Elliot Goldenthal's score for the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score.

Michael Collins
Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal
Released	October 1st, 1996
Genre	Irish, classical, Avant-garde
Length	43:30
Label	Atlantic 82960
Producer	Matthias Gohl
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Heat (1995) Michael Collins (1996) A Time to Kill (1996)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]
Musicfromthemovies	[3]

Sinéad O'Connor and Irish tenor Frank Patterson both contributed to the soundtrack.

Track listing

1. "Easter Rebellion" (3:15) - Perf. by Sinéad O'Connor
2. "Fire and Arms" (1:40)
3. "Train Station Farewell" (1:55)
4. "Winter Raid" (2:37)
5. "Elegy for a Sunday" (3:07)
6. "Football Match" (1:49)
7. "On Cats Feet" (4:27)
8. "Defiance and Arrest" (1:49)
9. "Train to Granard" (1:30)
10. "Boland Returns (Kitty's Waltz)" (1:18)
11. "His Majesty's Finest" (2:11)
12. "Boland's Death" (1:38)
13. "Home to Cork" (1:19)
14. "Civil War" (2:10) - Perf. by Sinéad O'Connor
15. "Collins' Proposal" (1:25)
16. "An Anthem Deferred" (1:44)
17. "She Moved Through the Fair" (4:55) - Perf. by Sinéad O'Connor
18. "Funeral/Coda" (4:32)
19. "Macushla" (3'29) - Perf. by Frank Patterson

Crew/Credit

• Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal (except 1,14,17 & 19)
• Music Produced by Matthias Gohl
• Orchestrated by Robert Elhai and Elliot Goldenthal
• Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer
• Recorded and Mixed by Joel Iwataki and Steve McLaughlin
• Electronic Music Produced by Richard Martinez
• Choir Conducted by Rick Cordova

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