1990 Soundtrack – Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 American superhero horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant (Larry Drake), after his girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand), runs afoul of corrupt developer Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels). An experimental treatment gives Westlake super-human strength and resilience, with the unintended side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic. Consumed with vengeance, Westlake continues his research with the new goal of hunting down those who disfigured him.
Released by MCA Records on August 17, 1990, the soundtrack to Darkman was composed by Danny Elfman, who previously scored the music to Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989. In 2017, Waxwork Records released the soundtrack on vinyl which was remastered from the original tapes. La-La Land Records released an expanded soundtrack album in January 2020, featuring over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music.
Tracks
1 Main Titles (Danny Elfman) 01:37
2 Woe, The Darkman…Woe (Danny Elfman) 06:09
3 Rebuilding / Failure (Danny Elfman) 03:15
4 Love Theme (Danny Elfman) 00:55
5 Julie Transforms (Danny Elfman) 01:10
6 Rage / Peppy Science (Danny Elfman) 01:36
7 Creating Pauley (Danny Elfman) 03:19
8 Double Durante (Danny Elfman) 01:49
9 The Plot Unfolds [Dancing Freak] (Danny Elfman) 07:01
10 Carnival From Hell (Danny Elfman) 03:16
11 Julie Discovers Darkman (Danny Elfman) 01:58
12 High Steel (Danny Elfman) 04:18
13 Final / End Credits (Danny Elfman) 03:39
Musicians
| Keyboards | Mike Lang |
| Keyboards | Rich Ruttenberg |
| Bassoon | Rose Corrigan |
| Bassoon | Michael O’Donovan |
| Bassoon | Dave Riddles |
| Clarinet | Emily Bernstein |
| Clarinet | Charles Boito |
| Clarinet | Dominick Fera |
| Clarinet | Gary Gray |
| Clarinet | Jim Kanter |
| Flute | Glen Garrett |
| Flute | Brice Martin |
| Flute | Sheridon Stokes |
| Flute | Louise Di Tullio |
| French Horn | Steve Becknell |
| French Horn | Carol Drake |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | Jerry Folsom |
| French Horn | Yvonne Moriarty |
| French Horn | Brian O’Connor |
| French Horn | James Thatcher |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| Oboe | Phil Ayling |
| Oboe | Tom Boyd |
| Oboe | Jon Clarke |
| Oboe | Kathleen Robinson |
| Trombone | Bruce Fowler |
| Trombone | Alan Kaplan |
| Trombone | Phil Teele |
| Trombone | Lloyd Ulyate |
| Trumpet | Rick Baptist |
| Trumpet | Burnette Dillon |
| Trumpet | Boyde Hood |
| Trumpet | Warren Luening |
| Trumpet | Malcolm McNab |
| Tuba | Tommy Johnson |
| Tuba | Jim Self |
| Percussion | Larry Bunker |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Percussion | Steve Forman |
| Percussion | Peter Limonick |
| Percussion | Joe Porcaro |
| Percussion | Emil Richards |
| Percussion | Donald Williams |
| Percussion | Jerry Williams |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
Other Musicians
Bass – Timothy Barr, Drew Dembowski, Chuck Domanico, Christian Kollgaard, Norman Ludwin, Ed Meares, Bruce Morgenthaler, Buell Neidlinger, Sue Ranney, Margaret Storer, David Young
Cello -Robert Adcock, Tony Cooke, Larry Corbett, David Ewart, Barry Gold, Todd Hemmenway, Paula Hochhalter, Anne Karam, Frederick Seykora
Harp – Gayle Levant, Lou Ann Neill
Viola – Denyse Buffum, Ken Burwood-Hoy, Brian Dembow, Alan DeVeritch, Pam Goldsmith, Carrie Holzman-Little, Roland Kato, Myra Kestenbaum, Carole Mukagawa, Dan Neufeld, Mike Nowak, Linn Subotnick, Mihail Zinovyev
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Charlie Bisharat, Jacqueline Brand, Robert Brosseau, Assa Drori, Steve Erdody, Michael Ferril, Ron Folsom, Berj Garabedian, Julie Gigante, Clayton Haslop, Patricia Johnson, Karen Jones, Peter Kent, Kathleen Lenski, Brian Leonard, Rene Mandel, Jayme Miller, Ralph Morrison, Jennifer Munday, Sid Page, Claudia Parducci, Anatoly Rosinsky, Sheldon Sanov, Haim Shtrum, Jean Sudbury, Lisa Sutton, Poly Sweeney, Alexander Treger, Mari Tsumura, Kenneth Yerke
Liner Notes
Producer – Danny Elfman
Producer (Executive) – Kathy Nelson
Conductor – Shirley Walker
Contractor – Sandy De Crescent
Engineer (Assistant) – Dave Levy, Sharon Rice
Mixed By – Dennis Sands
Remixed By – Shawn Murphy
Recorded By – Robert Fernandez
Score Editor – Bob Badami
Art Direction – Vartan
Design – DZN, The Design group
Mixed At The Complex
Recorded At Warner Bros Studios
Remixed At The Complex
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