Risky Business (soundtrack)

Risky Business is the twenty-first major release and fourth soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream. It is the soundtrack to the 1983 film Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise, and also includes songs by Bob Seger, Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck, Prince, Journey and Phil Collins. The Tangerine Dream selections consisted of two new compositions and three reworkings of previously released material (from 1979 and 1981), retitled to correspond to scenes in the movie. Steve Reich later commented that it "was an out-an-out ripoff of Music for 18 musicians. I should have sued".

Although the film included "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen, and "Swamp" by Talking Heads (which includes the lyric "risky business"), these were not released with the soundtrack.

AllMusic noted that the soundtrack is a mix of electronic music from Tangerine Dream, plus rock, blues and funk songs from other music artists. Paul Stump described the album as "hot commercial potential" while noting that the Tangerine Dream contribution is 'dignified and aloof from the MOR horrors elsewhere on the album". Maryann Janosik noted that the soundtrack "integrates music that underscores the plot, theme, and action".