The Goonies

Richard Donner's nostalgic adventure The Goonies remains one of the most cherished films of the 1980's and has taken on cult classic status, thanks in part to the score by Dave Grusin (and the influence of producer Steven Spielberg). Grusin wasn't exactly a natural choice for the project. By the mid-1980's he had a successful career scoring films such as The Graduate, Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie, and On Golden Pond, in addition to his prolific output as a jazz performer. The Goonies proved to be a much larger-scale, lighthearted project than those he was typically assigned. Of course, Grusin rose to the challenge and crafted a score that, much like the film itself, was exhilarating, warm, and intelligent.

One reason that makes The Goonies so musically rich is that it manages to sound contemporary and fresh, while harking back to the sound of Golden Age Warner Bros classics like The Adventures of Don Juan (quoted by Grusin).

This edition was engraved from manuscripts in the hand of Greig McRitchie and Brad Warnaar.