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| The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
 enlarge | Creator: Various Artists
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 2412
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 81767
UPC: 075678176722
EAN: 0075678176722
ASIN: B000002ILE
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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The Lost Boys September 17, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Lost Boys movie was indeed a classic of it's time and with Joel Schumacher at the helm it's no wonder that the soundtrack is indeed in itself as good as the movie.
With the haunting yet well placed " Cry Little Sister " as it's main theme this movie was sure to capture every teenagers attention in the 80's. This song on it's own is truely a magnificent track from an equally magnificent Gerard Mcmann.
Let us though not forget that other artists on the soundtrack have too conjured up what can only be described as one of the most played and talked about sountrack of its day. The tracks " Will never grow old and they will never die. "
All that it leaves for me to say then is that for anybody who wishes to feel alive, full of power and yet taken to that special place where noone else can touch us in our minds and hearts then I would most willingly recommend The Lost Boys soundtrack to everybody. Good Listening friends.
Eclectic, haunting soundtrack! August 2, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am quite frankly surprised at the pan given to the movie and soundtrack by the editor!! The movie is entertaining; not an Academy-winner, but how many horror movies are? The soundtrack is exquisite..."Cry Little Sister" is gothic mystery at it's haunting best. "Lost In The Shadows", Echo & The Bunnymen's rendition of "People Are Strange", and Roger Daltrey's take of Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" are excellent and apropos to the movie's eerie theme. This soundtrack needs to be listened to appreciate!!
 Zeitgeist and Nostalgia... with plastic fangs. June 24, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Lost Boys Soundtrack was the very first CD I ever purchased. Until 1987 I only had tapes and some vinyl. I was still young and broke on an allowance. CD's and CD players at the time seemed expensive. But I bought this disk anyway, even before I had a player (that followed shortly after as a Christmas gift from my folks).
The Lost Boys was a great glossy 80's flick, full of beautiful trendy people doing terribly violent things. As with other movies and pop culture of the time, this was a great throwback to 50's era drive-in monster movies. I loved the movie when I was a kid in middle school. It just seemed so cool. The "Corys" (like the plot) almost felt credible, even enjoyable. And Keifer was a great villain, so ready-for-MTV. Since then, I've grown up and learned to loathe the cinematic swill that Schumaker creates. But for reasons inexplicable, Lost Boys still holds a fond place in my memory.
The soundtrack however is a different matter. I loved this album too when I was young; but hearing these songs now and out of context of the film can be almost embarrassing. Most of the tracks work beautifully on screen, setting the mood or driving the action. But on CD in their full versions (without the visual candy) most of these tracks feel excessively long, boring and repetitive. The stand-outs for me are Echo & the Bunnymen's faithful and moody cover of the Door's "People are Stange" and the instrumental "To the Shock of Miss Louise" ('cause where else are you going to find merry-go-round music on CD?). The rest tend to test one's patience and urge you to press FF>>.
Strangely though, the themes of The Lost Boys have become almost anthemic in the Goth world. Because Lost Boys was such a slick and hip vampire flick, for the last near-20 years every kid in eyeliner had the video on his shelf... and probably the soundtrack too.
To illustrate my point: I was at a reunion tour of the Sisters of Mercy back in 98. Before the show began, the DJ was spinning a bunch of goth-dance tracks, when all of a sudden the familiar drum beats and synth sounds of "Cry Little Sister" filled the venue. From my spot in the balcony, I scanned the audience below which appeared a sea of black. To my right stood a tall and gaunt dude, pale with long striaght black hair, wearing raybans(indoors, at night). It was too perfect, almost a parody of itself. Another moment in my life framed by this soundtrack.
3 stars... for the novelties and the memories.
Great Soundtrack February 13, 2000
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I positively love this Soundtrack. I enjoy 80s music and all the songs on this particular CD heightened my love for it. I especially like Cry Little Sister by Gerald McMann, the movies Theme Song. It has this spooky feeling to it.
THE BEST ALBUM EVER! July 3, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Does anybody can explain me why this amazing soundtrack wasn't a big hit when it came out? All the lirics are just WONDEFULL!!!! I remember when i got the cd (in 1990) it was a '' treasure'' , because it was difficult to find anywhere. And most of all, it was a very modern album for it's time (1987). I'm justing try to understand why such great soundtrack/movie did not have the recognition that it deserves. It should be consider THE BEST SOUNDTRACK AND MOVIE EVER MADE. What a big injury!
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