June 17, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande Records will be releasing two amazing soundtrack LPs for Record Store Day Drops 2022: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift will be released as a double LP with collector’s edition etching and Big Night on crystal clear vinyl.
These Varèse Sarabande Records titles will be available tomorrow, June 18, at thousands of independent record stores. For a list of participating stores and more information about these special LPs, visit RecordStoreDay.com.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift – Original Motion Picture Score by Brian Tyler
The Fast and the Furious is the most successful movie franchise of all time, with almost 6.5 billion dollars in box office receipts from ten films over the past 20 years. Tokyo Drift is often cited as one of the best of the lot, and the musical score is definitely one of the most lauded among score fans. Brian Tyler (Scream, Thor, Avengers) scored Tokyo Drift (with an assist from Slash on “Welcome to Tokyo”) and went on to score four of the five subsequent films. Never before available on LP, the text-only cover on the CD and digital formats has been replaced with an original design which incorporates Japanese manga art styles. This double album features an orange LP for sides A and B, and a black vinyl record for sides C and D, with side D a stencil of the scarab beetle design from the car belonging to the Drift King.
TRACK LISTING
Side A:
- Touge 0:46
- The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift 7:05
- Saucin’ 4:28
- Neela Drifts 3:27
- Preparation 1:10
- N2O 0:49
- Mustang Nismo 2:21
- Underground 1:33
Side B:
- Hot Fuji 1:55
- This Is My Mexico 1:23
- Welcome To Tokyo (written by Slash and Brian Tyler) 1:54
- DK VS Han 3:32
- Downtown Tokyo Chase 2:33
- Aftermath 1:22
- Empty Garage 1:01
- DK’s Revenge 1:09
- Journey Backwards 0:58
- Sumo 1:37
- Sean’s Crazy Idea 2:24
- Dejection 1:12
Side C:
- Kamata 1:32
- Two Guns 1:29
- I Gotta Do This 1:14
- Megaton 2:16
- Neela Confronts DK 1:47
- Winner … Gets … Me 1:21
- War Theory 1:54
- I Don’t Need You To Save Me 0:57
- Neela 1:44
- Symphonic Touge 6:50
Big Night – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists
A breakout indie film success in 1996, Big Night has received new attention due to star and director Stanley Tucci’s best-selling book and Italian food-based program on CNN, Searching for Italy. The soundtrack was also a hit with viewers with its large serving of 1950s classics from Rosemary Clooney, Keely Smith and Louis Prima, whose persona plays a major character in the film. This record has never before been released on LP and is pressed on crystal clear vinyl exclusively for RSD 2022.
TRACK LISTING
Side A:
- Claudio Villa – Stornelli Amorisi 8:00
- Matteo Salvatore – Il Pescivendolo 1:14
- Claudio Villa – La Strada Del Bosco 2:33
- Gary DeMichele – Art Of Art 2:26
- Louis Prima – Oh Marie 2:27
- Rosemary Clooney – Mambo Italiano – 02:31
Side B:
- Louis Prima And Keely Smith With Sam Butera – Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio) 3:45
- Gary DeMichele – Dinner 0:58
- Claudio Villa – Tic Ti, Tic Ta 2:42
- Louis Prima And The Witnesses – Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days 2:09
- Keely Smith – Don’t Take Your Love From Me 3:05
- Louis Prima – Buona Sera 2:58
- Gary DeMichele – Angular Dissent 2:06
- Matteo Salvatore – Mo Ve’la Bella Mia Da La Muntagna 2:50
- Gary DeMichele – Pascal’s Waltz 1:21
- Gary DeMichele – Big Night Theme 0:48
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ABOUT VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS
Varèse Sarabande is one of the leading and most prolific producers of film and television soundtracks. The label was formed as a merger between Varèse International Records (named for composer Edgar Varèse) and Sarabande Records (named after a musical dance form). The label’s iconic logo—a frequent curiosity of fans around the globe—is actually an inkblot created by blowing a straw on a piece of paper with India ink.
Initially a classical label, Varèse Sarabande released its first album of film music in June 1978. Since then, Varèse Sarabande has released thousands of soundtracks and new recordings of classic film scores conducted by celebrated composers with the world’s best-known orchestras.
The label upped the ante for fans by creating the Varèse Sarabande CD Club—releasing exclusive limited-edition deluxe soundtracks featuring rare and long-requested titles. The CD Club ran initially from 1989–92 and was restarted in 2001, and Varèse continues to create Deluxe Editions of cherished scores that might otherwise never see a release.
Since joining Concord in 2018, Varèse Sarabande continues to release new television and film scores, high-quality vinyl and Deluxe Edition soundtracks.
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