Judgment Night is an action film directed by Stephen Hopkins released in October 15, 1993. Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven and Stephen Dorff star as a group of friends on the run from a gang of drug dealers (led by Denis Leary) after they witness a murder. The movie debuted at No. 5. The film grossed a total of $12,136,938 at the US box office.
Judgment Night is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was released on September 14, 1993, through Immortal Records and Epic Soundtrax and was produced by many of the album’s performers. Every song on the soundtrack was a collaboration between hip-hop artists and rock artists. The album peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four singles, “Fallin’” by Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul, “Another Body Murdered” by Faith No More and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., “Just Another Victim” by Helmet and House of Pain, and “Judgment Night” by Biohazard and Onyx.
According to DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, Faith No More, Helmet and Sonic Youth were the first bands to show interest in the project. He recalled:
“Sonic Youth, Helmet, their managers were super supportive. Helmet were super into it. Faith No More was really into it. Those three, I think, were the first ones to come onboard, which were all credible and cool at the time. Which really helped with others.”
A collaboration between Tool and Rage Against the Machine on the song “Can’t Kill the Revolution” was attempted for the album, but neither band was happy with the results. The song has never been officially released, but has spread through fan bootleg networks.
Tracklist:
- Just Another Victim (Helmet and House of Pain)
- Fallin’ (Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul)
- Me, Myself & My Microphone (Living Colour and Run-DMC)
- Judgment Night (Biohazard and Onyx)
- Disorder (Medley of 3 Exploited songs: “War”, “UK ’82”, and “Disorder”) (Slayer and Ice-T)
- Another Body Murdered (Faith No More and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
- I Love You Mary Jane (Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill)
- Freak Momma (Mudhoney and Sir Mix-A-Lot)
- Missing Link (Dinosaur Jr. and Del the Funky Homosapien)
- Come and Die (Therapy? and Fatal)
- Real Thing (Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill)
