Sony/Enjoy The Toons/Hasbro (2018)
I ended up being so enthralled with the GI Joe soundtrack that I immediately went about finding the Transformers soundtrack that was released a few years ago. When it came out, I had half heartedly tried to buy a copy then, but it was released in different variants at different retailers and I wasn't able to ever find a copy in stock. Eventually it just faded into the background.
I was able to locate a copy and an extremely reasonable price (with free shipping to boot) on eBay. I guess at some point they did a second pressing and this version in Megatron colors of Silver and Purple was part of that press. I really wanted to like this just as much as the G.I. Joe version, but Transformers comes up a little short.
As soon as I got the LP, I felt like this was a lower budget release. Even though this album is a gatefold, the artwork itself seems rough and lacks the sharpness of the G.I. Joe one. Once I started listening to it, I was a little bummed that the opening theme was the version with the vocals. I wish an instrumental only version existed and they used it the same way they did on G.I. Joe album. As I went through the album, I also noticed that the score for Transformers is much more low key than the G.I. Joe one. There's a lot of slower moments and it doesn't have the same sort of upbeat energy that the Joe soundtrack has.
I am still glad I picked this up, though I probably won't listen to it quite as much. It would be cool if more 80s cartoon soundtracks followed. I know that I would scoop up Voltron, He Man and Thundercats right away if they were every made available.
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