Music
| Dante's Peak: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by John Frizzell & James Newton Howard | |
| Released | February 4, 1997 (1997-02-04) |
| Label | Varese Sarabande |
The original score was co-composed by John Frizzell and James Newton Howard. Howard wrote the main theme (heard during the opening titles) and a number of cues, while Frizzell wrote the bulk of the score.
30 minutes of the score was released by Varese Sarabande; the short album length being due to high orchestra fees at the time of release. An expanded bootleg exists which contains almost the entire score.
The contents of the CD release can also be found on the region 1 DVD, on an alternate audio track during the 'Creating a Volcano' documentary.
The "Main Titles" cue is also featured on Varese's "The Towering Inferno and Other Disaster Classics" compilation album.
| Dante's Peak: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |
| 1. | "Main Titles" | 5:30 | |
| 2. | "The Close Call" | 1:49 | |
| 3. | "Trapped in the Crater" | 5:03 | |
| 4. | "On the Porch" | 2:31 | |
| 5. | "The Evacuation Begins" | 4:12 | |
| 6. | "The Helicopter Crash" | 1:28 | |
| 7. | "Escaping the Burning House" | 2:32 | |
| 8. | "Sinking on Acid Lake" | 2:37 | |
| 9. | "Stuck in the Lava" | 1:44 | |
| 10. | "The Rescue" | 3:05 | |
| Total length: | 30:22 | ||
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