Gettysburg: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Randy Edelman, Gettysburg (Related Recordings)

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1993)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015H1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

US only 180-gram 2 LP pressing.This realistic portrayal of one of the bloodies battles ever stars Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels. The soundtrack features the compelling and original score by Randy Edelman. His accompanyment creates an emotional ride that complements and enhances the Gettysburg experience. Edelman's score plays a huge role in Gettysburg, which chronicles the major battle of the U.S. Civil War. His evocative, emotional and courageous work helps shape this film and the feeling gained that is still alive and well today. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best movie soundtrack we have ever heard., October 29, 1999

By A Customer

I have been to Gettysburg with my wife and my sons many times (as visitors from Europe). My late cousin Gen.Phil Kearny is the only person commemorated on the battlefield who was already dead before the battle - see the New Jersay Memorial. So I take the subject very seriously and this score absolutely bowled us over. It is absolutely outstanding and the Cd has been played incessantly since it arrived from Amazon. Randy Edleman is to be congratulated on a superb piece of contrapunctal craftmanship and TNT on having the faith and dedication to complete the film. The reinactors are such a surperb group of people, without whom, this music would never have been written and we would have been so much poorer.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A majestic, moving score, May 23, 2001

By	Michael J. Mazza (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

One of the best parts of the epic film "Gettysburg," which chronicles a major battle of the United States Civil War, is Randy Edelman's score. Beginning with his majestic, slightly mournful main title music, Edelman provides a perfect complement to this story of courage, tragedy, and triumph.

Edelman's music is at times suspenseful, at times victorious. There are also passages of tenderness. Overall, the music effectively evokes the personal sacrifice and often conflicted emotions of the men engaged in this struggle.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Emotional Musical Score Ever Composed, March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This music is absolutely incredible. There are huge, swelling songs like the "Main Theme" and "Reunion and Finale," and softer, more subdued ones like "Killer Angel" (one of my favorites), "Dawn," and "General Lee at Twilight." Another of my favorites is "Men of Honor" (yes, that IS "Men of Honor," not "Men of Morality." I think that reviewer is getting the song mixed up with "March to Mortality", the song of Pickett's Charge). Anyway, it's a completely peerless soundtrack that will put you back into the movie without ever turning on your TV. My mom cries every time she listens to "Reunion and Finale." I listen to this CD at about ten (out of thirty-two), but she likes pushing twenty!