The mid-eighties were a particularly productive period for Tangerine Dream recording several movie soundtracks. All three band members had invested their film soundtrack earnings into their own studios, as Edgar Froese recalls: "I was always looking around for soundtrack work to get things going, as one can imagine that it cost a lot of money. The aim was that each member of the band had his own recording place to work independently and prepare things, because if there was just one big studio and one member was working or trying to do his sound research, then the others would be just hanging around and waiting."
Another movie Tangerine Dream composed the music for was Firestarter in 1984, basing on a novel by Stephen King, starring Drew Barrymore, Heather Locklear and Martin Sheen. According to director Mark L. Lester, Tangerine Dream never actually saw the film. They sent him some music and told him to choose whatever he liked.
Re-Releases
Fans had to wait six years for a release of this soundtrack album on CD. Eventually it was released in 1990 in the USA and the UK by different record companies, the UK version providing a much better sound quality than the USA release.
In 2022 the album has been re-released in the USA as LP and CD as a limited edition of 1,500 copies each, featuring new liner notes by Randall D. Larson.
Releases
Argentina
1984: MCA/EMI Odeon
Promo-LP: MCA 83830; blue promo labels; titled 'Llamas de Venganza'
Promo-LP: MCA 83830; blue rainbow labels, gsc; titled 'Llamas de Venganza'
LP: MCA 83830; blue rainbow labels; titled 'Llamas de Venganza'
Australia
1984: MCA/WEA
LP: MCA 6131-1; blue rainbow labels
Brazil
1984: MCA/EMI Odeon
LP: MCA 127.019; blue rainbow labels, subtitled 'Chamas de Vinganza'
Canada
1984: MCA
LP: MCA 6131; blue rainbow labels
UK
1984: MCA
LP: MCF 3233; blue rainbow labels; there are three different label layouts
1990: MCA
CD: DMCL 1899
1993: MCA
CD: MCLD 19154
USA
1984: MCA
Promo-LP: MCA 6131; blue rainbow labels, gsc
LP: MCA 6131; blue rainbow labels; there are three different label layouts
1990: Varèse Sarabande
CD: VSD 5251
2022: Varèse Sarabande
LP: VSD00507; 'fuego' colored vinyl; limited edition of 1,500 copies
CD: VSD00506; red/yellow/white disc; limited edition of 1,500 copies
