Music 3

Music – Your Place Or Mayan?

~~Don't Get Stopped In Beverly Hills~~
Don't get stopped in Beverly Hills You better walk soft in Beverly Hills Don't get wild in Beverly Hills You gotta have style in Beverly Hills You look around thinkin' your number's up You see the lights flash in your eyes It's goin' down louder than thunder You're shakin' hard, thinkin' those lies There's no escape once they get to you There's no excuse they're gonna buy They're comin' down, boy, let me warn you They know it all, so don't even try Don’t even try (Don't get stopped) Don't get stopped in Beverly Hills (Walk soft) You better walk soft in Beverly Hills (Don't get wild) Don't get wild in Beverly Hills (Have style) You gotta have style in Beverly Hills They do it right, everything's by the book There ain't no slack when they're around You better not give them no reason You better stop, don't make a sound You see them out cruisin' your neighborhood It's always cool when they're around When something's up, you better dial that number 'Cause they're the best, the best in this town (Don't get stopped) Don't get stopped in Beverly Hills (Oh, walk soft) You better walk soft in Beverly Hills (Don't get wild) Don't get wild in Beverly Hills (Oh, gotta have style) You gotta have style in Beverly Hills (repeats) Don't get stopped in Beverly Hills You better walk soft in Beverly Hills Don't get wild in Beverly Hills You gotta have style in Beverly Hills	Background music 1984 song by Shalamar Written by Micki Free, Hawk, & Howard Hewett From the soundtrack to the 1984 movie 'Beverly Hills Cop'
~~Wooly Bully~~
Uno, dos One, two, three, quatro! All right! Wooly bully Wooly bully Watch it now, watch it, watch it, watch it Aaahh!!	Jane listening to radio in Fundae 1965 #2 hit by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Written by Domingo Samudio
~~Breathless~~
Now if you love me, honey, please don't tease If I can hold you, baby, let me squeeze! But my heart goes round and round And my love comes tumblin' down. Zoop! Leavin' me... Breathless, ahh!	Johnny B a cappella mp3 1958 #1 hit for Jerry Lee Lewis Written by Otis Blackwell
~~Homage to 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark'~~
[instrumental]	Score 'The Raiders March' (a.k.a. 'The Indiana Jones Theme') was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra for the 1981 movie 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
~~Homage to 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' - reprise~~
[instrumental]	Score 'The Raiders March' (a.k.a. 'The Indiana Jones Theme') was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra for the 1981 movie 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Music 1-2

Music - Deep Freeze

~~She Blinded Me With Science~~
"Blinding me with science - science!" "Science!" Mm mm mmm I can hear machinery "Blinding me with science - science!" "Science!" "Sci-sci-science!" It's poetry in motion And now she's making love to me The spheres're in commotion The elements in harmony She blinded me with science "She blinded me with science!" And hit me with technology Hup hup hup hup "Science!" "Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!" Hey, I don't believe it! There she goes again! She's tidied up, and I can't find anything! All my tubes and wires and careful notes Antiquated notions	Background music 1982 #5 hit by Thomas Dolby Written by Thomas Dolby & Joe Kerr
~~Teamwork - prelude~~
Whatcha don’t have, honey I will! Teamwork! Do it with a little teamwork! Got to have a little teamwork! Always use a little teamwork, yeah! Teamwork, yeah!	Background music 1984 song for David Lasley Written by Bruce Roberts & Andy Goldmark From the soundtrack to the 1984 movie 'Body Rock'
~~Johnny B. Goode~~
Maybe someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a rock 'n' roll band Many people comin' from miles around To hear you play your music 'til the sun goes down Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying Johnny B. Goode gonna play tonight Deep down in Louisiana, down in New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood an old cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play guitar so hard it'd ring your bell Go go Go Johnny, go go go Go Johnny, go go go Go Johnny, go go go Oh, Johnny B. Goode	Johnny B a cappella & performing mp3 1958 #8 hit for Chuck Berry Written by Chuck Berry
~~'Days Of Our Lives' Theme~~
Like the sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives	Miss Nance's TV / Score 'Days of Our Lives' debuted on NBC in Nov 1965 Written by Charles Albertine, Tommy Boyce, & Bobby Hart
[slow instrumental]
[instrumental]	Billy & Jane listening to radio ?? ??
~~Teamwork~~
Teamwork! Ooh, I need a little teamwork, yeah Teamwork, yeah (???, ???, ???) Teamwork! Ooh, and with a little teamwork! Got to have a little teamwork! Always use a little teamwork! And we need a little... Ooh, I like-a what you do to me! Ooh, what's good for you is good for me! We're together like we got to be! We need each other, that's all we need! Caught in the heat, caught in the chill Whatcha don't have, honey I will! Teamwork! Do it with a little teamwork! Got to have a little teamwork! Always use a little teamwork, yeah! Teamwork, yeah! Oh yeah! Teamwork, yeah! Teamwork, yeah! Teamwork, yeah!....	Background music 1984 song for David Lasley Written by Bruce Roberts & Andy Goldmark From the soundtrack to the 1984 movie 'Body Rock' (different song on German audio track)
~~'Days Of Our Lives' Theme - reprise~~
This is Macdonald Carey, and these are the days of our lives	Miss Nance's TV 'Days of Our Lives' debuted on NBC in Nov 1965 Written by Charles Albertine, Tommy Boyce, & Bobby Hart
~~Johnny B. Goode – reprise~~
Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying Johnny B. Goode gonna play tonight	Johnny B a cappella mp3 1958 #8 hit for Chuck Berry Written by Chuck Berry
~~When Johnny Comes Marching Home~~
[instrumental]	Score Popular song of the American Civil War
~~The Second Time~~
There's such an urgency in everything I need from you I've every reason to believe there's still a man There's still a man, there's still a man... Just do it, just do it Just do it J-j-just do it Just do it Just go for it, just go! Just go for it, just go! Just go for it All I need, all I need Go go g-g-go go g-go go go go Go go g-g-go go g-go go go go Just do it, just do it Go go go! Go! Go go go! Go go! Go! Go go go! There's such an urgency in everything I need from you Just do it D-d-do it, d-d-do it... All I need And all I need 'Cause all I want 'n' all I need You're not, you're n-n-not, you're n-n-not... You're not goin' anywhere Just do it Just do it Just go! Go go g-g-go go g-go go go go Go go g-g-go go g-go go go go {repeats} Just do it Just just just Go go go!	Background music 1984 #29 hit by Kim Wilde Written by Ricki Wilde & Marty Wilde (re-titled "Go For It" for North America)
~~Feels Like Science~~
Hey! Hey! Hey! Misfit! Zap me with your misfit science Shoot me full of ecstasy I need a hit from this excitement In my wildest fantasy Ice cool, Electric and alive You fool, Love you for your mind I can feel it! Feels like science, straight from my heart Ooh, like science, straight from the heart Oooh Ooh-ooh, feels like science, straight from my heart Class assignment, oh-no-ohohohoh Science is over Class dismissed! Class dismissed!!	Over credits mp3 1985 theme song by Karen Lawrence Written by Basil Poledouris & Steve Schiff

Music

The soundtrack to 'Misfits of Science' is a very rocking mix of classic songs and contemporary 80's music, along with a totally cool original score & incidental music that perfectly matches and enhances all the scenes.

NOTES: This information was collected by listening to the episodes, and all lyrics are as heard in the episode.

Music By Episode:
01-02. Deep Freeze 03. Your Place Or Mayan? 04. Guess What's Coming To Dinner? 05. Lost Link 06. Sort Of Looking For Gina 07. Sonar... And Yet So Far 08. Steer Crazy 09. Fumble On The One	10. Twin Engines 11. Grand Theft Bunny 12. Grand Elusion 13. Once Upon A Night 14. Center Of Attention 15. Against All Oz 16. The Avenging Angel 17. Three Days Of The Blender

Arthur Barrow on the score:

Check out the Q&A with him.

—via emails 2011

Steve Schiff on the theme song:

"I co-wrote the theme song for Misfits of Science. It was sung by Karen Lawrence who was the lead singer of a band I was lead guitarist for called 1994. After 1994 broke up circa 1980, I went on to write music for film and tv including the Misfits of Science theme. At the time I asked Karen to do the vocal and she was kind enough to agree."

—Imdb message board 2007

Basil Poledouris on the score:

"The movie was about technology, it's also about people who are very human. They relate to those things like this guy who was frozen. The whole idea of a misfit, taking in a person who is shunned by society, appeals to me. Misfits are outcasts. And those are people who generally tend to be interesting in society. That score was bizarre and comedic. The film was rooted in technology so, for that reason, we used electronic instruments and a kind of calypso, Caribbean rhythm which gives a holiday feeling."

—Soundtrack, June 1989

"Pilot films are a strange animal. They have to do a lot; a pilot has to play off all the characters, set the style of the production, define the situations, the nature of the confrontation. I think they almost have to do too much work. They have to have a plot, and they have to be entertaining as an entity into themselves.

That's an awful lot to ask for a two-hour film. I don't know what the solution is, but I think pilots are very difficult things to write. You know it's much easier to write the third show, because now you're familiar with the characters. But just imagine trying to write the first one and do so much. It has to do much more than a movie, because it has to set up a situation, which by definition has to continue. There have to be sequels. I think I scored three shows, the pilot and two other episodes.

I've always used synthesizers. A lot of scores before Misfits had a lot of synthesizers added in, but only as an extra instrument. And outside of the experimental films I did very early on in my career, which were all electronic, Misfits was one of the first completely electronic scores I had done in years."

—Soundtrack, September 1989

~~Theme Song~~

Those Misfits, Misfits of Science, hah hah
Those wild and crazy scientific guys
— I love 'em
Yeah, those Misfits...

Zap me with your misfit science
Shoot me full of ecstasy
I need a hit from this excitement
In my wildest fantasy

I can feel it!
Feels like science, straight from my heart
Ooh, like science, straight from the heart
Oooh
Ooh-ooh, feels like science, straight from my heart

Class assignment, oh-no-ohohohoh
Science is over
Class dismissed!!

mp3

Theme music by:
Basil Poledouris

Theme lyrics by:
Steve Schiff

Jazz intro by:
Bobby Short

80's vocals by:
Karen Lawrence

Listen now to a Spotify playlist
of songs used and referenced
in 'Misfits of Science'.

Articles

Articles

This is a collection of magazine and newspaper articles that either pertain directly to 'Misfits of Science' or contain a mention of interest. A bunch of the press at the time the show originally aired, unfortunately, ranged from barely caring to outright negative. In the interest of archiving everything with even a shred of information about the show, I decided not to exclude an article just because of mean criticism. Of course, my favorite articles are the ones with quotes from the cast talking about the show or their characters. It's great to get a sense of how it was on the set.

NOTES: The description of El’s height when he’s shrunk varies in these articles, but it is 11 inches in canon. In promotional material from the network, his height is unfortunately stated as 6 inches, however episode (15) dialog states clearly that he shrinks down to 11 inches. If he were any shorter than 11 inches he would be too small for the Ken Doll clothes he wears.

	1985 Pittsburgh Press June 12, 1985 Text version		1986 Ottawa Citizen Jan 25, 1986 Text version
	The Spokesman-Review July 7, 1985 Text version		SuperStars March 1986 Text version
	The Bulletin July 8, 1985 Text version		The Mini Page May 10, 1986 Text version Why only 3 of them?!
	Palm Beach Post July 8, 1985 Text version Not quite accurate: “...former rock star who fires lasers from his fingers and eyes...”		New Straits Times Malaysia July 13, 1986 Text version Billy is 'tequila swilling'??
	Lawrence Journal-World July 11, 1985 Text version		Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dec 2, 1986 Text version
	The Ledger July 28, 1985 & Sept 7, 1985 Text version		1987 Reading Eagle March 26, 1987 Text version
	Deseret News Sept 4, 1985 Text version		The Bryan Times Sept 8, 1987 Text version
	The Evening Independent Sept 9, 1985 Text version		TV Guide Oct 31, 1987 Text version
	TV Guide Sept 14, 1985 Text version Strange way to represent Johnny B's bolt. It’s done the same way in the police drawing (01-02)
	The Bryan Times Sept 20, 1985 Text version
	Pittsburgh Press Oct 3, 1985 Text version Correction: Beef was frozen in 1937.		1988 Rock Hill Herald - excerpt Apr 27, 1988 Text version
	The Free-Lance Star Oct 3, 1985 Text version Exact quotes: Johnny B: "Givin' the crewcuts a concert." El: "No funding, broken equipment, and a salary that could make a paperboy cry."
	Toledo Blade Oct 3, 1985 Text version Virtually identical to the above article, with two extra closing paragraphs.		1991 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 11, 1991 Text version
	Lakeland Ledger Oct 6, 1985 Text version
	The Deseret News Oct 13, 1985 Text version The quote in the penultimate paragraph is NOT from the show.		2007 Starlog - excerpt Aug 2007 Text version
	Anchorage Daily News Oct 19, 1985 Text version
	Wilmington Morning Star 0ct 23, 1985 Text version I wonder who her replacement would have been?		19?? Starlog Yearbook 198? Text version
	The Saturday Star Nov 22, 1985 Text version		Star 198? Text version
	Starlog December 1985 Text version Correction: It's spelled 'Hayes'.		16 198? Text version Correction: It's spelled 'Dinallo'.
	Bop December 1985 Text version I don't know why his parents' names differ from the names in his Wikipedia article.		Teen Set 198? Text version