Silva Screen

The chilling road thriller, The Hitcher, was released in 1986 and starred Rutger Hauer as a murderous hitchhiker in a relentless pursuit of a young motorist, C. Thomas Howell. Critically maligned at the time, over the years the film has built up a cult following and has spawned a sequel and a remake. The original soundtrack has been unavailable for close to 30 years.

“Technically the music business was in a crossroads and new instruments and new instrument technologies were appearing every day. I availed myself of this “new” technology of “sampling” and brought in two drummers who played only originally sampled drums. I was still using my early system of a Prophet 5, an Oberheim 4 voice and my ARP 2600. To this I added this new keyboard, a Prophet 2000 (sampler). This was the “band”! – Mark Isham

Tracklist

1. Headlights – Main Title 4:02
2. The Chosen 2:24
3. Keys 4:12
4. Dust And Gasoline 3:00
5. Dream 1:24
6. Dogs 3:31
7. Suicide 1:20
8. Gun 1:44
9. Cars And Helicopters 5:34
10. Motel 2:46
11. Transfer 1:44
12. Guards And Cards 2:47
13. Endgame 3:46
14. The Hitcher – End Credits 4:11