Better Off Dead [Soundtrack]

Rupert Hine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 1991)
• Original Release Date: October 11, 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GGX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,488 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. With One Look - The Rupert Hine/Cy Curin

2. Arrested By You - Rupert Hine

3. Shine - Martin Ansell

4. Better Off Dead (Title Music) - Rupert Hine

5. Dancing In Isolation - Teri Nunn

6. Come To Your Rescue - Thinkman

7. A Little Luck - E.G. Daily

8. The Falcon Beat (Inst) - Rupert Hine

9. One Way Love (Better Off Dead) - E.G. Daily

10. Race The K-12 (Inst) - Rupert Hine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Complement to a perfect movie, September 30, 2000

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J. Jones "petrijones" (Indy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Better Off Dead (Audio CD)

My all-time favorite romantic-comedy. This soundtrack is slightly dated now, but I still enjoy listening to the tunes, evokes definite memories of the 80's. My only complaint with the soundtrack is the missing saxophone interlude that accompanies the film version of 'Arrested by You;' it makes the soundtrack version seem very vanilla. Also, I would have loved it if they had included Howard Jones' 'Like to Get to Know You Well' (from the car repair scene), but it is what it is. Definitely recommended.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Off Elsewhere?, August 3, 2002

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Professor Moriarty "Evil Genius" (Ashburn, VA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Better Off Dead (Audio CD)

If you're familiar with the movie at all, you may be disappointed to find out that Howard Jones' "Like To Get To Know You Well" is missing, as well as Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some". Other than these two glaring omissions, it's all here: the end title theme "With One Look" (although it is *not* the same extended version used over the end credits), "Shine" (the music heard when Lane and Monique ski together), and the instrumental track by Rupert Hine during the big K-12 race finale.

Other than the missing tracks, I have one other complaint: There is a LOUD and unpleasant hum that can be heard in the background of track 10 ("Race the K-12") which will make you think your CD player is on the fritz. It's not your player.

All in all, I was a bit disappointed with this CD. I only gave it four stars because I *really* liked the end credits theme "With One Look" and "Shine". If either of those tracks had been missing, I'd have given this CD one or no stars.

(By the way, the recently-released DVD is also something of a disappointment--no extras AT ALL. Not even the theatrical trailers! But that's a gripe for another review... hmmph.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing Songs, May 17, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Better Off Dead (Audio CD)

Better Off Dead is a great movie and one of my favorites.I bought this CD mostly just for the songs One Way Love and Arrested by you- which are two of my favorites on this CD. I was disappointed and surprised that the songs "Everybody Wants Some" and "I'd Like to get to Know you Well" arent on there at all. The songs on the cd are still okay. But its disappointing they didnt put two of the best songs on the cd