Unused Ghostbusters Theme Found Online

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

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When the original Ghostbusters film was released back in 1984, not only did it dominate the box office, but the iconic theme song quickly took over the billboard charts. Instilling such catchphrases as “who you gonna call?” and “bustin’ makes me feel good,” it’s hard to imagine the franchise with a different anthem.

Before Ray Parker Jr. came aboard, a handful of sample would-be theme songs didn’t make the cut, which is commonplace in Hollywood. Fans will likely recall a different theme song featured in the Ghostbusters teaser trailer.

The musical project known as Hughes/Thrall was enlisted to develop a theme, with one of these would-be themes now finding its way online via artist Pat Thrall’s Soundcloud. Check it out below:

[BorneAgain]

It sounds the spiritual predecessor to corny stuff you'd hear in the TMNT Coming Out of the Shells Tour:

[BlackoutCreature]

They made the right call to not only not use that song but to also bury it in the ground where nobody could hear it for 37 years.

[thegatewaydrug]

"Run This Way" drum fills sampled starting at 1:15 playing faintly underneath?

[lildude8218]

if "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock had sex with "Walk the Dinosaur"

[Hassan bin Sober]

It's the sort of mediocre movie theme you'd expect to hear playing during the credits.

[Sir Woodrow]

Jun 14, 2021 10:57:37 GMT -5 Hassan bin Sober said:

It's the sort of mediocre movie theme you'd expect to hear playing during the credits.

This one sounds more at home in a Police Academy sequel

[chazraps]

Good find! Thought it sounded vaguely familiar and some searching around pointed me in the direction to when Thrall re-worked it a few years later for 'Dragnet.'