Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B000000OGP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Con Air Theme

2. Trisha

3. Carson City

4. Lear Crash

5. Lerner Landing

6. Romantic Chaos

7. The Takeover

8. The Discharge

9. Jailbirds

10. Cons Check Out Lerner

11. Poe Saves Cops

12. Battle in the Boneyard

13. Poe Meet Larkin

14. Bedlam Larkin

15. Fire Truck Chase

16. Overture

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Desperately needs a better release than THIS, November 26, 2002

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Inspector Gadget "Go Go Gadget Reviews" (On the trail of Doctor Claw) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

It was Summer 1997, I was fresh out of high school, it was a glorious morning in early June when Con Air rocked my world. I was thrilled in so many ways, not the least of which was the thumping score by Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin.

A week later the score CD was mine and loved it until I came to realize the horrible cheapness of the package, the pathetic arrangement and the slight running time (not even reaching 45 minutes).

The main Con Air theme is one of my favorite action themes ever and is the perfect anthem for Cameron Poe, the hero played by Nicolas Cage. It's very heroic and determined. As for the bad guy music, well lemme just say that whenever it kicks in you know Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom is on screen.

Mark Mancina was originally brought on board to score the movie on his own, but 20th Century Fox cut the post-production schedule for Speed 2: Cruise Control in half, which meant that Mancina had to abandon his work on Con Air and quickly begin work on Speed 2 (which came out a single week after Con Air in June 1997), It was exactly this kind of ludicrous scheduling that caused Mancina to quit movie-scoring. But Trevor Rabin came to the rescue for the Con Air scoring duties, and the style and themes of the movie are split evenly between them.

The music on here on this CD ranges from occasional noise to all out action with several awesome themes. The first track opens with the aforementioned grinding, metallic noise. Several tracks contain some wonderful guitar riffs that bring to mind the blue skies, burning sand and white hot steel featured in the movie. Tracks 13 and 16 are also perfect examples of the action/chase music Media Ventures did so well. It's rousing stuff indeed. High class it certainly is not but this CD is toe-tappin', air-punching, heroic fun. But it could have, SHOULD have been presented a LOT better.

As usual with score CDs of the era, it is totally out of chronological order. For those of you who wish to arrange the tracks in the correct order for your MP3 player or I-Tunes then THIS is the correct sequence:

1. The Discharge (01:09)
2. Overture (Main Title) (04:18)
3. Jailbirds (00:59)
4. The Takeover (03:52)
5. Carson City (03:04)
6. Lerner Landing (03:28)
7. Cons Check Out Lerner (01:55)
8. Tricia (01:04)
9. Poe Saves Cops (02:25)
10. The Fight (00:22)
11. Poe Meets Larkin (01:14)
12. Lear Crash (04:44)
13. Battle In The Boneyard (alternate version) (07:41)
14. Bedlam Larkin (00:49)
15. Romantic Chaos (01:22)
16. Fire Truck Chase (04:22)
17. Con Air Theme (01:31) (Bonus Track, combination of two separate tracks
18. How Do I Live (04:03) (Song by Trisha Yearwood not on the CD, but can be placed here for completists)

A respectable label like La La Land Records ought to seek out the rights to Con Air and release a decent Limited Edition with better sound and better arrangement to make up for this cheap, flimsy 1997 CD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exhilarating Music...Thrilling Sound....Missing the Romance, November 5, 2003

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L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (Huntington Beach,CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This review refers to "Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack".....

"Con Air" was a terrific action-packed film,filled with top notch actors, edge of your seat moments, and even a little romance. The music though, is really something special. Composed by Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin, it really captures the tense, blood pumping,moments of the story. Even on it's own,it's an album you can listen to and feel exhilareted by any time. I enjoy putting it on in the car, it will defintely keep you awake on those long and boring drives.

All the tracks are instrumental, and if you have seen the movie, the music will have you recalling "The Con Air Theme","Lear Crash","The Takeover", "The Battle in The Boneyard" and the wonderful "Overture".(see buying info for complete track listings). The only thing that is missing from the soundtrack is the beautiful ballad,"How Can I Live". This song was a very big part of the romantic aspect of the film and should have been included.And afterall it was nominated at Oscar time for Best Song. For this reason alone I am going with 4 stars instead of 5.

The music fills the room(or the car) and is joy to listen to.The drums (Lou Molino III) are a standout. There are 17 tracks in all. They range from an all to short "The Fight" at 0.22 to a breathtaking 7.41 min of "Battle in the BoneYard", most somewhere in betweeen.

More thrilling than the film itself!(but missing the romance!)

enjoy....Laurie

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great sound!!!!, October 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Con Air: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Very good music! If you hear this music you will remember many movie scenes. Much power in this music. You feel the speed of the action in "Con Air". The only two things to object to: 1. only a few change in the music, nearly all tracks sounds like the same, 2. I missed "Sweet Home Alabama" on the CD, that would have given a greater feeling of remembering the movie!!! That's why I rate 4 stars for the soundtrack, nothing is really perfect, (except me?! just kidding...)