Deer Hunter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Stanley Myers (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Stanley Myers
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DR9S
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,012 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cavatina

2. Praise the Name of the Lord (Psalm 134)

3. Troika, folk song

4. Katyusha

5. Struggling Ahead

6. Sarabande

7. Waiting His Turn

8. Eternal memory

9. God Bless America, song

10. Cavatina (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Favorite song not on the soundtrack, December 9, 2005

By 

M. Robertson "Mr Mike" (The Nexus of the Universe) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Deer Hunter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The scene when they're in the bar, just before they leave for vietnam, there's an emotional piano instrumental. Its not on the soundtrack, so if you're looking for it, its by Frederic Chopin, called Nocturne Number 6, Opus 15-3, in g minor.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cavatina Is The Best!, January 31, 2001

By 

JD Indran (Singapore, Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deer Hunter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This album is simply excellent! Undoubtedly already enshrined in the pantheon of the all-time great film soundtracks, Deer Hunter's main theme, the distinguished John William's Cavatina, is magnificently touching, emotional and inescapably heartrending. I wonder why it wasn't awarded the Best score at the 1978 Oscars. The other tunes, the backups, complement Cavatina perfectly, capping off a tremendous album. One flaw though: the album should have included Frankie Valli's signature song, Can'T Take my Eyes Off You and I deducted 1 star for that.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply magnificent..., March 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Deer Hunter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

After listening to this soundtrack, I finally realized what truly made The Deer Hunter movie so special. Sure, the story was riveting, and the actors were at their individual best in this Academy Award winning film, and the settings (both Vietnam AND the dirty, gray cold steel town) were so realistic.

But...

Watching the movie in the theater some 24 years ago, I now remember the beautiful music. The timely, sweet theme "Cavatina", the orthodox Catholic church hymns, and yes, even the Frankie Vallie "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" (missing from the sound track).

It's enough to make you just stop... and think about the lives of those innocent men and how their lives changed in a flash when they went to Vietnam.

Beautiful, touching and moving music, all part of one of the best motion pictures ever to see the silver screen. Even if you've never seen the movie, GET THIS CD... and go rent the movie, too!