The Soundtrack

This is the soundtrack that revolutionized the way compilation albums for motion pictures are handled. Everything about this soundtrack – from the advertising, to the selected bands, to the songs themselves – was groundbreaking to the music industry. Never before had a movie inspired such a list of class-A bands, all contributing ORIGINAL songs to the soundtrack … songs that had an important, driving impact on the tone of the movie itself.

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The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The soundtrack is published by Atlantic Records.

"BURN"(6:39)
Written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams, Perry Bamonte
Performed by The Cure
Courtesy of Fiction Records Ltd. and Elektra Entertainment

"GOLGOTHA TENEMENT BLUES"(3:58)
Written by Scott Benzel, Mike Fisher and Stuart Kupers
Performed by Machines of Loving Grace
Courtesy of Mammoth Records

"BIG EMPTY"(4:55)
Written by Dean DeLeo and Scott Weiland
Performed by Stone Temple Pilots
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

"COLOR ME ONCE"(4:10)
Written by Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie
Performed by Violent Femmes
Courtesy of Slash Records

"DEAD SOULS"(4:52)
Written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris
Performed by Nine Inch Nails
Courtesy of Nothing/TVT/Interscope Records

"DARKNESS"(3:41)
Written by Rage Against the Machine
Performed by Rage Against the Machine
Courtesy of Epic Associated

"SNAKEDRIVER"(3:39)
Written by William Reid and Jim Reid
Performed by Jesus and Mary Chain
Courtesy of Blanco Y Negro/American Recordings

"TIME BABY III"(3:50)
Written by Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Jim Putnam, Ed Ruscha and Beth Thompson
Performed by Medicine
Courtesy of American Recordings

"AFTER THE FLESH"(2:58)
Written by Buzz McCoy and Groovie Manr
Performed by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Courtesy of Interscope Records

"MILKTOAST"(3:59)
Written by Page Nye Hamilton
Performed by Helmet
Courtesy of Interscope Records

"GHOSTRIDER"(5:44)
Written by Martin Rev and Alan Vega
Performed by Rollins Band
Courtesy of The Imago Recording Company

"SLIP SLIDE MELTING"(5:45)
Written by For Love Not Lisa
Performed by For Love Not Lisa
Courtesy of EastWest Records America

"THE BADGE"(3:53)
Written by Tom Roberts and Jerry Lang
Performed by Pantera
Courtesy of EastWest Records America

"IT CAN'T RAIN ALL THE TIME"(5:34)
Written by Graeme Revell and Jane Siberry
Performed by Jane Siberry
Courtesy of Reprise Records

The Score

When I first bought GRAEME REVELL'S score cd for "The Crow," I did so with only a vague excitement of what I would hear. In my mind, the alternative-rock compilation soundtrack (with music by The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Pantera, Stone Temple Pilots, ect.) was the real musical spirit of the film, and I in no way expected the score to evoke the same emotions as the songs. I had heard Revell's work in the past, in such films as "Body Of Evidence" and "Dead Calm," so I knew he was capable of creating scores that stood on their own, separate from the film itself. I was also aware that he was very talented. Until I heard his score for "The Crow," however, I never knew just how tremendously talented the man was.

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The Crow: Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed and Conducted by:
Graeme Revell : Armenian duduk : Djivan Gasparyan
Voices : Bobbie Page
Darlene Koldenhoven
Chris Snyder
Shakuhacki : Kazu Matsui
Trumpet : Oscar Brashear
Percussion : M.B. Gordy
Guitars : Karl Verheyen and Philip Tallman
Programming and Keyboards : Graeme Revell
Programming and musical sound design : Brian Williams
Music Editor : Dick Bernstein
Assisted by : Philip Tallman
Mixing engineer : Dan Wallin

Orchestra conducted by : Tom Simonec
Choirmaster : Chip Woodward
Orchestrations by : Tim Simone and Graeme Revell
Music composed by : Graeme Revell
Album produced by : Graeme Revell
Executive album producer : Robert Townson

Titles:

1. birth of the legend (6.16)
2. resurrection (2.10)
3. the crow descends (2.30)
4. remembrance (2.54)
5. rain forever (2.32)
6. "her eyes.. so innocent" (2.45)
7. tracking the prey (3.35)
8. pain and retribution (2.34)
9. believe in angels (3.31)
10. captive child (2.32)
11. devil's night (2.30)
12. on hallowed grounds (2.42)
13. inferno (5.02)
14. return to the grave (3.45)
15. last rites (3.55)

The movie score was composed by Graeme Revell and was manufactured by:

Varese Sarabande Records Inc,
11846 Ventura Blvd, Suite 130,
Studio City, California 91640.

For a complete listing of Graeme Revell's film scores, check out the Internet Movie Database entry on this popular composer.

To buy the soundtrack and/or score to "The Crow", please check my Merchandise section.