Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (soundtrack)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Tina Turner and Maurice Jarre
Released	August 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Film score
Length	44:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Terry Britten Mike Chapman Maurice Jarre
Tina Turner chronology
Private Dancer (1984) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1985) Break Every Rule (1986)
Maurice Jarre chronology
Witness (1985) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Enemy Mine (1985)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"	Terry Britten, Graham Lyle	6:05
2.	"One of the Living"	Holly Knight	5:59
3.	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Instrumental)	Britten, Lyle	6:30
4.	"Bartertown†"	Maurice Jarre	8:28
5.	"The Children†"	Jarre	2:11
6.	"Coming Home†"	Jarre	15:10
Total length:			44:27

† Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Personnel

Musicians Tina Turner – lead vocals (tracks 1-2), additional background vocals (1) The Kings House School Choir – choir vocals (tracks 1, 3) Charlie Morgan – drums, additional percussion (tracks 1, 3) Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (tracks 1, 3) Graham Broad – percussion instruments (tracks 1, 3) Tim Cappello – saxophone (tracks 1, 3), saxophone solo (2) Terry Britten – guitar, bass guitar (tracks 1, 3) Gene Black – backing vocals, guitar (track 2) Holly Knight – keyboards, music programming, backing vocals (track 2) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra (tracks 4-6) Maurice Jarre – orchestral conductor (tracks 4-6) Barry Griffith – concertmaster (tracks 4-6) Charles McMahon – didgeridoo (tracks 4-6) Cynthia Millar – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6) Dominique Kim – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6) Jeanne Loriod – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6)

Production Tracks 1 and 3 recorded at Mayfair Studios, London. Track 2 recorded at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles. Terry Britten – record producer (tracks 1, 3) John Hudson – sound engineer, sound mix (tracks 1, 3) Mike Chapman – producer (track 2) Humberto Gatica – remix, co-producer (track 2) Maurice Jarre – producer (tracks 4-6) Christopher Palmer – assistant to Maurice Jarre (tracks 4-6) Dick Lewzey – sound recording engineer (tracks 4-6) Tim Pennington – assistant sound recording engineer (tracks 4-6)

Deluxe edition

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: The Complete Motion Picture Score
Film score by Maurice Jarre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released	25 May 2010
Recorded	1985
Genre	Film score
Length	122:02
Label	Tadlow Music
Producer	Maurice Jarre James Fitzpatrick

In 2010, a deluxe edition of the soundtrack was released and includes Maurice Jarre's complete, intended score with music cues that were ultimately replaced in the final film by Tina Turner's songs. ^[7] Although Jarre's alternate cues from the original album were included as bonus tracks, Turner's songs were not included, due to licensing issues (Warner Music currently owns copyrights to Turner's songs, at the time it was EMI).

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Original Main Title Music"	2:00
2.	"Max's Theme" / "The Desert"	2:41
3.	"Bartertown Theme"	1:55
4.	"Accents 2 Suspense"	3:48
5.	"Tragic Saxophone"	0:40
6.	"Heartbeat" / "Pigrock"	3:48
7.	"Master Blaster" / "The Manipulator" / "Embargo" / "Entity Humiliated"	2:29
8.	"The Discovery"	2:01
9.	"Conspiracy"	0:35
10.	"Thunderdome"	4:52
11.	"Darkness" / "Gulag"	3:48
12.	"Master in Underworld" / "Desert Hallucinating"	5:21
13.	"Magical"	3:02
14.	"Children's Theme"	2:13
15.	"Ceremony"	1:12
16.	"Confusion"	1:14
17.	"The Telling" / "I Ain't Captain Walker"	4:01
18.	"Compassion"	3:18
19.	"Tyrant"	2:45
20.	"The Leaving"	5:05
21.	"Underworld Takeover"	2:19
22.	"Arrival"	2:59
Total length:		62:06

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Max and Savannah Escape"	3:05
2.	"Boarding the Train"	2:22
3.	"Bartertown Destruction"	4:03
4.	"The Big Chase!"	11:44
5.	"Epilogue"	3:18
6.	"Bartertown"	8:27
7.	"The Children"	2:12
8.	"Coming Home"	15:15
9.	"Piano Overdubs for "The Big Chase!""	2:37
10.	"Organ Effects"	0:39
11.	"Plastic Tube Effects"	0:47
12.	"Wild Chords"	0:25
13.	"I Ain't Captain Walker" (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)	5:02
Total length:		59:56

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Chart (1985) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8] 31 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 17 Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [10] 33 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 50 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 34 US Billboard 200 [13] 41 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [14] 47

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Chart (1985) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 58 Certifications and sales Certifications and sales for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada) [16] Gold 50,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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