Train Scene Jazz Song

If you're still around and still want to know... that cue was part of the movie's score, which was composed by Darryl Jones. The record company was not interested in issuing a score-only album or having any music from the score on their "official" soundtrack release. That's why you won't find it.

For miscellaney's sake: the tune itself was structured to allow a lot of room for the musicians to contribute, as was our MO generally, but particularly for this cue. And as was our general practice for the sessions, the musicians all played at the same time (no overdubbing), watching the train chase on monitors in the studio. The form of the piece was simple enough that they could play it without a whole lot of concentration, yet allow themselves to be influenced or inspired by the chase sequence and improvise their contributions in real time. The take that is heard in the movie is a whole take, completely unedited, and was maybe number two or three. This is a thoroughly unconventional approach to Hollywood movie scoring. It's just never done this way, ever. I mention that not to blow my own horn, but just because it's an (hopefully) interesting tidbit. I am always more than happy to cop to the fact I bit the idea from Miles Davis, who scored Louis Malle's film Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud in much the same way.