Dante's Peak
(Cd) Deluxe Edition
| # | Track | Artist/Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Main Titles (From The Motion Picture Dante’s Peak) * | * James Newton Howard | 5:36 |
| 2. | Welcome To Dante | 1:05 | |
| 3. | Swinging Rope / Poached Lovers | 1:45 | |
| 4. | To The Mountain / Measuring Alkalinity † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 2:19 |
| 5. | The Close Call (Film Version) | 1:49 | |
| 6. | Paul Confronts Harry | 3:04 | |
| 7. | Flirting * / Helicopter Ride * | * James Newton Howard | 2:31 |
| 8. | Porch Talk * / Men At Work | * James Newton Howard | 3:03 |
| 9. | Trapped In The Crater † (Film Version) | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 5:53 |
| 10. | Frog Soup | 1:16 | |
| 11. | On The Porch * (Film Version) | * James Newton Howard | 2:40 |
| 12. | The Evacuation Begins † (Film Version) | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 4:17 |
| 13. | The Earthquake ‡ | ‡ John Frizzell and John Van Tongeren | 4:11 |
| 14. | Mass Exodus † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 4:15 |
| 15. | The Helicopter Crash † (Film Version) | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 2:43 |
| 16. | In The Cabin | 1:52 | |
| 17. | Acid Lake | 2:39 | |
| 18. | Escaping The Burning House (Film Version) | 3:23 | |
| 19. | Sinking On Acid Lake (Film Version) | 3:20 | |
| 20. | Ruth Dies * | * James Newton Howard | 1:53 |
| 59:34 |
| # | Track | Artist/Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jump Start Truck | 2:35 | |
| 2. | Paul Dies | 2:51 | |
| 3. | Stuck In The Lava (Film Version) | 2:28 | |
| 4. | Devastation † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 1:56 |
| 5. | The Pyroclastic Cloud | 1:33 | |
| 6. | Crash Into The Mine †† | †† John Frizzell, Steve Porcaro and Brad Dechter | 1:46 |
| 7. | Magnificent Explosion † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 1:51 |
| 8. | The Mine Collapse | 3:59 | |
| 9. | The Rescue ‡‡ (Film Version) | ‡‡ John Frizzell, James Newton Howard and Jeff Atmajian | 4:56 |
| 10. | Paul Dies (Alternate Take) | 2:49 | |
| 11. | Magnificent Explosion † (Alternate Excerpt) | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 1:21 |
| 12. | The Rescue ‡‡ (Alternate Version) | ‡‡ John Frizzell, James Newton Howard and Jeff Atmajian | 4:45 |
| The Original 1997 Soundtrack Album | |||
| 13. | Main Titles (From The Motion Picture Dante’s Peak) * | * James Newton Howard | 5:29 |
| 14. | The Close Call | 1:43 | |
| 15. | Trapped In The Crater † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 5:03 |
| 16. | On The Porch * | * James Newton Howard | 2:32 |
| 17. | The Evacuation Begins † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 4:11 |
| 18. | The Helicopter Crash † | † John Frizzell and James Newton Howard | 1:27 |
| 19. | Escaping The Burning House | 2:33 | |
| 20. | Sinking On Acid Lake | 2:37 | |
| 21. | Stuck In The Lava | 1:44 | |
| 22. | The Rescue | 3:06 | |
| 63:15 |
Dante’s Peak
Added on Saturday, August 28, 2021
Varèse Sarabande Club presents Dante’s Peak, John Frizzell score—with themes by James Newton Howard ! The 1990s saw a revival of the Hollywood disaster epic, with two large-budget volcano films competing in early 1997—and both Dante’s Peak and Volcano had their soundtracks released by Varèse Sarabande.
The 1990s saw a revival of the Hollywood disaster epic, with two large-budget volcano films competing in early 1997—and both Dante’s Peak and Volcano had their soundtracks released by Varèse Sarabande. Following the Deluxe Edition of Volcano in 2020, this 2CD set of Dante’s Peak expands its massive John Frizzell score—with themes by James Newton Howard—in a triumph of explosive, symphonic ’90s action.
Dante’s Peak was directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bounty, Species) and starred Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in escaping a Mount St. Helens-type blast in Washington State. James Newton Howard was initially hired to compose the score, but left due to scheduling. Howard contributed two main themes, for the volcano and the film’s romantic relationship, and recommended John Frizzell for the score (as the two had done on The Rich Man’s Wife).
Working at a furious pace, Frizzell composed a massive, symphonic score befitting the life-or-death struggle of outrunning a catastrophic volcano—but also containing moments of grandeur, suspense and softer contemplation. “I’m very structural,” Frizzell told Tim Greiving, interviewed jointly with Donaldson for the new liner notes. “So I actually drew maps of the film, placing James’ themes in key moments and trying to break down structurally how I wanted to have a roadmap—knowing how much tension I needed to have and where I could hit the throttle.”
Varèse Sarabande’s Deluxe Edition of Dante’s Peak features the 93-minute score across disc one and two, with the 1997 half-hour album at the end of disc two.
Limited to 2000 copies
More info at: Official Web Site Varèse Sarabande
More info at: Official Web Site Varèse Sarabande (UK)
Other releases of Dante's Peak (1997):
