Instruments of destruction by n.r.g.9/20/2023 I know more than a few people that have Rocky IV\'s "Training Montage" as a guilty pleasure in their play lists (myself included). Vince DiCola is the John Williams of cheesy 80\'s synth-rock scores and this is one of his greats. The other main selling point is the movie’s score. The rest of the pop tracks are a variation of tracks by Spectre General ("Nothin\'s Gonna Stand in Our Way" and "Hunger") and NRG ("Instruments of Destruction") which aren\'t particularly memorable. "Weird" Al Yankovic contributes a fun track ("Dare to Be Stupid" from the same-titled album) that spitballs a series of clever lyrics about being stupid (ironically enough). The most famous of these tracks is Stan Bush\'s "The Touch." Now immortalized by Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, "The Touch" is the epitome of driving 80\'s anthem rock and Bush\'s other track, "Dare" is similarly catchy and silly (with a really slick arrangement by Vince DiCola). It is the type of cheesiness that transcends silly to brilliant. Revisiting old haunts can be quite fun if there is a lot of Kitsch involved, and Transformers: The Movie has plenty of that. Lyrics were incredibly optimistic with hysterical metaphors (such as "riding the eye of the storm" and "You\'ve been put to the test, but it\'s never enough") that pile up like a traffic jam. This was the time of Pop-Metal music, with plenty of Def Leppard clones running around. By any objective stance, Transformers: The Movie is incredibly representative of that era of music. Nostalgia also blinds us to the actual quality of whatever it is we hold dear. Nostalgia tends to comfort us with childhood associations the opening guitar licks of Lion\'s "Transformers" cover and the shimmering metallic logo still sends a little thrill through me. A friend is making a killing on eBay right now selling old toys, people are actually getting excited about a Michael Bay movie and we have commemorative DVD and CD releases of the animated movie from twenty-one years ago. Transformer fever is firmly is upon us, and far be it me to stand in the way.
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