

The controlled chaos of Bartertown is maintained by a set of inflexible laws, including one that states that no deal can be broken, for any reason. She is furious with him but cannot challenge him publicly, as Master is the only one with the technical know-how to operate the machinery that powers Bartertown. Together, " Master Blaster" hold an uneasy power-truce with Entity for control of Bartertown however, Master is beginning to exploit his position with energy "embargoes," challenging Auntie's leadership. The refinery is located under Bartertown and is operated by the smart, diminutive Master ( Angelo Rossitto), who is harnessed to his enormously strong, but dim-witted bodyguard known as Blaster ( Paul Larsson).

In Bartertown, electricity, vehicles, functioning technology-all almost unheard of in this post-apocalyptic world-are made possible by a crude methane refinery, fueled by pig faeces, using a weathered semi tractor as the electricity generator. Max walks and finally stumbles upon the only nearby human outpost in the wasteland that remains-the seedy community of Bartertown, founded and nominally run by the ruthless Aunty Entity ( Tina Turner). Reader's discretion advised.ĭriving a camel-powered truck across the desert, Max ( Mel Gibson) is attacked by the airborne bandit Jedediah ( Bruce Spence), who manages to steal both his belongings and his vehicle. "One of the Living" won Turner a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Aside from the 7" Remix appearing on The Platinum Collection three-disc CD set in 2009, the 7" Dub, 12" Special Remix, 12" Dub and 12" Instrumental versions, co-produced and mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, all remain unreleased on CD. Released as the follow-up single to "We Don't Need Another Hero", "One of the Living" was also remixed for both the 7" and 12" singles. #15), was the film's opening titles song, produced by Mike Chapman and composed by Holly Knight - the team behind "Better Be Good To Me" - and also credited to Knight's band Device on both the film's end titles and the original vinyl album. The second Tina Turner track on the album, "One of the Living" (U.S. The song received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song in 1986 and a 1986 Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. The alternate 7" instrumental mix remains unreleased on CD. The vocal 7" mix has since appeared on the hits compilations Simply The Best in 1991 and All the Best in 2004. "We Don't Need Another Hero" was written and produced by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle (who also wrote "What's Love Got to Do with It") and appears on the album both as an extended vocal version and an extended instrumental, tracks originally released as the A- and B-sides of the 12" single.
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The single was released the year after Turner's comeback with the Private Dancer album and its series of hit singles. In addition to 26 minutes of the original orchestral score composed by Maurice Jarre and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the album includes Tina Turner's US #2 and UK #3 single "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which played over the end titles of the film. A double CD containing only Jarre's original music was issued in 2010 on Tadlow Music/Silva Screen Records. "One of the Living" was rerecorded for single release, and reached #15 in both Canada and the U.S., but only #55 in Britain. and #3 in the British single charts it plays over the end credits. It includes Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", which reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the U.S. A soundtrack album was originally released by Capitol Records in 1985. The film also features two songs performed by Tina Turner, "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" and "One of the Living," with the latter replacing Jarre's opening titles music. The musical score for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was composed by Maurice Jarre, replacing Brian May, who composed the music for the previous two films. The album was originally released in 1985 on the Capitol Records label and reissued numerous times on different labels.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner.
