Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released November 27, 1985
Studio Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1]
Genre AOR, pop rock
Length 43:39
Label Scotti Bros.
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Singles from Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[3]

Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack to the movie of the same name. It was released on November 27, 1985 by [[Scotti Brothers Records.

The soundtrack was hugely successful on the strength of two top-five singles, Survivor's "Burning Heart" (personally commissioned for the film by Sylvester Stallone) reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100)[4] and James Brown's "Living in America", as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, "No Easy Way Out". It reached the top ten on the US Billboard 200 album chart[5] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[6]

It is the only score to a Rocky film not composed by Bill Conti, but does incorporate some music he composed for the first film.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Performer Length
1. "Burning Heart"   Survivor 3:51
2. "Heart's on Fire"   John Cafferty 4:14
3. "Double or Nothing"   Kenny Loggins & Gladys Knight 3:25
4. "Eye of the Tiger"   Survivor 3:46
5. "War"   Vince DiCola 5:53
Side two
No. Title Performer Length
1. "Living in America"   James Brown 4:40
2. "No Easy Way Out"   Robert Tepper 4:32
3. "One Way Street"   Go West 4:37
4. "The Sweetest Victory"   Touch 4:26
5. "Training Montage"   Vince DiCola 3:37

Re-releases and covers

The 2006 reissue, remastered by BMG, featured the bonus track "Man Against the World" by Survivor, a song written for but ultimately cut from the final movie tracklist.[7]

"Eye of the Tiger" was covered and partially sampled over 80 times[8]

"No Easy Way Out" was covered multiple times by:

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Belgium (BEA)[26] Gold 25,000
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Platinum 100,000
France (SNEP)[28] Gold 100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[30] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/UniqueRecordingStudios/photos/a.649655181769411/649657001769229/?type=3&theater[user-generated source]
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  3. ↑ AllMusic review
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  5. ↑ The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 22 1986
  6. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database
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  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – Rocky IV" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack – Rocky IV" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Rocky IV" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Soundtrack – Rocky IV". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Soundtrack – Rocky IV". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack – Rocky IV". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  20. ↑ Rocky 4 (Soundtrack) - Original Soundtrack. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Accessed on August 9, 2013.
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  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Rocky IV in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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