![]() ![]() A longtime friend of Eric Idle, he contributed cues to Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) and later scored the Python-adjacent hit A Fish Called Wanda. Top 10s during the '80s), was no stranger to scoring. ![]() ( Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the fourth such series, debuted last month.)ĭu Prez, a trumpeter in the salsa-pop outfit Modern Romance (which scored several U.K. Turtles spun off two sequels, and the franchise - now owned by Nickelodeon - is still going strong, with additional films landing in theaters in 2007, 20 and several new cartoons bringing the heroes in a half-shell to a new generation. Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael were sensations on the page, and in 1987 became a full-fledged phenomenon in the form of a syndicated cartoon series.Ī film was inevitable, and 1990's adaptation - halfway between the grit of the original comics and the goofs of television, with impressive life-size characters built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop - sliced and diced the box-office, becoming one of the year's top 10 blockbusters and, for a time, the highest-grossing independent film. ORIGINAL POST (): They're lean, they're green, and they're on.your turntable? Vinyl soundtrack label Waxwork Records has a real treat coming this month, with the premiere release of John Du Prez's score for 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.īased on an independent comic by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the ultimate in high-concept superheroes, creating a wacky world around the titular quartet, who dwelled in the sewers of Manhattan and fought petty crimes committed by the Foot Clan and their master, the mysterious warlord Shredder. An Amazon link for the standard vinyl is below, as well. UPDATE (): CD buyers rejoice! Waxwork is now taking orders on their site for this soundtrack, featuring CD-sized versions of the art and packaging and the same track list.
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