Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Michael Kamen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1993)
• Original Release Date: July 4, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014RO
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,904 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Colonel Stuart - Michael Kamen

2. Baggage Handling - Michael Kamen

3. General Esperanza

4. The Annexe Skywalk

5. The Church

6. The Doll

7. The Runway

8. In The Plane

9. Icicle

10. Snowmobiles

11. The Terminal

12. Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic Score CD, a total frisbee, October 28, 2001

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

This review is from: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

And totally (almost deliberately)lacking all of the exciting cues that are heard in the movie. The only track that aroused excitement in me was 7. I cannot possibly think who would enjoy this frisbee. Michael Kamen is a great composer and he made up some great music for this film. But you can only hear from the actual movie. Even the main Die Hard Theme is absent from this CD but present in the movie. Why Varese Sarabande left all the cool music is beyond me. Don't buy this CD, I made that mistake and I regretted it. A waste of money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The plane manages to stay in the air, September 10, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

Well, I'm a die hard fan of the Die Hard siries, ( Ha ha ha.... ) and also of their music. Kamen has quite a gift for music in that genre. Even though it's quality composing, it soon gets boring. It shouldn't be the only CD you have on a long trip or otherwise your head will explode. There is also some music in the movie that's not on it, which dissapointed me a bit. For example, the music that you hear as John McClane fights the leader terrorist on the wing of the plane. Still, this heart-pounding soundtrack will satisfy fans, even though it should be twice as long.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid action score, February 16, 2003

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Brandon Cutro (Tyler, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

Michael Kamen unleashes a powerful action score to the sequel to the hit film, Die Hard. As performed by The Los Angeles Motion Picture All Stars Orchestra, Kamen revisits some of the music from the first Die Hard score and adds new and exciting material as well. The Die Hard theme is present in only a few places in this score, instead leaving the music to fall on the action side. "Colonel Stuart" opens with ominous and suspenseful sounds with snare drum accompaniment. "The Annexe Skywalk" turns into a great action cue with lots of pulsating brasses and marching snare drums. The tracks in the middle contain mainly suspense filled music. "Icicle" is a breathtaking action cue with pulsating horns taken from the first score, "Snowmobiles" contains chasing string passages, and "The Terminal" finishes off the score on a high note with exciting action material. The first Die Hard film used classical music with Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Likewise, classical music is used once again with J. Sibelius' "Finlandia", which although a good piece, doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the music as Beethoven's 9th did. Still, a great action score that is hard to find, but I recommend checking it out if you can find it.