Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (soundtrack)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack album for the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The album was originally released in 1985 on the Capitol Records label and reissued numerous times on different labels.

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Background

In addition to 26 minutes of the original orchestral score composed by Maurice Jarre and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the album includes Tina Turner's US #2 and UK number-three single "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which played over the end titles of the film. The single was released the year after Turner's comeback with the Private Dancer album and its series of hit singles. "We Don't Need Another Hero" was written and produced by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle (who also wrote "What's Love Got to Do with It") and appears on the album both as an extended vocal version and an extended instrumental, tracks originally released as the A- and B-sides of the 12" single. The vocal 7" mix has since appeared on the hits compilations Simply The Best in 1991 and All the Best in 2004. The alternate 7" instrumental mix remains unreleased on CD. The song received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song in 1986 and a 1986 Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.^[3]^[4]

The second Tina Turner track on the album, "One of the Living" (U.S. No. 15), was the film's opening titles song, produced by Mike Chapman and composed by Holly Knight - the team behind "Better Be Good to Me" - and also credited to Knight's band Device on both the film's end titles and the original vinyl album. Released as the follow-up single to "We Don't Need Another Hero", "One of the Living" was also remixed for both the 7" and 12" singles. Aside from the 7" remix appearing on The Platinum Collection three-disc CD set in 2009, the 7" dub, 12" special remix, 12" dub and 12" instrumental versions, co-produced and mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, all remain unreleased on CD. "One of the Living" won Turner a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.^[5]

The album is available digitally. Tracks "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" and "One of the Living" were included in deluxe edition of 30th anniversary issue of Tina Turner's album Private Dancer.

Track listing

*Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"	Terry Britten, Graham Lyle	6:05
2.	"One of the Living"	Holly Knight	5:59
3.	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Instrumental)	Britten, Lyle	6:30
4.	"Bartertown†"	Maurice Jarre	8:28
5.	"The Children†"	Jarre	2:11
6.	"Coming Home†"	Jarre	15:10
Total length:			44:27

† Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Personnel

Musicians

Tina Turner – lead vocals (tracks 1-2), additional background vocals (1)
The Kings House School Choir – choir vocals (tracks 1, 3)
Charlie Morgan – drums, additional percussion (tracks 1, 3)
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (tracks 1, 3)
Graham Broad – percussion instruments (tracks 1, 3)
Tim Cappello – saxophone (tracks 1, 3), saxophone solo (2)
Terry Britten – guitar, bass guitar (tracks 1, 3)
Gene Black – backing vocals, guitar (track 2)
Holly Knight – keyboards, music programming, backing vocals (track 2)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra (tracks 4-6)
Maurice Jarre – orchestral conductor (tracks 4-6)
Barry Griffith – concertmaster (tracks 4-6)
Charles McMahon – didgeridoo (tracks 4-6)
Cynthia Millar – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6)
Dominique Kim – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6)
Jeanne Loriod – ondes Martenot (tracks 4-6)

Production

Tracks 1 and 3 recorded at Mayfair Studios, London.
Track 2 recorded at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles.
Terry Britten – record producer (tracks 1, 3)
John Hudson – sound engineer, sound mix (tracks 1, 3)
Mike Chapman – producer (track 2)
Humberto Gatica – remix, co-producer (track 2)
Maurice Jarre – producer (tracks 4-6)
Christopher Palmer – assistant to Maurice Jarre (tracks 4-6)
Dick Lewzey – sound recording engineer (tracks 4-6)
Tim Pennington – assistant sound recording engineer (tracks 4-6)

Deluxe edition

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: The Complete Motion Picture Score
Film score by Maurice Jarre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released	25 May 2010
Recorded	1985
Genre	Film score
Length	122:02
Label	Tadlow Music
Producer	Maurice Jarre James Fitzpatrick

In 2010, a deluxe edition of the soundtrack was released and includes Maurice Jarre's complete, intended score with music cues that were ultimately replaced in the final film by Tina Turner's songs.^[6] Although Jarre's alternate cues from the original album were included as bonus tracks, Turner's songs were not included, due to licensing issues (Warner Music currently owns copyrights to Turner's songs, at the time it was EMI).

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Original Main Title Music"	2:00
2.	"Max's Theme" / "The Desert"	2:41
3.	"Bartertown Theme"	1:55
4.	"Accents 2 Suspense"	3:48
5.	"Tragic Saxophone"	0:40
6.	"Heartbeat" / "Pigrock"	3:48
7.	"Master Blaster" / "The Manipulator" / "Embargo" / "Entity Humiliated"	2:29
8.	"The Discovery"	2:01
9.	"Conspiracy"	0:35
10.	"Thunderdome"	4:52
11.	"Darkness" / "Gulag"	3:48
12.	"Master in Underworld" / "Desert Hallucinating"	5:21
13.	"Magical"	3:02
14.	"Children's Theme"	2:13
15.	"Ceremony"	1:12
16.	"Confusion"	1:14
17.	"The Telling" / "I Ain't Captain Walker"	4:01
18.	"Compassion"	3:18
19.	"Tyrant"	2:45
20.	"The Leaving"	5:05
21.	"Underworld Takeover"	2:19
22.	"Arrival"	2:59
Total length:		62:06

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Max and Savannah Escape"	3:05
2.	"Boarding the Train"	2:22
3.	"Bartertown Destruction"	4:03
4.	"The Big Chase!"	11:44
5.	"Epilogue"	3:18
6.	"Bartertown"	8:27
7.	"The Children"	2:12
8.	"Coming Home"	15:15
9.	"Piano Overdubs for "The Big Chase!""	2:37
10.	"Organ Effects"	0:39
11.	"Plastic Tube Effects"	0:47
12.	"Wild Chords"	0:25
13.	"I Ain't Captain Walker" (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)	5:02
Total length:		59:56

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*
Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[7]	31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[8]	17
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[9]	33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[10]	50
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	34
US Billboard 200^[12]	41
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	47

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*
Chart (1985)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	58

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[15]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Allmusic - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Overview" Allmusic. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^ "Filmtracks: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Filmtracks.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "Golden Globes - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Golden Globe Award. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "28th Grammy Awards - 1986". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "1985 - 28th Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy.com. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - 2 CD Original Score by Maurice Jarre Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine" BuySoundtrax.com. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^ "ARIA Albums: Hermitude Dark Night Sweet Light Is No 1". Noise11.com. May 23, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack / Maurice Jarre / Tina Turner – Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. September 14, 1985. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack / Maurice Jarre / Tina Turner – Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
^ "Albumit 1985-10 lokakuu" (in Finnish). InfoDisc. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Tina Turner – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Music Canada.

Mad Max

Films

Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Fury Road (2015)
- accolades
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Characters

Music

Albums	Mad Max Mad Max 2 Beyond Thunderdome Fury Road
Songs	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living"

Other media

Category

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Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven
Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live
Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It
Compilation albums	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! Love Songs Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Singles	"Baby, Get It On" "Whole Lotta Love" "Acid Queen" "Under My Thumb" "Sometimes When We Touch" "Night Time Is the Right Time" "Back Stabbers" "Let's Stay Together" "Help!" "What's Love Got to Do with It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "Show Some Respect" "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living" "Typical Male" "Back Where You Started" "Two People" "Girls" "What You Get Is What You See" "Break Every Rule" "Paradise Is Here" "Afterglow" "Nutbush City Limits" "Addicted to Love" "Tonight" "A Change Is Gonna Come" "634-5789" "The Best" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "Steamy Windows" "Look Me in the Heart" "Foreign Affair" "Be Tender with Me Baby" "Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" "Way of the World" "Love Thing" "I Want You Near Me" "(Simply) The Best" "I Don't Wanna Fight" "Disco Inferno" "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" "Proud Mary" "GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams" "When the Heartache Is Over" "Whatever You Need" "Don't Leave Me This Way" "Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"
Guest singles	"Boxtop" "Ball of Confusion" "Tonight" "It's Only Love" "Tearing Us Apart" "It Takes Two" "Cose della vita - Can't Stop Thinking of You" "Teach Me Again"
Videography	One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best: The Live Collection Tina Live
Tours	Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
Related articles	Discography Songs written Awards Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner discography I, Tina What's Love Got to Do with It Tina (musical) Tina (documentary) Bolic Sound

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