Matinee Idyll - Sixteen Candles (US 1984)

Sixteen Candles (US 1984)

Samantha Baker's (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday is overshadowed by her sister's wedding.

Music: Ira Newborn
Music Editor: Ted Whitfield
Music supervised by Jimmy Iovine

Tim Finn - "Growing Pains" (Tim Finn) during dance, when Samantha is outside the hall, about 25 minutes into the movie.

Movie music credits

"Snowballed"
Performed by AC/DC

"Love Of The Common People"
Performed by Paul Young

"Happy Birthday"
Performed by Altered Images

"Dragnet"
Performed by Ray Anthony and his Orchestra

"Peter Gunn"
Performed by Ray Anthony and his Orchestra

"Wild Sex In The Working Class"
Performed by Oingo Boingo

"Growing Pains"
Performed by Tim Finn

"Lenny"
Performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Ring Me Up"
Performed by The Divinyls

"Turning Japanese"
Performed by The Vapors

"Farmer John"
Performed by The Premiers

"Gloria"
Performed by Patti Smith

"Young Guns"
Performed by Wham

"Lohengrin Wedding March"
Performed by The Bavarian Staatsoper
Munich Chorus and Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger

"Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry"
Performed by Darlene Love

"Kajagoogoo"
(Main title song)
Performed by Kajagoogoo

"Kazooed on Klassics"
Performed by The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra

"Rumours In The Air"
Performed by Night Ranger

"True"
Performed by Spandau Ballet

"Little Bitch"
Performed by The Specials

"When It Started To Begin"
Performed by Nick Heyward

"Whistle Down The Wind"
Performed by Nick Heyward

"Love Theme From The Godfather"
Composed by Nino Rota
Conducted by Carlo Savina

"Rev Up"
Performed by The Revillos

"Hang Up The Phone"
Performed by Annie Golden

"New York, New York"
Performed by Frank Sinatra

"Rebel Yell"
Performed by Billy Idol

"Young Americans"
Performed by David Bowie

"If You Were Here"
Performed by The Thompson Twins

"Sixteen Candles"
Performed by Performed by Stray Cats

Original soundtrack on MCA Records and Cassettes

Notes

The soundtrack album consists of 6 songs.

There is a detailed breakdown of the music in the movie at:- Sixteen Candles soundtrack (Brian's World - Sixteen Candles)
It lists the differences between the versions of the movie shown on TV in the US, and the video and DVD releases. However, "Growing Pains" by Tim Finn is the same for all three (some tracks are by different artists on the different releases). The song is not on the soundtrack album.

There is a lot more information about the film at Brian's World - Sixteen Candles - this site is only about the Finn connection.

Molly Ringwald, who plays Samantha Baker, sings Split Enz - "I Got You" (Neil Finn) in the shower at the beginning of Cut (Aus/US 2000)

Movie release information

Video - no details

DVD

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Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 1st March, 2009.