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Wikipedia information The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1 is a 2002 album that groups all the songs that Steve Vai made for movies, TV shows and the like. Track listing: All songs written by Steve Vai, except where noted. 1. "Celluloid Heroes" (Ray Davies) 2. "Love Blood" 3. "Fried Chicken" 4. "Butler's Bag" (Vai, Ry Cooder) 5. "Head-Cuttin' Duel" (Vai, Cooder) 6. "Eugene's Trick Bag" 7. "Amazing Grace" 8. "Louisiana Swamp Skank" 9. "Air Guitar Hell" 10. "The Reaper" 11. "Introducing the Wyld Stallions" 12. "Girls Mature Faster Than Guys" 13. "The Battle" 14. "Meet the Reaper" 15. "Final Guitar Solo" 16. "The Reaper Rap" 17. "Drive the Hell Out of Here" 18. "Get the Hell Out of Here" 19. "Welcome Pre-Frosh" 20. "The Dark Hallway" 21. "The Dead Band Ends" 22. "The Cause Heads" 23. "Find the Meat" 24. "The Ax Will Fall" 25. "Now We Run(cue)" 26. "Hey Jack" 27. "What!" 28. "Still Running" 29. "Dead Heads" 30. "Blow Me Where the Pampers Is" 31. "Pins and Needles" 32. "Plug My Ass In" 33. "Loose Keg Sightings" 34. "Don't Sweat it" 35. "How Hidge" 36. "Beer Beer" 37. "We're Not Gonna Protest" 38. "Initiation" 39. "See Ya Next Year" 40. "Now We Run" Track 1 is a newly recorded cover of The Kinks' song. Track 2 was written for the 1994 Tom Cruise film Interview With The Vampire but was rejected from inclusion in the films' score Tracks 3-6 came from the movie Crossroads (1986), with Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca. In this movie Steve Vai plays as "Jack Butler", a rival guitar player which Macchio must defeat in a guitar duel to free his friend's soul (Seneca as a bluesman). These tracks were not released as part of the original motion picture soundtrack album. Tracks 7-8 are from the 1987 movie Dudes. Only Track 7 appeared on the film's soundtrack album. Tracks 9-16 are from the 1991 movie Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Only Tracks 10 and 16 appeared on the film's soundtrack album. Tracks 17 and 18 are from the 1992 movie Encino Man. Only Track 18 appeared on the film's soundtrack album. Tracks 19-40 is essentially the score of the 1994 movie PCU which Vai composed, but only Track 40 was released on the film's soundtrack album. Except where noted, all other tracks are unreleased on any other album. allmusic information Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Steve Vai fans are a dedicated lot, eager to hear the entirety of the guitarist's work (in that sense, he is very similar to his mentor, Frank Zappa, whose fans would buy collections of just his guitar solos). Given his fan base, Vai had the opportunity to release an album like The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1 -- the first installment of an archival series, capturing all the music he's written and recorded for film, television, and theater. A brilliant idea, actually, since an album like this disproves the antiquated notion that Vai's music is all technique and skill, without much regard for tone, texture, or the big picture. By isolating his soundtrack work -- music that he made to accentuate a particular passage in a film -- he reveals himself as both the master guitarist that he is, and his capacity to use that skill to create and enhance moods. And that's even more impressive when you realize that this is all early work, ranging from 1986's Crossroads to 1994's David Spade comedy PCU. After two opening fanfares that aren't in the movies (both featuring vocals by Vai), an elegiac cover of the Kinks' "Celluloid Heroes" sets the mood, followed by "Love Blood," a song Vai wrote with the intention of it being part of an adaptation of Interview With the Vampire, or any film starring the Vampire Lestat, but later abandoned once the project wound up with David Geffen (it might not sound too vampirey, but it's better than anything Jonathan Davis cooked up for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack). The compilation proceeds to go through every bit of music he's written for the featured films (aside from the previously mentioned pair, he also played for Dudes, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, and Encino Man). This includes brief, brief cues (some as short as 20 seconds); full pieces; and, best of all, the complete, legendary "Head Cuttin' Duel" from Crossroads, which features Vai and Ry Cooder in a shredding contest. Since this is deliberately an archival piece, it doesn't make for the easiest listening, but as an archival piece, it's first-rate. It's hard to imagine any serious Vai fan, or modern guitar aficianado, not wanting to hear this. No doubt, the next installment is eagerly awaited. Visit here for credits: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfwxql0ld0e~T2 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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