The music in the films of John Hughes — whether written specifically for the films or simply borrowed — is almost as important to their place in popular culture as the films themselves. Other than the obvious choices (“(Don’t You) Forget About Me” and “Weird Science”), does anyone actually listen to Lindsey Buckingham sing “Holiday Road” and not think of the Griswold family roadster heading down to Wally World? Or Spandau Ballet’s “True” — released a year before “Sixteen Candles” — recalling the awkwardness of clean-cut high school dances?
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It’s always been peculiar that “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” one of Hughes’ most beloved films — the one that makes you want to hop on a float and sing “Twist and Shout” and leaves you with the urge at the end to nonsensically scat “Day bo bo… chick… chicka chick-ah!” — never had a proper soundtrack to coincide with its release.
After all, the 80s weren’t like today, when a soundtrack charting is a rare thing: from “Dirty Dancing” to “Back To The Future,” so many of our memories of films of that era are tied into their soundtrack releases too. On its thirty year anniversary, courtesy of La-La Land Records, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” will finally have a full soundtrack.
The track list is not yet finalized, nor is the release date, but it will include both songs and score, and surely Yello‘s “Oh Yeah” will make the cut, and of course “Twist And Shout.” According to Salon, the release is due out sometime later this year. In the meantime, you can strap on your lederhosen and croon to “Danke Schoen.” Check out the movie’s most memorable musical moment below.