In anticipation of the new 30th Die Hard set I’ve been revisiting Die Hard With a Vengeance.
Here’s my take on what the album should have been back in the day, with the focus being on the Johnny Comes Marching Home stuff. It's kinda buried in the bonus section, but"Somebody Had Fun" for me is a crucial part of the score and I always place it right before the Bank Invasion.
01-Main Title 02-Taxi Chase 03-The Subway part 1 04-The Subway part 2 05-Somebody Had Fun (bonus track) 06-Bank Invasion 07-John and Zeus 08-Yankee Stadium/School and Tunnel 09-Infiltration 10-John Makes it Mad 11-Escape (bonus track) 12-Mercedes Chase/School Assembly 13-Holly/Celebration 14-Oh, Canada! 15-Johnny Comes Marching Home
In anticipation of the new 30th Die Hard set I’ve been revisiting Die Hard With a Vengeance.
Here’s my take on what the album should have been back in the day, with the focus being on the Johnny Comes Marching Home stuff. It's kinda buried in the bonus section, but"Somebody Had Fun" for me is a crucial part of the score and I always place it right before the Bank Invasion.
01-Main Title 02-Taxi Chase 03-The Subway part 1 04-The Subway part 2 05-Somebody Had Fun (bonus track) 06-Bank Invasion 07-John and Zeus 08-Yankee Stadium/School and Tunnel 09-Infiltration 10-John Makes it Mad 11-Escape (bonus track) 12-Mercedes Chase/School Assembly 13-Holly/Celebration 14-Oh, Canada! 15-Johnny Comes Marching Home
Thanks for sharing your whittled version of DHWAV, I should look into adding that "Somebody Had Fun" track to mine... although, any particular reason why you didn't want to include "Ode To Johnny", possibly the best unused cue that Kamen might have composed?
Yeah it’s a good cue, but I just wanted to keep the focus more on Johnny Comes Marching Home and less on Ode to Joy. It just feels out of place and we had enough of it in part 1.
Indeed. As I said on an earlier page, I have a looooong list of 'whittle projects' to deal with. But it's so time-consuming. First I need to familiarize myself with all the music, then I need to find the highlights or good 'connective' tissue tracks that make it a good listening experience, then I need to arrange them in iTunes (which isn't the best player for such editing activities).
So I tend to postpone it, listening to my albums that are 'properly arranged' from the get-go instead.
And here is my fantasy 1997 album for Breakdown, which I would have killed for at the time. (Taken from disc 1)
01-Main Titles 02-Gas Station/Leaving Belle’s 03-Route 7-North 04-Deep Wacko /Heist Explained 05-The Bank 06-Earl and Cop Shot/Speeding Truck 07-Jeff Sneaks Into House/Deke Freeze/Car Chase 08-End Credits
I can just picture it with 90s varese artwork and large red font for the track list on the back, with black and white stills inside the wordless booklet.
For Intrada's Jaws 2 I substituted four tracks from the original soundtrack Disc 2 because they flow a little better without long fade-outs or pauses from Disc 1....
1) Finding the Orca (Track 1, Disc 2) 2) The Shark Prowls 3) Sailing 4) The Water Kite 5) The Water Skier/Fire On Board 6) Catching the Cable 7) Brody's Thoughts/The Charred Body 8) The Menu 9) Brody Misunderstood (Track 5, Disc 2) 10) More Boating 11) Ballet For Divers 12) Boats in Danger 13) Eddie's Death 14) The Open Sea 15) Rescue Party 16) Sinking the Catamaran 17) The Big Bite 18) Attack on the Helicopter (Track 8, Disc 2) 19) Sean's Rescue 20) Toward Cable Junction/More Teeth 21) The Big Jolt! (Track 13, Disc 2) 22) End Title, End Credits
And here is my fantasy 1997 album for Breakdown, which I would have killed for at the time. (Taken from disc 1)
01-Main Titles 02-Gas Station/Leaving Belle’s 03-Route 7-North 04-Deep Wacko /Heist Explained 05-The Bank 06-Earl and Cop Shot/Speeding Truck 07-Jeff Sneaks Into House/Deke Freeze/Car Chase 08-End Credits
I can just picture it with 90s varese artwork and large red font for the track list on the back, with black and white stills inside the wordless booklet.
I'm still so used to my own titles for both versions of the score that I can't even tell you if this is a good Varese fake. I'd swap out the film version of the big chase music for the one from the rejected version, which is fucking awesome. Is Speeding Truck the part where he climbs the truck? If so, that's a good choice.
EDIT (before even posting) - You left out the word "Climb" in that track title, so yes, good work. I'll listen to the rest and see if I come up with a different version.
Cool. I've been planning on taking BREAKDOWN for a test drive recently. I never did make a whittle edition, although I remember all the really good shit being on disc 2.
Like many modern scoring I'm usually disappointed with the action music. After his fabulous work on the Planes series I expected a lot more from Mark Mancina. But a lot of the action music on the OST was dull percussion. This is a rare case where I like the songs a lot more than the score. I tossed C&C to the wind on this one! The last track is a "bonus" cue I ripped from YouTube.
Tulou Tagaloa Te Fiti Restored Where You Are Tala's Deathbed Know Who You Are How Far I'll Go Maui Leaves Toe Feiloa'i We Know The Way Voyager Tagaloa You're Welcome The Return to Voyaging Logo Te Pate Navigating Home It's Called Wayfinding (Score Demo) I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) How Far I'll Go (Instrumental) Sails to Te Fiti (Score Demo) Hand of a God We Know The Way (Finale) An Innocent Warrior How Far I'll Go (Reprise) You're Welcome (Instrumental) Moana Short Haoloto- Te Vaka
An infectious charming score, though once again the action music didn't delivery so that's where the majority of my whittling took place.
Theme (from "Spider Man") [Original Television Series] The World is Changing Academic Decommitment High Tech Heist On a Ned-To-Know Basis Drag Racing / An Old Van Rundown Webbed Surveillance No Vault of His Own Monumental Meltdown The Baby Monitor Protocol A Boatload of Trouble Part 1 Stark Raving Mad Bussed a Move Lift Off Vulture Clash A Stark Contrast No Frills Proto COOL! Spider-Man: Homecoming Suite
An infectious charming score, though once again the action music didn't delivery so that's where the majority of my whittling took place.
Theme (from "Spider Man") [Original Television Series] The World is Changing Academic Decommitment High Tech Heist On a Ned-To-Know Basis Drag Racing / An Old Van Rundown Webbed Surveillance No Vault of His Own Monumental Meltdown The Baby Monitor Protocol A Boatload of Trouble Part 1 Stark Raving Mad Bussed a Move Lift Off Vulture Clash A Stark Contrast No Frills Proto COOL! Spider-Man: Homecoming Suite
Total Time: 55:58
My whittle is very nearly the same except that I include "A Boatload of Trouble Part 2" and "Pop Vulture" rather than "Stark Raving Mad" (a nice enough cue, but one that doesn't seem to fit tonally with its gentle guitar strumming and solo string instrument) and "Vulture Clash" ("Lift Off" serves perfectly well for the climax for me).
01-Main Title 02-Hole in Shoe 03-Drive By Shooting 04-Miracle Mile 05-MacArthur Park 06-To Surplus Store 07-Other side of the Moon 08-Till death do us part 09-Falling Down 10-Still a Cop
An infectious charming score, though once again the action music didn't delivery so that's where the majority of my whittling took place.
Theme (from "Spider Man") [Original Television Series] The World is Changing Academic Decommitment High Tech Heist On a Ned-To-Know Basis Drag Racing / An Old Van Rundown Webbed Surveillance No Vault of His Own Monumental Meltdown The Baby Monitor Protocol A Boatload of Trouble Part 1 Stark Raving Mad Bussed a Move Lift Off Vulture Clash A Stark Contrast No Frills Proto COOL! Spider-Man: Homecoming Suite
Total Time: 55:58
My whittle is very nearly the same except that I include "A Boatload of Trouble Part 2" and "Pop Vulture" rather than "Stark Raving Mad" (a nice enough cue, but one that doesn't seem to fit tonally with its gentle guitar strumming and solo string instrument) and "Vulture Clash" ("Lift Off" serves perfectly well for the climax for me).
An album that should've been released at the time: David Newman's Matilda.
Newborn (0:46) To the Library and Beyond (3:03) Crunchem Hall (3:18) Trunchbull Teaches Class (2:37) Ms. Honey's Story (2:31) Trunchbull's House (3:44) A Narrow Escape (5:18) The Haunting (5:29) End of the Trunchbull (6:34) Adoption (0:52)
Wozers! This one needed serious whittling. Kind of a fun little synthy score after I took out the tracks I didn't care for.
Arthur Kingdom of Atlantis It Wasn't Meant to Be What Does That Even Mean? The Legend of Atlan Swimming Lessons What Could Be Greater Than a King? Suited and Booted Between Land and Sea He Commands the Sea Map in a Bottle Reunited
Total Time: 40 mins (just shy of)
I kinda like the song "Everything I Need", so that may add another 3 mins to the playlist
1. The Huntsman 2. Lacrimosa 3. You're Carrying His Child 4. The Children Arrive 5. You Shouldn't Walk In Shadows 6. Freya Prepares For War 7. Where's My Horse? 8. The Proposition 9. We Are Worthy Of Each Other 10. Have You Been True? 11. Kill Him 12. Ravenna Returns
Total Time: 35 min.
Was disappointed in JNH's follow-up at first until I whittled this snug Varese-style album that focuses less on the action, more on the crystalline beauty.
