john cafferty wrote the music for eddie and the cruisers.
john cafferty wrote the music for eddie and the cruisers.
who wrote the music for eddie and the cruisers?
john cafferty
vance asked davidson to describe his fictitious band and their music. initially, davidson said that the cruisers sounded like dion and the belmonts, but when they meet frank, they have elements of jim morrison and the doors. however, davidson did not want to lose sight of the fact that the cruisers were essentially a jersey bar band, and he thought of bruce springsteen and the e street band. the filmmaker told vance to find him someone that could produce music that contained elements of these three bands. davidson was getting close to rehearsals when vance called him and said that he had found the band--john cafferty & the beaver brown band from providence, rhode island.
eddie and the cruisers
eddie and the cruisers ii: eddie lives!









































eddie and the cruisers ii: eddie lives! is the 1989 sequel to the 1983 cult film "eddie and the cruisers", and despite being a failure at the box office, has since joined its predecessor as a cult favorite. it is directed by jean-claude lord, and based on literary characters created by author p. f. kluge. michael paré and matthew laurance reprise their roles as eddie wilson and sal amato, respectively. the film was marketed with the tagline "the legend. the music. the man."
eddie and the cruisers ii: eddie lives!