Released March 1991 | Length 72:34 Release date 1 March 1991 | |
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Recorded August 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 and May 1978 Nominations Brit Award for Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording Similar Legacy: The Absolute, When You're Strange, Essential Rarities, Boot Yer Butt! The Doors Bo, Alive - She Cried |
The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors. It contains The Doors studio recordings, The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" as well as Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. None of Val Kilmer's performances of the Doors songs that are featured in the movie are included in the soundtrack.
Contents
Cover
The cover for the album is of Jim Morrison's character portrayed by Val Kilmer. It is a photo of Kilmer looking straight in the camera's lens. His face is in black and white and his hair has the color of burning flames, it is the same effect created on the movie's posters and advertising material.
The French release of the soundtrack features Jim Morrison walking in a hallway towards the viewer, he's also portrayed by Kilmer, and the photograph was also part of the advertising material especially in France.
Track listing
All songs are performed by The Doors and written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted.
- "The Movie" (Jim Morrison) – 1:06
- "Riders on the Storm" – 7:01
- "Love Street" (Morrison) – 2:48
- "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Morrison) – 2:26
- "The End" – 11:42
- "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) – 7:06
- "Ghost Song" (edit) (Morrison) – 2:55
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Live) (Morrison) – 5:20
- "Heroin" (Lou Reed) performed by The Velvet Underground and Nico – 7:08
- "Carmina Burana: Introduction" (Carl Orff) performed by The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – 2:32
- "Stoned Immaculate" (Morrison) – 1:34
- "When the Music's Over" – 10:56
- "The Severed Garden (Adagio)" (music by Giazotto/Albinoni) – 2:11
- "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) – 7:49
Personnel
The Doors:
Note: Played on all tracks except tracks 9-10
The Velvet Underground:
Note: The personnel for track 10
Songs
1The Movie1:06
2Riders on the Storm7:01
3Love Street2:51