April's Theme: Music from the Movies
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This piece was used throughout the film as sort of the "evil" theme music, but the opening of the song with its pseudo-electronic taiko drums, was perfect for the introduction of Shredder. This piece and "Turtle Rhapsody" are my favorite pieces from the soundtrack. There are several hip-hop and New Jack Swing titles on the soundtrack as well.
This piece was written by composer John Du Prez. He has worked on such films as A Fish Called Wanda and Monty Python's Meaning of Life. The film didn't spend a lot of money on the soundtrack since it was an independent film. You can hear a lot of the same music cued in different sections of the movie, and there's a lot of the movie that doesn't have any music in it at all. Despite a low budget, it was the highest-grossing independent film of all time at one point and held the title for several years. Below, you can see the introduction of Shredder in the movie and hear the score above in the background. The speech he gives and part of the suite played over the visuals of the original movie trailer, too.
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