No official soundtrack was ever released. Here is the sequential order and information, though.
(opening, after Ferris psychs his parents)
Song: Love Missile F1-11 (Dance Mix)
Album: "Love Missile F1-11" 12" (US), edited for the movie
Artist: Sigue Sigue Sputnick
Writer: Tony James, Neil Whitmore & Martin Degville
Publisher: EMI Records Ltd. / Manhattan Records, A Division of Capitol Records, Inc.
(Ferris is trying to get Cameron to come over)
Song: Jeannie (Theme From I Dream Of Jeannie)
Album: "Television's Greatest Hits"
Writer: Hugo Montenegro
Publisher: TeeVee Toons, Inc.
(the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California)
Song: Oh Yeah
Album: "Stella" and "One Second" and elsewhere
Artist: Yello
Writer: Boris Blank & Dieter Meier
Publisher: Elektra/Asylum Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products and Phonogram GmbH
(aerial shots entering Chicago)
Song: Beat City
Album: "Janice Long Sessions" EP
Artist: The Flowerpot Men
Writer: Ben Watkins & Adam Peters
Publisher: Fireball Records
(leaving the Ferarri with the garage psychos, heard on the radio)
Song: B.A.D.
Album: "Big Audio Dynamite"
Artist: Big Audio Dynamite
Writer: Mick Jones & Don Letts
Publisher: CBS Records
(the garage psychos in the Ferarri)
Song: Star Wars (main title)
Album: "Star Wars soundtrack"
Writer: John Williams
(the art museum)
Song: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Album: "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" 12" single (Blanco y Negro NEG 20T, UK 1985)
Artist: The Dream Academy
Writer: Steve Morrissey & Johnny Marr
Publisher: Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
(The parade)
Song: Danke Shoen
Artist: Wayne Newton
Writer: Bert Kaempfert, Kurt Schwabach & Milt Gabler
Publisher: Capitol Records, Inc.
(The parade)
Song: Twist and Shout
Album: "Please Please Me"
Artist: The Beatles
Writer: Bert Russell & Phil Medley
Publisher: Capitol Records, Inc. / EMI Records Ltd.
(returning from Chicago)
Song: Radio People
Album: "The New Zapp IV U"
Artist: Zapp
Writer: Larry Troutman & Zapp Troutman
Publisher: Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
(at the beach)
Song: I'm Afraid
Artist: Blue Room
Writer: David Joyner & Paul Mansfield
(at the pool)
Song: Taking the Day Off
Album: "Too Much or Nothing" single (US) or "Faults and All" single
Artist: General Public
Writer: David Wakeling
Publisher: I.R.S. Records / Virgin Records Ltd.
(Ferris says goodbye to Sloane)
Song: The Edge of Forever
Album: "The Dream Academy" LP
Artist: The Dream Academy
Writer: Nick Laird-Clowes & Gilbert Gabriel
Publisher: Warner Bros. Records Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
(Ferris beats feet for home)
Song: March of the Swivelheads
Album: "Jeanette" 12" single B-side (UK)
Artist: The (English) Beat
Writer: The (English) Beat
Publisher: Arista Records Ltd. / I.R.S. Records
(closing credits)
Song: Oh Yeah (Dance Mix)
Album: "Oh Yeah" 12" (US & UK)
Artist: Yello
Writer: Boris Blank & Dieter Meier
Publisher: Elektra/Asylum Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products and Phonogram GmbH
mupetblast@aol.com wrote:
On the periphery of IDM..
Hey everyone, can somebody assemble the soundtrack or track it down for me?
I especially like that instrumental song when Ferris and the gang are at the museum.
-Dain
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