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"Love on a Real Train" is a 1984 single by Tangerine Dream from the soundtrack for the film Risky Business. Critics have noted the influence of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians on "Love on a Real Train".

The song has been featured on other film soundtracks including 1987 comedy Three O'Clock High, Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale, the television series Mr. Robot, interactive Netflix film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, the Netflix movie The Babysitter: Killer Queen and Ben Affleck's Air.

"Love on a Real Train" was voted one of the best 200 songs of the 1980s by Pitchfork magazine.

References

Rapold, Nicolas (June 1, 2012). "Underscoring the Drama in the Dark: Tangerine Dream's Music in BAMcinématek Series". The New York Times.
"Love on a Real Train". AllMusic.
Lambert, Molly (August 4, 2016). "Stranger Things And How Tangerine Dream Soundtracked The '80s: Molly Lambert on the German Synthrock Bands TV Moment". MTV. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016.
Pope, Shelby (September 6, 2016). "Steve Reich's Turning 80 — Here's Where You've Heard Him Before". KQED.
Beta, Andy (January 26, 2015). "Synth Sorcerer: Eight Essentials by the Late Tangerine Dream Founder Edgar Froese". Pitchfork.
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim (March 27, 2013). "The Influence Engine: Steve Reich And Pop Music". NewMusicBox. New Music USA.
Judd, Timothy (March 4, 2016). "Steve Reich's Piano Phase: What Are You Afraid Of?". The Listener's Club.
Askew, Robin (September 29, 2017). "Review: Anathema, Marble Factory". Bristol24-7.
Davis, James (September 21, 2015). "'Mr. Robot' is a show of questions". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
Suarez, Gary (December 29, 2018). "In 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,' Should You Pick Tangerine Dream Or Tomita?". Forbes.
Hough, Q.V. (September 13, 2020). "The Babysitter: Killer Queen Soundtrack - Every Song In The Netflix Movie". Screen Rant.
"The Best 200 Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. August 24, 2015.

External links

Love on a Real Train: The Film Legacy of Tangerine Dream

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Singles	"Das Mädchen auf der Treppe" "Love on a Real Train" "A Time for Heroes"
Soundtracks	Sorcerer Thief Das Mädchen auf der Treppe Daydream Wavelength Risky Business Firestarter Flashpoint Heartbreakers Legend Three O'Clock High Near Dark Shy People Miracle Mile Destination Berlin Canyon Dreams Dead Solid Perfect The Park Is Mine L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside) Rumpelstiltskin Catch Me If You Can The Keep Zoning Der Meteor Great Wall of China Mota Atma Music of Grand Theft Auto V
Compilations and sets	Dream Music – The Movie Music of Tangerine Dream In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973–1979
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