''Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to

Brett Ratner Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour (film series), ''Rush Hour'' film series, ''The Family Man'', ''Red Dragon (2002 film), Red Dragon'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Tower Heist ...

's 1998

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Rush Hour A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English, Indian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice e ...

''. It was released on September 15, 1998, through

Rush Associated Labels Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop music, hip hop, contemporary R&B, Soul m ...

and consisted of hip hop and R&B music. The soundtrack was a huge success, peaking at 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 2 on the

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, and spawned the number 1 single " How Deep Is Your Love". The soundtrack was certified Gold by the

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on October 15, 1998, and platinum on January 21, 1999.

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''Rush Hour (Original Film Score)''

''Rush Hour (Original Film Score)'' is the original

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album of

's 1998

'' composed and conducted by

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

. It was released on October 13, 1998, through Aleph Records. Recording sessions took place at Newman Scoring Stage at

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Studios in

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. Production was handled by Schifrin and Ratner with Donna Schifrin serving as executive producer. The album was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television at the

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