Track Listing

1. Back to the Future
2. Skateboard Chase
3. Marty's Letter
4. Clocktower Pt. 1
5. Clocktower Pt. 2/Helicopter
6. '85 Lone Pine Mall
7. 4 x 4
8. Doc Returns
9. Hill Valley 2015
10. Burn the Book - Francis Lai
11. He's Gone
12. Letter
13. I'm Back
14. End Logo
15. West
16. Main Title
17. Indians
18. Point of No Return (The Train, Pt. 3)
19. End Credits
20. Back to the Future: the Ride

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #163005 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Import
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
This release follows Varese Sarabande's successful formula with albums for The Alien Trilogy and The Batman Trilogy. Those series both went on to fourth instalments, making the collections seem just shy of complete, whereas here at least you know you're getting the lot. And the first thing the disc does is make up for the absence of decent cues on the original 1985 album by giving us for the first time "Skateboard Chase", "Clocktower Pt. 1" and "Clocktower Pt. 2 & Helicopter". This first suite sets a precedent by having a "Main Title" followed by one early sequence, and then the finale to the respective movie. Inevitably, this approach takes the listener through lots of heroic and grand statements of both the signature theme and Alan Silvestri's hugely enjoyable Back to the Future march. In other words, it all gets a little repetitive. (The thing to remember while listening, however, is that whether you own all three original albums or not, this condensed highlights format makes for a far less repetitive experience than playing the full scores back to back.) Thankfully, the romantic elements of number three allow a change of pace, and that movie's Western music is enormously entertaining (this is the original soundtrack, whereas episodes one and two are new recordings). As an attractive bonus at the end of the album is the suite Silvestri arranged for Universal Studio's ride; along with John Debney's respectful conducting and a buoyant performance from the RSNO, this shows that plenty of TLC went into the album's make-up. --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews

This could and should have been better
I was looking forward to listening to this CD, but when it finally arrived, I was dissapointed. As the cd is not an origonal soundtrack recording the music does not have the right tempo and 'feel' to it. Unfortunately this seems to be the only CD with music cues from the origonal Back To The Future film. Had the conductor made the music and tempo faster I think the overall result would have been a lot better. In summing up, this was an average CD when I expected a lot better.

Sound Quality lets this Down...
This is a good addition to the BTTF soundtrack collection, but I do feel that it has been mastered incorrectly. I like my CDs to be dynamic (thats what they were designed for!) and this one does sound as if the mics were turned down a little. Should be louder. Its not that bad, but could be better.