Apollo 13 Soundtrack CD

Personnel: Annie Lennox (vocals), Tim Morrison (trumpet).
Producers: Nick Lowe (track 13).
Original score written and produced by James Horner.
Producers include: Nick Lowe.
Original score written by James Horner.
The 24-karat edition of the soundtrack to APOLLO 13 is mixed in Dolby Surround Sound.
The soundtrack to director Ron Howard's 1995 blockbuster Apollo 13 effectively blends dialogue, actual audio clips from newscasts, classic songs, and portions of conductor James Horner's original score, creating a worthy aural companion. Included are songs from the period of the titular spacecraft's peril-fraught mission, such as the Young Rascals' "Groovin'," Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," the Who's "I Can See for Miles," and a classy version of the oft-covered "Blue Moon" by the Mavericks (produced by Nick Lowe). The orchestrated score manages to capture the drama of the events in a manner that ranges from quietly stirring to sweepingly epic, with Eurythmic Annie Lennox adding her distinctive, ethereal vocal accompaniment to several of the cuts. ~ Tom Demalon
The soundtrack to Ron Howard's blockbuster space epic Apollo 13 basically consists of a handful of pop songs from the early '70s that are mainly used to place the film in the appropriate time frame. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine