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Speed (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film score by
Mark Mancina
ReleasedAugust 30, 1994
Recorded1994
Studio
GenreFilm score
Length40:18
Label20th Century Fox Film Scores
ProducerMark Mancina
Mark Mancina chronology
Monkey Trouble
(1994) 		Speed (Original Motion Picture Score)
(1994) 		Man of the House
(1995)

Speed (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score soundtrack composed by Mark Mancina to the 1994 film Speed. Released through 20th Century Fox Film Scores label on August 30, 1994, the album featured 40 minutes of Mancina's score; an expanded edition which also included previously unreleased material along with the newly remastered complete score was released by La-La Land Records on February 28, 2012.[1][2]

Reception

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Thomas Glorieux of Maintitles wrote "Speed is solid action music with several highlights and it generates a response, it delivers a pace and an energy."[3] Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks wrote "the music for Speed is well written, with several effective motifs assembled around a decent primary anthem."[4] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "once is enough for either of them, and sadly the other 65 minutes of the album are largely undistinguished and sometimes borderline repellent. Repetitive, unbelievably cheap (a gigantic orchestra is listed inside the album but you can never hear it over the tinny synths), it’s difficult to imagine that anyone could find anything of real value other than nostalgia in there."[5]

Jeff Ames of Comingsoon.net described it as an "incredible, rhythmic score" that immediately gravitates the audiences towards its "unique blend of orchestra and electronics".[6] Zaki Hasan of IGN wrote "Mancina’s thematic material melds orchestral and synth sensibilities for a sound that’s uniquely evocative of this film and the era that produced it. The central motif plays over the opening credits and establishes the movie’s identity while layering in the themes that will be utilized throughout to considerable propulsive effect."[7] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian called it as an "all-timer action score".[8]

Track listing

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Original release

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No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"3:37
2."The Rescue"4:01
3."Entering Airport"1:00
4."Rush Hour"6:04
5."Helen Dies"2:19
6."The Gap"2:49
7."Choppers"1:00
8."Pershing Square"3:18
9."Elevator Peril"0:28
10."Fight On Train"1:19
11."Dangling Feet"0:34
12."City Streets"1:41
13."Wildcat"1:04
14."The Dolly"1:28
15."Move"2:05
16."Pop Quiz"2:23
17."Freight Elevator"2:29
18."Elevator Stall"0:50
19."End Title"1:49
Total length:40:18

La-La Land Records reissue

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No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"4:03
2."Elevator Stall"0:57
3."Elevator Peril"0:29
4."Move!"2:10
5."Pop Quiz"3:37
6."Dangling Feet"0:39
7."Freight Elevator"2:32
8."Payne Explodes"2:41
9."Payne Watches Awards / Payne Calls Jack"2:36
10."Jack Driving Jeep / Bus Enters Freeway"0:23
11."Rush Hour"6:08
12."Jack Jumps Onto Bus"1:35
13."Choppers"1:04
14."Bomb Reveal / Payne Watching Football"0:34
15."City Streets"2:23
16."We Have Trust"0:53
17."Helen Dies"2:36
18."The Gap"2:52
19."Entering Airport"1:05
20."Payne Excited"1:53
21."Jack Leaves Bus / Jack on Dolly / Payne's Picture"2:03
22."The Dolly"1:31
23."Jack Under Bus / Harry Searches House / Harry Didn't Make It"3:47
24."Wildcat"1:07
25."Payne Twisted"0:42
26."The Rescue"4:07
27."Pershing Square"3:23
28."Annie's Loaded / Getting on Train"2:06
29."Fight on Train"1:24
30."Runaway Train"1:45
31."End Title"1:53
32."Speed (Performed by Billy Idol)"4:27
Total length:69:25

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes[9]

  • Music composed, arranged and produced by – Mark Mancina
  • Additional music – John Van Tongeren
  • Conductor – Don Harper
  • Orchestration – Bruce Fowler, Don Harper, Ladd McIntosh, Mark Mancina, Y.S. Moriarty
  • Contractor – Sandy de Crescent
  • Guitar – Allan Holdsworth
  • Percussion – Mike Fisher
  • Assistant engineer – Bruno Roussel, Stephen Harrison, Steven Stern
  • Programming – Bob Daspit
  • Recording – Alan Meyerson, Jay Rifkin, Doug Botnick
  • Mixing – Alan Meyerson, Jay Rifkin
  • Mastering – Stephen Marcussen
  • Score consultant – Curt Sobel
  • Musical assistance – Christopher Ward

References

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  1. ^ "Speed: Original Motion Picture Score (Soundtrack)". Amazon. 1994. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "SPEED: LIMITED EDITION". La-La Land Records. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Glorieux, Thomas. "Mark Mancina: Speed". Maintitles.net. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Clemmensen, Christian. "Speed (Mark Mancina)". Filmtracks. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  5. ^ Southall, James (March 30, 2012). "Speed soundtrack review". Movie Wave. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  6. ^ Ames, Jeff (February 28, 2024). "On Second Watch: Speed Is Still A Cinematic Thrill Ride That Packs a Punch". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Hasan, Zaki (June 10, 2024). "Speed at 30: How Keanu on a Bus Became an Action Movie Classic". IGN. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Lee, Benjamin (June 10, 2024). "Speed at 30: the greatest action movie of the 1990s". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  9. ^ Mancina, Mark. Speed (Original Motion Picture Score) (Media notes). 20th Century Fox Film Scores.
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