One of the biggest-selling film soundtracks of the 1980s, Rocky IV arrived in 1985 on the Scotti Brothers label and shot into the top ten of the Billboard 200, earning RIAA Platinum certification. Its muscle came from two heavyweight singles: Survivor's "Burning Heart," personally commissioned by Sylvester Stallone and a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and James Brown's "Living in America." Robert Tepper's "No Easy Way Out" rounded out the chart presence with his only top-40 entry. The album is also notable as the only Rocky film score not composed by Bill Conti, with Vince DiCola handling the bulk of the work, including the iconic "Training Montage." (DiCola's original score was not released separately until Intrada Records issued it in 2010.)
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
