Thursday, October 31, 2013
John Williams' Complete Soundtrack to Saving Private Ryan
Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Listen to it, download it, and cherish it, while you can, before the copyright cops catch up with us.
This is one of the four or so best original scores I’ve ever heard out of Williams, along with The Cowboys, Jaws, and The Reivers. The Greatest War Movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia (tied for first)
The Big Parade
All Quiet on the Western Front
Saving Private Ryan
Mr. Roberts
Battleground
300
Spartacus
Paths of Glory
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Red Badge of Courage
The Great Escape
Ran
The Alamo (1960)
We Were Soldiers
Gallipoli
The Road to Glory (1936)
Attack (1956)
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Attack and Retreat (1964)
I only included movies where the war is the central dramatic aspect, not those, like The Deer Hunter or From Here to Eternity, where only a small part of the picture takes place during a war. I didn’t consider The Big Red One, because I have yet to see it, or the 1970’s Russian epic, War and Peace, because I did see it and was very impressed, but it was 40 years ago, and I would need to see it again.
Thanks to SoundtrackUniverses for the upload and the table of contents.
Published on Oct 25, 2012 Track list:
1. Hymn to The Fallen
2. Revisiting Normandy
3. Omaha Beach
4. Finding Private Ryan
5. Approaching the Enemy
6. Defense Preparations
7. Wade's Death
8. High School Teacher
9. The Last Battle
10. Hymn to the Fallen (Reprise)
