The songs used in the film include several seminal themes by "The Dream Academy" as well as a number of other, more obscure English pop tracks used in the film. John Hughes was a great fan of obscure English pop music at the time and purposely avoided using the standard cliche type of American pop music in the film.

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The song playing as Ferris looks out the window at the beautiful day & asks "How can I possibly go to school on a day like this?" is "Love Missile F1-11 by the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik. The instrumental song playing when Ferris rushes to beat Jeanie & their mom home is "The March of the Swivelheads" by The English Beat.

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Instrumental Score

Primary Composer(s): Ira Newborn

Ferris Bueller's Day Off featured the following pieces of instrumental music:

Composers are linked if they worked on other featured movies.

Jeannie

Hugo Montenegro

Star Wars (main title)

John Williams

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The Dream Academy's instrumental version of the Smiths's song "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" is heard in the art museum scene.

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