The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Crow soundtrack album cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedMarch 29, 1994
GenreAlternative rock, alternative metal, industrial rock, gothic rock, groove metal
Length63:50
LabelAtlantic
ProducerVarious
The Crow soundtrack chronology
Fear and Bullets
(1994) 		The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1994) 		The Crow: Original Motion Picture Score
(1994)
Singles from The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Big Empty"
    Released: May 22, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

The soundtrack to the superhero film The Crow was released in 1994.[2]

Album information[]

The album featured covers, including Nine Inch Nails who covered Joy Division's "Dead Souls", Pantera who covered Poison Idea's "The Badge", and Rollins Band who covered Suicide's "Ghost Rider", which is about a Marvel Comics character. Rage Against the Machine re-recorded their 1991 B-side "Darkness of Greed" and renamed it "Darkness" for this soundtrack. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult re-recorded their original song, "Nervous Xians" and re-titled it, "After the Flesh" for this film. They were also the band onstage during the nightclub shootout scene. The Cure also wrote the song "Burn" for the movie. Stone Temple Pilots originally intended to re-record a song off their Mighty Joe Young demo, titled "Only Dying", but was never able to when Brandon Lee had died during production. Medicine re-recorded their song "Time Baby II" for the film's soundtrack album as "Time Baby III", which featured guest vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, although the original version is performed by Medicine in the film. "It Can't Rain All the Time" was co-written by Jane Siberry and the film's composer Graeme Revell, performed by Siberry. An orchestral version of "It Can't Rain All the Time" can be heard in the film multiple times.

The inclusion of songs written by The Cure and Joy Division are notable because the influences of both bands are present in the original comic book. James O'Barr, the creator of The Crow, reprinted the lyrics to the song "The Hanging Garden" by The Cure on an entire page, and some chapters of the comic book are named after Joy Division songs – "Atmosphere" and "Atrocity Exhibition", for example. In one panel, Eric even quotes a lyric from the song "Disorder" from the album Unknown Pleasures. O'Barr was a big fan of both bands when he was creating the comic book.

The other music in the film which is not included in the soundtrack is instead on The Crow: Original Motion Picture Score of original, mostly orchestral music, with some electronic and guitar elements, written for the film by Graeme Revell.

Peaking at the top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, the album has sold 3.8 million copies in the United States, and has been certified 3x-Platinum by RIAA.[3][4]

Track listing[]

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Burn"The Cure6:39
2."Golgotha Tenement Blues"Machines of Loving Grace4:01
3."Big Empty"Stone Temple Pilots4:56
4."Dead Souls" (Joy Division cover)Nine Inch Nails4:52
5."Darkness" (Re-recording of "Darkness of Greed")Rage Against the Machine3:42
6."Color Me Once"Violent Femmes4:10
7."Ghostrider" (Suicide cover)Rollins Band5:46
8."Milktoast" (Also known as "Milquetoast")Helmet3:59
9."The Badge" (Poison Idea cover)Pantera3:54
10."Slip Slide Melting"For Love Not Lisa5:48
11."After the Flesh"My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult3:00
12."Snakedriver"The Jesus and Mary Chain3:43
13."Time Baby III" (Re-recording of "Time Baby II")Medicine3:52
14."It Can't Rain All the Time"Jane Siberry5:31
Total length:63:50

Personnel[]

  • Jane Siberry - performer
  • The Cure - group, performer
  • Helmet - performer
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain - performer
  • Nine Inch Nails - group, producer, performer
  • Pantera - performer
  • Brian Ritchie - bass guitar, vocals, producer
  • Henry Rollins - performer
  • Violent Femmes - performer
  • Victor de Lorenzo - drums, vocals, producer
  • My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - performer
  • Rage Against the Machine - performer
  • Medicine (band) - performer
  • Stone Temple Pilots - performer
  • Perry Bamonte - guitar, keyboards
  • Henry Bogdan - bass guitar, producer
  • Doug Carrion - producer, engineer
  • Zack de la Rocha - vocals, producer
  • Nick DiDia - engineer
  • Elizabeth Fraser - vocals
  • Simon Gallup - bass guitar
  • Gordon Gano - guitar, violin, vocals, producer
  • Djivan Gasparyan - duduk
  • Robin Guthrie - remixing
  • Page Hamilton - guitar, producer
  • Brad Laner - producer
  • Machines of Loving Grace - performer
  • Buzz McCoy - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Tom Morello - guitar, producer
  • Roli Mosimann - mixing
  • Bryan New - engineer
  • Brendan O'Brien - producer, mixing
  • Vinnie Paul - engineer, mixing
  • Jim Reid - producer
  • William Reid - producer
  • Trent Reznor - producer, engineer
  • John Siket - engineer
  • Robert Smith - guitar, vocals, producer
  • John Stanier - drums, producer
  • Tim Commerford - bass guitar, producer
  • Theo VanRock - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Butch Vig - producer
  • Brad Wilk - drums, producer
  • Boris Williams - drums
  • For Love Not Lisa - performer
  • Dick Meaney - engineer
  • Rollins Band - performer
  • John Flannery - engineer
  • Stuart Kupers - bass guitar, guitar, producer
  • Chris Apthorp - engineer
  • Scott Benzel - voices, producer
  • Ray Mascarenas - assistant engineer
  • Brad Kemp - drums, producer
  • Brian Williams - programming, sound design
  • Chip Woodward - choir master
  • Matt Hyde - producer, engineer, mixing

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "As 'The Crow' Flies". The Los Angeles Times. May 29, 1994. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=the+crow#search_section
  4. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack – The Crow". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack – The Crow" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – The Crow" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "Charts.nz – Soundtrack – The Crow". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack – The Crow". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2021.

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