# Ghostbusters 2 Original Score Album **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640 "2019-03-28T21:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris8414](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chris8414](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/chris8414)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/1 "2019-03-28T21:56:04Z")
Does anyone know or have an Ghostbusters 2 Original Score Album by Randy Edelman? Did they even release an original score for the second movie? I can’t seem to find one. I have the original score from the first film, but am looking for one from the second. Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/2 "2019-03-29T08:27:31Z")
The copies that have circulated were rips from the DVD of the film, which is why you hear occasional sound effects during the music tracks. To-date, there’s never been an official release of Randy Edelman’s score, unlike Elmer Bernstein’s. ---
**Author:** ![chris8414](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chris8414](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/chris8414)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/3 "2019-03-29T08:29:44Z")
Oh okay, so my chances are zero of finding one lol. Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Seth\_Rex](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Seth_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/4 "2019-03-29T15:45:08Z")
I think at this state I’ll take the sound effects score, as long as it’s good quality. ---
**Author:** ![NSGhostbusters](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@NSGhostbusters](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/NSGhostbusters)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/5 "2019-04-02T13:08:08Z")
Sony and [Columbia Pictures](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/uncategorized/columbia-pictures) apparently lost the Master Tapes that contained Randy Edelman’s GB II Score, which is why it still hasn’t been officially released. ---
**Author:** ![NSGhostbusters](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@NSGhostbusters](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/NSGhostbusters)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/6 "2019-05-03T17:17:50Z")
The best bootleg edition that I have seen was titled “[Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision) Expanded Motion Picture Soundtrack” “Songs by Various Artists” “Music by Randy Edelman” There is 45 Tracks total and it contains the score to every single scene in the movie, as well as every single song that was played in the movie. (In chronological order) It also contains the rest of the tracks from the official GB II OST Release, and it also includes 2 versions of the [Ray Parker Jr.](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/ray-parker-jr) Ghostbusters Theme Song from the official GB I OST Release. (The Original Version, and the Instrumental Version.) ---
**Author:** ![ectojeff88](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ectojeff88/32/187473_2.png) [@ectojeff88](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ectojeff88)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/7 "2020-08-10T02:56:25Z")
Jason over at Ghostbusters News just today posted some great news!! Edelman’s score is getting an **_official_** release next year with the composer’s direct involvement!! [https://ghostbustersnews.com/2020/08/09/after-a-30-year-wait-it-looks-like-the-ghostbusters-2-score-is-finally-getting-released/](https://ghostbustersnews.com/2020/08/09/after-a-30-year-wait-it-looks-like-the-ghostbusters-2-score-is-finally-getting-released/) This is amazing! I hope it releases on February 14th. A fun reference to the movie and perfectly timed for the lead up to _[Afterlife](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/ghostbusters-afterlife)_ on March 5th! ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/8 "2020-08-10T05:00:28Z")
Most excellent news! Like climbing to the top of the mountain to sing praises kinda good. ---
**Author:** ![GBfan77](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@GBfan77](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GBfan77)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/9 "2020-08-18T00:27:20Z")
I do hope I can score a copy before the scalpers buy them up. ---
**Author:** ![realghostbusterjay](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/realghostbusterjay/32/181197_2.png) [@realghostbusterjay](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/realghostbusterjay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/10 "2020-08-23T06:20:10Z")
I’m very excited to hear this. The score for this film suited the second film so yes while I like Elmer’s better I do do really enjoy this score as well and it will be great to have a new album to go with perhaps an [Afterlife](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/ghostbusters-afterlife) score too ---
**Author:** ![RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RichardLess)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/11 "2020-08-23T08:06:12Z")
Sorry if this has been asked but does anyone know if this is a re-recording of the music or the original recordings? Because… I thought the original recordings went missing or were destroyed? ---
**Author:** ![GBfan77](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@GBfan77](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GBfan77)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/12 "2020-08-23T10:41:24Z")
> [@RichardLess post\_id=4938482 time=1598169972 user\_id=47215](#): > > Sorry if this has been asked but does anyone know if this is a re-recording of the music or the original recordings? Because… > > I thought the original recordings went missing or were destroyed? I’m not sure. I know the composer is involved so maybe this is a re-recording. ---
**Author:** ![d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/d_osborn/32/179392_2.png) [@d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/d_osborn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/13 "2020-08-23T19:13:25Z")
I’m guessing the “lost/destroyed GB2 score masters” was just a big rumor. Segments of the GB2 score were used in the supplemental features from the 2014 Blu-ray release, so they’ve been kicking around Sony for at least that long. ---
**Author:** ![RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RichardLess)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/14 "2020-08-23T20:54:32Z")
> [@d\_osborn post\_id=4938494 time=1598210005 user\_id=21](#): > > I’m guessing the “lost/destroyed GB2 score masters” was just a big rumor. Segments of the GB2 score were used in the supplemental features from the 2014 Blu-ray release, so they’ve been kicking around Sony for at least that long. I hope that’s true. But they could easily rip the music from the film itself and isolate it from the dialogue and sound effects. I could be wrong on this but I seem to remember Randy Edelman himself saying that the masters were lost or whatever happened. Its a wonder how that even happens. I think Elmer Bernstein’s score to “The Black Cauldron” is also one of those “lost scores”. You’d think these major companies would be able to keep track of these things. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/15 "2020-08-23T21:09:02Z")
[quote=RichardLess post\_id=4938503 time=1598216072 user\_id=47215]But they could easily rip the music from the film itself and isolate it from the dialogue and sound effects. [/quote] I don’t know if it is always ‘that easy’ to isolate the audio effects and remove them from the music track… I get the impression on occasion the effects and music tracks can get merged together and become inseparable, that’s why previous fan rips of the score from _[Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision)_ and other movies are marred with sound effects, and why the isolated scores on the Time Life _[Real Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison)_ set aren’t truly isolated. It could be they’ve found an untarnished copy in the archives which they didn’t locate the last time they looked, or they’re recreating it from scratch (much easier to do with a computer/electronic-based score, which I believe Edelman’s to be, compared to Elmer Bernstein’s). ---
**Author:** ![d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/d_osborn/32/179392_2.png) [@d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/d_osborn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/16 "2020-08-23T23:03:47Z")
Other than a few titles, I don’t really pay attention to movie score releases. Are re-recordings common in score releases? ---
**Author:** ![dr-d](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dr-d/32/186940_2.png) [@dr-d](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/dr-d)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/17 "2020-08-24T01:01:36Z")
I gotta think Sony must’ve found something. I don’t believe they’d shell out the money to re-record the entire soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@RichardLess](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RichardLess)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/18 "2020-08-24T13:13:56Z")
> [@d\_osborn post\_id=4938510 time=1598223827 user\_id=21](#): > > Other than a few titles, I don’t really pay attention to movie score releases. Are re-recordings common in score releases? It happens but I don’t know how common they are. But I do know you have to be careful when purchasing film scores on places like ITunes. Most people want the original but often times a re recording from a lesser orchestra is available. This happened to me a few times when I downloaded some John Williams scores. Most compilation albums are re-recorded. So yes I would say it’s fairly common. Sometimes companies do it to circumvent pricey royalties. Certain orchestras have it so that when a song or album is purchased or licensed to use in a film/TV Show, not only does the composer get royalties but so does the orchestra/performers. Think of it like when a TV show or movie uses a cover band for a popular song from the Rolling Stones or Beatles. It’s cheaper than licensing the actual song. Same principle here. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/19 "2020-08-24T15:52:07Z")
> [@d\_osborn post\_id=4938510 time=1598223827 user\_id=21](#): > > Other than a few titles, I don’t really pay attention to movie score releases. Are re-recordings common in score releases? I’ve not encountered a direct example of a whole score being re-scored. :whatever: I know that for some reason some seem to go through a long editing process before they’re released on CD. ---
**Author:** ![sav-c](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sav-c/32/137819_2.png) [@sav-c](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sav-c)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640/20 "2020-08-25T02:15:54Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4938506 time=1598216942 user\_id=76](#): > > [quote=RichardLess post\_id=4938503 time=1598216072 user\_id=47215]But they could easily rip the music from the film itself and isolate it from the dialogue and sound effects. I don’t know if it is always ‘that easy’ to isolate the audio effects and remove them from the music track… I get the impression on occasion the effects and music tracks can get merged together and become inseparable, that’s why previous fan rips of the score from _[Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision)_ and other movies are marred with sound effects, and why the isolated scores on the Time Life _[Real Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison)_ set aren’t truly isolated. [/quote] I’m not an audio engineer, but to the best of my knowledge they need a clean copy of the dialogue/sound effects if they are to be able to remove the dialogue from the merged master track. [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-2-original-score-album/39640.md?page=2)