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Soundtracks

Singin' in the Rain

Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Never appears overtly, but elements of it are woven into the score so heavily that it had to be licensed for the movie.

Ode To Joy from Symphony No. 9 in D- Choral, Op. 125

Ludwig van Beethoven

Plays as the vault opens after the FBI orders the power cut to the building and later over the credits.

Christmas In Hollis

Run DMC - A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1

Song plays in the limo as it approaches Nakatomi Plaza.

Skeletons

Stevie Wonder - At the Close of a Century

Argyle in the garage,car partying waiting for John's call

Christmas In Hollis

Run-DMC - The Essential Run-DMC

Song as John McClane gets out of the cab.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Vaughn Monroe - Best of Vaughn Monroe

This is the actual song, not the version from the movie. The movie version is shorter, lacks female accompaniment, and just sounds better

Jingle Bells

CAST PERFORMANCE featuring Bruce Willis

McClane (Bruce Willis) whistles a LIVE VERSION of this

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

CAST PERFORMANCE featuring Reginald VelJohnson

Sgt Powell (Reginald VelJohnson) hums a LIVE VERSION of this

Skeletons

Stevie Wonder & Andra Day

Argyle in the garage,car partying waiting for John's call

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (Allegro Moderato)

Johann Sebastian Bach

When John steps off the elevator at Nakatomi Plaza at the beginning.

We've Got Each Other (from Man On Fire - 1987)

John Scott

Originally a ‘temp track’, the studio decided to leave it in. The poignant music heard when McClane and Powell see each other for the first time, is from John Scott’s original score for "Man On Fire."

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