Flashdance Soundtrack CD
Flashdance.
1983, Paramount.
Giorgio Moroder/Various.
Casablanca, CD, 1998
Rating: 
Looking like an elongated MTV video, complete with shallow characterisation and minimal plot, ‘Flashdance’ should by rights have been an almighty flop at the box office; but some energetic dance sequences, a pop soundtrack and glossy visuals from ex-advertising director Adrian Lyne, lift it above the sum of its parts, making it an entertaining, if ultimately empty vessel. The soundtrack album sells largely off the back of its infectious theme tune ‘Flashdance (What A Feeling), performed by Irene Cara (‘Fame’) and Michael Sembello’s ‘Maniac’ that top and tail it. Tracks, ‘He’s A Dream’ and ‘Lady Lady Lady’ (unknowingly) play the kitsch card with a certain charm but are seriously dated. Master of the electronic keyboard, Giorgio Moroder scored the film and wrote a handful of songs on the album, including ‘Love Theme from Flashdance’, performed by Helen St. John and the film’s title song; meanwhile ‘Manhunt’ with its lady’s night lyrics and the film’s welder turned stripper theme (though based on a true story), leaves you in no doubt that while ‘Flashdance’ may have been made for women, it was most definitely written by men.
Flashdance Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Flashdance (What A Feeling) (Irene Cara).
2. He’s A Dream (Shandi).
3. Love Theme From ‘Flashdance’ (Helen St. John).
4. Manhunt (Karen Kamon).
5. Lady, Lady, Lady (Joe Esposito).
6. Imagination (Laura Branigan).
7. Romeo (Donna Summer).
8. Seduce Me Tonight (Cycle V).
9. I’ll Be Here Where The Heart Is (Kim Carnes).
10. Maniac (Michael Sembello)
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