UMe has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1986 teen comedy drama classic Pretty in Pink directed by Howard Deutch, written by John Hughes and starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, James Spader, Annie Potts and Andrew McCarthy. The 40th Anniversary Edition reissue features the songs from the movie, including The Psychedelic Furs’ Top 5 title track, OMD’s If You Leave, Echo & The Bunnymen’s Bring on the Dancing Horses, The Smiths’ Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want and INXS’ Do Wot You Do. The soundtrack will be released as a limited-edition ‘Pretty in Baby Pink’ 1LP, housed in a gatefold sleeve featuring film photography and featuring two bonus tracks previously unavailable on the soundtrack: Otis Redding’s Try a Little Tenderness and Talk Back’s Rudy (click here to order), and as a standard-weight black 1LP featuring the original tracklist (visit Amazon to pre-order) on March 13.
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‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the first soundtrack release for the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes and starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck and Mia Sara. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ira Newborn (The Naked Gun, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck), as well as the songs from the movie by The Flowerpot Men, Blue Room, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Yello, The Dream Academy and Wayne Newton. Also included as bonus tracks are source cues and alternate score cues. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5000 copies, will be available to pre-order on September 13 on the label’s official website.