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BACK TO THE FUTURE theme music

posted 13 years ago by Cavalier_nick
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Anybody else recongnize the identical or very similar Back to the future theme music for the 3rd story. It would play for the cat. What the hell??

That music was made before 1988, before the movie came out??

am I the only one?!

[–] baxtron-2 13 years ago

I haven't looked to see if im correct, but I believe Danny Elfman wrote the music for both movies, maybe he just retooled it a bit to make it sound like a new song?

[–] doc-hawk 12 years ago

Both Cat's Eye and Back To The Future soundtracks were written by Alan Silvestri and right around the same time. Small wonder they sound alike.

[–] ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch 12 years ago

I think "General's Theme" was a rough temp track for what eventually became the Back to the Future theme.

"You win some, you lose some. But you live, you live to fight another day."

[–] pacificboy 12 years ago

Not to mention that Alan Silvestri out-Danny Elfmans Danny Elfman. His scores for The Abyss and Predator also recall Back to the Future, quite inappropriately at times.

"My brain rebelled, and insisted on applying logic where it was not welcome."

[–] aclockwork_oranges71 9 years ago

They don't sound alike to me. WTH?

[–] tsrts 10 years ago

It is pretty similar, both movies came out the same year.
The big difference is that Back To The Future's score was orchestrated,
while Cat's Eye was all synthesizer.

[–] EvilDeadAsh (99) 3 years ago

When Silvestri uses an orchestra, it's great! When he uses a synthesizer, it stinks!

[–] kurt7825 8 years ago

just watched and thought they were identical