Brian May - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2024)

Mad Max 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the 1981 film, Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior), composed by Brian May. It was released on vinyl in the United States in 1982 by Varèse Sarabande, followed by a CD release on 25 October 1990.

In 1981, composer Brian May reteamed with director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy to write the music for Mad Max 2. Unlike the score for the previous film, May approached the music with a more legato and grandeur frame of reference. "It was an optimistic picture, and it was really like a modern revival of an old Western," said May. "Whereas in Mad Max I had a jagged brass, very atonal and difficult to play, in Mad Max 2 I had deep basses, cellos, and lots of short motifs that were not totally melodic but were just enough to be unified."

Tracklist:
1.01 - Brian May - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Theme (4:53)
1.02 - Brian May - Confrontation (2:32)
1.03 - Brian May - Marauder's Massacre (3:13)
1.04 - Brian May - Max Enters Compound (4:09)
1.05 - Brian May - Gyro Saves Max (3:55)
1.06 - Brian May - Break Out (3:26)
1.07 - Brian May - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Finale and Largo (5:07)
1.08 - Brian May - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior End Title (3:20)
1.09 - Brian May - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Sound Effects Suite (4:36)