Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedMarch 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
Recorded1989–90
Genre
Length44:08
Label SBK
Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film Soundtrack chronology
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1991)
Singles from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Spin That Wheel"
    Released: February 26, 1990
  2. "Turtle Power"
    Released: April 13, 1990
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1990 New Line Cinema film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . It was released by SBK Records on March 16, 1990. The collection is made up mostly of hip-hop and new jack swing styled tracks with several film score cues at the end.

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."This Is What We Do"M.C. Hammer M.C. Hammer 4:56
2."Spin That Wheel"
Hi Tek 33:51
3."Family"Monty Seward Riff 4:50
4."9.95" Spunkadelic 4:00
5."Turtle Power"
  • James P. Alpern
  • Richard A. Usher Jr.
Partners in Kryme 4:21
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Let the Walls Come Down"
Johnny Kemp 4:06
2."Every Heart Needs a Home" St. Paul 5:06
3."Shredder's Suite"John Du Prez John Du Prez 4:25
4."Splinter's Tale I & Splinter's Tale II"Du PrezJohn Du Prez (feat. Kevin Clash)5:28
5."Turtle Rhapsody"
Orchestra on the Half Shell3:44

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [3] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [5] Platinum1,000,000^
United States (RIAA) [6]
Video
Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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