Every couple of months I make a CD for my brother. It's a mix of allsorts. Actually, since he got an iPod, I've been sending him shit via YouSendIt. Anyway, him and my mum are visiting next week from England, which will be awesome!! I'd make him a CD anyway to mark the occassion but this one is a little extra special. Transformers comes out July 4th. He will still be here. We love to talk about shows we'd watch as kids and toys we played with. We are definatley going to see it, probably July 5th, as we're having a party for the forth. So I made a CD containing artists and/or songs relating to the Transformers. Whether it be one of the taglines, a sample from the cartoon show or whatever, it's on there.Here's the tracklist and some links..
Transformers Intro Theme
Robots In Disguise - Turn It Up
7L & Esoteric - Be Alert
Gnarls Barkley - Transformer
Autobots Vs. Prodigy - Outta Space
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
One Be Lo - Decepticons
Powerman 5000 - Transform
DJ Starscream - Transformers (Decepticon Remix)
Four Tet - Robots In Disguise
Robots In Disguise - 50 Minutes
Meatbee - Transformers
Son Of Ran - Gates To Cybertron
Powerman 5000 - Megatronic
Ugress - Decepticons
Transformers Outro Theme
Turin - The G1 Song
Plus a bunch of sound effects and random snippets from the cartoon and shit thrown in.
I'm really loving Robots In Disguise and Son Of Ran at the moment. You can download Son Of Ran's 'Tribute To Sky City' here, completely legally as it was a free release!
I'm working on a track for the CD, 'Optimus Prime'. Currently it's a minute long piece but I'm hoping to extend that. It has a lot of potential.
And actually, I'm fucking sick of seeing the word 'Transformers' now.
And I haven't bought my tshirt yet. I think I'm going to make one.
But anyway, there's a bunch of tracks that didn't go on 'cos I knew my bro wouldn't like them. Like anything by Stan Bush or Vince DiCola who appeared on the Transformers The Movie Soundtrack in 1987. Actually, any of those hair-metal bands that appeared on the soundtrack didn't make it. The tracklist for the new movie soundtrack has been released but I totally avoided all of those.
I still have high hopes that the movie be will be awesome.