Engineering:Love on a Real Train

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Short description: 1984 single by Tangerine Dream and Steve Reich
"Love on a Real Train"
Love on a Real Train.jpg
Single by Tangerine Dream
from the album Risky Business soundtrack
B-side"Guido the Killer Pimp"
Released1984
GenreElectronic
LengthScript error: No such module "hms".
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream singles chronology
"Warsaw in the Sun"
(1983)
"Love on a Real Train"
(1984)
"Flashpoint"
(1984)

"Love on a Real Train" is a 1984 single by Tangerine Dream from the soundtrack for the film Risky Business.[1][2][3] Critics have noted the influence of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians on "Love on a Real Train".[4][5][6][7]

The song has been featured on other film soundtracks including Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale,[8] the television series Mr. Robot,[9] interactive Netflix film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,[10] the Netflix movie The Babysitter: Killer Queen.[11] and Ben Affleck's Air.

"Love on a Real Train" was voted one of the best 200 songs of the 1980s by Pitchfork magazine.[12]

References

  1. Rapold, Nicolas (June 1, 2012). "Underscoring the Drama in the Dark: Tangerine Dream's Music in BAMcinématek Series". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/movies/tangerine-dreams-music-in-bamcinematek-series.html. 
  2. "Love on a Real Train". AllMusic. https://www.allmusic.com/song/love-on-a-real-train-risky-business-mt0002209713. 
  3. Lambert, Molly (August 4, 2016). "Stranger Things And How Tangerine Dream Soundtracked The '80s: Molly Lambert on the German Synthrock Bands TV Moment". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/2914736/molly-lambert-on-the-german-synthrock-bands-tv-moment/. 
  4. Pope, Shelby (September 6, 2016). "Steve Reich's Turning 80 — Here's Where You've Heard Him Before". https://www.kqed.org/arts/12014754/steve-reichs-turning-80-heres-where-youve-heard-him-before. 
  5. Beta, Andy (January 26, 2015). "Synth Sorcerer: Eight Essentials by the Late Tangerine Dream Founder Edgar Froese". Pitchfork. https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/646-synth-sorcerer-eight-essentials-by-the-late-tangerine-dream-founder-edgar-froese/. 
  6. Rutherford-Johnson, Tim (March 27, 2013). "The Influence Engine: Steve Reich And Pop Music". NewMusicBox (New Music USA). https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/the-influence-engine-steve-reich-and-pop-music/. 
  7. Judd, Timothy (March 4, 2016). "Steve Reich's Piano Phase: What Are You Afraid Of?". https://thelistenersclub.com/2016/03/04/steve-reichs-piano-phase-what-are-you-afraid-of/. 
  8. Askew, Robin (September 29, 2017). "Review: Anathema, Marble Factory". Bristol24-7. https://www.bristol247.com/culture/music/review-anathema-marble-factory/. 
  9. Davis, James (September 21, 2015). "'Mr. Robot' is a show of questions". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. http://dailycollegian.com/2015/09/21/mr-robot-is-a-show-of-questions/. 
  10. Suarez, Gary (December 29, 2018). "In 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,' Should You Pick Tangerine Dream Or Tomita?" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/garysuarez/2018/12/29/bandersnatch-music/. 
  11. Hough, Q.V. (September 13, 2020). "The Babysitter: Killer Queen Soundtrack - Every Song In The Netflix Movie". https://screenrant.com/babysitter-killer-queen-movie-soundtrack-every-song/. 
  12. "The Best 200 Songs of the 1980s". August 24, 2015. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s/?page=3. 

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