1997 Soundtrack – Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein. Set in the 23rd century, the story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his friends serving in the military of the United Citizen Federation, an Earth world government engaged in interstellar war with an alien species of Arachnids. The film stars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside.
The soundtrack was composed by Basil Poledouris.

Tracks

Disc 1

1  Fed-Net #1 / Bug Attack On Newsman (Basil Poledouris) 02:53
2  Kiss In The Park (Unused) (Basil Poledouris) 01:02
3  Telepathy Practice / Carl Orders Cyrano (Basil Poledouris) 00:44
4  Friends Forever (Basil Poledouris) 00:43
5  Transporting (Basil Poledouris) 01:24
6  Fed-Net #2 / Crime And Punishment (Basil Poledouris) 01:20
7  Carmen’s Shuttle Ride (Basil Poledouris) 01:41
8  Undocking (Basil Poledouris) 01:56
9  Teamwork (Basil Poledouris) 00:47
10  Dear John (Basil Poledouris) 01:04
11  Breckinridge Killed (Basil Poledouris) 01:04
12  Punishment / Asteroid Grazing (Basil Poledouris) 05:37
13  Call To War / Bad News From Home (Basil Poledouris) 02:26
14  War!! (Basil Poledouris) 00:54
15  Fed-Net #3 / Countdown To Victory (Basil Poledouris) 00:40
16  Klandathu Drop (Basil Poledouris) 04:46
17  Klendathu Battle (Unused) (Basil Poledouris) 04:00
18  Fed-Net #4 (Basil Poledouris) 01:00
19  The Fleet Limps Home (Partially Unused) (Basil Poledouris) 03:08
20  Battle Ready (Basil Poledouris) 00:37
21  Rasczak’s Roughnecks (Basil Poledouris) 00:54
22  Tango Urilla (Basil Poledouris) 05:13
23  Johnny And Dizzy (Basil Poledouris) 01:31
24  Hopper Canyon / Mess Hall Mess (Basil Poledouris) 04:11


Disc 2

1  “Bugs!!” (Basil Poledouris) 03:01
2  Radio Shack / Whiskey Outpost Pt. 2 / Death Of Dizzy (Basil Poledouris) 07:26
3  Dizzy’s Funeral (Basil Poledouris) 01:18
4  Rico’s Roughnecks / Destruction Of The Rodger Young / Bug City (Basil Poledouris) 09:34
5  Brainbug / Cave Nuke (Basil Poledouris) 03:58
6  They Will Win (Basil Poledouris) 04:00
7  End Titles (Basil Poledouris) 10:05
8  Into It (Zoe Poledouris) 04:33
9  I Have Not Been To Oxford Town (Brian Eno; David Bowie) 03:50
10  Klendathu Battle (Version 1) (Basil Poledouris) 04:15
11  “Bugs!!” (Version 1) (Basil Poledouris) 02:58

Musicians

DrumsAlan Estes
DrumsEmil Richards
DrumsGreg Goodall
DrumsJerry Williams
DrumsJoe Porcaro
DrumsLarry Bunker
DrumsPeter Limonick
DrumsSteve Schaeffer
DrumsTom Raney
DrumsDonald J Williams
KeyboardsEric Colvin
KeyboardsMike Lang
KeyboardsRalph Grierson
KeyboardsSteve Bramson
SynthesizerEric Colvin
SynthesizerMike Lang
SynthesizerRalph Grierson
SynthesizerSteve Bramson
WoodwindsMichael O’Donovan
BassoonDave Riddles
BassoonKen Munday
BassoonRose Corrigan
ClarinetJim Kanter
ClarinetEmily Bernstein
ClarinetGary Bovyer
ClarinetGary Gray
FluteLouise Di Tullio
FluteDavid Shostac
FluteGeraldine Rotella
FluteJim Walker
FluteSam Karam
FluteSusan Greenberg
French HornBrian O’Connor
French HornDavid Duke
French HornJohn Reynolds
French HornKurt Snyder
French HornPhil Yao
French HornRichard Todd
French HornSteve Becknell
French HornTodd Miller
French HornJames Thatcher
OboeEarl Dumler
OboeBarbara Northcutt
OboePhil Ayling
TromboneDick Nash
TromboneAlan Kaplan
TromboneBill Reichenbach
TromboneCharlie Loper
TrombonePhil Teele
TromboneWilliam Booth
TrumpetMalcolm McNab
TrumpetBoyde Hood
TrumpetCalvin Price
TrumpetDavid Washburn
TrumpetGeorge Dillon
TrumpetJon Lewis
TrumpetRick Baptist
TrumpetRoy Poper
TrumpetTim Morrison
TrumpetWarren Luening
TubaJohn Thomas Johnson
PercussionSteve Forman
PercussionAlan Estes
PercussionDonald J Williams
PercussionEmil Richards
PercussionGreg Goodall
PercussionJerry Williams
PercussionJoe Porcaro
PercussionLarry Bunker
PercussionSteve Schaeffer
PercussionTom Raney

Strings

Bass – Arni Egilsson, Bruce Morgenthaler, Christian Kollgaard, Chuck Domanico, David Parmeter, David Young, Donald V. Ferrone, Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Oscar Hidalgo, Peter Doubrovsky, Richard Feves, Steve Edelman, Susan Ranney
Cello – Dennis Karmazyn, Stephen Erdody, Antony Cooke, Armen Ksajikian, Christine Ermacoff, Dane Little, Daniel Smith, David Low, David Speltz, Douglas Davis, John Walz, Matthew Cooker, Paul Cohen, Robert L Adcock, Roger Lebow, Sebastian Toettcher, Steve Richards, Tim Landauer, Todd Hemmenway
Harp – Gayle Levant, Jo Ann Turovsky
Viola – Donald McInnes, Pamela Goldsmith, Brian Dembow, Carrie Holzman Little, Dan Neufeld, Denyse Buffum, Frances Moore, Janet Lakatos, Keith Greene, Marlow Fisher, Michael Nowak, Michael Ramos, Mihail Zinovyev, Rick Gerding, Robert Becker, Roland Kato, Simon Oswell, Victoria Miskolczy
Violin – Endre Granat, Alan Grunfeld, Amy Hershberger, Anatoly Rosinsky, Armen Garabedian, Arnold Belnick, Berj Garabedian, Bruce Dukov, Carolyn Osborn, Charles Everett, Claudia Parducci, Darius Campo, Dennis Molchan, Dimitrie Leivici, Eun-Mee Ahn, Galina Golovin Zherdev, Gary Kuo, Haim Shtrum, Isabella Lippi, Jay Rosen, Jayme Miller, Julianne French, Julie Ann Gigante, Karen Jones, Ken Yerke, Kwihee Shamban Kahng, Liane Mautner Reynolds, Lily Ho Chen, Lisa Sutton Johnson, Margaret Wooten, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Michael Ferril, Michelle Richards Kikuchi, Miran Haig Kojian, Miwako Watanabe, Natalie Leggett, Patricia Johnson, Polly Sweeney, Rachel Stegeman Purkin, Rafael Rishik, Richard Altenbach, Robert Brosseau, Robin Olson, Ron Clark, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Sid Page, Susan Rishik Parmeter, Tamara Hatwan Chang, Tiffany Yi Hu

Liner Notes

Producer – Basil Poledouris, Curtis Roush, Eric Colvin, Tim Boyle
Producer – Terry Becker, Zoë Poledouris (Tracks 2-8, 2-9)
Producer – Christopher Tyng, Le Baron (Track 2-8)
Producer – Eric Colvin (Track 2-9)
Producer (Executive) – Robert Townson
Concertmaster – Endre Granat
Conductor – Basil Poledouris
Mastered By – Patricia Sullivan
Mixed By – Tim Boyle
Orchestrated By – Greig McRitchie, Steve Bramson, Steven Scott Smalley, Vince Bartold
Recorded By – Tim Boyle
Score Editor (Supervisor) – Curtis Roush
Score Editor (Assistant) – James Burt

Photography – Matthew Joseph Peak

Mixed At Blowtorch Flats
Recorded At Sony Studios, Culver City
Phonographic Copyright Tristar Pictures Inc
Phonographic Copright Touchstone Pictures
Copyright CTMG