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The war movie thread inspired me to post this.

My favorites are:

1. Ace High March (Battle of Britain.)
2. Colonel Bogey March (Bridge Over the River Quay.(sp?))
3. Green Leaves of Summer (The Alamo)
4. Opening Theme (A Bridge Too Far.)
5. The Longest Day (The Longest Day.)
6. Opening Theme (The Great Escape.)

Eric Maietta

I've no idea why my post was replaced by one about snipers in v6.1.

In any case, to reiterate, this post was inspired by the 'Favorite War Movie' thread. My favorites are:

1. Ace High March (Battle of Britain)
2. Colonel Bogey March (Bridge Over the River Quay.)
3. Green Leaves of Summer (The Alamo.)
4. Opening Theme (The Great Escape.)
5. Opening Theme (The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!)
6. Opening Theme (Force Ten from Navarone.)
7. The Longest Day (The Longest Day.)
8. Opening Theme (Das Boot.)

Eric Maietta

By and large I've been very disappointed in music for war movies and the only ones that stick in my memory right now are 1) Zulu and 2) The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Only a few come to mind at the moment, but my faves include: Gettysburg Main Theme, Das Boot Main Theme, "Albinoni Adagio" (from Gallipoli), Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" (from Platoon), and the soundtrack from Col. Shaw's last walk on the beach from Glory (anyone know what that's called?).

"Victory At Sea", Richard Rodgers, orchestration by Bennett - hands down the best "war" music, though admittedly not a war movie as such, rather a TV series.

Next in line, "Battle of Britain", William Walton, available on an EMI disk along with some of Walton's other movie music.

Classic of all time: Prokofiev's music for "Alexander Neveskiy", though not a "war movie" as such, it certainly IS about war. A brilliant achievement, the Battle on the Ice has been copied by many film composers who folowed Prokofiev, after all emulation is the greatest compliment of all in art. Incluidng the fellow who did the music for BattleZone.

Morton Gould for his excellent score for the CBS doc series "World War I", released in 1964 and largely ignored since then.

Bing

I agree with Drex, "Zulu" has great music, especially when the Zulus appear on the hill.
The music from "Gettysburg" is pretty decent I feel.

Don&#8217;t much know about War Movie Music, but my favorite War Song is &#8220;Gallo Rojo&#8221; (guess where does my nick name comes from? <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> ) a Republican&#8217;s song from Spanish Civil War

Originally posted by AbsntMndedProf:
The war movie thread inspired me to post this.

My favorites are:

1. Ace High March (Battle of Britain.)
2. Colonel Bogey March (Bridge Over the River Quay.(sp?))
3. Green Leaves of Summer (The Alamo)
4. Opening Theme (A Bridge Too Far.)
5. The Longest Day (The Longest Day.)
6. Opening Theme (The Great Escape.)

Eric Maietta

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"Swing March" from What Did you Do In The War, Daddy?

"Burning Bridges" from Kelly's Heroes

"Panzerleid" from Battle of the Bulge.

"Guns of Navarone Title Theme" from Guns of Navarone

Hi.
The music from "Bravehearth" and specially one song from "The iron cross", that wich sounds like a children's song. Steiner forever. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

1)Patton theme...2Gettysburg....3Platoon..... <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

and "oh gawd,how can i forget?"...Twelve o'clock High theme.......(the tv series theme was as good,just different.....) <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Originally posted by Gallo Rojo:
Don&#8217;t much know about War Movie Music, but my favorite War Song is &#8220;Gallo Rojo&#8221; (guess where does my nick name comes from? <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> ) a Republican&#8217;s song from Spanish Civil War

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A friend of mine mentions two Republican Civil war songs, The Republican version of "Oriamendi" a Carlist marching song, and a parody of the Fascist anthem called "Cules al sol" Know where I can find the words?

Dankie,

troopie

Bing brought up some good examples which imply a classical music background. How about Walton's treatment of the Agincourt theme in his music for Henry V, admittedly the oldest battle song I know. Then how about Holst's Mars music? If this isn't war music then I don't know what is.

My favorite movie theme songs/sound tracks are;
1)Theme from Patton
2)Panzerleid, from The Battle of the Bulge
3)Theme song from The Longest Day
4)Ballad of the Green Berets from the Green
Berets
5)Theme from The Great Escape

Not in ay particular order.

The Blue Max
Das Boot
The Great Escape
633 Squadron
Von Ryan's Express
What Did You do in the War, Daddy?

Originally posted by Drex:
Bing brought up some good examples which imply a classical music background. How about Walton's treatment of the Agincourt theme in his music for Henry V, admittedly the oldest battle song I know. Then how about Holst's Mars music? If this isn't war music then I don't know what is.

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The Holst is a good example, though I'm not sure if it has actually been used in a war movie. Henry V isn't really a war movie either, though it is one heck of a fine movie, with some great battle scenes, and I think I like Walton's music for this one the best of all, come to think of it.

I'm sure the influence of Holst can be heard in movie scores - once a work gains prominence the references to it are inevitable. Also, you know, we haven't brought up military band music, another entire genre onto itself.

Bing

Bing posted:
Then how about Holst's Mars music? If this isn't war music then I don't know what is.

Interestingly enough, Holst finished Mars; Bringer of War, and it was first performed in the same year that the First World War broke out, 1914.

Eric Maietta

"Preußens Gloria"(prussia's glory) is very nice.
It should be played in every authentic movie where
Wehrmacht is marching at parade.

kmd_dragov
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Ride of the Valkryies in Apocolypes Now

How could anyone forget the music of Apocalypse Now <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> (Valkyris Ride of Wagner) (and the fifth symphony of Beethoven)

That is music that fits the movie <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

"Dulce bellum inexpertis "[War is delightful to those who have no experience of it]

Erasmus