Iron Eagle (soundtrack) explained

Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the TriStar Pictures film Iron Eagle, released on July 23, 1986, by Capitol Records.[1] A separate film score by Basil Poledouris titled Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Score was released on July 9, 2008 by Varèse Sarabande.[2]

The soundtrack itself peaked on the Billboard top 200 album chart at position #54 in late March 1986,[3] and features its only song that charted, "One Vision" by Queen, a minor hit pop single (position #61) on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart.[4]

Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various artists
Cover:Iron-Eagle-OST.jpg
Length:40:30
Label:Capitol

Not included in the album

The following songs were featured in the film, but not included in the soundtrack album:[1]

  1. "Old Enough to Rock and Roll" by Rainey Haynes
  2. "Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group
  3. "Eyes of the World" by Eric Martin
  4. "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister
  5. "Proud Mary" by Ike & Tina Turner
  6. "There Was a Time" by James Brown

Music video

A music video for King Kobra's "Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)" was made to promote the film. The video features Louis Gossett Jr. reprising his role as Col. "Chappy" Sinclair, who has the band cut their hair and undergo boot camp training for them to prove themselves as pilots.

Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Score

Iron Eagle: Original Motion Picture Score
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Basil Poledouris
Genre:Film score
Length:52:11
Label:Varèse Sarabande
Producer:Basil Poledouris
Prev Title:Flesh and Blood
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:RoboCop
Next Year:1987

Track listing

External links

Soundtrack

Score

Notes and References

  1. http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/title/ironeagle.asp The SoundtrackInfo Project - Iron Eagle
  2. http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/OST/ironeagle-score/ The SoundtrackInfo Project - Iron Eagle (score)
  3. Billboard 200. Billboard. 2 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Queen Chart History Billboard . www.billboard.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171024020708/http://www.billboard.com/music/queen/chart-history . 2017-10-24.