Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Various - Fast Times At Ridgemont High • Music From The Motion Picture

Great lineup on this one. It looks like 1982 was its only release. Seems like an album in need of remastering. If you’re thinking that any excellent album from that era should be remastered and re-released. Sounds like a perfect RSD opportunity. Any thoughts?

 

Actually it was already remastered in 2017

Various - Fast Times At Ridgemont High • Music From The Motion Picture

Does anyone know how the sound quality is? It was pressed on 140 gram vinyl as part of Rhino’s “Start your ear off right,” campaign

 

I always liked the use of the Go-Go's "Speeding" in this movie.

 

A store near me has a new-old-stock copy of this since forever... asking price 10 bucks. Should I try it, even if I haven't seen the film yet? Looks like a solid lineup on that one.

 

Did I read that track list correctly? The Cars song "Moving In Stereo" is not included on the soundtrack???

Uhh, the most famous scene in that movie - the reason why we watched that movie two thousand times, the reason why we bought a VCR player with a pause button - is the Phoebe Cates scene and "Moving In Stereo" is the song being played. How can one not include the most famous song from the most famous scene from that film on its soundtrack? That's like not including the shark's theme on the JAWS soundtrack album.

Here's the song, not the scene:

 

If only Rat hadn't screwed up Damone's 5 point plan.

 

Great film, but not a good soundtrack, unfortunately. The catch in getting Irving Azoff to fund the film was giving the soundtrack over to Azoff's moldy 70s artist roster. The contemporary material/artists that the characters would actually have been listening to was passed over with a few exceptions, Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo, Cars.
If one is looking for a perfect soundtrack to a film on the same subject in the same timeframe, I would recommend Valley Girl, in particular the two Rhino soundtrack volumes.

 

This thread inspired me to listen to Somebody's Baby. What a great song.

 

Favorite song in the movie - Joe Walsh - Waffle Stomp

Bonus Nancy Wilson cameo.

 

Definitely

 

Love this soundtrack. Has my favorite Jackson Brown song it: "Somebody's Baby."

 

Different strokes I guess. I think it’s a damn good soundtrack

 

The only thing that ' spings' to mind when I hear or see that movie title is , indeed , Phoebe Cates in the pool.

 

That's cool. I like Somebody's Baby and the Stevie Nicks track a lot. I can tell ya that no teenagers frequenting the Sherman Oaks Galleria in 1982 would have been caught dead listening to Timothy B. Schmit solo records and Jimmy Buffett tho.

 

My thoughts exactly!

 

Does the soundtrack feature "Kashmir" from Led Zeppelin IV?

 

This is one of the greatest films of all-time. The soundtrack fits perfectly within the film. I’m not sure if it really stands alone in isolation from it, however.

 

“When it comes to making out, whenever possible, put on Side I of Led Zeppelin IV“

 

Ha. One goof of Fast Times

 

Terrific soundtrack, horrible film.

Takes all kinds...

 

Ummmm....did you say “HORRIBLE FILM???” How dare you sir!!! LOL

 

No.

 

What the hell? Fast Time at Ridgemont High is the best movie ever. Seriously my favorite movie of all time.