Glad to see a re-release of this music the way it was intended to be.

However, the only thing the "Deluxe Edition" is missing is the short percussion from when the marines were about to be loaded into the APC, on the Sulaco. I had hoped it would've made it onto this album. Ah well

> Glad to see a re-release of this music the way it was intended to be. > However, the only thing the "Deluxe Edition" is missing is the > short percussion from when the marines were about to be loaded into the > APC, on the Sulaco. I had hoped it would've made it onto this album. Ah > well Yeah, me too!!!! It's credited to an unknown composer, but I've seen so many times this masterpiece, that this cue surpasses, IMHO, what Horner had written instead (too happy, too Star-Trekkerish). Nevertheless a great, great score. For me the best Horner has ever written. The film is so enhanced by the music, that I can't hear any cue without actually seeing the images. Vey powerful and scary!!!!!! A must!!!!!!!

Has anyone noticed that "Resolution and Hyperspace" on the Deluxe CD is the same piece used in Die Hard I, where Karl bursts out of the Nakatomi building's doors and his gunned down by Powell. I've always thought that piece of music that can be heard in Die Hard one sounded as if Horner wrote it. I just thought that Michael Kamen was trying to be James Horner. I wonder why they had to use that specific piece in that movie?

> Has anyone noticed that "Resolution and Hyperspace" on the
> Deluxe CD is the same piece used in Die Hard I, where Karl bursts out of
> the Nakatomi building's doors and his gunned down by Powell. I've always
> thought that piece of music that can be heard in Die Hard one sounded as
> if Horner wrote it. I just thought that Michael Kamen was trying to be
> James Horner. I wonder why they had to use that specific piece in that
> movie?

Yes I always wondered about that. Actually when I first head the Aliens Soundtrack I recognised the music from Die Hard at that moment because I loved that movie man. But I'm pretty sure it's a horner peice.

> Yes I always wondered about that. Actually when I first head the Aliens
> Soundtrack I recognised the music from Die Hard at that moment because I
> loved that movie man. But I'm pretty sure it's a horner peice.

What´s even stranger is the fact that this same piece of music was actually used twice by Michael Kamen: once in Die hard as told, and the other ocassion being a film with Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith about WWII (I don't remember the name) Funny huh? Does Kamen really love this piece or what? It's also worth mentioning that before this Aliens piece, you can hear in Die Hard also a piece by John Scott (from the film Man on fire)!!!!!

this happens a lot in films.
The music from Aliens used in Die hard was probably a temp track that the director decided to keep in the finished film.
The same way Aliens used cues from the original Alien
and Alien used cues from Freud.

Hi

I always though that Horner did Die Hard and that he just took
this peace of Music like he often did. Krull,Star Trek II... etc.

SEEYA

MRC

> Has anyone noticed that "Resolution and Hyperspace" on the
> Deluxe CD is the same piece used in Die Hard I, where Karl bursts out of
> the Nakatomi building's doors and his gunned down by Powell. I've always
> thought that piece of music that can be heard in Die Hard one sounded as
> if Horner wrote it. I just thought that Michael Kamen was trying to be
> James Horner. I wonder why they had to use that specific piece in that
> movie?

The answer is simple. Actually James Horner wrote a music for Die Hard but the director didn't liked it. Than camed Michael Kamen who took his music.

> The answer is simple. Actually James Horner wrote a music for Die Hard but
> the director didn't liked it. Than camed Michael Kamen who took his music.

Wrong. Horner wrote nothing for Die Hard. Director John McTiernan didn't like what Kamen wrote for the finale, and opted for James Horner's unused finale for ALIENS.

> The answer is simple. Actually James Horner wrote a music for Die Hard but
> the director didn't liked it. Than camed Michael Kamen who took his music.

The cue by Horner at the end of Die Hard (1988) is completely identical to the one from Aliens (1986). Even if Horner had originally written an entire rejected score for Die Hard, he's never been so blattently "ripoffish" as to use an exact recording from his previous work (argue as you will). Die Hard director John McTiernan says on the DVD comentary track for the film that Kamen originally composed his own version for the climactic shooting scene but felt it didn't work so he quickly licensed Horner's piece from Aliens. This would have been easy considering both films are from 20th Century Fox.

Hi all,

I noticed the theft, and it surprised me. Horner is uncredited in Die Hard; and I see no reason why this cue had to be recycled into a different film. Michael Kamen, a composer for whom I don't usually have a lot of respect, put out a right belter of a score for Die Hard - one I don't think has been surpasses in the genre. Why did he receive a kick in the teeth at the last minute?

Danny

> Yeah, me too!!!! It's credited to an unknown composer, but I've seen so
> many times this masterpiece, that this cue surpasses, IMHO, what Horner
> had written instead (too happy, too Star-Trekkerish).
> Nevertheless a great, great score. For me the best Horner has ever
> written. The film is so enhanced by the music, that I can't hear any cue
> without actually seeing the images.
> Vey powerful and scary!!!!!! A must!!!!!!!

I disagree, the cue that Horner wrote is far superior. It's amazing how plain the drumming is compared with what Horner intended.

Watch it here and compare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgMzkmG2SM