Risky Business (soundtrack)

Risky Business
Soundtrack album by Various Artists / Tangerine Dream
Released	1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	Soundtrack[1]
Length	42:37 (LP) or 45:42 (CD)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Various Artists / Tangerine Dream
Various Artists / Tangerine Dream chronology
Hyperborea (1983) Risky Business (1984) Firestarter (1984)
Singles from Risky Business soundtrack
"Love on a Real Train" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Risky Business is the twenty-first major release and fourth soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream. It is the soundtrack to the 1983 film Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise,^[2] and also includes songs by Bob Seger, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Prince, Journey and Phil Collins. The Tangerine Dream selections consisted of two new compositions and three reworkings of previously released material (from 1979 and 1981), retitled to correspond to scenes in the movie. AllMusic noted that the soundtrack is a mix of electronic music from Tangerine Dream, plus rock, blues and funk songs from other music artists.^[1]

Although the film included "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen, "Drive" by The Cars and "Swamp" by Talking Heads (which includes the lyric "risky business"), these were not released with the soundtrack.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Old Time Rock and Roll"	Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (Thomas E. Jones III, George Jackson, Bob Seger)	3:16
2.	"The Dream Is Always the Same"	Tangerine Dream	2:20[a]
3.	"No Future (Get off the Babysitter)[b]"	Tangerine Dream	2:00
4.	"Guido the Killer Pimp[c]"	Tangerine Dream	4:18
5.	"Lana[d]"	Tangerine Dream	3:51
6.	"Mannish Boy (I'm a Man)"	Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield, Mel London, Ellas McDaniel)	4:02
7.	"The Pump"	Jeff Beck (Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips)	5:47
8.	"D.M.S.R."	Prince	5:05
9.	"After the Fall"	Journey (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain)	4:20
10.	"In the Air Tonight"	Phil Collins	5:26
11.	"Love on a Real Train (Risky Business)"	Tangerine Dream	2:15[e]

1. 3:42 on CD version
2. edited and remixed version of "Exit" from the album of the same name
3. edited and remixed excerpt from "Cloudburst Flight" from the album Force Majeure, also incorporating new material
4. edited and remixed excerpt from "Force Majeure" from the album of the same name, also incorporating new material
5. 3:58 on CD version

Personnel

• Edgar Froese – keyboards, electronic equipment, guitar
• Christopher Franke – synthesizers, electronic equipment, electronic percussion
• Johannes Schmoelling – keyboards, electronic equipment

Audio Movie Kit

Risky Business - The Audio Movie Kit was released to radio stations to promote the film. The kit was two LPs with trailers, interviews and eight music clips.^[4]

References

1. McDonald, Steven. Original Soundtrack— Risky Business at AllMusic
2. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Risky Business". Voices in the Net.
3. "Cue Sheet – Music from the film 'Risky Business' | 360°Sound". 360degreesound.com. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
4. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Risky Business - The Audio Movie Kit". Voices in the Net.