In an interview for The Guardian, Terminator 2: Judgment Day actor Robert Patrick recalled the time he was trying to get the band Nine Inch Nails on the official film soundtrack instead of Guns N’ Roses.
“Terminator 2” in check:
Patrick, who embodies the role of villain T-1000 in the film, suggested this to director James Cameron because he wanted to promote Nine Inch Nails: his brother Richard was on tour with the band as a guitarist at the time. “When I was making Terminator 2, I used to practice to Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Head Like A Hole,'” he said.
Nine Inch Nails were rejected
His powers of persuasion were probably not enough, because Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) is said to have rejected Nine Inch Nails for the soundtrack. “‘No. Arnold prefers Guns N’ Roses,'” Cameron said. As a result, Guns N’ Roses’ “You Could Be Mine” became the official film song. He was played twice in “Terminator 2”: once in the scene when Edward Furlong (played by John Connor) rides away on his mountain bike and again in the end credits. Patrick also noted in the interview that Cameron’s and Schwarzenegger’s rejection “seems ironic in light of the fact that Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has now won a number of Oscars for his soundtracks”. As with part one, Brad Fiedel was responsible for the instrumental “T2” score.
Successful auction for an original VHS copy
The popularity of the cyborg is still unbroken more than 30 years later. Earlier this year, a VHS copy of the original Terminator film was auctioned for $32,500. The auction of the science fiction classic took place at the ComicConnect online auction. The quality rating of the copy was very good – it got between nine and ten out of ten points on the platform. Only the corners and cards showed some signs of wear.
There are currently no further plans for a sequel to the “Terminator” film series.
Check out the music video for the Guns N’ Roses Official Soundtrack for ‘Terminator 2’ below: