Alan Silvestri - Death Becomes Her (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2024) [Hi-Res]

From the storied collaboration of Robert Zemeckis and Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact, The Polar Express) comes the devilishly fun 1992 horror–comedy score, Death Becomes Her.

Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star as a feuding movie star and novelist, (with Bruce Willis caught in the middle as a plastic surgeon), as a miracle potion offering eternal youth goes off the rails: it continues to work even after death, allowing for ghoulish and groundbreaking visual effects as the characters try to maintain appearances despite their bodies being hopelessly mutilated.

Alan Silvestri's score captures, as always, a perfect sense of the film's tone: grand yet wry, large-scale and symphonic for the supernatural drama, but with a lighthearted touch of the macabre. Particularly noteworthy is a Devilish fiddle for the Faustian bargain the characters make with immortality.

"I always loved this idea," says Silvestri in a new interview with Al Kaplan for this release, "while the world is unraveling, the Devil is just quietly sitting on a wine barrel or some such thing and just kinda fiddling along while everybody just shows up. There was something about the greed, all of these human qualities, the vanity…and the idea that, 'Ah, the Devil's just sitting there. He's got nothing but time.'"

Death Becomes Her was released by Varèse Sarabande in a 16-track, 35-minute album at the time of the film. This Deluxe Edition CD expands the program to 27 tracks and over 51 minutes, with new liner notes by Al Kaplan.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Alan Silvestri - Main Title (From The Motion Picture 'Death Becomes Her') (The Deluxe Edition) (1:39)
1.02 - Alan Silvestri - Me (Extended Version) (The Deluxe Edition) (3:29)
1.03 - Alan Silvestri - Woman On The Verge (The Deluxe Edition) (1:04)
1.04 - Alan Silvestri - Lisle (The Deluxe Edition) (1:06)
1.05 - Alan Silvestri - The Altar/Sexual (The Deluxe Edition) (0:47)
1.06 - Alan Silvestri - A Touch Of Magic (The Deluxe Edition) (2:21)
1.07 - Alan Silvestri - Now, A Warning (The Deluxe Edition) (0:53)
1.08 - Alan Silvestri - Sempre Viva (The Deluxe Edition) (1:50)
1.09 - Alan Silvestri - Another Drunk Driver (The Deluxe Edition) (2:12)
1.10 - Alan Silvestri - Self Defense/New Mad Arrives Home (The Deluxe Edition) (1:53)
1.11 - Alan Silvestri - Hurry Up, You Wimp (Extended Version) (The Deluxe Edition) (2:24)
1.12 - Alan Silvestri - It's Alive (Extended Version) (The Deluxe Edition) (3:05)
1.13 - Alan Silvestri - Violation Of Natural Law (The Deluxe Edition) (1:07)
1.14 - Alan Silvestri - To The Morgue (The Deluxe Edition) (1:12)
1.15 - Alan Silvestri - Helen Spies (The Deluxe Edition) (2:06)
1.16 - Alan Silvestri - She Was A Bad Actress (The Deluxe Edition) (0:49)
1.17 - Alan Silvestri - Another Miracle (Extended Version) (The Deluxe Edition) (2:36)
1.18 - Alan Silvestri - I'll Be Upstairs (The Deluxe Edition) (0:45)
1.19 - Alan Silvestri - Loving You (The Deluxe Edition) (3:15)
1.20 - Alan Silvestri - Seal The Room (The Deluxe Edition) (0:47)
1.21 - Alan Silvestri - I'd Rather Die (Extended Version) (The Deluxe Edition) (3:00)
1.22 - Alan Silvestri - Switzerland (The Deluxe Edition) (1:37)
1.23 - Alan Silvestri - End Credits (From The Motion Picture "Death Becomes Her") (The Deluxe Edition) (5:50)
1.24 - Alan Silvestri - Dark Windows (Source) (The Deluxe Edition) (1:12)
1.25 - Alan Silvestri - Book Party (Source) (The Deluxe Edition) (1:50)
1.26 - Alan Silvestri - Woman On The Verge (Alternate) (The Deluxe Edition) (1:13)
1.27 - Alan Silvestri - Self Defense (Alternate) (The Deluxe Edition) (1:13)