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Edward Van Halen - 'Untitled'

posted 17 years ago by squidman1993
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This is what the Van Halen website said a long time ago:

Back To The Future (1985)

"Untitled" (Edward Van Halen):
http://web.archive.org/web/20040204173103/http://www.van-halen.com/new site/audio/vhbttf.wav

NOTES
This clip, which originally appeared in the 1984 film The Wild Life, appears in Back to the Future when Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) travels back to 1955, and pays a visit to his sleeping father (Crispin Glover).
McFly, wearing a radiation suit, pulls out a cassette tape labeled Edward Van Halen, places it into a Aiwa portable stereo, straps the headphones onto the unknowing ears of his science fiction-loving Dad and cranks it up!

The piece does not appear on the album's soundtrack.

The clip appears in The Wild Life in a scene where Christopher Penn falls out of his girlfriend's window.

I'd like to know if this piece of music was really present in The Wild Life in that scene. If someone could provide a clip of just that scene from the movie, I'd appreciate it.

[–] phaota1 17 years ago

Not at all a good audio recording. Anyone got a full crystal-clear version of this short instrumental? Would be great to put in both my extended "Wild Life" soundtrack, as well as my BTTF soundtrack.

[–] SteveHerold 9 years ago

Not sure if the clip you're looking for is there but if you search Van Halen Wild Life soundtrack the VHND has been uploading good, unedited, full length instrumentals from the movie.

visit:
www.jointfilms.com

[–] phaota1 9 years ago

Thanks for the information. All of the previously unreleased score tracks are now available via the Van Halen Vault on YouTube. Just snagged them for my extended soundtrack and will be cleaning them up and putting them all in play order with the other songs.

"Wherever You Go, There You Are." - Buckaroo Banzai

[–] SteveHerold 9 years ago

you got it. glad to help. the VHND still hasn't even finished uploading everything they have from The Wild Life. Not too long ago they said they were just busy with the recent VH 2015 tour but they planned on getting back to uploading more tracks they have from The Wild Life.

visit:
www.jointfilms.com

[–] phaota1 9 years ago

Sweet! Thanks for the info. There were three other tracks I hope they have and will share on YT to make my update extended soundtrack complete. Any others will just be icy on the musical cake.

"Wherever You Go, There You Are." - Buckaroo Banzai