In 2004, Wounded Bird Records re-released version B with "Confrontation" there were however two mispressings, one with the version A track list, and one with "Igneous" removed instead of "Beach Scene". Version B just has "Tangerine Dream" above the title. The text 'Composed and Performed by Tangerine Dream', appears at the bottom. Version A has the text 'Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' above the title followed by the text ' James Caan' just below. There are currently two versions of the soundtrack available with different track listings and album covers. The soundtrack was also nominated for Worst Musical Score at the 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards. Scrap Yard was also used as theme for local television newscasts on KFTY (now KEMO-TV) in Santa Rosa, California and WNDU in South Bend, Indiana. ĭuring the 1980s, Toronto television station CITY-DT used "Scrap Yard" as their background music when inserting technical difficulties slide cards. featured "Confrontation", but subsequent releases featured "Beach Scene" instead. The original 1981 Elektra LP released in the U.S. As Tangerine Dream was on tour, Craig Safan composed and performed "Confrontation". Neither "Beach Theme" nor "Trap Feeling" appear in the film.Īfter Tangerine Dream completed the soundtrack, Mann needed another sequence. "Igneous" is a remix of "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" from the 1979 album Force Majeure. Destructo" was available only on a promo single. Destructo" is quite different from the film version. "Beach Theme" and "Beach Scene" are two different mixes of the same piece. 43 on the UK Albums Chart in a 3-week run. It is the soundtrack for the 1981 American neo-noir crime film Thief, directed by Michael Mann. Thief (1981) is the fifteenth major release and second soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream.