The Soundtrack to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
 

Hello, everyone. A little over a week ago, I put up a webpage with background music from the original Marvel/Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon, and posted a link to it on the only Joe forum I regularly visited, www.joecustoms.com. However, the response I received was much greater than I'd anticipated, and the meager bandwidth supplied by Freewebs was devoured in less than three days.

However, Hammerfel, the generous webmaster of this very site, offered me hosting services to keep the MP3 files I'd encoded available to the public. It's taken a few days, but we now have it all up and running, and the only thing you need to do to download the music is register as a member of JoeDios. So while you're looking at this site, please check out the newly-created Music section:

http://www.joedios.com/index.php?page=music

Thanks, and enjoy!

-The Self-Modifier

As a big fan of action 'toon background music (especially Johnny Douglas and H-B's Hoyt Curtin), I thank you for this service to the community :)

Thanks, glad you like it! I put these files together about a year ago, and finally decided to share them with the world since no one else had yet. Several months ago, I listened to the music while reading some back issues of the old comics, and it really enhances the experience, if you can believe it.

I'm a very big Johnny Douglas fan, though I like Rob Walsh well enough. His music just sounds very generic though (which I guess makes sense since it was used for multiple productions).

I recognized Hoyt Curtin's name, but I wasn't sure what cartoons he'd worked on till I did a Google search and found that he was involved in pretty much every Hanna Barbera cartoon ever, apparently! Very impressive.

-Matt

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Thanks so much I love this music. Where can I get more?Anychance of getting more ? Your the best man.

Do you have the opening music to the Movie? Man I love that song... Coooobra... Cobraaaa :)
Does anyone know of any dios w/ Joe music in the background, that'd be pretty cool...

Just you wait. :D

Probably some day. This is something I really need to be in the right frame of mind to do, so for the time being this is it.


I do have it in fact, though I personally have never cared for it. I like the voice of the original singer better, and you can't top that bossa nova beat. Anyway, I'll speak with Hammerfel about putting that up.


If I made dios, you can bet I would try to do it somehow. Actually, I've thought a lot about working on dios, even started one, but my desire to make them ebbs and flows (I wrote the script for mine in Spring 2003, started shooting in summer '03, stopped, then started again in Spring '04, then stopped again, and haven't gone back to it). But anyway, I'm digressing...


It looks like someone's already making plans, and I look forward to seeing what he comes up with.

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I listened to the files, and I would love to hear more, especially the shared music used in g.i.joe the movie and transformers, (please make more)!!!! Thanks, it's about time that someone made a soundtrack.

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I also wanted to comment on the question about putting music in the background of a dio,

Try the nemo codec pack, this program is awesome, you can make up videos (anything you can imagine-I personally have put the lincoln park song in the end to dragon ball video, very cool) try nemo.

Sniper..........Out!!!

I will eventually, but as I say, it's a time-consuming process, and since I'm not as "into" that music, it's a little harder for me to do it. I like it well enough, and I actually hum some of it a lot, but it's just so generic sounding... Which, as I've said before, makes sense since it was written to be shared between two shows.

What's funny is that Rob Walsh, the composer of that music, said he was going to release that music on CD about three or four years ago... and his website hasn't been updated since!

-The Self-Modifier
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I'd like to get what I consider to be the "Cobra Theme". Not the song from the Statue of Liberty scene at the opening of the Movie but rather the song that plays AFTER that when Pythona is inflatrating the Terror Drome. I love that song! I could do it myself (I own the VHS version) but it would have all the sound effects and what not. Hell maybe I will do it myself and see how it turns out. No harm in trying.

Almost forgot - THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. I love the music from the old toon. So many people just think of the Main Title when they think of Joe music but I get those jazzy 70s like action tunes in my head anytime I imagine a Joe going into battle.

EDIT: OK I guess it's not when Pythona shows up but rather when they first show Cobra Island.

EDIT Again: Nevermind, my VCR just ate the tape. :mad:

Sorry to hear about the tape! I think I know the tune you mean... I'll make sure to get it when I start doing this again in the future.

I really like the 70s sound to the old music too. You can't top that groovy disco guitar! I actually used to hum a lot of this music when I played with Joes as a kid... I've never been able to play a single musical instrument, but I've always had a very good ear for recognizing and reproducing tunes. If only I'd had then what I have now, I could have saved myself some effort.

Also, per people's requests, we have added the main title to G.I. Joe: The Movie, as well as the commercial break bumpers with the narrator's voice to the music page, so anyone who's interested can go have a look.

-The Self-Modifier

totally bad assed. now i can play the opening theme to the movie over and over and over

and over.

It caused me to jump out of the unregistered lurker pool and in to the deep end.

dan

Well, welcome aboard! :)

First time poster here... thanks so much for the great site, especially the music downloads! I have the movie theme on repeat, playing full blast as I type. And I can't agree with PitViper enough... I would love to get the Cobra/Terrordrome theme from the movie, along with the movie end titles. I wish I knew how to do these kinds of rips, so I could contribute, instead of just beg.
Anywho... thanks again, and I look forward to talking Joe with everyone.

Its great to finally see all the Joe music up on the internet, I thank you very much sir! I always enjoyed the background music, but I did notice one of the major themese from the cartoon was missing, the Battle theme they usually used(which was also used on Transformers), I cant really describe it but its used in the opening battle of Pyramid of Darkness :)

I know the one you mean, but it's from the second composer to work on the show. All the files I created are from Johnny Douglas, the first composer (he only wrote music for the original 1983 mini series, but it was recycled throughout the second mini and the rest of the series).

The second, more orchestral sounding (and in my opinion more generic sounding) music was created by Rob Walsh for use in both the G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoons. I may someday make MP3s of those too, because even though I don't like it as much, I do still like it... though when I might get to it is anyone's guess (including mine!!).

But anyway, thanks a lot for the feedback!

Awsome!!
I was amazed at how hard the music has been to find... and then I see it all here...
I love you!

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I had to sign up just to say thanks so much for taking the time to do this. AWESOME! If you are taking requests, I'd like the "Cold Slither" song as well as the Joe version that they sing afterwards. Both are so cheesy, but cool. Also, any Joe movie stuff is cool. It sounds very Transformery, but I love TF also!

I'm glad I'm not the only fan of GI Joe and Transformers back ground music on here also. I really wish Walsh would release a CD of that music. I'd so buy it in a heart beat. Some times I just play my DVD's just to listen to the music.

Thanks for sharing from a first time poster and a long time fan.

Very nicely done 'SM'!!!! :cool:



And judging by all the responses you've recieved, there are plenty of people who love your work as well!!


Now do a G.I. Joe/Transformers 'Mega Mix'................:p ;)

first time posting,.. I had to post and respond!

Here for the last two years Ive been asking The Collectors club and Hasbro to put out this cd soundtrack,..and here you go beating me to the punch !!!

Thank you for this!!!

looking foward to you trying again with the Transformers/ joe tracks.

Hey King!!

Are you here 'cause of little 'ol me?!?!?!? :D

Glad to have you....go introduce yourself and have some fun looking around!!! ;) :cool:

Yeah, it's kind of hidden away here. I promoted it on Joecustoms when it was first posted, but once everyone who wanted it at the time got it, the thread disappeared.

I actually have a lot of Transformers and some of the shared Joe/TF music (by Rob Walsh) ripped, but I'd need to find a way to host all of it. I could see if Hammerfel wants to put the rest of them up. I'm not sure if he'd want to put up the Transformers stuff though.

Glad you like it!

Awww hell!!!! SM, POST 'EM UP!!!!!!!! You have my permission!!!! ;) :cool:

Wow! That is all I can say, Wow!

Great job!

Ahh, if only it were that easy. I need Hammerfel to upload them to this site, because I have nowhere to put them myself. I'll send him a PM to see if he's interested.

Fantastic thread, and thanks for all the hard work in getting this up Matt and Hammerfel and anyone else involved. And look at all the fans who popped in... Welcome, all!

I'm interested! email them to me at

natepearce (at) gmail.com

Yeah, I never did get you that PM, did I? I'll probably have some time to send these to you in the coming week, what with the Thanksgiving holiday.

More music. More music! I'm loving this. More music!

please.

Thank you so much Self-Modifier for the hardwork you put into these. I joined just to tell you this as you originally ripped them & put in all the time to make the mp3's. I will enjoy this music forever & I salute you!! :D

I'm really glad everyone's enjoying these. I really just ripped them for my own enjoyment years ago, but eventually decided to share them with the Joe community.

I'm still planning to send those season 2 MP3s to Hammerfel; I just need to find the time to do it.

GREAT!! Looking forward to it!! Thanks again!! :D

any word on season two?

Actually, I'd forgotten. I had a lot going on over the holidays, then it sort of slipped my mind in the aftermath.

I promise I won't forget again though! I'll get them to Hammerfel by this weekend, then it'll be up to him.

That's GOOD NEWS!! I'm really looking forward to it!! :D :cool:

Man A Great Contribution To The Joe Comunity, Now I Have Music For Environment My Dios. Thank You So Much!.

any updates?

I've been in touch with Hammerfel, and I sent him the MP3s of the Rob Walsh/season 1 music. He just needs to upload them, then we can announce that they're available.