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Glory: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

James HornerAudio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 29, 1992)
  • Original Release Date: January 23, 1990
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Virgin Records Us
  • ASIN: B000000WH5
  • Also Available in: DVD Audio  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,853 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. A Call TO Arms
2. After Antietam
3. Lonely Christmas
4. Forming The Regiment
5. The Whipping
6. Birning The Town Of Darien
7. Brave Words, Braver Deeds
8. The Year Of Jubilee
9. Preperations For Battle
10. Charging Fort Wagner
11. An Epithaph To War
12. Closing Credits

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Director Ed Zwick's stirring, tragic Civil War epic inspires a gorgeous, deeply moving score from James Horner, who mirrors the story's bitter ironies and ultimate outcome through a main theme and recurring motifs that emphasize the elegiac over the conventionally heroic. While martial drums inevitably rustle beneath Horner's autumnal charts, the somber main theme, when stated by the Harlem Boys Choir, is at once beautiful and heartbreaking, telegraphing the fate of the story's regiment of African-American volunteers in the Union Army. The climactic battle scene, itself a marvel of cinematic impressionism, elicits a more urgent, insistent Latin theme reminiscent of Carl Orff, and just as dramatic. --Sam Sutherland

Product Description

Glory chronicles the struggle of black soldiers in the Civil War. It's a tense uplifting melodramatic film as is James Horner's original score. ~ Stephen Thomas ErlewineAll music written by James Horner.James

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars James horner CLASSIC, his best September 28, 2005
Format:Audio CD
When it comes to James Horner, I always rely on two scores of his: Braveheart and Glory. Both had beautiful themes which caught me. I've heard Horner recycles many of his scores, which i'm not denying as false, but I just never noticed it from the soundtracks he has composed that I heard. If anything, most of his soundtracks I really don't like that much, just don't grab me like Braveheart and Glory did. In Glory, I remember watching it, me in my civil war faze at the time. At the end of the movie, Shaw (Broderick) standing on the beach looking out into the ocean wondering whether it was his last breath, his last look at life. And then the Beautiful theme came up. It captured me, I fell in love with it and it just warmed my heart and at the moment, all that mattered was that moment of music. I must have rewinded it like 3-6 times JUST to hear that theme. Just a wonderful, powerful and dramatic piece. The rest of the album is good as well, but that theme alone is what makes the album. A classic movie score in my collection and in my heart.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've loved "Glory" since the first time I saw it (in school one day as a history "assignment"). Initially, I didn't quite understand all of the details of why I enjoyed it so much, however. Obviously, one of the main reasons is this score, which is sometimes so subtle you don't realize it's there, but is at all times applying an influence. It may be to uplift you ("Jubilee"), make you sad ("Whipping"), courageous ("Fort Wagner"), or somber ("Epitaph"). I've shed a couple tears while watching the charge on Fort Wagner, and even listening to the music alone can almost stir the same level of emotion.

The orchestral parts are superb, but there is something particularly stirring about the use of the boys choir. Namely at the emotionally-charged climax, when we are confronted with the harsh results of their failed plans. The simple, innocent voices contrasting against that imagery is startling.

I'm not an ascribed fan of James Horner, but I do love a good soundtrack, and this one -- as far as I'm concerned -- ranks up with "Star Wars" and "Gladiator".

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars doesn't do it justice. September 12, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I am a huge fan of movie soundtracks. I've listened to them my entire life, before any other form of music. This score stands out from all the others I have ever heard in my life. James Horner deserved the Oscar he got, but not for Titanic. Don't get me wrong, Titanic was good, but you have to admit that the Oscar was for the popularity of My Heart Will Go On. I see his Oscar as one for Glory, just delayed by 9 years. I am a huge fan of John Williams, but this one score by Horner is equal to any of Williams' Oscar winning performaces. Horner's use of drums and the fifes are just as powerful as Williams' violin solos by the legendary Itzak Perlman in Schindler's List. If you want to be emotionally moved by a piece of music, you won't find a better cd than the Glory soundtrack by James Horner. Other suggestions: Appollo 13 by Horner, Hook and Nixon by Williams, Star Trek First Contact by Jerry Goldsmith.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Most of th music the same
I had forgotten the music to the movie I wanted to experience again the feel of the battlefield...a little let down on the cd the original theme opening very nice 1st song
Published 2 months ago by bkt1965
5.0 out of 5 stars Glory
Histroy buff. Great movie and great soundtrack. Excellent job by James Horner. Big fan of his. One of his best efforts.
Published 2 months ago by Elizabethdixey
5.0 out of 5 stars It dosent show how the Confederate Army was intergrated !! It did show...
Well, it was close to accurate ,for the most part!! I wish it would have showed more.!!!!!!!!! Time I guess doesnt allow for this!!!!!!
Published 4 months ago by FRANK BEJAR JR.Frank Bejar Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars Horner's Score for "Glory" In Hindsight
Recently I reviewed John Williams' score for "Lincoln" and held it in high esteem, as it should be considered one of the best scores for 2012-indeed maybe the best; since then I... Read more
Published 4 months ago by G M. Stathis
5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had bought this sooner . . .
I wish I had bought this sooner. The movie is just as good as the first time watching it and the music still resonates with me. Read more
Published 10 months ago by daisy427
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing soundtrack
I have loved this music since the first time I saw the movie 20 years ago. It really captures the feeling of sacrifice in the film's theme.
Published 12 months ago by R A
5.0 out of 5 stars Prices?
What is going on with the prices listed for this soundtrack? I'm glad I got my copy way back then but can't imagine it being worth this much. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ernie Pyle
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Story - Inspiring Music
I was so inspired by the movie and the music provides a strong and touching background and reminders of the story. Beautiful music in it's own right.
Published 21 months ago by Jerry Haupt
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Soundtrack. Charging Fort Wagner Is The Most Memorable (And...
James Horner's score for Glory contains some of the best music for a war movie yet, but the most memorable track, in my opinion, is "Charging Fort Wagner. Read more
Published 21 months ago by HAMLET
5.0 out of 5 stars Precursor to the more titanic writing.
Horner's soundtrack to Glory is moving, inspirational and an incredibly orchestrated piece of work. The beauty of Horner's work, is his ability to find context for the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by NeuronPetkowski
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