” Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Quoted Ferris Bueller.
John Hughes was a fantastic director in the 1980’s and early 90’s who could see the teenager’s side of things. The dull boring classrooms, the boring teachers, the evil high school principal. These things John Hughes got right! Another thing he got right was getting Mathew Broderick to star in this comedy about a kid who takes the day off.
Here is the basic plot…Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, “borrows” a Ferrari, and embarkson a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris’ trail is high school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch him in the act.
It’s full of fun, hijinks, and great music! There are various bands used in the film and it adds charisma to the various scenes in the movie. You even get the famous Star Wars theme added to the score! Its fantastic!
You can get the soundtrack here at Amazon. It’s a 20th Anniversary Edition which makes it super expensive. You can see if you can find the soundtrack on my blog roll at the side of the page.
You can also find this soundtrack related to Ferris Bueller’s Day off at ITunes.
I will provide you a few music clips of the various artists in the soundtrack.
First I give you Oh Yeah by Yellow
March of the Swivel Heads by The English Beat
Danke Schoen by Wayne Newton
The Art Museum Song
Beat City by The Flowerpot Men
Twist and Shout by The Beatles
Please, Please, Please, by Let Me Get What I Want
Love Missle F1-F11 by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
The Edge of Forever by The Dream Academy
And Finally…I Dream of Jeanie Theme.
This was a truly remarkable soundtrack, I hope you can find it somewhere for cheap, otherwise I hope they re-release the soundtrack as remastered someday. Throughout the week specifically Tuesday and Thursday I’ll be writing post one old and one new soundtrack. This week specifically I’ll be tackling The Pink Panther Original Soundtrack as well as Woman In Gold the soundtrack. I hope you will enjoy it.
Until then Enjoy the music. Next Week Flight of the Navigator. Happy Listening.
Soundtrack Alley 