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Did James Horner reuse his music for 48 hours in this movie?

posted 9 years ago by A-zone
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The music is almost identical in the two movies (and also used in (Another 48 hours). Anyone else notice this?

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[–] dave_starsky77 9 years ago

I noticed. Those steel drums though.

Harold Faltermeyer did the same thing with Beverly Hills Cop & Fletch. Just changed a coupla notes here and there.

[–] Cognoscente (2662) 3 years ago

To add to that, Alan Silvestri reused and reworked some of his cues from Back to the Future for Predator.

[–] Skynet1984 (189) 3 years ago

I noticed that as well.

[–] StefanCrosscoe 9 years ago

He also used a very similar sound in both Gorky Park (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kbq2Zpcbe0 and Red Heat (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snUehA6b4R0.

[–] cyguration (3951) 3 years ago

Never heard of Gorky Park... just added it to my watchlist.

Love James Horner's soundtracks, and it looks like it's a favorably rated film, so it seems worth the watch!

[–] buzzlightbeer (1910) 3 years ago

Same music for:

48 Hours
Commando
Red Heat

I was gonna srart a thread but i saw this one.

Theres probably others it was used for too.