Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes

Compilation of music from the movies of legendary filmmaker John Hughes, covering the classic eighties period. For anyone growing up in the 1980s, the films of John Hughes are some of the most iconic of the decade and have created a lasting cultural impact still felt and referenced across TV, film and music. As well as the characters and stories created, what made John Hughes' movies different from the rest was the symbiotic relationship between scene and music. Whether Cameron Frye staring at the painting in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' set to The Dream Academy's 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)', Duckie and Andie from 'Pretty in Pink' at prom set to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 'If You Leave', or Simple Minds' classic 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' in The Breakfast Club. Curated by John Hughes' music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, this 2LP vinyl release includes 25 tracks from the movies 'Sixteen Candles', 'The Breakfast Club', 'Weird Science', 'Pretty in Pink', 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', 'Some Kind of Wonderful', 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' and 'She's Having a Baby'.

Disc 1
1: Don't You (Forget About Me) [from the 1985 Movie 'The Breakfast Club'] - Simple Minds
2: If You Leave (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
3: Weird Science (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Oingo Boingo
4: Oh Yeah (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Yello
5: If You Were Here (From the 1984 Movie 'Sixteen Candles) - Thompson Twins
6: Can't Help Falling in Love (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Lick The Tins
7: This Woman's Work (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Kate Bush
8: Pretty in Pink (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Psychedelic Furs
9: Brilliant Mind (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Furniture
10: BAD (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Big Audio Dynamite
11: Bring On the Dancing Horses (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Echo & the Bunnymen
12: Tenderness (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - General Public
13: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) [from the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'] - The Dream Academy

Disc 2
1: Left of Center (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson
2: Six Days On the Road (From the 1987 Movie 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') - Steve Earle & The Dukes
3: Full of Love (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Dr. Calculus
4: Eighties (From the 1985 Movie 'Weird Science') - Killing Joke
5: Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) [from the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
6: I Go Crazy (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Flesh for Lulu
7: You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Kirsty MacColl
8: Do Anything (From the 1987 Movie 'Some Kind of Wonderful') - Pete Shelley
9: Beat City (From the 1986 Movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off') - The Flowerpot Men
10: Crazy Love (From the 1988 Movie 'She's Having a Baby') - Bryan Ferry
11: Positively Lost Me (From the 1986 Movie 'Pretty in Pink') - The Rave-Ups

Number of Discs: 2

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