Horner - Glory Original Soundtrack

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077778615026 Format: Soundtrack Label: Virgin Manufacturer: Virgin Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Release Date: 1992-06-29 Studio: Virgin
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Editorial Reviews: Glory was the first of an informal trilogy scored by James Horner for director Edward Zwick, (the others being Legends of the Fall and Courage Under Fire) powerfully exploring themes of loyalty, honour and duty. The film tells the story of the 54th Massachussetts, the first black regiment in the American Civil War, and of their tragic destiny in the battle of Fort Wagner. A breakthrough work for Horner, he was rewarded with a Grammy Award for Best Motion Picture Score of 1989, confirming the aptness of his decision to "score the underlying feeling of the film" with the emotive sound of the Harlem Boys' Choir. The superb main theme is heroic, noble, elegiac, Horner finding a resonance with Prokofiev's Ivan the Terrible, while in the surging choir there is a suggestion of Orff's Carmina Burana. Exceptional though Horner's action music is, it is the soaring, lamenting, resignedly beautiful choral writing which makes this one of his finest works. The final selections are almost unbearably moving, and the whole must be considered a defining score of the 1980s. --Gary S. Dalkin
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A SLICE OF PERFECTION & BEAUTY! Comment: When people are moved by a film, the music that accompanies that film plays an significant part. Glory is filled with great movements from start to finish. If you're an admirer of films with a human element, this is for you. It addresses fear, honour and brotherhood; to faith and rallying the troups into battle, this score has the lot. I cannot recommend this movie score enough. James Horner has produced some wonderful scores down the years, but I don't think he's ever eclipsed his GLORY soundtrack. HARD TO STARBOARD AND ROSE in his Titanic score are excellent, so to his ALIENS album. GLORY however is glorious, in every sense of the word. My all time favourite MUSIC MOMENT in film is during AMADEUS - when Salieri is rifling through Mozart's portfolio, desperately seeking a correction mark. The music shifts from piece to piece, ending with Salieri dropping the works in total disbelief to Mozart’s Mass in C Minor (KYRIE K427). PLEASE SEE IF YOU AGREE - BUT PLAY IT LOUD!!!!!! Customer Rating: Summary: This soundtrack is a great pice of music in it's own right Comment: This is the first review I have ever written, for anything. However when something strikes a chord with me, as much as this soundtrack, I am compelled to tell others. I first saw the film glory many years ago on terrestrial T.V. and since then the film has stuck with me, and when I purchased the video many moons ago, I vowed to get hold of the soundtrack. The music itself evokes many memories of the film, from the individual pieces of music associated with particular moments. I hate to say it, but while listening to the CD I almost want to grab a rifle and go charge Fort Wagner with them, I guess that's what a great soundtrack can do - make you actualy belive you are somwhere else, actually immersed in the film. This soundtrack does that. If you like clasical music, or even just the theme to starwars, get this soundtrack; and enjoy More Reviews