O.S.T: Repo Man 1984

Repo Man is a 1984 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox in his directorial debut. It stars Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez, with Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Vonetta McGee, Fox Harris and Dick Rude among the supporting cast. Set in Los Angeles, the plot concerns a young punk rock enthusiast (Estevez) who is recruited by a car repossession agency and gets caught up in the pursuit of a mysterious Chevrolet Malibu that might be connected to extraterrestrials.
                                                                                

                                                                            
A satire of America under the Reagan administration, consumerism and the Atomic Age, Repo Man was developed by Cox in partnership with his fellow film school graduates from UCLA, independent

producers Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy. His inspiration for the film came from his own experiences working with repossession agent Mark Lewis. Originally conceiving of it as a road movie, Cox reconfigured the story to take place mostly in Los Angeles to maintain its budget. Michael Nesmith of The Monkees came on board the project as an executive producer, and secured a negative pickup deal with Universal Pictures. Principal photography ran through summer 1983, during which Cox encouraged improvisation from the cast; the film's ending notably differed from what had originally been written. The soundtrack, headlined by a main theme composed and performed by Iggy Pop, is noted as a snapshot of early hardcore punk; Cox wanted the music to underscore the life of repo men.
                                                                         

                                                                                   
Despite a troubled initial release due to Universal's scepticism towards the film's commercial viability,

Repo Man received widespread acclaim, and was deemed by critics to be one of the best films of 1984. It has since gained a cult following, particularly surrounding Cox's re-edited version of the film for television due to its deliberate inclusion of surreal overdubs to replace profanity. A stand-alone sequel based on an unproduced screenplay by Cox, Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday, was published as a graphic novel in 2008, while a spiritual successor, Repo Chick, was released in 2009.
                                                                     

                                                                                    
The soundtrack features songs by various punk rock bands such as The Plugz, Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop and others. The film score was created by Tito Larriva, Steven Hufsteter, Charlie Quintana and Tony Marsico of The Plugz. Iggy Pop volunteered to write the title song after his manager viewed a screening of the film.
                                                           

                                                                        
[ by Stephen Cook

As a backdrop to his fast-paced and cartoon-like debut chronicling the wayward life of Los Angles repo men, punk auteur Alex Cox did well to use music from the city's early-'80s hardcore punk scene; the tongue-in-cheek histrionics of Fear and the Circle Jerks (who appear in the movie as a punk band-turned-lounge act) fit flush with the film's mix of displaced suburban youth, gruff, and wizened repo veterans, Mexican hoods, industrial-skid row scenery, and irradiated UFO conspiracy theorists.
                                                           

                                                                                
Along with tracks by punk godfathers Iggy Pop ("Repo Man") and Jonathan Richman (writer of "Pablo Picasso"), the album's additional L.A. hardcore highlights include Black Flag's "TV Party," Suicidal Tendencies's "Institutionalized," and the Plugz's "Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)." The Plugz's noir-ish, punk en espanol tracks, in fact, formed the trademark sound of the film. One of the first soundtracks to use pre-existing band cuts in lieu of an original score, Repo Man is a fine, if not terribly thorough document of L.A.'s punk heyday.]
                                                                               

Various ‎– Repo Man (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCAD-39019, MCA Records ‎– MCAD 39019
Format: CD, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock
Style: Soundtrack, Punk

TRAXS

 

 

01. Iggy Pop: Repo Man  5:09
02. Black Flag: T.V. Party  3:44
03. Suicidal Tendencies: Institutionalized  3:48
04. The Circle Jerks: Coup D’état  2:58
05. The Plugz: El Clavo Y La Cruz  2:55
06. Burning Sensations: Pablo Picasso  3:58
07. Fear: Let's Have A War  2:17
08. The Circle Jerks: When The Shit Hits The Fan  3:10
09. The Plugz: Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)  1:53
10. Juicy Bananas: Bad Man  4:24
11. The Plugz: Reel Ten  3:09

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