The Running Man: The Deluxe Edition, was composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Cop Out, and the upcoming film Top Gun, Maverick). The original (1987) 17 track album has been expanded to 35 tracks, which includes additional music and unreleased and alternate cues. The album was remastered by Chas Ferry from the original Paramount Pictures sources.
The package features original artwork created by Florian Mihr and includes images from the film. The booklet includes extensive liner notes by Daniel Schweiger.
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is The Running Man -- a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson) has no intention of letting him escape.
Track listing:
01 "Logo-Bakersfield" (full-length version) (3:00)**
02 "Fight/Escape" (3:51)**
03 "Game Show Promo" (0:36)**
04 "Laughlin's Collar/Richards' Collar" (2:00)**
05 "Network" (0:36)**
06 "Richards' Apt. Sneak" (1:13)**
07 "Captain Freedom's Workout" (1:56)**
08 "Airport Chase" (1:26)**
09 "Medical Checkup" (2:23)*
10 "Richards' Intro" (0:49)**
11 "Hawaii/Amber Sneaks/Richards' Betrayal/Blast Off" (2:00)**
12 "Richards Lands /Come On Down" (1:25) **
13 "Subzero Intro" (1:58)**
14 "Subzero" (3:55)**
15 "Count's Aria Marriage Of Figaro" (instrumental version of Dynamo's theme) (0:40)
16 "Uplink/Amber Launch/Richards Grabs Amber" (2:55)**
17 "Buzzsaw Dynamo" (1:51)**
18 "Buzzsaw Attack" (1:54)**
19 "Weiss Finds Uplink" (1:17) **
20 "Buzzsaw-Richards Fight" (1:55)**
21 "Valkyrie Intro/Valkyrie" (2:37)* (composed by Harold Faltermeyer and Richard Wagner)
22 "Spare Dynamo/Laughlin Dies" (2:22)**
23 "Fireball Intro" (1:23)**
24 "Fireball Chase" (2:04)**
25 "Fireball-Amber" (2:09)**
26 "Death March" (0:48)** (composed by Jackie Jackson and Glen Barbee)
27 "Fake Death" (1:37)**
28 "Mick/Richards Amber" (1:40)**
29 "Broadcast Attack" (5:06)**
30 "Killian Is Launched" (unreleased version) (0:55)**
31 "Revolution/End Credits" (alternate version of "Intro-Bakersfield") (1:59)
32 "Intro-Bakersfield" (2:02)*
33 "Captain Freedom's Workout" (full-length version) (2:27)*
34 "Massacre Highlights" (1:09)*
35 "Buzzsaw Attack" (minus lead guitar) (1:53)*
** Film Version
*Originally released on the Varèse Sarabande soundtrack VSD-47356, 1987 |
