There's plenty of keyboards, beats, and electronics here – a whole host of sounds from a new generation in Japanese music – one that had learned from the more experimental styles of a few years before, but who were able to weave things into more tuneful modes for a variety of animated projects! The cuts here are all pretty catchy, and share a bit with the city pop generation – but are much more electronic overall, and without vocals either which allows for plenty of focus on the keyboard lines and other instrumentation in the mix. Most are upbeat and have an 80s electro soul sort of groove – and titles include "Ryoko's Theme" by Keiichi Oku, "Into The Jungle" by Yoshinobu Hiraiwa, "Act 2 Scene 26" by Kazuihko Izu, "Shadow Rhythm" by Ichiro Nitta, "Honowo" by Kan Ogasuara, and "Kiki" by Nobuyoshi Koshibe & Takashi Kokubo. LP, Vinyl record album

One of the first classic hip hop movie soundtracks of the late 80s, and a motherlode of great cuts! As divisive, hard hitting and uncompromising as the movie was, the Colors soundtrack does a great job of delivering on the tone with Ice T's title track and theme some, a snapshot of mid-to-late 80s classic rap, funk from Rick James and more. A time capsule for sure, but with tracks that are vital to this day. Marley Marl produced the majority of these cuts, and this was the early days of the Cold Chillin/Warner alliance, and titles include "Paid In Full (7 minute Cold Cut remix)" by Eric B & Rakim, "Butcher Shop" by Kool G Rap, "Colors" by Ice T, "Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" by M.C. Shan, and "Go On Girl" by Roxanne Shante. More by Salt N Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, 7A3, and Rick James. (Hip Hop, Soundtracks) LP, Vinyl record album