Ghostbusters Theme Tune

Contents HistoryAfter test screenings in early 1984, wanted song about 20 seconds in length at the beginning of the movie when and enter the. Reitman simply wanted a song that said 'Ghostbusters' in it. Columbia Pictures spent a lot of money to have different musicians write songs to be considered as the main song for the Ghostbusters movie, but could not find one that they liked. Reitman didn't like any songs he got back either. They did use a song by Pat Thrall and Glenn Hughes for the film's teaser trailer, but chose not to use it for the movie.

Ghostbusters Theme Song Piano

Ray Parker, Jr.' S old music industry friend Gary LeMel, had suggested that he try his hand at writing a song for the film. In place of a music supervisor on the movie, the head of the music department at Columbia Pictures introduced R&B artist Ray Parker Jr. To Reitman and co-producer. Producer Clive Davis who ran Arista at the time didn't want Parker singing a song about ghosts. Parker's forte was songs about romancing women. Davis took a lot of convincing.The catch was that the song was needed in two days since the film due to be released soon.

The movie producers wanted a song people could sing along with - without 'too much meaning'. The hardest task for Ray was coming up with a rhyme for 'Ghostbusters'. Parker recorded a minute of so on a cassette and gave it to Reitman. A short time later, Reitman called Parker at 3:30 or 4:30 in the morning praising the song.

Reitman pushed for the 20 second intro song to be made into a single backed by a music video.Official RecordingsThese are official recordings of the song by Ray Parker Jr. That have been released to the public by Arista and Sony.

Runtimes listed are the official runtimes as listed on the record singles, images of most can be found in the Gallery section below. Some sources list a runtime that is a second or two different, so runtimes are listed as a guide and not meant to be 100% exact.It should also be noted that a few of the 7'/45-rpm records list a 3:45 'regular' version and a 4:07 'Instrumental' version, but that may be an error. No other versions of the 'regular' and 'instrumental' versions are so short.

Maybe the two songs were sped-up for jukebox play. Until it can be proved if that's the case, or not, they are not being listed below but will be noted in this paragraph.

Album Version/7' Version/Short Version (4:04) - available on the and just about every released single. Instrumental Version (4:48) - available on the and the 30th anniversary record single. Extended Version/12' Single Remix (6:08) - available on several record singles, Ray Parker Jr.' S 'Chartbusters' album, and the 2006 reissue of the soundtrack album. Searchin' For The Spirit Remix (5:19) - available on the Searchin' For The Spirit/Dub Instrumental Version record single.

Dub Version (5:35) - available on the 30th Anniversary record single. Dub Instrumental Version (5:30) - available on the Searchin' For The Spirit/Dub Instrumental Version record single.

2009 Re-Recording (3:42) - available on the Atari website for a limited time in 2011. Do note that the original Atari MP3 has ID3 data that gives a '2007' date, which either means that this version was recorded two years before it debuted to the public, or the 2007 date could simply be a mistake.