American History X [Soundtrack]

Anne Dudley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00000DG1O
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. American History X

2. The Assignment

3. Venice Beach

4. Playing To Win

5. People Look At Me And See My Brother

6. If I Had Testified

7. A Stranger At My Table

8. Putting Up A Flag

9. Raiders

10. Complications

11. Starting To Remind Me Of You

12. The Right Question

13. The Path To Redemption

14. We Are Not Enemies

15. Two Brothers

16. Storm Clouds Gathering

17. Benedictus

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, strong and subtle...., June 15, 1999

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James P. Wong (Torrance, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American History X (Audio CD)

I'm not acquainted with Anne Dudley's previous soundtracks, however after watching this film I had to buy this soundtrack. Listening while remembering the context of the film will definitely have you enjoying this soundtrack, but even if you're not acquainted with the film this is a disc definitely worth checking out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dudley proves her Oscar win was no fluke., November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: American History X (Audio CD)

Anne Dudley, Oscar winner for last years THE FULL MONTY, scales new heights with this elegiac and moving work. Much like the film that inspired it, this is a haunting and ultimately sorrowful examination of the effects of hatred and racism. But while the film is often almost unbearably brutal, the score is more restrained providing a powerful contrast to the images onscreen. Aside from John William's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, this may be the best score of the year. With AMERICAN HISTORY X, Dudley, who is British, follows in the tradition of Dvorak and, more recently, John Barry, foreign composers who, with their NEW WORLD SYMPHONY and score to DANCES WITH WOLVES, respectively, were able to capture a sound and mood that is distinctly American. If Dudley's Oscar win for THE FULL MONTY can be seen as more of a consolation prize for what was a good, but not great, score to a much loved film, then AMERICAN HISTORY X should be seen as her first truly great score in what looks to be a long and exciting career.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best soundtrack Ive heard this year., May 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: American History X (Audio CD)

This was just the best soundtrack Ive heard. It has captured the emotions of the film in a perfect way. (Or is it that the songs made the emotions in the movie?)