transformers the movie 1986 soundtrack free download Transformers. Based on the iconic 1980s cartoon series and film of the same name, Transformers is the story of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), an ordinary teenage boy who struggles with schoolwork, lusts after classmate Mikaela (Megan Fox), and is desperate for a car. But he gets more than he bargained for when the battered yellow Camaro his father buys for him turns out to be an Autobot, an alien sentient robot from the planet Cybertron, called Bumblebee (Mark Ryan). Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), are searching for the All-Spark, a Cube of immense power that the Autobots wish to use to rebuild their destroyed planet. They are racing to find it before the evil Decepticons, who plan to use the Cube to conquer the universe, reach it first. Sam holds the key to the All-Spark’s location in one of his ancestor’s possessions, and he races to help the Autobots in their quest. A Transforming Vision. However, the Decepticons start waging war on Earth in order to find their leader, Megatron (Hugo Weaving), and the Cube, both of which are being held by a secret Government agency. Sam, Mikaela and a company of soldiers, led by Captain Lennox (Josh Duhamel) – the first to suffer a Decepticon attack – must work together with the Autobots to keep the All-Spark out of the Decepticons’ hands and prevent an alien war from destroying Earth. One of the main themes of Transformers is people being more than they initially appear to be, and then realising their potential. On the surface, Sam is very much a typical teenager. But in helping the Autobots, he shows increasing bravery and determination. Most courageous of all, he refuses to give up the All-Spark when confronted by Megatron, knowing that he will be killed for doing so. He has been shaken out of his small, internal concerns enough that he is willing to give up his life for something he believes in, finally living out his family’s motto of ‘no sacrifice, no victory.’ The other characters show similar depths. Mikaela proves to be more than a juvenile delinquent, going back into the thick of the action to help after she has been ordered away, and the soldiers show that they are more than musclemen just following orders by organising and facilitating the Cube’s protection. The characters’ journeys act as a challenge for the audience. There is more that you can be, the film tells us, and there is so much more unrealised potential inside each of us, reinforcing the familiar warning that we should never judge by appearances. The fact that the characters discover these new depths during a huge crisis reflects the biblical idea that we are refined and made stronger through times of suffering. However, the key to this in the Bible is that the best way to deal with the tough times is by depending on God and his strength, and that anything can be overcome by living this way (Philippians 4:13). These characters depend only on themselves and each other. The film is right to be positive about this, emphasising the importance of depending on each other and showing how much can be achieved by doing this. But it is not enough because it ignores the most important aspect of human existence: we need God, not just in dire situations like this, but in our everyday lives. Amid the battles there is also a message about the importance of free will and freedom. ‘Freedom is the right of all sentient beings,’ Optimus Prime tells his troops when they question why they are helping humanity when it is such a comparatively primitive race. But the Decepticons desire only the destruction of the weak; they want all power for themselves. This conflict of values is most clearly expressed when Megatron declares that, ‘humans don’t deserve to live’ , and Optimus replies that, ‘they deserve to choose for themselves!’ Freedom is highly important, something worth fighting for and even dying for, as Optimus is willing to do. Optimus could be seen as something of a Christ-figure, seeing the value in human beings and being willing to die for them so that they can be free. Perhaps the clearest theme to come through the film is the idea of broadening our point of view to beyond our daily lives. It explores, to some extent, the fundamental question of whether what we experience everyday is all there is to life. For Sam and the others, the possibility of alien races and life among the stars is opened up to them. We see the characters develop as a result of this, realising that there are much more important concerns in life than the petty things we worry so much about. It enables them to help defeat the Decepticons and, in doing so, learn that they themselves are capable of more than they originally realised. Transformers challenges viewers to have bigger perspectives, to believe that we are capable of doing so much more than we think is possible, and to see that there is more to live for than we realise. We need to be challenged about these kinds of things; it is all too easy for us, like Sam, to be wrapped up with the small day-to-day concerns of our immediate worlds. But we need to look further than Sam and the others do, to discover that our real purpose comes, not in aiding alien robots to avert a cataclysm, but in discovering the most crucial aspect of human existence: a relationship with the God who made us, which brings about our transformation. Film title: Transformers Keywords: Friendship, courage, bravery, teamwork, potential, perspectives, war, sacrifice, freedom Director: Michael Bay Screenplay: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and John Rogers Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Voight, Peter Cullen Distributor: Paramount Pictures Cinema Release Date: 2 July 2007 (USA); 27 July 2007 (UK) DVD Distributor: Dreamworks Home Entertainment DVD Release date: 16 October 2007 (USA); 3 December 2007 (UK) Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains moderate action violence. © 2009 Emily Dalrymple. © 1997-2004 Damaris Trust This article is reproduced from Damaris' Culturewatch website (now sadly defunct) by the kind permission of the Damaris Trust. Opinions expressed in Culturewatch articles are those of the author, and are not necessarily representative of the views of Damaris Trust. Transformers. About the Author. Emily Dalrymple has a degree in Film and Media studies and currently does part-time reception work for Southampton University. As well as writing for Damaris, she spends most of her free time writing fiction and enjoying science-fiction, rock music, murder mysteries, and police procedural dramas. View all resources by Emily Dalrymple. New Transformers Theme Song Revealed. The theme song for Michael Bay’s Transformers was exposed on the Sector 7 viral game site. The theme is a riff off the classic “Transformers – more than meets the eye” song which was used in the cartoon and toy television ads. Listen to it below. It’s a little too techno-rock/nu-metal for me, but what do I know? I wouldn’t say it’s terrible, although a few of my friends have. It’s not like they had some awesome source material to turn into a rocking song. What do you guys think? You can also see the original opening/theme song after the jump, thanks to GooTube. The Transformers: The Movie [1986] [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] From the edgy, percussive "Instruments of Destruction," to frenetic "Escape," to the intense, driving "Nothing's Gonna Stand in Our Way," The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack has a popularity of its own that has far surpassed the animated series that it was written for. The music is definitely loud, lively, and strong. If listeners want an album to keep them awake during long-distance driving, this one will surely do it. Crank up the volume and take to the interstate. This is also a genre classic album for science fiction and fantasy fans. Even those who are not into the '80s animation of The Transformers series may find themselves surprised by how well they like the music, which has an enduring track record for sci-fi convention dances. Particularly popular in its amiably rapid-fire, goofy way is the closing track, "Dare to Be Stupid," performed by the master of dementia, "Weird Al" Yankovich. This album deserves its survivor-standing among soundtracks, and is definitely recommended for science fiction and action music fans. The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack issued in 1986 on the day of the movie's release (August 8), featuring songs used in The Transformers: The Movie . The album was originally released on Scotti Bros. Records, and sold in both vinyl LP (long-playing) record form and audio cassette. On March 10, 1992, it was released on CD with a scaled-down version of the original artwork, and then again in 1999 with a new cover (there is no new copyright information on either CDs' booklet or outer case to indicate when they were released). The movie's soundtrack is a mixture of arena rock and "hair metal" songs by an array of obscure artists, mixed with synthesizer instrumental tracks by Vince DiCola. A lone New Wave-style track by genre parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic rounds out the set. Contents. Track listing. "The Touch" - Stan Bush "Instruments of Destruction" - N.R.G. "Death of Optimus Prime" - Vince DiCola "Dare" - Stan Bush "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way" - Spectre General "The Transformers (Theme)" - Lion "Escape" - Vince DiCola "Hunger" - Spectre General "Autobot/Decepticon Battle" - Vince DiCola "Dare to Be Stupid" - "Weird Al" Yankovic. 3H Edition. In 1997, the newly-formed 3H Enterprises produced as a BotCon 1997 exclusive a double-CD set called 'Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola . The second disc contains all of the background score (by Vince DiCola) that was not on the original soundtrack, including several "alternate" pieces for scenes that used songs from the original soundtrack, plus "Legacy", the audition piece that got Vince the job. Other albums released by 3H which include music from the movie are BotCon '97 - The Concert , Vince DiCola Presents: The Protoform Sessions , Artistic Transformations: Themes and Variations , and Lighting Their Darkest Hour: The Complete Music Score for TFTM . All of these 3H albums are long since sold out. 20th Anniversary Edition. On May 29, 2007, Legacy Recordings re-released the soundtrack in a 20th Anniversary Edition containing the above tracks from the original 1986 release plus these additional tracks: 11. "Unicron Medley" - Vince DiCola A compilation of "Unicron's Theme", "Witness to a Funeral" and "The Enemy Revealed" from 'Til All Are One 12. "Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch" - Vince DiCola Released as "2005" on ' Til All Are One 13. "Megatron Must Be Stopped" (Parts 1 and 2) - Vince DiCola Released as "City Under Siege" and "Showdown" on ' Til All Are One 14. The Transformers Theme (Alternate) - Stan Bush and Vince DiCola. Notes. It's so '80s that it hurts . "Escape" was later plagiarized by composer Ramiro Vaca as the title theme for the original Commodore 64 version of the computer game Turrican . [1] "Death of Optimus Prime" was also used as the music for the end sequence upon completion of the game, albeit in a more upbeat rearrangement. [2] While the plagiarism was never officially acknowledged, longtime Turrican series composer Chris Huelsbeck contacted Vince DiCola in 2013 during a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for the Turrican Sountrack Anthology album series. [3] As a result, DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth collaborated on an arranged medley of tracks from the film, which was included as a bonus track on the Anthology's first volume. [4] An Australian radio comedy series called Get This also used four tracks from the soundtrack for a sketch called 'Passiona High', about a nerd who wins a synthesizer competition. The songs used were "The Touch," "Dare", "Escape" and "Autobot/Decepticon Battle" References. This article on a song, album or other music-related item is a stub and is missing information. You can help Transformers Wiki by expanding it. The Transformers (Theme) " The Transformers (Theme) " is an extended version of the Transformers theme song written and recorded especially for The Transformers: The Movie . It is played over both the title sequence and closing credits of the movie, edited in both instances to fit the time allotted. The version used during the title sequence features only the intro, second chorus and outro. As such it includes only the original lyrics from the G1 cartoon's theme. For the credits, the song's play time is significantly extended by looping from the end of the guitar solo back into the first verse, albeit with said solo edited down to just a few bars the second time around. Single release. "The Touch" "Dare to Be Stupid" "The Transformers (Theme)" Release date: Labels: Scotti Bros. Records (Germany), Epic Records (UK) Prod. codes: INT127.311 (Germany), WA-7318 (UK)