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LINER NOTES

Music by
Michael Kamen

Executive Producers for La-La Land Records
MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys

Album Produced by
Nick Redman and Eric Lichtenfeld

Soundtrack Executive for Twentieth Century Fox
Tom Cavanaugh

Score Restoration
Mike Matessino

Editorial Assistant
Neil S. Bulk

Edited and Mastered by
Daniel Hersch at d2 Mastering, Atwater Village, CA

Scoring Mixer
Armin Steiner

Score Producer
Stephen McLaughlin

Music Editor
Christopher Brooks

Orchestrations
Bruce Babcock, Chris Boardman,
Philip Giffin, Fi Trench

Recorded at
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, June 1988

Additional Song Clearances
Cindy Badell-Slaughter, Heavy Hitters Music Group

CD Art Direction
Mark Banning

Artwork and Stills courtesy of the Fox Photo Archive

Original Film Score Published by Fox Film Music Corp. (BMI)

Special Thanks to
Robert Kraft, Schawn Belston, Denise McCarthy, Ron Fuglsby, Julie Kirgo, JoAnn Orgel, Pat Carreras, Mitzi Brewer, Jeffrey Thompson, Candi Hersch, Bill Weiner, Frank K. DeWald, Matthew Osborne, Mike Joffe and Ford A. Thaxton

℗ & © 1988/2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

 

TRACKLIST

Disc 1

1. Main Title*

2. Terrorist Entrance

3. The Phone Goes Dead/Party Crashers

4. John’s Escape/You Want Money

5. Wiring the Roof

6. Fire Alarm

7. Tony Approaches

8. Tony and John Fight

9. Santa

10. He Won’t Be Joining Us

11. And If He Alters It

12. Going After John

13. Have A Few Laughs/Al Powell Approaches

14. Under the Table

15. Welcome to the Party

16. TV Station

17. Holly Meets Hans

18. Assault On the Tower

Disc 2

1. John Is Found Out

2. Attention Police

3. Bill Clay

4. Shooting the Glass

5. I Had an Accident

6. The Vault

7. Message for Holly

8. The Battle/Freeing the Hostages

9. Helicopter Explosion and Showdown

10. Happy Trails

11. We’ve Got Each Other
Written by John Scott

12. Let It Snow
Performed by Vaughn Monroe
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne

13. Beethoven’s 9th (End Credits Excerpt)
Written by Ludwig Van Beethoven

BONUS TRACKS

14. The Nakatomi Plaza

15. Message for Holly (Film Version)*

16. Gun in Cheek*

17. Fire Hose*

18. Ode to Joy (Alternate)

19. Let It Snow (Source)
Performed by Michael Kamen
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne

20. Winter Wonderland (Source)
Written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith

21. Christmas in Hollis
Performed by RUN-DMC
Written by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell

*Mono Source