Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) 'Opening Credits'

Opening credits to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Great intro song.

[tomvander]

I remember back in the theater when the film started with this gigantic sound, it was a moment when you really knew why you were going to the cinema! The days when cinema was magical...

[felixhernandez]

Saw this movie as a 9 year old in 1985. Goodbye Tina you will be missed. Your music takes me back to a wonderful time to be a kid.

[andy-typh]

I was in the US Navy docked in Freemantle, Western Australia when Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome first hit their theatres, , my shipmates and I saw this movie in Perth over and over again it was such a big hit! We were drunk half the time but seeing this now brings back those memories of the land down under!

[jocelyncheechoo]

Been listening to this on repeat today ❤ Rest in power Queen Tina

[ghola]

Heard Tina's passing. This was the first thing I thought of and blasted loud in her honor. One of the best damn intros from my childhood. RIP Auntie. ; ;7

[CollectorChronicles]

Yesterday Tina Turner passed away. Somewhat coincidental that I was recently discussing with someone what I think are the greatest movie intros of all time and this was at the top of the list.

Although many would disagree, “Beyond Thunderdome” will always be my personal favorite of the Mad Max films, and she really made it what it is, not only with her screen presence but the soundtrack.

Interestingly someone in the YouTube comments for this video remarked “just think of how cool it would have been to watch this intro in the theater when the film came out”. This person obviously “gets it”, and the ironic thing is the opening is just a black screen and the credits rolling with her singing. It’s hard to grasp how larger than life things were in the 80’s, and she’s one example of that.

[jonahfalcon]

Anyone who bashes this film... Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... Dyin' time's here.

[DDE]

This version of the song was bad ass! They should've left it this way!

[nickrogers]

I just watched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome! The movie is iconic, legendary, especially with 2 greatest stars actor and actress ever lived! Mel Gibson, Iconic Queen of Rock n Roll, greatest beloving singer ever . Mrs Tina Turner!...it had lots of humor, humanity, alot heart, soul and 2 fantastic songs Your one of the living and beyond thunderdome by beloving legendary icon singer once again Mrs Tina Turner!. I have the movie on DvD!...

[jamiecletheroe]

0:15 onwards is pure 80s awesomeness. Sure I prefer the logo of the original and it's just words on a black screen, but the Tina Turner song "One of the Living" does get me pumped. And yes, it blows that this version of the song never got released. The one we've got is fine, but compared to this... OMG, I love that song. Sometimes, I imagine if I was in the world of Mad Max, I would listen to this while driving through the wasteland.

[phillipboyd]

Damn. I wish i still had this movie. I never got tired of the music. Tina Turner awesome.

[erock]

I had typical 80’s parents who let me watch stuff that most parents would never let younger kids watch now. I was 6 when this movie came out and watched it regularly. Can you imagine how awesome this movie experience felt with the imagination of a 6 yr old? It was freaking awesome!

[mediawarhead]

Came back here after finding out about Tina Turner's passing. Made me think immediately of Beyond Thunderdome. May she Rest In Peace❤

[Thetenmaumau]

This was my first " FUCK YEAH !!! " i let out in a theater, was 12 at the time. Good times...

[anthonyyoutubefan]

Like others here have mentioned, I was in the theater in NYC (in 1985) watching this opening on the big screen, and it was as BIG as those of you who didn't experience it then think it was. Mel and Tina were good together in this film. I wish they would/could somehow team up together again in another film.

[syuppie]

You’re shining more than ever in your music Tina Turner!! With much love and respect.

[peterp]

The best part of this credits sequence (other than the entire song) is just the quick bit of the wind blowing and then boom, the piano/drum beat and "MEL GIBSON". This intro don't fuck around and waste time.

[richardthomas]

Why this version was left off of the ost album is beyond me, so much more impressive....
Thanks for uploading 👍

[taylorahern]

That has to be one of the Greatest and most exciting opening scenes in all of movie history (I remember watching it on HBO back in late 85 and feeling FUCKING PUMPED AND PSYCHED OUT OF MY MIND, all in exhilarated anticipation for the cinematic story that was set to unfold, this story that, although it didn't quite measure up to this mesmerizing, euphoric inducing and amazing opening, didn't disappoint, as it did entertain, and thrill)!

It was also this movie that was the final warm up for Mel Gibson, right before his already notable and promising career was catapulted high into the iridescent stratosphere of legendary and iconic greatness, all with his excellent and superb depiction of that unstable, on the edge YET utterly bad ass L.A.P.D. detective Martin Riggs, in that pioneering, hilarious and buddy/cop gem, ""Lethal Weapon (one of my all time favorite movies, as I found it spectacular and original, and whose comedic elements and dry wit drove the movie almost as much as the action, suspense and great acting did).""

Mel pulled that role off to perfection, as that role and movie launched him even higher (and pulled him deeper and more firmly into the Hollywood firmament, something that he capitalized upon brilliantly)!

Any ways, what an opening scene, awesome and unforgettable in its exhilarating effect!

[mamagoose]

I think this is one of the most exciting opening credits track, from the desert-like wind sounds at the very beginning (very appropriate for a Mad Max movie) followed by some cool drums, whooshing sounds with the title, and then a cool 1 or 2 second yell at 30 seconds. so awesome.  I saw this in theaters when I was around 15. awesome trilogy.