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Listening room / Twelve credited songs

The
soundtrack

The film has twelve cataloged song credits, spanning early-1990s rock, pop, R&B, and older blues material. The archive has found no evidence of a commercially released Airborne soundtrack album.

Commercial album

The film has twelve cataloged song credits, but the archive has found no evidence of a commercially released Airborne soundtrack album. FilmMusic.com likewise lists no soundtrack album for the title; this is a documented search conclusion, not proof against an unknown promotional or territory-specific issue.

Cue-sheet boundary

AFI’s end-credit transcription identifies songs, writers, performers, and licensing companies. No surviving authoritative cue sheet located in this pass assigns all twelve recordings scene by scene, so unsourced fan placements are omitted.

Home-video editions

The known VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, and digital records do not document music substitutions. Without a release-to-release audio comparison or rights documentation, the archive does not claim that every edition is identical.

Song / artistWriters and release contextFilm credit
Verified

01 California Girls

Michael Rubini

Written by: Brian Wilson

A film-credited performance; no separate Rubini album or single source was located.

No courtesy label is named in the AFI credit.

The credit establishes the song and performer, not a commercial Airborne album or scene placement.

Verified

02 What God Wants, Part 1

Roger Waters

Written by: Roger Waters

Released in 1992 on Waters’s album Amused to Death and as a Columbia single before Airborne.

Columbia Records / Sony Music Licensing

AFI identifies the licensed recording. The movie’s precise use is not assigned without a cue sheet.

Verified

03 Guitar Hero

Mark Moulin, Kirk Moulin and Ric Craig

Written by: Mark Moulin

The surviving authoritative record is the film credit; a prior commercial release was not confirmed.

No courtesy label is named in the AFI credit.

Collector discussions are treated as leads, not release evidence.

Verified

04 My Love Is Good Enough

Jeremy Jordan

Written by: Robbie Nevil and Steve Dubin

Included on Jordan’s 1993 Giant Records album Try My Love; issued as a single in 1994.

Giant Records / Warner Special Products

This is a licensed pre-existing album recording, not evidence of an Airborne soundtrack album.

Verified

05 Stranger Blues

Steve Miller Band

Written by: Morris Levy, Elmore James and Clarence Lewis

AFI confirms the recording; a reliable album relationship for the exact licensed master was not established.

Sailor Records / PolyGram Special Markets

The performer and licensing credit are firm; scene and master-version details are not assigned.

Verified

06 Afterburner

Marc Bonilla

Written by: Marc Bonilla

Released on Bonilla’s 1991 Reprise album EE Ticket, predating the film.

Reprise Records / Warner Special Products

AFI’s courtesy credit connects the licensed recording to the film.

Verified

07 Never Miss Your Water

Diesel

Written by: Johnny Diesel and Danny Tate

Released in 1992 in the Hepfidelity era; the song also appears on later configurations associated with that album.

Giant Records, Warner Special Products and EMI Records Group/Australia

The film credit verifies the recording; territory-specific release history is kept separate.

Verified

08 I’m Too Sexy

Right Said Fred

Written by: Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass and Rob Manzoli

A 1991 single and track from Up; it predates Airborne.

Charisma Records

AFI credits the familiar Right Said Fred recording but does not supply scene placement.

Verified

09 Busy Bee

Ugly Kid Joe

Written by: Whitfield Crane, Cordell Crockett, Klaus Eichstadt, Dave Fortman and Mark Davis

Released on the band’s 1992 album America’s Least Wanted before the film.

Stardog Records and Mercury Records / PolyGram Special Markets

The album context is documented independently; Airborne album status remains separate.

Verified

10 Try My Love

Jeremy Jordan

Written by: Nick Mundy

Title track and 1993 single from Jordan’s Giant Records album Try My Love.

Giant Records / Warner Special Products

The song was commercially available in 1993 outside the film.

Verified

11 Tip Of My Tongue

Diesel

Written by: Johnny Diesel and Danny Tate

A 1992 single from Diesel’s album Hepfidelity, released before Airborne.

Giant Records, Warner Special Products and EMI Records Group/Australia

The recording’s independent album history is documented; exact film placement is not.

Verified

12 Mine

BulletBoys

Written by: Jimmy D’Anda, Mick Sweda, Marq Torien and Lonnie Vencent

Released on the 1993 Warner Bros. album Za-Za.

Warner Bros. Records / Warner Special Products

The album and film appeared in the same year; the credit does not establish a separate soundtrack issue.

Evidence record

Sources & research

A archival / primary · B established reference · C specialist research · D fan lead

  1. AFI Catalog: Airborne ↗Grade A · American Film Institute · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Archival catalog record based in part on production notes and screen credits; used for cast, production, music, skating, locations, and release details.

  2. Airborne (1993) ↗Grade B · FilmMusic.com · Accessed 2026-09-11

    The specialist catalog lists Stewart Copeland as composer and reports no soundtrack album in its database. This supports a conservative 'not confirmed' conclusion, not proof that no release ever existed.

  3. Amused to Death — release record ↗Grade B · MusicBrainz · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Catalog record used for the 1992 Columbia album context.

  4. Try My Love — Jeremy Jordan ↗Grade B · AllMusic · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Album record used to corroborate the two Jeremy Jordan tracks and Giant Records context.

  5. Hepfidelity — Diesel ↗Grade A · Apple Music · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Label storefront record used to corroborate the Diesel album and track context.

  6. EE Ticket — disc record ↗Grade B · MusicBrainz · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Catalog record used for Marc Bonilla’s 1991 album context.

  7. I’m Too Sexy — single record ↗Grade B · MusicBrainz · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Catalog record used for the 1991 single context.

  8. America’s Least Wanted — release group ↗Grade B · MusicBrainz · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Catalog record used for the 1992 album context.

  9. Za-Za — release record ↗Grade B · MusicBrainz · Accessed 2026-09-11

    Catalog record used for the 1993 Warner Bros. album context.