The Karate Kid (1985 film) [Import, Soundtrack]

Bill Conti | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 22, 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B00000B8UB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Moment of Truth

2. (Bop Bop) On the Beach

3. No Shelter

4. Young Hearts

5. (It Takes) Two to Tango

6. Tough Love

7. Rhythm Man

8. Feel the Night

9. Desire

10. You're the Best - Joe Esposito

Editorial Reviews

Soundtrack to the classic coming of age blockbuster, originally released in 1984. Includes tracks from, Survivor-'The Moment of Truth', Paul Davis-'(It Takes) Two to Tango', The Flirts and Jan & Dean-'(Bop Bop) on the Beach' and Gang Of Four-'Desire'. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great soundtrack but incomplete, October 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Karate Kid (1985 film) (Audio CD)

11 years after hearing the soundtrack to the Karate Kid on LP I had to have it. Unfortunatly it was not on cd at the tine, For the most part most the soundtrack is here on the cd with a few noteable exceptions the following songs WERE NOT included

1.Broken Edge Please answer me unavailable elsewhere only featured in the film

2.Bananarama Cruel summer it is rumored that the first batch of cds featured this song on the soundtrack but is easy to find

3.Matches The Ride the song is briefly played during the scene Johnny and co arrive at the beach on their dirt bikes in the movie and sadly is only heard for a few seconds and again this is not available anywhere

Lastly theres the pan flute music performed by Gheorghe Zamfir I don't think this was EVER released anywhere although I could be wrong. This would be a great addition to anyone's 80's cd collection (big fan of the 80's myself) What needs to be done is a re-release remastered edition including the missing tracks and sleeve notes.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Anthology, June 25, 2001

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J. Maher (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Karate Kid (1985 film) (Audio CD)

The first soundtrack to the Karate Kid movies is the best of the four... even though it is missing the ever popular Bananarama hit, "Cruel Summer" and "The Ride" (played when the Kobra Kai rode onto the beach on their motorbikes) and does not include ANY of Bill Conti's fantastic score. But a CD that has "Moment of Truth" and "You're The Best" on there is alright in my book. What they really oughta do is release "The Karate Kid Anthology" with the most popular songs from all 4 movies, the highlighs from the scores, and the songs that were missing from the original soundtracks. Glenn Mederios has a song called "High Wire" in the 3rd movie played in the dance club and it is not on the soundtrack and is not on any of his solo albums. The only way to get it is on the b-side of the out-of-print cassette single of "Listen To Your Heart" by Little River Band (the theme from Karate Kid III). This too should be included on that anthology. It would be fitting too, since Part II and III are coming out on DVD on July 10.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Top Class Music, March 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Karate Kid (1985 film) (Audio CD)

I found this soundtrack excellent as the film itself the music reminded me of the first time I saw "The Karate Kid".And at the age of 25 I still love the movie and its soundtrack but there is a downside the Bananarama song "Cruel Summer" wasn't featured in the OST, and also the wonderfull pan flute music played by Bill Conti should have really been included, but overall I recomend this OST, And I really do hope that the soundtrack to The Karate kid II does come out on CD very soon........