<P> According to Friedkin, the main reason he chose Wang Chung to compose the soundtrack was because the band "stands out from the rest of contemporary music...What they finally recorded has not only enhanced the film, it has given it a deeper, more powerful dimension". He wanted them to compose the score for his film after listening to the band's previous album, Points on the Curve . He was so taken with the album that he took one of the songs straight off the album, "Wait", and used it as part of the soundtrack . "Wait" plays at the end credits of the film . Every song on the soundtrack, excluding the title song and "Wait", was written and recorded within a two - week period . Only after Wang Chung saw a rough cut of the film did they produce the title song . </P> <P> An original motion picture soundtrack was released on September 30, 1985, by Geffen Records . The album contained eight tracks . The album's title song, "To Live and Die in L.A.", (with a music video also directed by Friedkin), made it on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at #41 in the United States . </P> <P> A DVD was released by MGM Home Entertainment on December 2, 2003 . The DVD contains a new restored wide - screen transfer, an audio commentary featuring director Friedkin where he relates stories about the making of the movie, a half - hour documentary featuring the main characters, a deleted scene showing a distraught Vukovich bothering his soon - to - be ex-wife at her apartment, and the alternate ending Friedkin refused to use, in which the two Secret Service partners survive but are transferred to Alaska while their supervisor Bateman is promoted and takes credit for stopping Masters . On February 2, 2010, the film was released on Blu - ray not containing all of the previous special features that were included on the DVD release . </P> <P> On November 22, 2016 Shout Factory released a Collector's Edition Blu Ray restoring the original DVD's special features and added new ones as well . The complete list of bonus features are: NEW 4K Scan Of The Negative Supervised And Approved By William Friedkin, NEW "Taking A Chance"--An Interview With William Petersen, NEW "Wrong Way": The Stunts Of To Live And Die In L.A.--An Interview With Stunt Coordinator Buddy Joe Hooker, NEW "So In Phase": Scoring To Live And Die In L.A.--An Interview With The Band Wang Chung (Jack Hues And Nick Feldman), NEW "Renaissance Woman In L.A."--An Interview With Actress Debra Feuer, NEW "Doctor For A Day"--An Interview With Actor Dwier Brown, Audio Commentary With Director William Friedkin, Deleted Scene And Alternate Ending, Counterfeit World: The Making Of To Live And Die In L.A., Still Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, and Radio Spot . </P>

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