Search - Michael Kamen :: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990 Film)

Solid action score

Brandon Cutro | Tyler, Texas United States | 02/16/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Michael Kamen unleashes a powerful action score to the sequel to the hit film, Die Hard. As performed by The Los Angeles Motion Picture All Stars Orchestra, Kamen revisits some of the music from the first Die Hard score and adds new and exciting material as well. The Die Hard theme is present in only a few places in this score, instead leaving the music to fall on the action side. "Colonel Stuart" opens with ominous and suspenseful sounds with snare drum accompaniment. "The Annexe Skywalk" turns into a great action cue with lots of pulsating brasses and marching snare drums. The tracks in the middle contain mainly suspense filled music. "Icicle" is a breathtaking action cue with pulsating horns taken from the first score, "Snowmobiles" contains chasing string passages, and "The Terminal" finishes off the score on a high note with exciting action material. The first Die Hard film used classical music with Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Likewise, classical music is used once again with J. Sibelius' "Finlandia", which although a good piece, doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the music as Beethoven's 9th did. Still, a great action score that is hard to find, but I recommend checking it out if you can find it."