Back To The Future III: Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK]

Alan Silvestri

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1990)
• Original Release Date: May 29, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014RN
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,740 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From The New Yorker
The last installment of the "Back to the Future" series brings the story of the suburban kid Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and the mad inventor Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) to a graceful, almost leisurely conclusion. Most of the picture takes place in 1885, in the Old West, where the specially rigged DeLorean that has been whipping Marty and Doc back and forth in time runs out of gas. Stalled in a Western, these time travellers from the manic, jumped-up nineteen-eighties adjust their internal clocks and do what characters in Westerns do: they wait. The movie settles into a deliberate and rather soothing rhythm, as if the filmmakers-director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale-knew there was no point in getting themselves, and us, all het up. The relaxing light-vaudeville mood is a welcome break from the strenuous time-hopping of the first two installments. (It's poky, and it's also a touch boring.) While Zemeckis and Gale are biding their time, setting things up for their frantic grand finale, they keep us amused with an eccentric romance between Doc and a schoolmarm played by Mary Steenburgen. Lloyd and Steenburgen are hilariously well matched-they have perfectly compatible styles of celestial goofiness-and their moonbeam love story is the movie's one true inspiration. Also with Thomas F. Wilson. -Terrence Rafferty
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another good Silvistri work but not as great as the previous, March 6, 2003

By	Ramsis Lion "ramsislion" (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

The final soundtrack for the Back to the Future Trilogy doesn't disapoint and at the same time it lacks the familiarity we have come to love with the Back to the Future music.

The third sequal takes on a whole old west flavor as our heroes wind up in 1885 and take on the founding of the town of Hill valley as well as other old west situations like gun fights, horses and huge trains. The soundtrack and score that Alan puts together is pretty good overall and the quality we have come to expect. It does seem very out of place though when compared to the two previous soundtracks of the movie series.

Something to note of this sound track, unlike the other two, the songs are in a weird random order. They aren't in the order that the songs show up in the movie. The last part of the train shows up before the other two for example. Why they did this I don't know but it can make things confusing when you are listening and trying to place where it was in the movie . I would definitely say get this but just to complete the set and for a differnet flavor of what Alan Silvistri can accomplish. Its not great like the other two are , but it is pretty good still.

The familiar Back to the Future theme is missing and only shows up at undertones in the score if at all. The music also takes on a totaly new sound to it , an old west type of feel with a lot of horns and classic sounds to it. Again not the best of approaches as the previous Back to the Future films never altered the music to fit the time period and there was really no need to do that here as well. A good mixture of old with new would have worked nicely, but with that all said the soundtrack is still enjoyable and I would recomend this as well as the other two movie soundtracks as they are a real thril to listen to everytime , even if the music will seem unfamiliar compared to the other two albums.

Some songs to take note of are the Train scores. All done well and will sorta remind you of the long climax at the end of the first movie that both had similar situations going on (Having to get back to the future by some means of luck and good planning) . Other songs like Indians and We are Out of Gas are intersting western sounding scores that are short but do have a Back to the Future feel to them and work nicely. Some songs are just not as powerful as his previous ones were and compared to the other 2 albums can even seem out of place.

Bottom line is: Its good for originality but not for continuity for the trilogy but still a good album on its own right. Just not a great one like the other two were.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This soundtrack perfectly complements the excellent film., January 14, 1999

By A Customer

The Back to the Future trilogy was greatly augmented by Alan Silvestri's moving score. It is not often that a film comes out with such a memorable soundtrack that both fits the movie like a glove and stands on its own as a recorded masterpiece. I have listened to this soundtrack countless times and it still moves me. All the emotions brought out by watching the film are right there in the CD. There are various themes each of which have an appropriate distinctive mood. Particularly notable is the love theme with pianos, a harp, and a flute. Just like in an opera, the different themes are all put together in one final grand overture which is the perfect way to end a trilogy which has delighted us on so many different levels.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best sound track I have ever listened to!, September 18, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Rion Carter (Payson Utah) - See all my reviews

Its a great soundtrack, It really brought out the emotion from the movie. Best sound track I have ever listened to. I give it 2 thumbs up.