Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)

Starred Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson

Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Score Co-Producer

The score features excerpts from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony,
Brahm's Symphony No. 1 as well as many nods to it’s predecessors.

Winner: BMI Film Music Award 1996

Film, Cinergi Pictures / Twentieth Century Fox

Composed and Conducted by
Michael Kamen

Produced by
Michael Kamen, Stephen McLaughlin and Christopher Brooks

Performed by
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Orchestrations by
Michael Kamen, Brad Warnaar and Bruce Babcock

Recorded and Mixed by
Stephen McLaughlin

Music Editors
Christopher Brooks and Eric Reasoner

Contractor
David Sabee

Recording Engineers
Joel Iwataki, Andy Warwick, Dave Hewett, Philip Gitoner, Al Swanson, Lee Manning, Sean McClintock and Dave Roberts

Assistant Music Supervisors
Jonathan Kehl and Alan Levine

Recorded at
The Saint Thomas Center, Bothell, WA, April 1995

Audio Clips

 

CUE LIST

1M1 - Old Main Title

1M1 - Goodbye Bonwits

2M1 Part 1 - John and Zeus (part 1)

2M1 Part 1 Drumbeat Source

2M1 Part 2 - John and Zeus (part 2)

2M2 - Gang Confrontation

2M3 - Taxi

2M4 - Neat Bomb

3M1 - Papaya King

3M2 - 72nd Street Phone (original version)

3M2R - 72nd Street Phone (revised)

4M1 Pt 1 - Taxi Chase

4M1A - Taxi Chase (alternate)

4M1 Pt. 2 - Boarding the Subway

4M1 Pt. 2 p/u - Boarding the Subway (pick-up)

4M1 Vamp Wild

4M1 Wild

4M1 Wild Perc Only

5M1 Part 1 - Take A-nother Train (part 1)

5M1 Part 2 - Take A-nother Train (part 2)

5M2 - The FBI

5M2 p/u - The FBI (pick-up)

5M2R - The FBI (revised)

5M2R Part 2 - The FBI (revised) (part 2)

6M1R - Infiltration

6M1 Part 2 - Bank Invasion (original version)

6M1B - John & Zeus Running

6M End Version 1 - Bank Invasion (version 1)

6M End Version 2 - Bank Invasion (version 2 - alternate start)

6M End Wild

7M1 - The Gold Room

7M1 (Edit Section) - The Gold Room (inlay)

7M2 - Tompkins Square Park

7M3 - Water Gallon Riddle

7M4 - Solving The Riddle (original version)

7M4R - Solving The Riddle (revised)

8M1 - The Federal Reserve

8M2 - Bank Elevator

8M2 Alternate (more Piano) - Bank Elevator (alternate mix)

8M3 - Elevator Shootout

8M4 - Gold Room Aftermath

8M5 (For Tracking Use Only) - Panic

9M2 - Aqueduct

9M2 Alternate - Aqueduct (alternate)

9M3 - Santa Claus

9M4 - Yankee Stadium

9M5 - School and Tunnel

9M6 - Refrigerator Bomb

10M1 - Indiana John (“Surfing In The Aqueduct”)

10M1 Alternate Mix - Indiana John (alternate mix)

10M2 - Ticking Refrigerator

10M3 - Mercedes Chase

10M4 - School Assembly

10M5 - Chase Continues

10M6 - Aftermath

11M1 - On The Bridge

11M2 - More Ticking Bomb

11M2 Wild

11M3 - Hooking the Boat

11M3A - Waiting and Falling (original version)

11M3AR - Waiting and Falling (revised)

11M3B - Half The Man He Used To Be

11M3B no overdubs

11M3B Perc Overdubs

11M3B Piano Overdubs

11M3B Punches

11M4 - Sneaking Around The Ship

11M6A - Running Out of School

11M6B - Energizer Bunny

11M6C - More Running

11M6 Wild - Fire Drill Wild

12M1 - Running in the Halls

12M2 - Bomb Goes Into Hold (original version)

12M2R- Bomb Goes Into Hold (revised)

12M6 - Bomb Is Armed

13M1 - Running On Deck

13M1 Wild

13M2 - Holly

13M2A - Celebration

13M3 - Falling Man

13M4 - No Rush

13M4A - No Rush (alternate)

13M6 - Oh, Canada!

Beethoven 9th Sym, 4th Move

Brahm's 1st

Brahm's 1st - Edit Section

Brahm's 1st (alternate mix)

Brahm's 1st Sym, 1st Move

Brahm's 1st Sym, 4th Move - version 2

Brahm's 1st Sym, 4th Move - version 2 - p/u

The Iron Foundry

JCMH Wild

JCMH Vamp

JCMH Vamp P/U

JCMH Solo Trumpet

Wild 4M0 from Die Hard (“Regret”)

Wild 5M4/6 from Die Hard

Wild 5M4/6 from Die Hard (remix)

Vamp Wild 5M4/6 from Die Hard

Wild 5M7 from Die Hard

Wild 8M1R from Die Hard (“Wall Street Station”)

Wild #2

Wild #3

Wild Perc

Wild Perc Loop (reel 6 perc overlay)

Wild Snare - 72 bpm (for 8M1)

Wild Snare - 97 bpm (for 8M1)

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