Various Artists - Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack Album) - Vinyl

The soundtrack for the 1984 blockbuster comedy Ghostbusters, which starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as a New York-based team of spook exterminators, follows the most common soundtrack formula for summer blockbuster hits: throw on a bunch of pop songs that were heard in the movie only for a few seconds, combine them with a couple of excerpts from the original score, and -- voila! -- you have a soundtrack album. The highlights here are two tracks from Elmer Bernstein's score, Mick Smiley's "Magic," which played a major role in the film, and the witty Ray Parker, Jr. theme song, "Ghostbusters," which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Song. ~ Evan Cater

Tracks:

• 1 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, JR
• 2 Cleanin' Up the Town - the Bus Boys
• 3 Savin' the Day - Alessi Brothers
• 4 In the Name of Love - Thompson Twins
• 5 I Can Wait Forever - Air Supply
• 6 Hot Night - Laura Branigan
• 7 Magic - Mick Smiley
• 8 Main Title Theme (Ghostbusters) - Elmer Berstein
• 9 Dana's Theme - Elmer Berstein
• 10 Ghostbusters (Instrumental) - Ray Parker, JR