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Release Blue Thunder
Year 1983
Label MCA # 6122
Format LP · Soundtrack
Country USA
Language Instrumental
Songs here 3 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Arthur B. Rubinstein, Blue Thunder; cite each song by its SongID

Blue Thunder

1983 · Soundtrack · MCA # 6122 · USA
3 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: My Lai.
Annotation
The soundtrack to John Badham's 1983 Vietnam War film Blue Thunder, about a Vietnam veteran (helicopter pilot) with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), contained the song "Sunrise at Pinkville" (MCA Records # MCA 6122), a reference to My Lai -. The 1997 CD reissue also had the additional track "Pinkville Strafing Run" (Super Tracks Music Group # ARCD 01). In an interview with Randall D. Larson in CinemaScore, # 13/14, 1985, Rubinstein spoke about the soundtrack:
Quote
"John wanted to get away from the whole idea that this is a neurotic guy who has these flashbacks about Vietnam....The thematic material in Blue Thunder is absolutely simple. The entire score, as a matter of fact, is based on just two pieces of music...it's just two notes, really, it goes BUH-BUH-baaa, Duh Duh-da-da-daaa. What is complicated is the moment to moment working out of rhythms and tempos and sounds". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
1.
1983 · Soundtrack · MCA # 6122 · USA · Blue Thunder

American film and television composer, born 31 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York; scored 'Blue Thunder' and 'WarGames' (both 1983); died 23 April 2018 in Los Angeles, California. [Source: Wikipedia]

2.
1983 · Soundtrack · MCA # 6122 · USA · Blue Thunder

American film and television composer, born 31 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York; scored 'Blue Thunder' and 'WarGames' (both 1983); died 23 April 2018 in Los Angeles, California. [Source: Wikipedia]

Theme: My Lai
3.
1983 · Soundtrack · MCA # 6122 · USA · Blue Thunder

American film and television composer, born 31 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York; scored 'Blue Thunder' and 'WarGames' (both 1983); died 23 April 2018 in Los Angeles, California. [Source: Wikipedia]

Theme: My Lai