*Speaking of “harder covers”…Has EVERYBODY completely forgot about the cover done by UK Thrash Metal GREATS Xentrix, wayyy back in like '90 already?…Or is it that everybody is just *that young*? (*egon) …
Anyways, keeping in mind that this is COMPLETELY conjectural and hypothetical, putting “contemporary-radio-whores” like 90% of the bands mentioned here would absolutely kill the mood of the film, and keep in mind that this *is* Ghostbusters, and not, let's say “Resident Evil”, or “Freddy Vs. Jason” so any real “hard stuff” wouldn't really fit either…And even then both of those featured mostly a bunch of watered-down “Nu-Metal” drivel…
*And this is coming from metalhead/old-school punk guy #1 here…And yes I absolutely abhore Green Day, The Offspring, and any other uninspired, radio-friendly slop masquerading as “punk” or “metal” in the last, oh 10 or so years?…Reaping the profit-margins with it's “packaged rebellion”…And yes again, I hate “classic rock”…The only “artists” I can tolerate are Jimi Hendrix and AC/DC (In RANDOM spurts)…Possibly The Doors…Maybe…
Look at the first soundtrack…Granted it *was* 1984…But it was light, almost “fluffy stuff”…It fit the bill…And the second?…Don't even get me started on that one…Sure, Oingo Boingo, Doug E. Fresh, & Run DMC were *nice* additions, but freaking Elton John?!…Gimmie a break!!…And the latter-day-poster-boy for cocaine-addiction and unfaithful husbands Bobby Brown?!…Pah-leeseee…“We're Back” admittedly was alright, but the rest (Other than those mentioned) is what absolutely killed the second soundtrack for me…
I don't even have a clue what would suit the “new” soundtrack, if there were to even be one, but it would have to match the atmosphere of not only the movie itself, but the established (Or new) characters there-in, and none of what was mentioned before would do that aforementioned task…Not effectively…ESPECIALLY nothing to come out of the mainstream here in the last decade and a half…I'm not saying underground Death Metal, or even further “to the left field” of that like country (Which I *also* hate BTW), but it would have to be something INSPIRED, and not something mass-manufactured and “focus-group-planned” just to sell more copies…
*Let's face it…A horrible soundtrack can kill a movie just as fast as a bad script…
Right now I would just say stick to the Ray Parker Jr. original and a fitting “creepy-yet-quirky” score…That would be enough for me :p …
Cheers.
P.s. - Before you guys light the torches and grab the pitchforks, keep in mind that these are opinions, *my* opinions alone…You guys are obviously entitled to like what you like…And more power to you for what you do…But I'm also entitled for what I *don't*…So keep this in mind before blasting yours truley here…
*That said, “let the cannon-fire begin”…