Biederstadt, Derek (15 May 2022). "10 Best Standalone Fantasy Films". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022 . Retrieved 2 October 2022. David Bowie appeared in two music videos as Jareth, for the songs ‘Underground’ and ‘As The World Falls Down’. Both were made available on The Bowie Video Collection and the later set The Best Of Bowie. Labyrinth (OST)". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 . Retrieved 2 October 2022. The songs were recorded between April and June 1985 in London, with overdubs taped in October and November in New York. They were co-produced by Arif Mardin, who had arranged the strings on Bowie’s Tonight album. Director Jim Henson approached Bowie to take part in the film in 1983 during Bowie's Serious Moonlight Tour, when he showed Bowie early designs for the movie and a tape of The Dark Crystal (1982). Bowie had wanted to make music for a children's film and saw this as his chance. [1]

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Stangland, Sean (15 January 2016). "For kids of the '80s, Bowie will always be the Goblin King". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. p.A31. Labyrinth was released on 23 June 1986, four days before the film. It was issued on vinyl, cassette and compact disc. Bowie wrote the lyrics for ‘Opening Titles Including Underground’, with music composed by Jones. Bowie’s other songs were ‘Magic Dance’, ‘Chilly Down’, ‘As The World Falls Down’, ‘Within You’, and the closing ‘Underground’. Trainer, Adam (October 2003). " "Well, I Wouldn't Buy the Merchandise": David Bowie as Postmodern Auteur". Senses of Cinema. No.28. ISSN 1443-4059. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015 . Retrieved 8 July 2021. Kepins, Sarah (7 January 2022). "Best Film Scores of the '80s". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022 . Retrieved 19 January 2022.Owen, Williams (17 May 2016). "Labyrinth: The behind-the-scenes history". EmpireOnline.com . Retrieved 18 May 2016. Labyrinth Liner Notes". Labyrinth (Liner Notes). David Bowie. EMI. 1986. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Chilly Down’ was performed by some of the same musicians Bowie had used on ‘Absolute Beginners’. Bowie only sang a guide vocal on the song, which was replaced by performances by Charles Augins, Richard Bodkin, Kevin Clash and Danny John-Jules. The release