Roadracers Music

This is the music I wrote and recorded for this film's last scene where Arquette and Hayek last see each other. This is the first time the original music has been heard outside of the few who worked on it without the film's overlaying dialogue and foley etc. Some fans in Spain, Russia and Greece have been asking me if I could post it. I had to take it from my studio CD and do some splicing / editing to remove the actor's dialogue. Also did some sweetening, mixing and mastering. For reference I listened to the great Cuban record "Mambo Sinuendo" (Ry Cooder / Manuel Gaban). All music is me, my old American Strat, a small Marshall amp and my old trusty Roland JV-80 and Alesis MMT-8 Sequencer. Recorded on Johnny Reno's Tascam reel to reel (can't remember the model).

Re: the Russian fans of the ’94 Robert Rodriguez film “Roadracers” which I did music for - one of the questions they asked me in an interview I did with them over summer was about a song I’d written for the film which on the net was known as “Street Theme” (since it appeared five times in the film in street / driving scenes). I’d seen and heard - and enjoyed - many cover versions of the song on YouTube over the years but had never really thought of uploading the full instrumental track (in the film only 15-45 second versions are heard). But, upon their urging I was happy to oblige them, which I did in September. (see my FB post Sept 17). But I also informed my Russian friends that there is a vocal version of the song as well, lyrics written and sung by Johnny Reno who did the soundtrack with me. Nobody, outside a very small group of people who worked on the film, has ever heard this version and it doesn’t appear in the film. A few notes - It’s a different mix even notwithstanding the addition of a vocal. It’s more pumped up in the midrange but with a quieter kick drum mix. - Unlike the instrumental version which I have on the Showtime studio version sent to me in ’96, the best source version I have of the vocal version was an mp3. I did some EQ, compression and limiting on this to try and improve the sound. - We actually played this version at a movie festival in ’07 when we did a release party for the Blu-Ray / Hi-Def / DVD rerelease of the film. That’s the only time this song has ever been played live by the two guys who wrote it, me and Johnny! That was a super fun night with Robert joining us on guitar. Credits - Photo: Me, Johnny, Tommy Nix (drums) and unnamed actor (bass) - opening scene “Roadracers.” Vocal / Lyrics: Johnny Reno Music: Paul Boll Guitar: Paul Boll Drum / Bass / MIDI Programming: Paul Boll Recorded at Johnny’s home studio and Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, TX late winter ’94. Engineers: Paul Boll, Johnny Reno, Jeff Ward

Paul Boll here - This is the full original recording of “Midnight Rumble” for the 1994 Robert Rodriguez film “Roadracers,” for which Johnny Reno and I wrote the music. It’s taken directly from my copy of the studio soundtrack CD dated October 1 1996. This goes out to all the fans of the music for Roadracers and especially to my Russian Roadracers friends who encouraged me to put this out. Evidentially a lot of people have been looking for this for many years. I’ve always enjoyed the comments on YouTube complimenting the music Johnny and I did for the film and also really get a kick out of the various cover versions I’ve heard. I’m happy to share the original with everyone. I should also say that there is a vocal version of “Midnight Rumble” which Johnny sang but which does not appear in the film. I think everyone would enjoy hearing that as well. Check back here in the next weeks and I’ll have that up as well. Credits - Photo - my copy of Roadracers studio CD (Roadracers soundtrack CD) and my Alesis MMT-8 sequencer I used for Midnight Rumble's drum and bass parts. Music - written and performed by Paul Boll Guitars - Paul Boll MIDI Sequencing / Programming - Paul Boll Recorded by Johnny Reno at Johnny’s home studio and by Jeff Ward at Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, Texas, late Winter ’94.