While Stan Bush is probably the most recognised musician from Transformers: The Movie – he did not, however, produce the theme tune for the film, that honour went to Lion – an English-American hair metal band. Releasing only one single back in 1983 (containing three tracks) as well as a superb music video (involving Brian May’s giant floating head, lots of 80s video effects and some clips from the show) the actual Brian May version of Star Fleet was not the version originally used on the television show – the honour of that goes go to another artist Paul Bliss who, as well as producing the original music (May’s version was used on the end credits) also played for the Moody Blues and the Hollies and re-released the original Star Fleet soundtrack in 2009. Called The Star Fleet Project, May’s friends just happened to be a who’s-who of early 80s superstars and included Eddie Van Halen, Alan Grater (REO Speedwagon) and fellow Queen bandmate Roger Taylor in what is essentially an 80s rock-super-group.
It’s quite well known that Brian May (apologies Dr Brian May) is a huge fan of space (his doctorate is called A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud) science fiction and fantasy and back in the 1980s as well as producing the soundtrack for Highlander and Flash Gordon collaborated with some ‘friends’ to recreate the theme tune for the early 1980s show Star Fleet. Paul Bliss/Brian May & Friends – Star Fleetįirst of all: What, that Brian May? Yes, that Brian May from Queen. Finally Mr Bush has also produced a new song Warrior for the team at Devolver Digital to help promote the sequel to their game Shadow Warriors. The nostalgia wave that still continued today thanks to ‘forty something’s’ like myself has kept Mr Bush in work for the past three decades and provided him with a solid career catering for those hankering for a more innocent musical time of big hair and flying V guitars with releases such as Call to Action and its follow up Till All Are One and finally Stand In The Fire.Įven in 2016 he is still busy, happy to play his hits at events such as BotCon and even going so far as to team up with wrestling organisation Chikara whose fun, cartoony and nostalgic feel is a perfect place. While never a chart-topper hits like The Touch and Dare have become cult classics, even appearing in other films such as Boogie Nights and his reputation for making memorable solid rock anthems led him to work on tracks for films like Bloodsport.
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Stan Bush is probably the most well-known musical acts on our list – a master of the 80s power ballad Bush music, of course, is most synonymous with Transformers: The Movie and was the soundtrack to many a pre-teen boy’s first taste of tragedy when (spoilers) Optimus Prime dies (I didn’t cry went I saw it in the cinema, I had something in my eye or something… Shut up!) So it’s time to grab your lighter, stick on your tassel-armed leather jacket (hey put a denim over-coat on the top if you feel like it) tie on that bandana and prepare to rock-on like its 1985. While the names of characters and the shows themselves are commonplace (still appearing in comics, cartoons remakes and t-shirts) the visual appeal of Lion-O, Prime and the rest still linger on, however, the soundtrack of these heroic adventures is something that at times is overlooked.
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With a style that is perfectly parodied in recent online successes as Kung Fury and Turbo-Kid, the 80s audio landscape of action-adventure shows that was chock full of Korgs, Gibson Flying Vs and DMX drum machines provided the perfect pounding soundtracks to underpin theme songs for transforming, fighting and rampaging superheroes and villains. One of the major elements that gave 80s Saturday morning cartoons their specific style was their soundtracks, – sing-along anthems that stuck in your head driven by synthesisers and lead guitars to provide that special combination of electro synth, lead guitars and soaring vocals.
These shows were fast-paced, super slick Saturday morning adventure fodder for a tartrazine generation, a glitzy attack on the senses that for a better turn of phrase got the blood and adrenaline pumping. While in hindsight this may well have been highly exploitive for kids (and parents) these cartoons of yesteryear still stand up very well today with the animation having that special blend of ‘All-American’ tropes and stereotypes translated through a far eastern animation studios filter. The 1980s were the heyday of action-adventure cartoons with the majority of them being based on a set of toy-lines.
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