LINER NOTES
Music Composed and Conducted by
Michael Kamen
Album Produced for Twentieth Century Fox by
Nick Redman
Album Produced for La-La Land Records by
Neil S. Bulk and Mike Matessino
Executive Producers for La-La Land Records
MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys
Soundtrack Executive for Twentieth Century Fox
Tom Cavanaugh
Scoring Mixer
Armin Steiner
Score Producer
Stephen P. McLaughlin
Music Editor
Christopher Brooks
Orchestrations
Michael Kamen, Bruce Babcock, Chris Boardman, Philip Giffin, Fi Trench
Recorded at
Twentieth Century Fox Studios, June 1988
Stereo Re-Mix by
Mike Matessino
Album Editing by
Neil S. Bulk
Mastered by
Daniel Hersch at d2 Mastering, Atwater Village
Additional Song Clearances
Cindy Badell-Slaughter, Heavy Hitters Music Group
Production Assistance
Frank K. DeWald
Creative Consultant
Eric Lichtenfeld
Consultant for the Michael Kamen Estate
Moritz Fink
Album Art Direction
Jim Titus
Artwork and Stills Courtesy of The Fox Photo Archive
Original Film Score Published by Fox Film Music Corp. (BMI)
Special Thanks
Sandra Kamen
The Michael Kamen Estate
Schawn Belston
Denise McCarthy
Ron Fuglsby
Julie Kirgo
JoAnn Orgel
Mitzi Brewer
Jeffrey Thompson
Candi Hersch
Bill Weiner
Matthew Osborne
Mike Joffe
Ford A. Thaxton
Tom Carlson
Marie Merillat
℗ © 1988 and 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
TRACKLIST
Disc 1: The Film Score
1. Main Title*
2. Seeing Holly
3. Terrorist Entrance
4. The Phone Goes Dead / Party Crashers
5. John’s Escape / You Want Money
6. The Nakatomi Plaza (Takagi’s Death)
7. Wiring The Roof
8. Approaching The Vault*
9. Fire Alarm
10. Tony Approaches
11. Tony And John Fight
12. Santa
13. He Won’t Be Joining Us
14. And If He Alters It
15. Going After John
16. Have A Few Laughs / Al Powell Approaches
17. Under The Table
18. Welcome To The Party
19. Yippee Ki-Yay**
20. Holly Meets Hans
21. Assault On The Tower
22. John Is Found Out
23. Attention Police
24. Bill Clay
25. Shoot The Glass**
26. I Had An Accident (Extended Version)**
Disc 2: The Film Score (Continued)
1. The Vault (Film Edit)
2. Message For Holly (Film Edit)**
3. Gun In Cheek (Extended Version)**
4. The Battle / Freeing The Hostages
5. The Fire Hose**
6. Helicopter Explosion And Showdown
7. Happy Trails, Hans*
8. Aftermath – Powell’s Comeback*
9. Let It Snow
Performed by Vaughn Monroe
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Published by WB Music Corp. OBO Cahn Music Company (ASCAP)
Chappell & Co., OBO Producers Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
10. Beethoven’s 9th (End Credit Excerpt)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven; Courtesy of APM Music
Additional Music
11. Main Title (Alternate)*
12. The Nakatomi Plaza (Takagi’s Death) (Alternate)*
13. Approaching The Vault (Alternates)*
14. Tony Approaches (Alternate)*
15. Yippee Ki-Yay (Extended Version)
16. Assault On The Tower (Alternate Excerpts)*
17. Attention Police (Pick Up Opening)*
18. The Vault (Alternate)*
19. The Vault (Alternate Performance)
20. Message For Holly (Original Version)**
21. Message For Holly (Revised Version)**
22. Happy Trails (Tracked Film Edit)
23. We’ve Got Each Other
From the movie Man On Fire
Composed by John Patrick Scott (PRS)
Published by T C F Music Publishing, Inc. o/b/o New Regency Music (ASCAP)
24. Resolution and Hyperspace (Excerpt)
From the movie Aliens
Composed by James Horner (ASCAP); WB Music Corp; Rewind Music Inc.
25.Wild Percussion*
26. Roy Rogers Meets Beethoven’s 9th (Source)
27. Winter Wonderland (Source)
Written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
28. Let It Snow (Source)
Performed by Michael Kamen; Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Published by WB Music Corp. OBO Cahn Music Company (ASCAP)
Chappell & Co., OBO Producers Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
29. Christmas In Hollis
Performed by RUN-DMC, Courtesy of Arista Records
Written by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell
Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Ⓟ 1987 Arista Records LLC by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Disc 3: The Vault: Bonus Music from Die Hard
1. Main Title (Film Edit)
2. Seeing Holly (Film Mix)
3. The Phone Goes Dead / Party Crashers (Extended Opening)**
4. The Nakatomi Plaza (Takagi’s Death) (Orchestra Only)
5. Wiring The Roof (Film Mix Excerpt)
6. Tony Approaches (Film Mix)
7. Going After John (Film Mix)
8. Al Powell Approaches (Film Mix)
9. Al Powell Approaches (Alternate)*
10. Under The Table (His Bag Is Missing) (Film Edit)
11. John Is Found Out (Film Mix)
12. Bill Clay Pt. 1 (Film Mix)
13. Bill Clay Pt. 2 (Extended)**
14. Shooting The Glass
15. Message For Holly (Original Version) (Orchestra Only)**
16. The Battle (Alternate Excerpt)**
17. Wild Take*
18. Roy Rogers Meets Beethoven’s Ninth (Alternate)*
19. Hip Hop Christmas (Source)*
Vocal by Michael Kamen
* Previously Unreleased
** Contains Previously Unreleased Material