This is all incredibly frustrating, both as a fan of film music and as a fan of paying attention to reality. MORE: The 10 most inspiring sports-movie soundtracks of all time Still, the "Rocky IV" musical ignorance seems widespread. "I don't have any thoughts on this at the moment," he said. "People are still listening after so many years, and that shocks me and humbles me, my friend." Turns out, he's not particularly concerned. I reached out to DiCola on Facebook to see what he thinks about all this. Two of DiCola's cues were featured on the original "Rocky IV" soundtrack album, but there's also an album of just his score.
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DiCola's score is full of '80s goodness, an interesting departure from the traditional "Rocky" sound of composer Bill Conti.
And further, if the training montage music really gets you going, it's only fair that you acknowledge the man who created that sequence of musical notes and recorded them on this synthesizer. It sounds kind of like this part in "The Final Countdown":īut they're not *that* similar, so I'm not sure why this confusion exists. The score for "Rocky IV," composed by Vince DiCola, features similar synth instrumentation and a similar chord structure as "The Final Countdown." In particular, what you likely "remember" as "The Final Countdown" is the track "Training Montage." Listen:
Are you shocked? Take a minute if you need it. In fact, the song wasn't even released until a year after "Rocky IV" came out. That's because "The Final Countdown" is nowhere in "Rocky IV" and nowhere on the accompanying soundtrack LP/cassette/CD/digital download. Even the last guy who thinks he's being nerdy-smart. Just sayin'"Īlas, every one of those is wrong.
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Then this: "Not to show my movie nerdiness, but Final Countdown was added to Rocky IV soundtrack, not actually in the movie. (From the Rocky 4 soundtrack)"įrom 2020: "Name a song in a movie that takes a scene to the next level. Good sign."įrom 2013: "Rocky 4 Final Countdown favorite song to listen while lifting wights (sic)"įrom 2019: "Finally found a song that's been bugging me from #UGRockFestival. MORE: The problem with 'Major League II' is that you should root for the White Soxįrom 2010: "Final Countdown from Rocky 4 played by a violin quartet at the wedding!! Awesome!!"įrom 2012: "Just heard Final Countdown from Rocky IV. The Mandela Effect, or perhaps the Balboa Effect, is, well, in effect here. And if you doubt that this belief exists, or that the belief is strong, do a quick search on Twitter for "The Final Countdown Rocky IV" (or "Rocky 4") to find a bunch of people referencing it in various ways through the years (including me, in a tweet version of this column) and celebrating the song's role in the "Rocky IV" experience. I know some of you likely "remember" it in the movie, but you're wrong. So here's a new thing for your brain to ponder, though this one is inarguable: Europe's song "The Final Countdown" is not in "Rocky IV." It's not so much a conviction as a nugget of 100 percent truth, and I've wanted to get it off my chest for a while. One very minor bright spot about the coronavirus pandemic is that all the self-isolation has provided lots of time to think about our convictions, both serious and pointless, and share our most precious thoughts with a captive social-media audience hungry for new information and new things about which to argue.
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