I listened to John Aielli on Eklektikos this morning on my way to work. John was playing songs in honor (I suppose) of the recall election in California. An orchestral piece was playing as I turned the radio on. As it ended, he said something along the lines of:
In case you don't recognize that, it's the main title from "Predator" and comes off The Greatest Themes from the Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Um? Excuse me? The Greatest Themes from the Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger???? Heh. Then he said something like, "I'm sure you'll recognize this one." And, another instrumental piece started up.
Needless to say, I did not recognize it but correctly guessed that it must be from the "Terminator" series of movies. Since he was sure we'd recognize it and all. I sat there wondering about the preposterousnous (that's not actually a word, is it?) of someone sitting down and collecting the greatest themes from Ahh-nuld's films. Too funny.
When that song ended, he launched into a couple of "I'll Be Back" songs...one by the Beatles and another by Gene Autry. Then, I got to work. And, that was the end of that.
I did look it up on Amazon just to make sure I hadn't imagined the whole thing. And, sure enough, such an album was released in 1996. It's out of print but if you're really...and I mean reeeeaaaaaally...desperate, you can buy your very own used (but supposedly in mint condition) copy for $999. Apparently, that is not a joke.
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