Black Rain (soundtrack): History and Key Facts

Black Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Black Rain directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, and Yūsaku Matsuda. The film score is composed by Hans Zimmer in his first collaboration with Scott. The soundtrack was released as a double disc album on October 3, 1989, by Virgin Movie Music and featured popular songs alongside Zimmer's score suite. Zimmer's complete score was released by La-La Land Records on September 25, 2012, as a double disc album, that also included contents from the original 1989 release. His score was regarded as the blueprint for action film scores influencing several films.

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