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Wrestler Soundtrack Snubs Springsteen Title Song


01/30/2009
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(antiMusic) Koch Records is pimping their soundtrack release for the much hyped movie The Wrestler, but much of the musical focus on the film has been on the title track by Bruce Springsteen. So it was curious to read this line in the press release "The Bruce Springsteen title track will not be a part of the soundtrack but is currently available on his new studio album, 'Working On A Dream.'"

The soundtrack is filled with a lot of tracks from 80s metal and glam bands which can be found on countless compilations already. Perhaps they were cheap to license? Apparently a lot of these tracks were used in scenes from wrestling halls and the strip club and the Ratt songs in the film were by Rat Attack, which is frontman Stephen Pearcy's cover project which also featured George Lynch of Dokken and Tracii Guns of LA Guns on some tracks on a CD release. Who knows if they actually use the original versions on this soundtrack which are in fact credited to Ratt? But another notable song from the film, Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" isn't found here either.

But if you don't already own a dozen copies of most of these tracks from other compilation releases, "The Wrestler Soundtrack" is for sale at iTunes and Amazon MP3 with a CD release set for February 24th. Again strange timing since the movie is already out. A cynic might suspect that� we'll let you complete that thought as you gaze at the tracklisting:

"The Wrestler" tracklisting:
01. Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
02. Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
03. Birdman & Lil Wayne - Stuntin' Like My Daddy
04. Firehouse - Don't Walk Away
05. Rhino Bucket - Soundtrack To A War: Welcome To Hell
06. Solomon - Blowin' Up
07. Dead Family - Mirror
08. Ratt - Round And Round
09. Slaughter - Dangerous
10. Ratt - I'm Insane
11. Accept - Balls To The Walls
12. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism



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