth's rarities EP, Hidden Treasures, which was released in 1995. It begins with the same prayer used by Metallica in their song Enter Sandman which... " |
Megadeth Megadeth Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two... |
Plays as Evil Bill and Ted carry their human counterparts up Vasquez Rocks and kill them. |
| 9 | "Tommy the Cat Tommy the Cat "Tommy the Cat" is a song by the funk metal band Primus, first released in 1989 on their live first album, Suck on This. The studio version was released on their third album, Sailing the Seas of Cheese.... " |
Primus Primus (band) Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed... |
Played by the actual band who are contestants for the Battle of the Bands in the film. |
| 10 | "Junior's Gone Wild" | King's X King's X King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance... |
Plays on the stereo of the red Porsche 911 Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998... that Evil Bill and Ted steals, at the moment Evil Ted identifies it on top of Vasquez Rocks. |
| 11 | "Showdown" | Love on Ice | Plays when the recently revived Bill and Ted leave Vasquez Rocks park for the "Builders Emporium". Followed by Evil Bill and Ted drive to Missy Mom's house. |
| 12 | "The Reaper Rap" | Steve Vai | Second closing theme. |
Not included in the soundtrack
| # | Title | Performer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Air Guitar Hell" | Steve Vai | A montage of guitar riffs used as the air guitar sounds throughout the film. |
| 2 | "Introducing the Wyld Stallyns" | Steve Vai | Acts as Wyld Stallyns' crude audition for the Battle of the Bands. |
| 3 | "Girls Mature Faster Than Guys" | Steve Vai | Plays briefly after Bill and Ted's meeting with Ms. Wardrobe. |
| 4 | "For the Love (of Music)" | Neverland | Played When ghost Bill and Ted return to their apartment to find it in disarray, and as their robotic duplicates attempting to rape their fiancés. |
| 5 | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn Every Rose Has Its Thorn "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks . It was... " |
Poison Poison (band) Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,... |
Bill, Ted, and Death recite the chorus for their answer to the question "What is the meaning of life". |
| 6 | "The Battle" | Steve Vai | Plays during the climatic showdown between the two Bill and Teds at the Battle of the Bands. |
| 7 | "Meet the Reaper" | Steve Vai | Plays with Death's short intro rap at the Battle of the Bands. Features William Sadler vocals. |
| 8 | "Final Guitar Solo" | Steve Vai | Acts as the now experienced Bill and Ted's performance at the Battle of the Bands, and the lead in to Kiss' "God Gave Rock N' Roll to You II". |
Reception
Janiss Garza of Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
gave the music a B+, citing that the music comes pretty close to being totally excellent.