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I have a KEYBOARD interview with Kamen and it was one of the times where he wasn't quite as jolly and fun-loving as he usually was. It was a very stressful recording session with a lot of executives making last minute requests and changes. In spite of it all, yes, it's a terrific score. One of Kamen's finest IMO.
Glad to have the original score CD although I really like the Queensryche song that Kamen also orchestrated. It's very cool.
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La-La Land said "it's on their radar", so I hope for the best!
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Horrible, horrible movie. And IMO even Kamen's score couldn't save this one. I'd rather have a complete Die Hard 2 and 3.
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I don't mind the movie. It's a good idea, there's some nice action and good moments, and Charles Dance does wonders with his scenes - particularly his piece to camera - but it just never becomes all that it could. I watched it a couple of months ago, and the biggest problem to me was Austin O'Brien - seemingly playing his already could-be-annoying-as-written part as annoyingly as possible. Probably not his fault, but he's the key to the film, and the key in this case is a floppy haired prat who won't shut up.
But a complete soundtrack would be nice...
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Iced that guy!
Coned a phrase!
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Coincidentally, I've been thinking about this score for the past week (I'm on a Michael Kamen bender), and found myself wishing for a complete/expanded reissue of the original score.
So many little gems that are not on the CD, and make me laugh when I think about the scenes where they correspond. For example, the "Lethal Weapon" sax riff when the cop says, "2 days till retirement"; the music when Jack and Danny meet Benedict for the first time; the music when Benedict invades Jack's house; the "Die Hard" strings after Danny insists that Jack make sure the dead guy is really dead, etc.
Not the mention the various ways Kamen interpolated the "Real World" guitar theme throughout the score (or is that theme shared with Benedict?).
Although not high on my list of priorities (unlike Brazil), a reissue would be most welcome 
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What remains strange to me about either release was that the "Jack and The Ripper" track left off the low-key guitar part when Jack walks up to the police scout just before giving him a couple of acres. Yeah, it's only 10 seconds, but an odd exclusion nonetheless.
As for the film, I thought it was a sly sendoff of macho action tropes, though the second half of the film was better than the first. It seemed like two wholly different movies were being made without much connective tissue other than the macguffinated magic ticket. Seeing Jack rag on Ahnuld was a highlight.
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