John Parr: Running Away with You (1987)
Filed Under (Music, Soundtracks) by admin on 29-01-2009
Tagged Under : 80s Music, John Parr, The Running Man
You could almost always count on some good 80s music to play over the end credits of any Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick, and 1987’s The Running Man was no exception. The instrumental score throughout the film was composed by the legendary Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop) and John Parr (St. Elmo’s Fire) provided the coup de grace: Running Away with You.
Adapted from a Stephen King story, The Running Man was one of the highlights of Schwarzenegger’s one-liner action era. The film also featured a strong array of supporting players, from respected character actors to TV personalities to legendary musicians and more: future fellow governor Jesse “the Body” Ventura (Predator), game show host Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso (Predator 2), fellow bodybuilding legend Sven Thorsen (Gladiator), Yaphet Kotto (Alien), Professor Toru Tanaka (Black Rain), NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen) and the founder of Fleetwood Mac himself, Mick Fleetwood. Plus Frank Zappa’s kid Dweezil.