Arnold: Great Music From The Films Of Arnold Schwarzenegger [Soundtrack]

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Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1993)
• Original Release Date: June 22, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014T5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,305 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title [From Terminator 2: Judgement Day] - Brad Fledel

2. Escape from the Hospital [From Terminator 2: Judgement Day] - Brad Fledel

3. It's over Goodbye [From Terminator 2: Judgement Day] - Brad Fledel

4. Anvil of Crom [From Conan the Barbarian] - Basil Poledouris

5. Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom [From Conan the Barbarian] - Basil Poledouris

6. Astoria School Theme [From Kindergarten Cop] - Randy Edelman

7. Rain Ride [From Kindergarten Cop] - Randy Edelman

8. The Dream [From Total Recall] - Jerry Goldsmith

9. The Mutant [From Total Recall] - Jerry Goldsmith

10. Intro/Bakersfield [From Running Man] - Harold Faltermeyer

11. Main Title/Fight Escape [From Running Man] - Harold Faltermeyer

12. Revolution/End Credits [From Running Man] - Harold Faltermeyer

13. Theme [From Red Sonja] - Ennlo Morricone

14. Brains and Trains [From Raw Deal] - Cinemascore

15. Kaminski Stomps [From Raw Deal] - Cinemascore

16. Harry Shot/Harry Walks [From Raw Deal] - Cinemascore

17. Main Title/Riders of Taramis [From Conan the Destroyer] - Basil Poledouris

18. Crystal Palace [From Conan the Destroyer] - Basil Poledouris

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Neat compilation, but you gotta love the genre., May 1, 2000

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William F. Flanigan Jr. (North Potomac, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Varese Sarabande arguably turns out the best contemporary, right-off-the-soundtrack compilations around, this CD included. Although the tracks span quite a few years (eight films worth), the sound is even and quite good (due, of course, to excellent re-recording technical processes). As usual, the CD Producer seems to have picked selections so as to minimize main-title-itis (thank you very much!). The listener gets to sample some themes and variations that lie after/before the opening/closing credits. Unfortunately, with this genre often there isn't a heck of a lot of new music after/before the opening/closing credits; and many film scores sound just like their predecessors (especially if that predecessor made big bucks). Repetition (and monotony) are always a few bytes away. Of course, it's darn hard to improve on orchestrations and arrangements when you're stuck with the "in-the-can" originals! Which is precisely the problem here (and with most off-the-track scores and compilations). Bottom line: if you are a hard-core case (like me), this CD definitely belongs in your collection; but if you've only browsing, just munch by (and don't buy).

4.0 out of 5 stars famous Arnold movie theme songs soundtrack, August 10, 2009

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mortal118 "mortal118" (Illinois, U.S.) - See all my reviews

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A lot of great Arnold theme songs here for a decent price- some stand out ones are the songs / themes from Terminator 2, Running Man, Total Recall. I also personally like the Raw Deal ones, but they are borderline cheesy action songs (but if you're buying this, well... you probably already know that ;)

Not a fan of the comedy movie theme songs like from Kindergarten Cop but I did enjoy most of the songs on this soundtrack.

Take care, God bless.

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful catch all release, October 21, 2008

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Paul Lawrence "'EJL'" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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Yeah OK the entire concept of this release is a bit weird. I mean, Arnie films aren't known for their great soundtracks except for some of the earlier sword and sorcery stuff. But this is probably a good release for movie music buffs to grab as it does encapsulate a bunch of niftier slices of sound from a whole range of his films.

Highlights here are of course the orchestral stuff that featured mostly in his early movies where he was `hearing the lamentations of the women' but that's not to take away from the stirring nature of many of these tracks. And it should be noted that some of it has stood the test of time - when they needed some stirring music for the trailer to Gladiator they didn't use anything from it's own soundtrack, instead they used Anvil Of Crom from Conan the Barbarian. So whether it's cool to have a soft spot for the films is irrelevant, even Hollywood has to admit some of the tunes were good.

Other stuff here isn't so useful, a lot of synthesiser music which might of been forgivable in the 80's but it's dated pretty badly, stuff from movies like Raw Deal and Total Recall. But the opening section to Terminator 2: Judgement Day is pretty cool even after all these years. Hearing it always evokes images of that metallic skull wreathed in flames that started that film.

So pick it up if this sounds like your bag. I got mine disgustingly cheap and I certainly wouldn't recommend paying too much for it. Oh and if you can't be bothered paying P&P then just download tracks 1; 4; 5; 13; 17 and 18.