Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licened soundtrack to the 1990 New Line Cinema
film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
. It was released by SBK Records
on March 16, 1990.
The collection is made up mostly of hip-hop and New Jack Swing
styled tracks, with several film score cues at the end.
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1990 American live-action film adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise directed by Steve Barron. The film was followed by three sequels: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993, and...
. It was released by SBK Records
SBK Records
SBK Records was a record label of the EMI Group that was founded in 1988.Stephen Swid, Martin Bandier, and Charles Koppelman formed the production company SBK in 1989 after they purchased the music publishing division of CBS Records in 1986....
on March 16, 1990.
The collection is made up mostly of hip-hop and New Jack Swing
New jack swing
New jack swing or swingbeat is a fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle which became extremely popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s. Its influence, along with hip-hop, seeped into pop culture and was the definitive sound of the inventive Black New York club scene...
styled tracks, with several film score cues at the end.
Track list
- "This Is What We Do" - M.C. Hammer
- "Spin That WheelSpin That Wheel"Spin That Wheel" is a song by Technotronic released under the name "Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K" in 1990. Hi Tek 3 are listed as Kovali, El Sati and Yosef.- Releases :...
" - Hi Tek 3TechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo... - "Family" - RiffRiff (band)Riff is a R&B vocal group from New Jersey, formed while its members were in high school. The ensemble began under the name Playboys in the late 1980s, with a style strongly influenced by doo wop....
- "9.95" - SpunkadelicSpunkadelicSpunkadelic was a Canadian hip-hop/R&B group best known for their songs "9.95", "Take Me Like I Am" and "Boomerang". The group consisted of singers Alicia Whittaker and Ray Guist backed by Peter Willis on keyboards....
- "Turtle PowerTurtle Power"Turtle Power" is a 1990 single performed by rap duo Partners in Kryme. The song was released by SBK Records and was from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack and was featured in the film's closing credits.-Song information:...
" - Partners in KrymePartners in KrymePartners in Kryme was an American hip hop duo from New York City. Its members were James Alpern and Richard Usher. Their first single, "Turtle Power", was written for and featured in the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990, and became a hit in the US and UK... - "Let The Walls Come Down" - Johnny KempJohnny KempJohnny Kemp is a Bahamian R&B singer and dancer. He began singing in nightclubs in the Bahamas at 13. He moved to New York in 1979 with the band "Kinky Fox." His self-titled debut album came out in 1986 and he scored a minor hit with "Just Another Lover." True success came the following year,...
- "Every Heart Needs A Home" - St. PaulPaul PetersonPaul Peterson, also known as St. Paul, is a musician best known for his memberships in the bands The Family and The Time and the single "Intimacy."...
- "Shredder's Suite" - John Du PrezJohn Du PrezJohn Du Prez is a musician, conductor, and composer. Du Prez was a member of the 1980s multi-hit Salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several Film scores including Oxford Blues and the final Carry On film, Carry On Columbus...
- "Splinter's Tale I & Splinter's Tale II" - John Du Prez (feat. Kevin ClashKevin ClashKevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...
) - "Turtle Rhapsody" - Orchestra on the Half Shell