Missing Movie Music - The Running Man (1987) - 'Paula's Theme'

The track credited at the end of the movie - "Paula's Theme" has never appeared on any of the soundtrack releases of The Running Man, including the new expanded edition released in 2020.
The track was named so as it was played during the opening of the show in the movie - for which Paula Abdul choreographed the dance routines for.

"Paula's Theme"
Written & Produced by Jackie Jackson and Glen Barbee
Published by Siggy Music
Teco / Barish Music
The Production Network, Inc.
d/b/a The Production Network Music
Taft / Barish Music
Performed by Jackie Jackson and Glen Barbee

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[selesdarx]

Me and my sister know this movie off by heart, word for word, I was 6 years old when I watched this and we are both 30 now, I remember back in the day when we watched it, we'd look at each other, squint our eyes and immediately start clapping and shaking our hips like the two sisters in the movie who are thoroughly enjoying themselves, because thats what it was, pure, untainted joy. Arnold you absolute legend! Helluva time to be alive!

[MovieBirthdays]

How can they not include this, it's iconic. Such a memorable part of the movie score.

[rich_rich]

Its when the ICS logo rolls just before "its showtime!" gives me chills every time.

[aitoralvarez]

Best quality version I could find in YouTube by far... 

"... don't touch the hair!" that is digital percussion moment is miss...
... and other (secondary) arrangements in the track...
 
But still a glory!.
Paula is good and we like Paula.

Thank you man!

[andk]

holy shit.... an actual decent quality release of this...

[hayrettinyildiz]

The movie's best and thematic song, a masterpiece. What a shame it is not included in the OST (of course, Spotify too), probably due to licensing issues.

[brockbaby]

This is on of my fav songs on the soundtrack! Running Man show warming up the audience...

[TheMagnificentWorldofToys]

This is awesome. This one of my favorite all time soundtracks! I can’t believe it wasn’t included in any of the releases!

[inmate]

After all these years of looking and eventually giving up! Thank you kindly my friend!

[sandmanzcommin]

Been looking for this for years, thank you!

[BornotMV]

FInally! Been waiting years for this! Thank you!

[MrRabbydabbydoo]

paula abdul did the dancey bits for the logo reveal in this movie .. hence paulas theme.. this is the perfect movie imo

[Scatscar]

I bet La-La Land had done the expansion, this and John Parr's song would've been included.

[arterialblue]

I believe it was it was named after Paula Abdul who did choreography for the dance sequences.

[miguelpascualyoutube]

Damon Killian: "DON'T TOUCH THE HAIR!!!"

[olivervilba]

You guys wanna dig out the other dance track as well? Played briefly, near the end, before "fixing" the fight. :)

[kil_had]

People who made running man: "let's give what the people want"

[alm]

Also missing: Opening credits/sewer reveal music from TMNT 1990

[RegTheEvil]

Where did you get this version? It sounds the same as the "The Running Man - Paula's Theme ORIGINAL FULL STUDIO VERSION" that can be found on YouTube with that exact name. The user claims it's the studio version but will not respond to any questions about where he got the song. It sounds pretty good but the sound could definitely be cleaner so it's pretty obvious it's not the studio version but your version sounds identical to that other one I found on YouTube so it got me curious where did you get this. By the way I have to admit that the ending was brilliant! (TV with text and Joker shooting it) =)

[brockbaby]

Ok, so wait, are we sure Harold Faltermeyer didn't write and perform this?