* Not used in the film † Album version
Bargain Bin Beats has the whole album available for download in one 155 Mb zip file.
Album Notes
Album Images
Here are very large images of the album’s artwork. If you lost the original CD artwork, or you bought a used copy that never came with any, you can print these out to make your own CD artwork.
Missing Cues
Brandon Lindsay found a few pieces of music from the film that are missing from this album, though some of them are on the bootleg. In addition to what he found, there has been some interesting talk over on the Film Score Monthly forum, which has brought up more missing cues, and other information. Listed below is everything Brandon gave me, and what I’ve culled from the forum.
The first is the end of “The Fridge”, where (in the film) Dana hears “Zuul!” and then screams and slams the fridge shut. The second (not on the CD) is actually mixed into the very end of Mick Smiley’s song, “Magic”, just as the penthouse explodes around Dana. The third part is during the confrontation with Gozer at the end, when Venkman says “Let’s show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown!”
The music is basically a dissonant synth string pad, wavering slowly, then sliding upwards. If you know what I mean, then you’ll also find that its lack of presence on the CD is missing, especially since it’s used in three pinnacle moments.
As an aside, Track 14 “We Got One” should be marked as NOT being used in the film.
* The aforementioned synth bits that Dan first mentioned when he began this thread — alternates from “Fridge” and “Ghosts!”, and an unreleased Gozer bit.
* The short cue where the Ghostbusters exit the hotel elevator and snoop around, just before they blast the maid’s cart.
* A very short, aggressive statement of the GB theme. Not used in the film, but possibly written for the actual blasting of the maid’s cart.
* The ballroom/tavern source music cues — both longer than what appears in the film, both a lot of fun.
* A potential alternate for “Dogs” — at least the second half. The first half is mostly synth and electronics and doesn’t appear to match up with anything.
* The cool, militaristic statement of the GB theme as they unsling their proton packs and approach Gozer. Very unfortunate this is missing…
* The film-version of the appearance of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
* A thirty-second cue featuring the Mr. Stay Puft theme, possibly written for the scene immediately after he crushes the church and the team blasts him.
That’s all I’ve got for now. Also, from its placement on the album and the way it synchs up, I suspect “Ghostbusters!”, which is not used in the film, was meant to underscore the team climing out of the earthquake rubble and beeing cheered on by the crowd before entering the stairwell.
From “SoundtrackNet” (Dan):
That makes a lot more sense; I found the mention in the liner notes that the “sliding note at the end firmly places the song in the Ghostbusters world” (or something like that) to be wholly unconvincing. It’s like saying “Elfman’s use of a boys choir for the last note at the end of the track firmly places it in the world of Edward Scissorhands”. I found that to be quite a stretch, and now that explains it!
Outside Links
Total size: 80.8 Mb
Total time: 59:34
MP3 Settings: Bitrate – 192 kBit/s | Sample Rate – 44100 Hz | Channels – Stereo
MP3 Notes
The above MP3s were digitally extracted from a bootleg that was purchased on the eBay auction site. The original CD is of such poor quality that it can’t be played in my computer, and is now starting to give me problems when I try to play it in my regular CD player. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the CD itself is translucent – you can see right through it! I’ve never seen a see-though CD, and I doubt that it’s supposed to be that way (the player/drive probably can’t read the CD as the laser most likely goes right through it). Luckily, I was able to make myself a copy using the stand-alone Pioneer dual-deck CD recorder I used to own. This backup copy is what I used to make the MP3s. Although the original CD itself is of poor quality, the audio is fairly good. However, it’s not perfect. Below is a list of defects I typed up for my own use based upon my first listening of the original CD (back when I was able to play it). All defects from the original CD were carried over into my backup CD, which in turn carried them over to the MP3s. There may be more defects than these, but these are all of the ones I noticed, and thus all of the major ones. The times may be a second or two off since this was based on the original CD and not the MP3s.
Album Notes
When I first heard there was an orchestral score CD of Ghostbusters, I went to Borders’ music department and asked them to look it up and see if I could order it. They found it listed. It was a promotional CD, not for wide release and there were only a limited number of copies made. Since it was not intended to be sold in stores, it’s probably not surprising it’s not fancy. But I don’t know that Borders would have it listed if it didn’t exist.
This isn’t to say that someone isn’t making illegal copies of it, though. I have no way of knowing that one way or the other.
From what I’ve read, the “limited number of copies” that Sheila refers to is 100.
Liner Art Images
Here are very large images of the album’s artwork. Print these out to make your own CD artwork, should you decide to convert the MP3s above into a CD.
Outside Links
There *MAY* be three different versions of the bootleg album (or at least with different titles). (This list was compiled a few years before the official Score CD was released)
GraceNote’s CDDB lists the following:
Paper CD Case lists the following:
