Die Hard (soundtrack)
| Die Hard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Released | February 2002 (original release) November 29, 2011 and March 31, 2017 (reissues) November 5, 2018 (remastered edition) | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
| Studio | Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 77:04 (original release) 106:10 (2011 and 2017 reissues) 182:34 (remastered edition) | |||
| Label | Varese Sarabande La-La Land Records | |||
| Producer | Michael Kamen | |||
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Die Hard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score for John McTiernan's 1988 action film Die Hard starring Bruce Willis, that features an original score composed and conducted by Michael Kamen and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and incorporates diegetic music pieces. It has been critically acclaimed and assessed as one of Kamen's best works in film music and won him a BMI TV/Film Music Award for his work on the score.
The album was not officially released alongside the film, until 2002, when Varèse Sarabande issued a 21-track album featuring Kamen's score. It was then reissued in November 2011 by La-La Land Records, that consisted the full score packed into a two-disc set into a limited edition of 3,500 units, and again reissued in March 2017 of over 2,000 units.
In November 2018, La-La Land Records released Die Hard: 30th Anniversary Remastered Edition featuring additional cues and demos, and sold over 5,000 units.