Rush Hour (1998) (Music By Lalo Schifrin)

Product Summary Label: Aleph Records UPC: 00651702632824 Release Date: 10/13/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60244222 Item#: MPC4SW Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Rush Hour - (Main Title) ~ Original Score 2. Fight At The Harbor ~ Original Score 3. Soo Yung's Theme ~ Original Score 4. Soo Yung's Abduction ~ Original Score 5. Lee Arrives In L.A. ~ Original Score 6. Jumping The Bus ~ Original Score 7. Won Ton For Two ~ Original Score 8. Explosive Situation ~ Original Score 9. Lee At The Mansion ~ Original Score 10. Restaurant Poison ~ Original Score 11. Battle At Juntao's ~ Original Score 12. Greasy Egg Rolls ~ Original Score 13. Chasing Sang ~ Original Score 14. $50 Million Ransom ~ Original Score 15. On Juntao's Heels ~ Original Score 16. Asian Art Convention ~ Original Score 17. Lee's Sadness ~ Original Score 18. High Tension ~ Original Score 19. Sweet And Sour ~ Original Score 20. Chinese Street Music ~ Original Score 21. Carter Chases Clive ~ Original Score 22. British Menace, The ~ Original Score 23. Rush Hour - (End Titles) ~ Original Score   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Producers include: Dutch, Joe, Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob, Dame Grease. Engineers include: Joe Watlick, Michael Ifversen, Joe Quinde. Original score composed by Lalo Schifrin. Original score composed by Lalo Schifrin. Includes liner notes by Doug Adams. RUSH HOUR was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television. Personnel: Ruy Folguera (programming). Audio Mixer: John Richards. Recording information: Fox Newman Scoring Stage. Photographer: Bob Marshak. The soundtrack to the film RUSH HOUR bears an appropriately urgent, urban tone, consisting as it does of hot tracks by contemporary hip-hop and R&B artists. While this album is fairly eclectic, covering several bases of the rap world, it doesn't have the opportunistic, thrown-together feel that many hip-hop-based soundtracks do. The track selection seems carefully considered and RUSH HOUR flows like an album, not like a bunch of disparate pieces stuck together to fill up space. From Wu-Tang's "And You Don't Stop" to the smooth R&B of Jon B.'s "Glad That We Loved" and Too Short's unapologetic "Tell the Feds," RUSH HOUR keeps your ears and feet at attention. A pairing as full of comedic possibilities as Rush Hour's Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker needs a soundtrack that will exploit their personalities, with Tucker playing the big-city wise guy and Chan the self-deprecating clown. In mixing urban grooves and Eastern melodies, Lalo Schifrin's score compliments the stars perfectly. The main title sets the stage with a pounding rhythm that provides the background for distorted guitars playing an Oriental theme. "Soo Yung's Abduction"'s requisite foreboding string figures contrast with the '70s cop show horns and funky bass of "Lee Arrives In L.A." The mix is most potent on "Jumping the Bus" where traditional Oriental melodies give way to a loose fusion groove. In his mastery over both styles and his ability to effortlessly combine them, Schifrin has once again proven himself one of the most effective film composers of his era.   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 10/13/1998 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 5 Label : Aleph Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00651702632824    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...