Never Say Die! Varese Bringing ‘Goonies’ Score Back To CD
Varese Sarabande is setting sail with a wide CD release of Dave Grusin’s score to The Goonies this summer! Recently a staple of Varese’s vinyl catalog, it’s the first time the music’s been put on CD since a limited release in 2010.
A movie this offbeat – a gang of misfit kids in Oregon follow a pirate treasure map and face off against a family of crooks – had to have an interesting score, and The Goonies didn’t disappoint. Grusin, known equally for his lengthy scoring career (The Graduate, Tootsie, On Golden Pond) and his work in the jazz field (sessions with Quincy Jones and Lee Ritenour, co-founding the GRP Records label), offered a light, sentimental touch to this zany adventure, directed by Richard Donner (Superman: The Movie), written by Gremlins scribe Chris Columbus (from a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg) and starring a swath of notable young actors, including Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton. (Indeed, it’s not hard to draw a line between The Goonies and modern fare like Stranger Things, in terms of setting and tone.)
This pressing, as assembled and remixed by album co-producer Mike Matessino in 2010, is unlimited, though it loses four alternate cues not used in the film. Still, it offers 70 minutes of terrific music that fans of ’80s adventure films shouldn’t miss. The album is due in stores June 21, and the full track list and order links are below!
Dave Grusin, The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Score (originally released on Varese Sarabande VCL 0310 1104, 2010; reissued Varese Sarabande, 2019 – original film released 1985) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
- Fratelli Chase
- Map and Willie
- The Goondocks (Goonies Theme)
- Doubloon
- Lighthouse
- Cellar and Sloth
- Restaurant Trash
- The “It,” Fifty Dollar Bills and a Stiff
- It All Starts Here
- Plumbing
- Skull and Signature
- Boulders, Bats and a Blender
- Wishing Well and The Fratellis Find Coin
- Mikey’s Vision
- Oath and Booby Traps
- Triple Stones and a Ball
- Pee Break and Kissing Tunnel
- They’re Here and Skull Cave Chase
- Playing The Bones
- Water Slide and Galleon
- Octopus
- The Inferno
- One Eyed Willie
- Treasure, Data & Mouth and Walk The Plank
- Sloth & Chunk * **
- Mama & Sloth *
- The Fighting Fratellis, Sloth’s Choice and Ultimate Booby Trap
- The Reunion and Fratellis On Beach *
- No Firme and Pirate Ship *
- End Titles (The Goonies Theme) +
* contains themes from The Adventures Of Don Juan by Max Steiner
** contains theme from Superman: The Movie by John Williams
+ first released on Epic Records SE 40067, 1985
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I’m not one that usually buys scores but I might buy this because The Goonies might be my fave movie…I was even on vacation in Astoria, Oregon back in 1996 and saw the Goonie House…a lotta movies were shot there, not just Goonies, it’s a cute, picturesque little town…the score is pretty good tho, the end theme is pretty sweet…I wish there was a complete songs soundtrack instead of just the 10-song Epic release which I have as a Japanese remaster…