Its music garnered nine Grammy Award nominations, including an Album of the Year nod for all of the artists on the album, and won three, one of which was for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special that went to all of the songwriters credited. The soundtrack received lukewarm reviews but spent two weeks at number one on Billboard's album chart and went on to be certified for shipment of six million copies in the US while selling 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling albums of all time. Because Flashdance distributor Paramount Pictures had success with a film that had no star power and received bad reviews from critics, the use of the cable channel as a means of promoting movies through music videos and advertising became the hot new marketing strategy for motion picture studios. Music videos for some of the songs on the soundtrack were then put together using scenes from the film, and the next single, "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, had one of these promotional video clips shown regularly on MTV and also reached number one on the Hot 100. When the film became a surprise hit, the soundtrack sold out within days, and the record company was left scrambling to fill orders that totaled half a million copies. One of his contributions, "Flashdance.What a Feeling" by Irene Cara, became available as a single in March 1983, weeks before the film's April 15 release, and eventually spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The film's music supervisor, Phil Ramone, made selections that he felt were the best fit for their respective scenes, and composer Giorgio Moroder contributed additional tracks in the process of scoring the film.
The nightclub performances by Alex and her co-workers and other set pieces involving training and auditioning provided opportunities to present the songs that would make up the soundtrack album.
Flashdance soundtrack vinyl professional#
£3.25 for the first postal and packaging charges then 75pence for every additional purchase.Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1983 American romantic drama film Flashdance, which tells the story of Alex Owens (played by Jennifer Beals), a welder and exotic dancer who dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.
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