Moby - New Dawn Fades (Instrumental) [Heat 1995 Soundtrack]

Heat is a 1995 American crime film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann, and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer. De Niro plays Neil McCauley, a professional thief, while Pacino plays Lt. Vincent Hanna, a LAPD robbery-homicide detective tracking down McCauley's crew. The story is based on the former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson's pursuit during the 1960s of a criminal named McCauley, after whom De Niro's character is named. Heat is a remake by Mann of a TV series he had worked on, the pilot of which was released as a TV movie, L.A. Takedown in 1989.
Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna
Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley
Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis
Jon Voight as Nate
Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto
Diane Venora as Justine Hanna
Amy Brenneman as Eady
Ashley Judd as Charlene Shiherlis
Mykelti Williamson as Drucker
Wes Studi as Detective Sammy Casals
Ted Levine as Detective Mike Bosko
Dennis Haysbert as Donald Breedan
William Fichtner as Roger Van Zant
Natalie Portman as Lauren Gustafson
Tom Noonan as Kelso
Kevin Gage as Waingro
Hank Azaria as Alan Marciano
Danny Trejo as Trejo
Henry Rollins as Hugh Benny
Jerry Trimble as Danny Schwartz
Ricky Harris as Albert Torena
Tone Lōc as Richard Torena
Jeremy Piven as Dr. Bob
Xander Berkeley as Ralph
Soundtrack album
1. Heat - Elliot Goldenthal Kronos Quartet
2. Always Forever Now (from Original Soundtracks 1, 1995) U2; Brian Eno Passengers
3. Condensers Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
4. Refinery Surveillance Elliot Goldenthal Kronos Quartet
5. Last Nite (from Blue, 1987) Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal & The Chasers
6. Ultramarine (from Cobalt Blue, 1992) Michael Brook Michael Brook
7. Armenia (from Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T., 1983) Blixa Bargeld; F.M. Einheit Einstürzende Neubauten
8. Of Helplessness Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
9. Steel Cello Lament Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
10. Mystery Man (from The Singles Collection, 1989) Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal & The Chasers
11. New Dawn Fades (from I Like to Score, 1997) Ian Curtis; Peter Hook; Stephen Morris; Bernard Sumner Moby
12. Entrada & Shootout Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
13. Force Marker Brian Eno Brian Eno
14. Coffee Shop Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
15. Fate Scrapes Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
16. La Bas: Song of the Drowned [Edited Version] (from The Mirror Pool, 1995) Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard
17. Gloradin (from The Mirror Pool, 1995) Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard
18. Run Uphill Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
19. Predator Diorama Elliot Goldenthal Kronos Quartet
20. Of Separation Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal
21. God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (from Everything Is Wrong, 1995) Richard Hall Moby
De Niro was the first cast member to get the film script, showing it to Pacino who also wanted to be a part of the film. De Niro believed Heat was a "very good story, had a particular feel to it, a reality and authenticity." Xander Berkeley had played Waingro in L.A. Takedown, an earlier rendition of Mann's script for Heat. He was cast in a minor role in Heat. In 2016, Pacino revealed that his character was under the influence of cocaine throughout the whole film.

In order to prepare the actors for the roles of McCauley's crew, Mann took Kilmer, Sizemore and De Niro to Folsom State Prison to interview actual career criminals. While researching her role, Ashley Judd met several former prostitutes who became housewives.
Heat is based on the true story of a real Neil McCauley, a calculating criminal and ex-Alcatraz inmate who was tracked down by Detective Chuck Adamson in 1964. Neil McCauley was raised in Wisconsin where his father worked as steam fitter to provide his family with a middle-class life. The normalcy of Neil's youth faded following the adoption of another child and his father's death in 1928. At 14, he quit school to find work to support his mother and five siblings. The McCauleys soon relocated to Chicago. In Chicago, McCauley began his criminal career after his mother began drinking heavily. By the time he was 20, he had already done three stints in county jail for larceny.
In 1961, McCauley was transferred from Alcatraz to McNeil, as mentioned in the film, and he was released in 1962. Upon his release, he immediately began planning new heists. With ex-cons Michael Parille and William Pinkerton they used bolt cutters and drills to burglarize a manufacturing company of diamond drill bits, a scene which is closely recreated in the film. Detective Chuck Adamson, upon whom Al Pacino's character is largely based, began keeping tabs on McCauley’s crew around this time, knowing that he had become active again. The two even met for coffee once, just as portrayed in the film.
Full movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray

[r.b.ratieta]

The song you play when you're on the freeway at night...and you just want to feel a little extra badass.

[archiveselection]

After 25 years. The instrumental version. Finally!

[gregbeattie]

Best movie ever, still in 2025 its right up there, class actors in their prime

[JUANRODRIGUEZ-xyrr]

Guy told me one time, don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.

[powercam]

the red-light of the cars...the wheels, the night, the highway, the adrenaline, the song...

[oleghrozman]

Just watched this movie.. this is true MASTERPIECE!

[johnmooney]

One of the greatest films ever made. Sheer brilliance in filmmaking.

[szymonmisiek]

I am alone but I'm not lonely...

[davidduvall]

I remember the first time seeing this movie!I was in Marine Corp and we where in Okinawa Japan and me and a few fellow Marines went to see it and when it got to the big bank shootout we went

[davidroberts]

We are all here for this movie's music, played behind the plot and context of the movie itself. I just watched the scene where Neil talks to Edy on his balcony, with the lights of LA as a backdrop, the music subdued, subtle, heart breaking, playing against the pain of every character in that movie. Hats off to Michael Mann for this masterpiece.

[Nejina]

that riff after 2 minutes is fucking sick, gives me goosebumbs all over man

[schnutzschmoo]

Still my favorite film of all time. I never see anything else even coming close to this one.

[Tsobanian]

Guys many flicks of the '90s are just on another level - it's not only Heat. Lemme name just some from the top of my mind: Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Se7en, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Devil's Advocate, Saving Private Ryan, Titanic, True Lies, Last Action Hero, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Insider, The Matrix, Speed, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, and the list goes on and on...
But you gotta love director Micheal Mann's '90s output/harvest: the Last of the Mohicans, Heat and The Insider.

[jamesk]

I've been looking for this instrumental for 20 years

[jisa]

Driving super fast in the freeway of LA... Wow this music brings memories of those scenes... The best movie ever!

[TFFgeek]

The way he resolves the melody is just so satisfying. It keeps your attention up and makes you wait for that short moment of release, setting it back up for the next repeat.

[nickerokhin]

I've just watched this movie. This is a masterpiece!

[tappusmax]

Movie is great, music is great. Unforgettable movie for me. Always will be at top 10 favorite.

[OVI-Wan-Kenobi-]

Am I a hundred yards or what? Am I close or far or what?

[Snakeeyes]

What a track and what an amazing movie, the crown jewel of 90s action.