Editing Airplane! (section)

===Music===
The film's score was composed and conducted by [[Elmer Bernstein]], who had provided soundtracks for classic films like ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'', ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', and ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', and performed by the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]]. ZAZ told Bernstein they did not want an epic score like his past works but "a B-Movie level score, overdone and corny".<ref name="telegraph 40th"/> According to ZAZ, Bernstein completely understood what they were trying to do, had laughed throughout a previous cut of the film, and wrote a "fantastic score".<ref name="avclub oral"/>

In 1980, an LP soundtrack for the film was released by Regency Records which includes dialog and songs from the film. Narrated by [[Shadoe Stevens]], it features only one score track, the "Love Theme from ''Airplane!''" composed by Bernstein. The soundtrack was altered for the European ''Flying High'' release, with several featured tracks swapped for pieces original to the LP.

In April 2009, La-La Land Records announced it would release the first official soundtrack album for ''Airplane!'', containing Bernstein's complete score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalalandrecords.com/SpecialAnnouncement.html |title=La-La Land Records Announces a Special Mayday Alert! |website=Lalalandrecords.com |access-date=August 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819155257/http://www.lalalandrecords.com/SpecialAnnouncement.html |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The soundtrack was released digitally on February 19, 2013, by [[Paramount Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Airplane! (Music from the Motion Picture)|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/airplane!-music-from-motion/id598420923|publisher=iTunes Music Store|access-date=March 15, 2013|archive-date=July 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726212838/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/airplane!-music-from-motion/id598420923|url-status=dead}}</ref>