Armageddon Soundtrack CD

Feat.Aerosmith,Journey,Zz Top, Bob Seger,Shawn Colvin & More

Producers include: Matt Serletic, Kevin Shirley, Bill Ham, Jimmy Iovine, Marc Tanner.
Compilation producers: Glen Brunman, John Kalodner, Kathy Nelson.
Engineers include: David Thoener, Kevin Shirley, Obie O'Brien, Gary Tole, Shelly Yakus.
Original theme composed by Trevor Rabin.
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Song Of The Year, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best Song Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television.
Personnel: Steven Tyler (vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Thoener; John Kalodner; Gary Tole ; George Massenburg; Greg Edward; Kevin Shirley; Punch; Slamm Andrews; Bill Drescher; Bob Seger.
Audio Remixer: Kevin Shirley.
Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Cedar Creek Studio, Austin, TX; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Studio 55, Hollywood, CA; Village Recorder, LA, CA.
Editors: William Kaplan; Mark Dobson.
Unknown Contributor Role: Susan Dodes.
Arrangers: Mark Dobson; Matt Serletic.
A would-be blockbuster soundtrack for a would-be blockbuster, Armageddon is a strange album, as far as carefully tailored soundtracks go. Sometime during production, Columbia evidently bet that Aerosmith, whom they recently acquired for millions of dollars, would be a big draw. That was before Nine Lives bombed and the group lost much of their teen following. Nevertheless, the album features no less than four Aerosmith tunes, including the singles "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "What Kind of Love Are You On," both of which are pretty standard latter-day Aerosmith songs that are outclassed not only by "Sweet Emotion," but even their hamfisted cover of "Come Together." Those four songs provide the core of an album that is clearly aimed at a "mature" audience -- well, with new songs from Shawn Colvin, Patty Smyth, Jon Bon Jovi, Trevor Rabin, and Journey (complete with new vocalist Steve Augeri), plus oldies by ZZ Top and Bob Seger, the album was never really intended for a young audience. Of course, stumbling post-grungsters Our Lady Peace and fledgling folk chanteuse Chantal Kreviazuk are added as attractions for younger audiences, but they don't add much to the stodgiest "event movie" soundtrack in memory. And that's really too bad, because if there's one audience that buys into event movies, it's adolescents -- and, for all of its many flaws, Godzilla at least knew that much. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
While many soundtracks rely on flavor-of-the-month artists to increase sales, the musical companion to the astronomical-disaster film Armageddon leans heavily on the contributions of time-tested "classic" rock artists. Aerosmith is the most dominant presence here, as they offer up no less than four tunes, including the grand power-ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" and a slinky cover of "Come Together."
The bearded boys of ZZ Top check in with "La Grange." AOR legends Journey turn up too, trying out new lead singer Steve Augeri, who unsurprisingly sounds rather similar to ex-Journey vocalist Steve Perry. Even Yes is represented, with guitarist Trevor Rabin's instrumental "Theme From Armageddon." Representing the more contemporary end of things are relative newcomers Chantal Kreviazuk and Our Lady Peace.