| Tango01 | 18 Oct 2016 10:54 p.m. PST |
Watch The Videos… "20 amazing soundtracks from war movies! And because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it's not any top 20, the order is completely random, though every soundtrack in this article is worthy of hearing again. Perhaps it will bring back memories about some movies, that you really liked and want to watch again. Can you imagine a movie without great music? Sometimes it's as important as the main actors or a storyline. For example, the famous composer Hans Zimmer music helped many movies to scale new heights and created the unique atmospheres that added to the drama…" Here…
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| Huscarle | 19 Oct 2016 4:32 a.m. PST |
Hmm, I doubt if any of these would rate in my top 20 War Movie soundtracks. I notice that these films are nearly all fairly recent (the oldest released in 1990). |
robert piepenbrink  | 19 Oct 2016 4:59 a.m. PST |
I'm with Huscarle. Goldsmith? Tiomkin? Steiner? Rozsa? The Bridge over the River Kwai? A Bridge too Far? A list which misses Goldsmith's PATTON theme pretty much disqualifies itself. Actually,for music--not otherwise--you'd want another "bridge" movie--Bridge at Remagen. A pity when the music is better than the script, but it happens. |
| Random Die Roll | 19 Oct 2016 5:09 a.m. PST |
Well….good work by good composers would be more like it The true test for me is if you know when the same score appears in other works from movie to tv---or if you find yourself humming or whistling the tune Platoon---Adagio for Strings
The Great Escape---I have no idea what that "whistle" song is titled |
| Hlaven | 19 Oct 2016 5:49 a.m. PST |
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| jedburgh | 19 Oct 2016 6:30 a.m. PST |
Huscarle is right – no Lawrence of Arabia by Jarre nothing by Morricone(I would class the Good the Bad and the Ugly as a war film)A part from Gladiator I doubt if any of those would pass the whistle test- not the Old Grey One by the way. |
| Patrick Sexton | 19 Oct 2016 8:50 a.m. PST |
Blackhawk Down would be another good one on this list but most of the 20 are pretty lackluster. |
| Ragbones | 19 Oct 2016 10:19 a.m. PST |
Everyone's would be different but I'm with Robert about the absence of Jerry Goldsmith's score for Patton. Some others: Spartacus; The Wind and the Lion; Battle of the Bulge (regardless of the film's merits); Zulu; Korngold's Robin Hood, Sea Hawk and Captain Blood; Goldsmith's Tora, Tora, Tora; The Guns of Navaronne; Gladiator; Kingdom of Heaven; Zulu; Zulu Dawn; and many others. |
| 15th Hussar | 19 Oct 2016 12:07 p.m. PST |
…and just about anything from Max Steiner too! |
| willlucv | 19 Oct 2016 2:03 p.m. PST |
My favourite is Where Eagles Dare. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 19 Oct 2016 5:34 p.m. PST |
Another great Jerry Goldsmith score: The Blue Max. Since the flight scenes were without dialog, he was able to write extended pieces,including a long passacaglia. Also,Franz Waxman's score for Objective Burma: link To be (sort of) fair, the list concentrates on themes,or songs,rather than entire soundtracks,which makes the title a little misleading. Still doesn't explain the lack of "Colonel Bogey". But yes,the writer seems to have been born yesterday. |
| Sargonarhes | 19 Oct 2016 6:45 p.m. PST |
Music is a subjective thing, we all pick from different music to sooth our soul or inspire us.
Frankly I can't see why some of these are even on this list. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 20 Oct 2016 2:27 a.m. PST |
All time #1? Has to be the final scene from "The Battle of Britain" when Dowding (Sir Laurence Olivier) walks out of his office and surveys the English countryside, sans Luftwaffe. YouTube link |
| Nick Pasha | 26 Oct 2016 8:19 a.m. PST |
add the wind and the lion. |
