Blade (1998) is the first installment in the Blade film series, starring Wesley Snipes in his signature role as the iconic vampire hunter. The film kicked off not only the Blade franchise but Marvel’s incredible run translating their iconic stories to the big screen.
Adapting the comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in 1973, Blade was written by David S. Goyer and stylishly directed by Stephen Norrington. Snipes plays a dhampir, a human with vampire abilities, who fights evil vampires led by Stephen Dorff, with Kris Kristofferson starring as Whistler, Blade’s mentor.
Mark Isham was asked to score Blade with a combination of influences from hip-hop (Snipes’ preference) to English electronica (favored by the director). A jazz trumpeter who excelled in film due to his uncanny sense of cinematic mood, Isham blended those genres with synthesizers, orchestra and choir into what is, by comic book film standards, an unusually subtle yet powerful and dramatic score.

Varèse Sarabande released the original Blade soundtrack in 1998 as a 7-track, 33-minute album. This Deluxe Edition vastly expands the sequence into a 45-track, 72-minute program, with new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger.

Tracklist:

Born of Blood (Then)
Headed for Trouble
Blood Club Voices
Party Crasher
Quinn Stapled and Torched
Quinn Chows Down
Daywalker
House of Lords
Karen Awakens
Injection
There's a War Going on Out There
Slap
Glyphs
Somebody's Gonna Take You Out
You've Gotta Learn to Pull the Trigger
Stakeout
High Tech Lair
Translation Completed
Pearl Fries
Book of Erebus
Blade Captured
Whistler's a Mother
Subway
History
Sunblock
Last Dawn
Pain in the Neck
Man in the Street
Top of the Food Chain
Beating
Death of Whistler
Hurricane's Coming
Intruder
One Big Happy Family
Temple of Light
Curtis Isn't Himself Today
Blood Relations
Bleeding Stone
Ritual Continues
Thirst Always Wins
Wraiths Emerge
Defrosted
Quinn Loses His Head
Blood God
It's Not Over

UPC: 888072590038
Label: Varese Sarabande
Release Date: 11.7.25
Format: CD

Mark Isham - Blade (Original Soundtrack) (CD)