Voyage of the Rock Aliens
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Voyage of the Rock Aliens is a 1984 film directed by James Fargo
. It stars Pia Zadora
and Craig Sheffer
.
) searching the universe via a Rhemascan monitor for the source of rock and roll music that the ship's crew had heard. He finds it on earth, where Dee Dee (Pia Zadora
) and Rain (Jermaine Jackson
) are singing a ballad to each other. 1359 wakes the crew and orchestrates a visit to the planet. A rocket-based telephone booth
lands on earth and Absid (Tom Nolan
) with his group of aliens (Rhema) exit. The humanistic aliens force robot 1359 to make himself less conspicuous by taking the form of a fire hydrant
. Only the Sheriff (Ruth Gordon
) witnesses their landing, and she instantly becomes obsessed with alien invaders.
Dee Dee (Pia Zadora
), a young singer who is in love with Frankie (Craig Sheffer
), the leader of Speelburgh's local high school rock and roll band, The Pack (Jimmy and the Mustangs), sings her heart out at the beach to best friend Diane (Alison La Placa). Dee Dee's dream is to sing with the band; Frankie loves her but doesn't see things quite the same. Meanwhile, something with tentacles resembling the Loch Ness Monster
is living in a seething pool of water that was once a placid lake and extends its extremities hauntingly through the town.
As the aliens search the planet for signs of life, they encounter Dee Dee, Frankie and The Pack at the local maltshop. Absid loses his head (literally) over Dee Dee and decides to win her heart while his cohorts search for specimens such as flowers, leaves and cow chips. Meanwhile, Stovitz (Patrick Byrnes) stumbles upon two crazed mass murderers, Chainsaw (Michael Berryman
) and The Breather (Wallace Merck), as they make their escape from the local asylum.
Feeling dejected by Frankie and his refusal to let her sing, Dee Dee succumbs to the charms of Absid, who agrees to let her join his band at the Heidi High Cotillion Dance. Frankie and The Pack arrive at the high school early to keep the aliens out... but their tricks aren't enough to divert the alien powers that they're up against—the aliens teleport
into the bathroom by way of toilets. Dee Dee finally gets her chance to sing, but a battle of the bands begins between the aliens and The Pack, bringing a whirl of music, dance and special effects to the screen.
Absid and Dee Dee sneak off to the lake. While the tentacled creature searches the banks with its ominous suction-cup arm, Absid tries to convince Dee Dee to fly back to his planet. Hesitating, she agrees to visit the ship via the telephone booth. Once there, she learns that she'll have to give up all human emotion to live on the alien's planet.
Meanwhile, Diane encounters Chainsaw at the high school. Although the crazed killer initially intends to make her his next victim, a short circuit with his rusty chainsaw botches the plan. Love blooms as Diane helps Chainsaw fix his chainsaw.
Bolting back to her true love, Frankie, Dee Dee finds him trapped in a school hallway by the Breather. Frankie manages to fend of his rival, only to be attacked by the monster from the lake, which has gotten loose and enveloped the entire high school with its tentacles. With his machinery now repaired, Chainsaw comes to the rescue.
As the movie concludes, the aliens board their ship and Absid decides to leave the humans "a little alien persuasion." He fiddles with the buttons on his Rhemascan monitor to clear out Speelburgh's pollution and turn the brutal Pack into a group of boy scouts. With this, the creature in the lake heads out of town, skies clear, flowers bloom and Frankie and Dee Dee sing and dance their way into the smogless sunset.
movie; on 9 one about alien invaders; on 11 a film about a mad, homicidal maniac on the loose; and on 13 a rock 'n roll program." When Guidotti's script was spotted by executives at the production company Inter Planetary Curb, Vice President of Development Edward Gold and consultant Charles Hairston polished the script, turned it into a musical, and the film went into production under the title Attack of the Rock 'n' Roll Aliens.
Pia Zadora
was first cast as a result of her previous work on stage and screen. With Zadora attached to the film, they began fleshing out the cast. The Frankie character sings two songs in the film, but producers wanted someone with acting experience, so Craig Sheffer was offered the role, which he chose over a TV series, another film and the Broadway
play Torch Song Trilogy
(the latter of which he took after Rock Aliens had wrapped). Sheffer initially had another theory as to why he was cast: "The funniest part is that I thought they hired me for my long hair," Sheffer revealed. He and other cast members were in for a rude awakening when the filmmakers sent them to the barber shop
. Similarly, Tom Nolan
was chosen to portray alien leader Absid based on his acting background rather than singing abilities.
Then-president of Curb Records
Dick Whitehead needed a techno
band for the film and learned of Rhema through an acquaintance. Whitehead, star Pia Zadora
and their entourage flew to Arizona
to hear the band play, and they were quickly cast in the film. After scoring poorly on a screen test
, Rhema bassist Bobby Freeman was not asked to participate in the film.
Principal production of the film took place in Atlanta, Georgia
for 9 weeks in 1983.
In April 1984, Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson
headed to Italy
aboard Zadora's personal jet to shoot a music video
for their duet When the Rain Begins to Fall
. Although the song already appeared in the movie (with Sheffer lip-synching
Jackson's part), the plot of the music video had absolutely nothing to do with the film, and there was an entirely different cast and crew, it was decided that the video would be tacked onto the end of the film. Ultimately, the filmmakers wound up synthetically injecting the music video into the film as part of the opening sequence.
was released by Curb Records in 1984. The cover of the album downplays the film in favor of the hit single When the Rain Begins to Fall
, prominently featuring Jermaine Jackson
and Pia Zadora
. Many of the songs heard in the film are not on the album and numerous songs have different arrangements. In many countries, the album was released on vinyl
and cassette
; in Germany it was also issued on CD
.
in the USA and Japan
in February 1988 by Prism Entertainment.
In the UK it was released on VHS by Raven Home Video in 1997.
In 2005, the movie was issued on DVD
in the UK by Moonstone Pictures. Fans have complained about the quality of this release, which appears to be transferred from video.
In 2009, the film was issued on DVD by Alive/CMV Laservision in Germany
. Subtitled "Let's Dance Tonight," this version features a very clear full-screen print with German and English audio options, as well as the theatrical trailer and alternate opening/ending scenes. Although it's the same version as that released in the USA, the film runs a few minutes shorter as a result of PAL speedup.
James Fargo
James Fargo is an American film director. He directed numerous films from 1976 to 1998. After serving as assistant director on many movies starring Clint Eastwood, he was then given the chance to direct the third Dirty Harry film, The Enforcer, in 1976. Later he also directed Eastwood in 1978's...
. It stars Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
and Craig Sheffer
Craig Sheffer
Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
.
Plot
A guitar-shaped spaceship streaks through the skies. Aboard is robot 1359 (voiced by Peter CullenPeter Cullen
Peter Claver Cullen is a Canadian voice actor, known as the voice of Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original Transformers series, and the narrator in both of the original American Voltron series...
) searching the universe via a Rhemascan monitor for the source of rock and roll music that the ship's crew had heard. He finds it on earth, where Dee Dee (Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
) and Rain (Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
) are singing a ballad to each other. 1359 wakes the crew and orchestrates a visit to the planet. A rocket-based telephone booth
Telephone booth
A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box or telephone box is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience. In the USA, Canada and Australia, "telephone booth" is used, while in the UK and the rest of the Commonwealth it is a "telephone...
lands on earth and Absid (Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan (actor)
Tom Nolan is an actor whose career dates back to his work as a child star in the 1950s.Nolan was born Bernard Girouard in Montreal, Canada, to parents of French and Irish descent. His family moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, where he immediately started dance classes...
) with his group of aliens (Rhema) exit. The humanistic aliens force robot 1359 to make himself less conspicuous by taking the form of a fire hydrant
Fire hydrant
A fire hydrant , is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water...
. Only the Sheriff (Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones , better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the...
) witnesses their landing, and she instantly becomes obsessed with alien invaders.
Dee Dee (Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
), a young singer who is in love with Frankie (Craig Sheffer
Craig Sheffer
Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
), the leader of Speelburgh's local high school rock and roll band, The Pack (Jimmy and the Mustangs), sings her heart out at the beach to best friend Diane (Alison La Placa). Dee Dee's dream is to sing with the band; Frankie loves her but doesn't see things quite the same. Meanwhile, something with tentacles resembling the Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
is living in a seething pool of water that was once a placid lake and extends its extremities hauntingly through the town.
As the aliens search the planet for signs of life, they encounter Dee Dee, Frankie and The Pack at the local maltshop. Absid loses his head (literally) over Dee Dee and decides to win her heart while his cohorts search for specimens such as flowers, leaves and cow chips. Meanwhile, Stovitz (Patrick Byrnes) stumbles upon two crazed mass murderers, Chainsaw (Michael Berryman
Michael Berryman
Michael John Berryman is an American actor. He has appeared in several horror movies and other B movies. Berryman is famous for having a distinctive physical appearance as a result of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, a rare genetic condition which prevents him from developing hair, sweat glands...
) and The Breather (Wallace Merck), as they make their escape from the local asylum.
Feeling dejected by Frankie and his refusal to let her sing, Dee Dee succumbs to the charms of Absid, who agrees to let her join his band at the Heidi High Cotillion Dance. Frankie and The Pack arrive at the high school early to keep the aliens out... but their tricks aren't enough to divert the alien powers that they're up against—the aliens teleport
Teleportation
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
into the bathroom by way of toilets. Dee Dee finally gets her chance to sing, but a battle of the bands begins between the aliens and The Pack, bringing a whirl of music, dance and special effects to the screen.
Absid and Dee Dee sneak off to the lake. While the tentacled creature searches the banks with its ominous suction-cup arm, Absid tries to convince Dee Dee to fly back to his planet. Hesitating, she agrees to visit the ship via the telephone booth. Once there, she learns that she'll have to give up all human emotion to live on the alien's planet.
Meanwhile, Diane encounters Chainsaw at the high school. Although the crazed killer initially intends to make her his next victim, a short circuit with his rusty chainsaw botches the plan. Love blooms as Diane helps Chainsaw fix his chainsaw.
Bolting back to her true love, Frankie, Dee Dee finds him trapped in a school hallway by the Breather. Frankie manages to fend of his rival, only to be attacked by the monster from the lake, which has gotten loose and enveloped the entire high school with its tentacles. With his machinery now repaired, Chainsaw comes to the rescue.
As the movie concludes, the aliens board their ship and Absid decides to leave the humans "a little alien persuasion." He fiddles with the buttons on his Rhemascan monitor to clear out Speelburgh's pollution and turn the brutal Pack into a group of boy scouts. With this, the creature in the lake heads out of town, skies clear, flowers bloom and Frankie and Dee Dee sing and dance their way into the smogless sunset.
Cast
- Pia ZadoraPia ZadoraPia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
as Dee Dee - Craig ShefferCraig ShefferCraig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
as Frankie - Tom NolanTom Nolan (actor)Tom Nolan is an actor whose career dates back to his work as a child star in the 1950s.Nolan was born Bernard Girouard in Montreal, Canada, to parents of French and Irish descent. His family moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, where he immediately started dance classes...
as Absid (ABCD) - Alison La Placa as Diane
- Michael BerrymanMichael BerrymanMichael John Berryman is an American actor. He has appeared in several horror movies and other B movies. Berryman is famous for having a distinctive physical appearance as a result of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, a rare genetic condition which prevents him from developing hair, sweat glands...
as Chainsaw - Rhema as The Aliens
- Jimmy & the MustangsJimmy & the MustangsJimmy and the Mustangs is an American rockabilly band fronted by Jimmy Haddox .Emerging from the Punk Scene in Southern California during the 80’s, Jimmy and the Mustangs played their first live show to a sold out audience opening for the renowned all girl band, The Go-Go’s...
as The Pack - Ruth GordonRuth GordonRuth Gordon Jones , better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the...
as Sheriff - Jermaine JacksonJermaine JacksonJermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
as Rain
Songs
- Openhearted - Real LifeReal Life (band)Real Life are a Melbourne-based Australian New Wave/Synthpop band that had hits with their debut single, "Send Me an Angel" and with "Catch Me I'm Falling" , both of which were featured on the band's debut album Heartland .-Biography:...
- When the Rain Begins to FallWhen the Rain Begins to Fall"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role...
- Jermaine JacksonJermaine JacksonJermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
& Pia ZadoraPia ZadoraPia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe... - 21st Century - Rhema
- New Orleans - Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
with Gary U.S. BondsGary U.S. BondsGary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.-Career:... - Real Love - Pia Zadora
- Bobbie Ann - Michael BradleyMichael Bradley (singer)- Life :Michael Bradley was formerly the lead singer for the American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. He is also known among anime fans as a composer and singer for Robotech.- Biography :...
- Back on the Streets - 3 Speed
- Justine - Jimmy & the MustangsJimmy & the MustangsJimmy and the Mustangs is an American rockabilly band fronted by Jimmy Haddox .Emerging from the Punk Scene in Southern California during the 80’s, Jimmy and the Mustangs played their first live show to a sold out audience opening for the renowned all girl band, The Go-Go’s...
- That's Life - Rhema
- You Bring Out the Lover in Me - Pia Zadora
- Always - Real Life
- Combine Man - Rhema
- Little Bit of Heaven - Pia Zadora & Mark SpiroMark Spirois an American Songwriter, Record Producer, Recording Artist, and TV Series Original Music Producer. He is represented on over 100 Million Records sold World-Wide.-Discography and Soundtrack Filmography:SONGWRITER* JULIAN LENNON - “”...
- She Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me - Mark Spiro
- Come On - Jimmy and the Mustangs
- Trouble Maker - Jimmy and the Mustangs
- Let's Dance Tonight (Medley) - Pia Zadora, Jimmy & the Mustangs, and Rhema
- Get Out and Dance - Rhema
- My World Is Empty Without You - John FarnhamJohn FarnhamJohn Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
& Rainey Haynes - Nature of the Beast - Michael Bradley
- Before the Jupiter Effect - Cliff SardeCliff SardeCliff Sarde is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist.- Biography :Jazz multi-instrumentalist Cliff Sarde began his recording career in 1983 with the release of Every Bit Better, which established his basic sound: accessible, saxophone-led jazz fusion. "Waiting" followed...
- When the Rain Begins to Fall (reprise) - Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson
- End Credits Medley (Let's Dance Tonight, She Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me, Justine, Back on the Street, 21st Century)
Production
The original script by James Guidotti, Attack of the Aliens, was conceived as the ultimate b-movie spoof. "It's a little like sitting home and watching TV late on a Saturday night, all the while switching channels from 5 to 9 to 11 and to 13," Guidotti explained. "On channel 5 they're airing an old Beach PartyBeach Party
Beach Party was the first of several beach party films from American International Pictures aimed at a teen audience. It was directed by William Asher and written by Lou Rusoff. The main actors included Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello...
movie; on 9 one about alien invaders; on 11 a film about a mad, homicidal maniac on the loose; and on 13 a rock 'n roll program." When Guidotti's script was spotted by executives at the production company Inter Planetary Curb, Vice President of Development Edward Gold and consultant Charles Hairston polished the script, turned it into a musical, and the film went into production under the title Attack of the Rock 'n' Roll Aliens.
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
was first cast as a result of her previous work on stage and screen. With Zadora attached to the film, they began fleshing out the cast. The Frankie character sings two songs in the film, but producers wanted someone with acting experience, so Craig Sheffer was offered the role, which he chose over a TV series, another film and the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
play Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s...
(the latter of which he took after Rock Aliens had wrapped). Sheffer initially had another theory as to why he was cast: "The funniest part is that I thought they hired me for my long hair," Sheffer revealed. He and other cast members were in for a rude awakening when the filmmakers sent them to the barber shop
Barber
A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
. Similarly, Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan (actor)
Tom Nolan is an actor whose career dates back to his work as a child star in the 1950s.Nolan was born Bernard Girouard in Montreal, Canada, to parents of French and Irish descent. His family moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, where he immediately started dance classes...
was chosen to portray alien leader Absid based on his acting background rather than singing abilities.
Then-president of Curb Records
Curb Records
Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...
Dick Whitehead needed a techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
band for the film and learned of Rhema through an acquaintance. Whitehead, star Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
and their entourage flew to Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
to hear the band play, and they were quickly cast in the film. After scoring poorly on a screen test
Screen test
A screen test is a method of determining the suitability of an actor or actress for performing on film and/or in a particular role. The performer is generally given a scene, or selected lines and actions, and instructed to perform in front of a camera to see if they are suitable...
, Rhema bassist Bobby Freeman was not asked to participate in the film.
Principal production of the film took place in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
for 9 weeks in 1983.
In April 1984, Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
headed to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
aboard Zadora's personal jet to shoot a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for their duet When the Rain Begins to Fall
When the Rain Begins to Fall
"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role...
. Although the song already appeared in the movie (with Sheffer lip-synching
Lip sync
Lip sync, lip-sync, lip-synch is a technical term for matching lip movements with sung or spoken vocals...
Jackson's part), the plot of the music video had absolutely nothing to do with the film, and there was an entirely different cast and crew, it was decided that the video would be tacked onto the end of the film. Ultimately, the filmmakers wound up synthetically injecting the music video into the film as part of the opening sequence.
Soundtrack
A soundtrack albumSoundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
was released by Curb Records in 1984. The cover of the album downplays the film in favor of the hit single When the Rain Begins to Fall
When the Rain Begins to Fall
"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role...
, prominently featuring Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
and Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
. Many of the songs heard in the film are not on the album and numerous songs have different arrangements. In many countries, the album was released on vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
and cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
; in Germany it was also issued on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
.
- When the Rain Begins to FallWhen the Rain Begins to Fall"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role...
- Jermaine JacksonJermaine JacksonJermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
& Pia ZadoraPia ZadoraPia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe... - Little Bit of Heaven - Pia Zadora & Mark SpiroMark Spirois an American Songwriter, Record Producer, Recording Artist, and TV Series Original Music Producer. He is represented on over 100 Million Records sold World-Wide.-Discography and Soundtrack Filmography:SONGWRITER* JULIAN LENNON - “”...
- Real Love - Pia Zadora
- Nature of the Beast - Michael BradleyMichael BradleyMichael or Mike Bradley may refer to:*Michael Bradley , Football player from USA*Michael Bradley , American basketball player...
- Let's Dance Tonight - Pia Zadora
- Back on the Street - 3 Speed
- Openhearted - Real LifeReal Life (band)Real Life are a Melbourne-based Australian New Wave/Synthpop band that had hits with their debut single, "Send Me an Angel" and with "Catch Me I'm Falling" , both of which were featured on the band's debut album Heartland .-Biography:...
- She Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me - Mark Spiro
- 21st Century - Rhema
- Justine - Jimmy and the Mustangs
- My World Is Empty Without You - John FarnhamJohn FarnhamJohn Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
& Rainey Haynes
- Zadora's missing song from the film, You Bring Out the Lover in Me, appeared on her album Let's Dance Tonight, which also included alternate versions of most of her songs from the film. When the Rain Begins to FallWhen the Rain Begins to Fall"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role...
was also released as a vast array of singles and remixes.
- Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
's New Orleans was released on his album Come See About Me, and several singles of the song were released which cited both his album and the film.
- Both songs by Real LifeReal Life (band)Real Life are a Melbourne-based Australian New Wave/Synthpop band that had hits with their debut single, "Send Me an Angel" and with "Catch Me I'm Falling" , both of which were featured on the band's debut album Heartland .-Biography:...
were issued on their 1983 album Heartland.
- Cliff SardeCliff SardeCliff Sarde is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist.- Biography :Jazz multi-instrumentalist Cliff Sarde began his recording career in 1983 with the release of Every Bit Better, which established his basic sound: accessible, saxophone-led jazz fusion. "Waiting" followed...
's Before the Jupiter Effect was released on his 1983 album Every Bit Better.
- The additional songs from the film by Jimmy and the Mustangs (Come On, Trouble Maker, Let's Dance Tonight), Michael BradleyMichael BradleyMichael or Mike Bradley may refer to:*Michael Bradley , Football player from USA*Michael Bradley , American basketball player...
(Bobbie Ann) and Rhema (That's Life, Combine Man, Get Out and Dance, Let's Dance Tonight) were never issued. Decades later, low quality copies of most of the Rhema songs were leaked onto the internet by former band members, along with a new remix of Combine Man by Rhema guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist Marc Jackson.
Home Video
The film was released on VHSVHS
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in the USA and Japan
Japan
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in February 1988 by Prism Entertainment.
In the UK it was released on VHS by Raven Home Video in 1997.
In 2005, the movie was issued on DVD
DVD
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in the UK by Moonstone Pictures. Fans have complained about the quality of this release, which appears to be transferred from video.
In 2009, the film was issued on DVD by Alive/CMV Laservision in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Subtitled "Let's Dance Tonight," this version features a very clear full-screen print with German and English audio options, as well as the theatrical trailer and alternate opening/ending scenes. Although it's the same version as that released in the USA, the film runs a few minutes shorter as a result of PAL speedup.
External links
- Voyage of the Rock Aliens at The 80's Movie Rewind site