1988 Soundtrack – Stealing Home

Stealing Home is a 1988 American coming of age romantic drama film written and directed by Steven Kampmann and William Porter. The film stars Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis, William McNamara, and Jodie Foster. The movie focuses on a failed baseball player, Billy Wyatt, who discovers that his childhood sweetheart, Katie Chandler, has died by suicide. Billy must confront the past via reminiscence and nostalgia, while also dealing with grief, as he embarks on a journey to fulfill one of Katie’s last wishes; that he spread her ashes. Stealing Home became David Foster’s third movie score after both St. Elmo’s Fire in 1985 and The Secret Of My Success in 1987. For this soundtrack Foster picked some oldies performed by The Four Seasons, The Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Shirelles and added his solid instrumental themes and a couple of newly co-written songs. One, “Poison Ivy,” is an enjoyable number with a strong retro feel sung a cappella by The Nylons. The other, “And When She Danced,” is the only contemporary sounding number on the record. It is a mellow song with all the trademarks of a Foster ballad, a strong melody, keyboards and crystal clear vocal harmonies.