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James King鈥檚 Pocket Guide to 80s Movies

James King curates a Pocket Guide to the Movies revealing his key films from the 1980s, a decade which saw three-time Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg becoming Mr Hollywood.

James King curates a Pocket Guide to the Movies revealing his key films from the 1980s. It was the decade which saw director Steven Spielberg becoming Mr Hollywood after releasing a stack of hit movies, including three Indiana Jones flicks and the biggest box-office hit of the decade, E.T., as well as contributing to cult classics Gremlins and The Goonies.

Science-fiction continued to be big news, with films like Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Aliens and The Terminator among the most enduring of the decade. Plus, the biggest selling soundtracks of the 80s were absolutely classics: Flashdance, Prince's Purple Rain and that immortal line of 'nobody puts baby in the corner,' followed by that lift, which, of course, comes from the number one soundtrack of the 80s: Dirty Dancing.

This series is also available as four individual podcast guides from the decades 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s on 麻豆社 Sounds.

14 minutes

Music Played

  • Studio Orchestra

    Main Title

    • Color Purple Soundtrack.
    • Qwest Records.
    • 2.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Irene Cara

    Flashdance... What a Feeling

    • Flashdance.
    • Casablanca.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.
  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.
  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

    Desafinado

    • Jukebox Instrumentals Vol.2.
    • Old Gold.
  • Harold Faltermeyer

    Axel F

  • The Beach Boys

    Kokomo

    • Love At The Movies (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Studio Orchestra

    The Batman Theme

    • Batman - The Original Motion Picture Score.
    • Warner Bros Records.
    • 1.
  • John Williams

    Flying

  • Roy Orbison

    Oh, Pretty Woman

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 16.
  • Studio Orchestra

    Beauty and the Beast

    • Beauty and the Beast.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.

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