The Golden Child (1986) - The Complete Soundtrack - Michel Colombier, John Barry and VA (Thanks Blonde and Mr. Ghostface!)

High in the mountains of Tibet, a band of villains led by the mysterious Sardo Numspa have kidnapped the Golden Child, a young boy with mystical abilities.

Kee Nang seeks the help of social worker Chandler Jarrell who’s been prophesied to save the child from the dark forces. But Jarrell disbelieves the mysticism until evidence of demon worship involving the dead body of his latest investigation coincide with a series of unexplained events lead towards the child ...and Numspa

Mel Gibson was originally in the running for the role but was unavailable at the time so Eddie Murphy was casted. John Carpenter was attached at one point but he left to direct Big Trouble In Little China.

According to an interview on an ‘Alien’ appreciation site, Charles Dance stated that The Golden Child was intended as a more serious movie but the studio were unhappy with the movie that reshoots were ordered to accompany ‘Eddie Murphy-isms’ which served to hurt the movie overall rather than help. Having said that, the movie did entertain even if it didn’t match the success of Murphy’s previous exploits. His growing prowess as an serious actor also suffered.
It would be nice to see what was originally filmed some day.
One other tidbit, did you know the Golden Child was actually played by a girl?

Another change was the score. Paramount commissioned John Barry to compose but he left after disagreements with producers. His contribution was replaced with a mostly synth-pop / orchestral score composed Michel Colombier with one track and several snippets from Barry’s score, such as the dream sequence, making the final cut.

The following new album is this: for the first time ever, the full movie score containing all of Barry’s cues integrated therein. Barry’s complete score and a host of bonuses including a selection of cues that were used in editing the movie versions, presented uncut with all remaining songs.

Enjoy, friends and Happy Christmas.

-Blonde

CD1:

1. Michel Colombier - Sardo And The Child (5:28)
2. Ann Wilson - The Best Man in the World (Main Titles) (3:25)
3. Michel Colombier - Blood In Oatmeal (1:51)
4. Michel Colombier - Child In Warehouse (1:22)
5. John Barry - Dancing Tin Can Man (Puttin' On The Ritz) (0:53)
6. Michel Colombier - Astral Projection (1:57)
7. Michel Colombier - The Bikers (0:45)
8. Michel Colombier - We Sold Her (4:17)
9. Michel Colombier - Demons (2:01)
10. John Barry - Chandler's Dream I: Sardo's Entrance (0:21)
11. John Barry - Chandler's Dream II: The Offer (1:10)
12. John Barry - Chandler's Dream III: Painful Reminder / Kee Nang Tied Up (2:28)
13. Michel Colombier - Chandler's Dream IV: Attack / Consulting Kala (1:20)
14. Michel Colombier - Kee Nang Offers Herself (0:47)
15. Michel Colombier - Child In Truck / Chandler Follows Bird (2:09)
16. Michel Colombier - Take It (0:24)
17. Michel Colombier - The Mountain (1:17)
18. Michel Colombier - The Corridor (2:14)
19. Michel Colombier - The Knife Retrieval (3:37)
20. John Barry - Wisdom of the Ages (3:53)
21. Michel Colombier - Malibu / Battle At Malibu House (4:47)
22. Michel Colombier - Looking For The House (2:19)
23. Michel Colombier - Infiltration (0:43)
24. Michel Colombier - Confrontation (5:31)
25. Michel Colombier - Sardo Is Back (1:03)
26. Michel Colombier - Kee Nang Lives (0:49)
27. Robbie Buchanan - The Chosen One (End Titles) (3:58)

Total Duration: 01:00:49
Total Size: 160 MB
Bit Rate: 320
Score Tracks Composed By Michel Colombier, John Barry and Robbie Buchanan
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Kee Nang: We'll be there soon.
Chandler Jarrell: Yeah, well, ya' better have a spatula where we're goin' cause my ass is frozen to this yak.

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CD2:

1. John Barry - 1M1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 (The Child is Taken) (5:59)
2. John Barry - 2M1 (1:46)
3. John Barry - 2M2 (2:11)
4. John Barry - 3M1/2/3/4 (3:37)
5. John Barry - 3M5/6A (Tin Can Man) (0:53)
6. John Barry - 3M7/4M0 (Follow That Bird) (2:56)
7. John Barry - 4M1 (The Best Man) (2:05)
8. John Barry - 4M2 (0:59)
9. John Barry - 5M2 (1:13)
10. John Barry - 5M3 (1:53)
11. John Barry - 5M4/6M0 (2:36)
12. John Barry - 6M1 (Chandler's Dream) (6:19)
13. John Barry - 7M1 (0:50)
14. John Barry - 7M2 (Love Theme) (2:21)
15. John Barry - 7M3AR/C (0:35)
16. John Barry - 7M4/8M0/1 (6:13)
17. John Barry - 8M2 (2:33)
18. John Barry - 9M1 (Bottomless Pit) (4:51)
19. John Barry - 9M2R (Wisdom of the Ages) (3:53)
20. John Barry - 10M2/3 (2:21)
21. John Barry - 10M4 (Kee Nang Gets the Arrow) (3:01)
22. John Barry - 11M1 (3:05)
23. John Barry - 11M2/A/B/C/D/E/F (The Final Act) (10:26)
24. John Barry - 12M1 (1:04)

Total Duration: 01:13:40
Total Size: 181 MB
Bit Rate: 320
Score Composed By John Barry
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Chandler Jarrell: So, I gotta go to Tibet, because I'm the Chosen One. Why can't anybody choose me to go to the Bahamas?

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CD3:

1. John Barry - The Best Man In The World (Instrumental) (4M1R/2M2R) (3:39)
2. John Barry - 2M1R (1:23)
3. John Barry - 12M1R (1:08)
4. John Barry - 2M4 (Source) (1:57)
5. Michel Colombier - Kee's Tied Up (0:34)
6. Michel Colombier - Looking For Sardo (3:07)
7. Michel Colombier - Golden Love (3:49)
8. Ashford & Simpson - Love Goes On (Love Theme) (4:52)
9. Randy Edelman - Dance A Little Closer (4:25)
10. Meli'sa Morgan - Deeper Love (4:30)
11. Martha Davis - Shame On You (4:18)
12. Ratt - Body Talk (3:52)
13. Marlon Jackson - (Let Your Love Find) The Chosen One (5:02)
14. Original Trailer (1:54)

Total Duration: 00:44:30
Total Size: 110 MB
Bit Rate: 320
Score Tracks Composed By John Barry and Michel Colombier
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Chandler Jarrell: I dont know, maybe he cut himself shaving and bled to death looking for a kleenex.

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