The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1987 soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 from the motion picture The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986 and in the UK on December 5, 1986....

. It was released in the United States

United States

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 by Scotti Bros. Records

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 on LP and cassette. It was released in Japan

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 by Pony Canyon

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 on CD in 1989. In 1992, Scotti Bros. released the album on CD. By 1999, it was subsequently re-issued by eventual successor company Volcano Entertainment.

Track listing

1. "The Touch
   The Touch (Stan Bush song)
   "The Touch" is a rock song by American singer and guitarist Stan Bush. The song prominently features in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, and appears on the soundtrack album released the following year. It was also released as a double A-side with "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Dare to Be...
   
   " (Performed by Stan Bush
   Stan Bush
   Stan Bush is an American singer-songwriter and musician whose most notable work includes the songs "Dare" and "The Touch" from the soundtrack to the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, and "She's Got the Power", featured in the American voice dub of the animated series Sailor Moon...
   
   ) (Produced by Richie Wise)
2. "Instruments of Destruction" (Performed by N.R.G.
   NRG (rock band)
   NRG was a 1980s rock band most notable for being featured in The Transformers: The Movie.-Formation:NRG originally formed and began writing songs in 1979. At that time the band invested in their own 8 track recording studio to lay down tracks for their original music...
   
   ) (Produced by Ernie Burns)
3. "The Death of Optimus Prime" (Performed by Vince DiCola
   Vince DiCola
   Vince DiCola is an Italian-American composer, keyboardist, and arranger best known for his work on the The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive and Rocky IV soundtracks...
   
   ) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
4. "Dare" (Performed by Stan Bush
   Stan Bush
   Stan Bush is an American singer-songwriter and musician whose most notable work includes the songs "Dare" and "The Touch" from the soundtrack to the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, and "She's Got the Power", featured in the American voice dub of the animated series Sailor Moon...
   
   )
5. "Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way" (Performed by Spectre General)
6. "The Transformers (Theme)" (Performed by Lion
   Lion (band)
   Lion were an English-American rock band, best known for their theme song from the 1986 animated movie The Transformers: The Movie.A hard rock quartet, Lion were formed in Los Angeles in 1983 after ex-Tytan vocalist Kal Swan and former Lone Star guitarist Tony Smith relocated from Great Britain...
   
   ) (Produced by Richie Wise)
7. "Escape" (Performed by Vince DiCola) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
8. "Hunger" (Performed By Spectre General)
9. "Autobot/Decepticon Battle" (Performed by Vince DiCola) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
10. "Dare to Be Stupid
    Dare To Be Stupid (song)
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    " (Performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic
    "Weird Al" Yankovic
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    )

2007 re-release

On May 29, 2007, the soundtrack was given the 20th Anniversary Special Edition treatment as did the movie when it was released on DVD on November 7, 2006. This version includes all 10 tracks from the original soundtrack, plus brand-new bonus material provided by Vince DiCola

Vince DiCola

Vince DiCola is an Italian-American composer, keyboardist, and arranger best known for his work on the The Transformers: The Movie, Staying Alive and Rocky IV soundtracks...

, the composer and producer of the film's score. The bonus material includes three additional score cues and an alternate version of the Transformers Theme performed by Stan Bush.

Track listing

1. "The Touch"
2. "Instruments of Destruction"
3. "The Death of Optimus Prime"
4. "Dare"
5. "Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way"
6. "The Transformers (Theme)"
7. "Escape"
8. "Hunger"
9. "Autobot/Decepticon Battle"
10. "Dare to Be Stupid"
11. "Unicron Medley"
12. "Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch"
13. "Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts 1 and 2)"
14. "The Transformers (Theme) (Alternate Version)"

In popular culture

• The song "The Touch" is performed by Mark Wahlberg
  Mark Wahlberg
  Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American actor, film and television producer, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of...
  
  's character Dirk Diggler in the 1997 film Boogie Nights
  Boogie Nights
  Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
  
  . His performance appears as a hidden track
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   on the soundtrack album to the film
  Boogie Nights (soundtrack)
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  .
• Stan Bush's original version of The Touch was used in the 2008 Chuck
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  episode "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer".
• The "Passiona High" sketch from cult Australian radio show Get This
  Get This
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   was based around several songs from the Transformers soundtrack, reworked into the storyline of an underdog nerd winning the eponymous school's annual synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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   solo contest
  Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
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  . The album tracks featured are "The Touch", "Autobot/Decepticon Battle", "Escape" and "Dare".
• The "Get Psyched Mix" from Barney Stinson
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  Barnabas "Barney" Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. The character has been extremely well received by critics and has been credited for much of the show's success...
  
   and the "Bro Code" in How I Met Your Mother
  How I Met Your Mother
  How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
  
   point "The Transformers Theme" as a "Classic Get Psyched Song".

See also

• Transformers: The Album
  Transformers: The Album
  Transformers: The Album is a compilation album of various artists music from the 2007 live-action Transformers movie. The official single from the album is "Before It's Too Late " by the Goo Goo Dolls. The soundtrack debuted at number 21 on the U.S Billboard 200, selling about 32,000 copies in its...
  
  soundtrack to the 2007
  2007 in film
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  live-action film.