It was on this day in 1990 that Back to the Future Part III opened in theaters. 6 months earlier, Back to the Future Part II ended with a cliff hanger that left Doc Brown stranded in the Old West and Marty stuck again in 1955.
Coincidentally, today Bob Gale turns 75. Gale and Robert Zemeckis co-wrote and co-produced all three Back to the Future films. So let’s dip into the soundtrack of the movie.
They are not hard to miss, but a wonderful cameo takes place during the town festival scene in the movie. The boys of ZZ Top actually play the band members on stage.
During this scene, they play a stripped down instrumental version of their song Doubleback. The instrumental appears on the soundtrack, and the album version plays over the end credits of the movie. The song can also be found on ZZ Top’s album Recycler, and was the lead single from that album. It was a number one song on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart.
Happy Birthday, Bob Gale!
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 