On this episode, we take to the skies to discuss the smash hit soundtrack to the most 80s movie ever made: TOP GUN! This soundtrack is full of hard-rockin', synth-wavin', oldie-croonin' radio cheese, so it's no wonder people bought it nine million times. Half the soundtrack barely even registers on this episode, because we're trapped in the thrall of Kenny Loggins, Giorgio Moroder, and Val Kilmer's perfectly chiseled everything.

Also we dig deep into the film's thinly-veiled subtext, and try to figure out why people still hold Maverick's exploits in such high regard. Come join us and let us know what you think!

SHOW NOTES:

• Intro: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane

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Holy Schnikes! Are you sick of the mid-90s yet or what?

This week on The O/S/T Party, we're hitting the road and jamming out to the soundtrack of 1995's TOMMY BOY! Our hosts agree that this is one of the great comedies of our time, and the soundtrack is secretly just as good. On top of some choice needledrops from REM and Dexy's Midnight Runners, we've got The Replacements' Paul Westerberg, a pre-City of Angels Goo Goo Dolls covering The Damned, Seven Day Diary, and a whole lot more!

SHOW NOTES: 

• Intro: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane

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Devil's Night may not be until October, but that's no reason not to FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP!

On this episode of The O/S/T Party, we discuss THE CROW, the 1994 dark comic fantasy that served as Brandon Lee's tragic swansong, and launched the goth phase for a million terrible 90s kids. This soundtrack was one of the surprise hits of the mid-90s, mostly remembered now for Nine Inch Nails covering Joy Division, a pretty decent soundtrack cut from The Cure, and another appearance from our pals My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult!

But did you know this soundtrack also features Rage Against the Machine? Or Rollins Band? Or Pantera? Or Violent Femmes? Why, you ask? Well, we don't really address it in this episode, but it just goes to show how many heavy hitters they managed to cram onto one disc.

SHOW NOTES:

• Devil's Night

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Between 1999 and 2001, Smash Mouth's "All Star" was a truly inescapable earworm, making appearances in no less than FIVE FEATURE FILMS! This week's O/S/T Party is dedicated to exploring this dark period in music history. But fret not, because for every villain there must be a hero. A savior waits in the wings to deliver us from Mr. Mouth and his gang of bowling shirts. That hero is none other than Tom Waits, whose story is intertwined with Smash Mouth for better or for worse!

More to the point, yes, we discuss Shrek at length, but we dedicate equal time to Mystery Men, Rat Race, and all the internet memes that popped up in Smash Mouth's wake. Strap yourselves in, gang, because this is gonna be one wild ride...

SHOW NOTES:

• "All Star but they don't stop coming pitch corrected" (YouTube: That Guy)

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Alright you 'noids, brace yourselves because this week we're diving into a world full of early-90s EDM, horny cel animation and acid-washed cartoon freakouts. That's right, on this episode we're talking about COOL WORLD, Ralph Bakshi's 1992 Roger Rabbit-inspired fever dream starring Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger and Gabriel Byrne.

This is an album loaded with '80s dance holdovers, early-90s mainstays and the odd industrial track, because that's just how we rolled in 1992. Find out what makes this album tick, how many times The Cult squeezed "The Witch" for a few extra bucks, how the film can be viewed through the lens of postwar PTSD, and a whole lot more!

SHOW NOTES:

• This album is available to stream on Spotify

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Grab your hoverboards and count up your jigowatts, because it's time to go back! To the future, that is! This week, Joe and Libby discuss the entire Back to the Future trilogy and the music that made it iconic. Who is the narrator of "Back in Time"? How much "Power of Love" is too much? Are we seriously going to just let Eric Clapton reggae up this soundtrack? The answers to these questions, and more, are waiting inside!

SHOW NOTES:

• Huey Lewis v Ray Parker, Jr.

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Riddle me this, riddle me that, how many tunes were inspired by the Bat?

Not only did this album spawn SIX. RADIO. SINGLES. ("Kiss From a Rose", anyone?) It also sold millions of copies, would be nominated for, win AND lose Grammy awards, and inspired one of the most baffling animated music videos of all time.

Also in this episode, we discuss middle-aged teenager Dick Grayson, how and why this film became The Jim Carrey Show, Tommy Lee Jones' immortal putdown, and just the general rock opera-ness of the whole production. Strap yourselves in, folks. This episode goes some places!

SHOW NOTES:

• The video for U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" must be seen to be believed.

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Welcome to the very first episode of The O/S/T Party! This is a podcast where movie fans and music fans get together to have a rockin' good time! Join hosts Libby Cudmore and Joseph Wade as we break down your favorite movie soundtracks song by song. Do the songs have a special significance to characters in the movie? Does the soundtrack hang together as an album? Is this just another shameless cash grab? These are the sorts of questions The O/S/T Party will set out to answer!

On our very first episode, we discuss the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's 1994 debut feature, Clerks.

The two of us have a long and complicated history with Smith's body of work, but one thing we agree on is that this soundtrack kinda rules! Find out what makes this soundtrack tick, why one cover tune owns while another one stinks, and whatever happened to the band Bash & Pop...

SHOW NOTES:

• The Clerks soundtrack is available on Spotify

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