1989 Soundtrack – The Abyss

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The Abyss is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Soviet vessels to recover the boat. Deep in the ocean, they encounter something unexpected.
The film was released on August 9, 1989, receiving generally positive reviews and grossed $89.8 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for three more Academy Awards.

The soundtrack to The Abyss was written by Alan Silvestri and released by Varèse Sarabande on August 22, 1989. In 2014, they issued a limited-edition (3,000 copies), two-disc album featuring the complete score minus the end credits medley, which is absent from both releases.

Tracks

1  Coffey Implodes (Alan Silvestri) 01:10
2  Opening Title (Alan Silvestri) 00:42
3  Montana / Crash / Flood (Alan Silvestri) 02:01
4  The Only Way (Alan Silvestri) 07:49
5  Marker Bouy /They’re Coming (Alan Silvestri) 01:17
6  Resurrection (Alan Silvestri) 02:00
7  Bud’s Big Dive (Alan Silvestri) 06:40
8  Let Me Drown Your Rat / Search The Montana (Alan Silvestri) 10:09
9  Defusing The Bomb (Alan Silvestri) 02:17
10  Jammer Freaks (Alan Silvestri) 03:30
11  Bud On The Ledge (Alan Silvestri) 03:12
12  He’s Convulsing (Alan Silvestri) 01:14
13  Bud Rebord / Blinky Bows (Alan Silvestri) 03:22
14  MIRV Recovery / SEALs Return (Alan Silvestri) 02:03
15  Back On The Air (Alan Silvestri) 01:47
16  Crashing Crane (Alan Silvestri) 02:09
17  Finale and End Credits (Alan Silvestri) 04:52
18  What A Drag (Alan Silvestri) 02:02
19  Opening Title (Demo) (Alan Silvestri) 00:43
20  The Draggiest Man (Alan Silvestri) 01:22
21  Flood and Sinking (Alternate) – Unused Synth Cue (Alan Silvestri) 01:02
22  Lindsay’s Close Encounter (Alan Silvestri) 06:23
23  Crashing Crane (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 02:08
24  Here’s MIRV / Some Huevos (Alan Silvestri) 02:27
25  Have To Take Steps / Jarhead Is Watching (Alan Silvestri) 01:13
26  What A Drag (Wild Original) (Alan Silvestri) 04:33
27  Some Huevos (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 01:19
28  The Pseudopod (Alan Silvestri) 05:35
29  Coffey Break (Alan Silvestri) 01:56
30  The Pseudopod (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 05:37
31  Freeze (Alan Silvestri) 03:40
32  The Fight (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 01:51
33  Bud and Cat Dive / Click (Alan Silvestri) 00:59
34  The Only Way (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 04:54
35  Lindsay Dies (Alternate) (Alan Silvestri) 01:05
36  The Fight (Alan Silvestri) 01:52
37  Vocal Insert (Alan Silvestri) 00:56
38  What a Drag (original) (Alan Silvestri) 06:05

Musicians

DrumsRobert Zimmitti
DrumsDale Anderson
DrumsDaniel Greco
DrumsEmil Radocchia
DrumsJoe Porcaro
DrumsLarry Bunker
DrumsMark Zimosky
DrumsPeter Limonick
DrumsSteve Schaeffer
DrumsDonald J Williams
DrumsJerry D Williams
KeyboardsJohn Beasley
KeyboardsRandy Kerber
KeyboardsRandy Waldman
BassoonCharles Coker
BassoonDave Riddles
BassoonDavid Breidenthal
BassoonJohn Steinmetz
BassoonMichael O’Donovan
BassoonRose Corrigan
ClarinetDominick Fera
ClarinetGary Gray
ClarinetJim Kanter
ClarinetRalph Williams
ClarinetRoy D’Antonio
FluteDavid Shostac
FluteGeraldine Rotella
FluteLouise Di Tullio
FluteSheridon Stokes
French HornBrian O’Connor
French HornDavid Duke
French HornJames Thatcher
French HornJerry Folsom
French HornJohn Reynolds
French HornRichard Todd
French HornTodd Miller
French HornVince DeRosa
French HornWilliam Lane
OboeJohn Winter
OboeJon Clarke
OboePhil Ayling
OboeTom Boyd
TromboneBill Reichenbach
TromboneDick Hyde
TromboneDick Nash
TromboneLloyd Ulyate
TrombonePhil Teele
TrumpetChuck Findley
TrumpetGary Grant
TrumpetJerry Hey
TrumpetLarry Hall
TrumpetRick Baptist
TubaDon Waldrop
TubaJohn Thomas Johnson
PercussionAlan Estes
PercussionRobert Zimmitti
PercussionDale Anderson
PercussionDaniel Greco
PercussionDonald J Williams
PercussionEmil Radocchia
PercussionJerry D Williams
PercussionJoe Porcaro
PercussionLarry Bunker
PercussionMark Zimosky
PercussionPeter Limonick
PercussionSteve Schaeffer

Strings

Bass – Ann Atkinson, Bruce Morgenthaler, Buell Neidlinger, Christian Kollgaard, Chuck Domanico, Dennis Trembly, Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Margaret Storer, Norman Ludwin, Richard Feves, Susan Ranney, Tim Barr
Cello – Anne Karam, Antony Cooke, Armen Ksajikian, Barbara Hunter, Christina Soule, Christine Ermacoff, David Shamban, Dennis Karmazyn, Earl Madison, Harry Shlutz, Jodi Burnett, Marie Fera, Miguel Martinez, Nils Oliver, Paula Hochhalter, Robert L. Adcock
Harp – Dorothy Remsen, Jo Ann Turovsky, Katie Kirkpatrick, Lou Anne Neill
Viola – Alan DeVeritch, Brian Dembow, Carole Mukogawa, Carrie Holzman Little, Cynthia Morrow, Dan Neufeld, David Schwartz, Denyse Buffum, Donald McInnes, Harry Shirinian, Herschel Wise, Janet Lakatos, Jorge Moraga, Ken Burward-Hoy, Linn Subotnick, Marilyn Baker, Michael Nowak, Mihail Zinovyev, Myra Kestenbaum, Pamela Goldsmith, Ray Tischer
Violin – Anatol Kaminsky, Anatoly Rosinsky, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Barbra Porter, Betty Moor, Brian Leonard, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Darius Campo, David Frisina, Debra Price, Dixie Blackstone, Donald Palmer, Dorothy Wade, Gerald Vinci, Gwenn Heller, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Irma Neumann, Isabelle Daskoff, Jackie Brand, Jay Rosen, Julie Gigante, Karen Jones, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Maurice Dicterow, Pat Johnson, Peter Kent, Polly Sweeney, Ralph Morrison, Reginald Hill, Rene Mandel, Robert Sushel, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer, Thelma Beach

Liner Notes

Producer – Alan Silvestri
Producer (Assistant) – David Bifano
Producer (Executive) – Robert Townson
Conductor – Alan Silvestri
Contractor (Orchestra) – Patti Fidelibus
Contractor (Vocal) – Sally Stevens
Engineer – Dennis Sands
Engineer (Second) – Charleys Pollard
Orchestrated By – James B. Campbell
Remastered By – Dan Hersch
Technician – Ron Fuglsby

Recorded At The Village Recorder
Phonographic Copyright Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Producer – Alan Silvestri
Producer (Assistant) – David Bifano
Producer (Executive) – Robert Townson
Conductor – Alan Silvestri
Contractor (Orchestra) – Patti Fidelibus
Contractor (Vocal) – Sally Stevens
Engineer – Dennis Sands
Engineer (Second) – Charleys Pollard
Orchestrated By – James B. Campbell
Remastered By – Dan Hersch
Technician – Ron Fuglsby

Recorded At The Village Recorder
Phonographic Copyright Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation