633 Squadron [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Ron Goodwin (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Ron Goodwin
• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Film Score Monthly
• ASIN: B0009UCF2M
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,099 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Main Title - 633 Squadron

2. Memories of Norway

3. Love Theme

4. The Attack Begins

5. Murder Mission

6. Crisis Flight

7. Love Theme

8. Escape From Norway

9. Peace and War

10. Apprehension

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Main Title

2. Secret Arrival

3. Training Begins

4. Quentin's Rescue / Quentin's Bolt / Bolt Hits Mirror

5. Air Raid

6. X-Craft Introduced / X-Craft Dives / X-3 Through Net

7. X-3 Hits Net

8. X-3 Recovered

9. German Parachutist

10. Defeat

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stirring Stuff!, May 12, 2008

By 

G. Hill "Comanche Todd" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 633 Squadron [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

It takes no more than 12 seconds for the first musical strains of 633 Squadron to blow the cobwebs off your ears. This amazing main title theme, hackneyed though it is by its constant overexposure and use in numerous commercials etc, still manages to tingle the spine with is aggressive simplicity. Written by a genial englishman Ron Goodwin, it rocketed him to a kind of musical plateau where everything was World War II and heroes needed a barrage of musical support. The score in itself is at times pleasant ("Memories of Norway", "Love theme") and rumbunctious ("Murder mission). The love theme is played at its best in "The attack begins" as Grant leaves Hilde on the airfield as he goes on a mission that will eventually kill her brother.
The album is presented with finesse by FSM who include a detailed booklet which breaks down the album tracks into their film sequencing thus allowing the listener to program the score properly. A welcome bonus suite of missing cues is also included for the first time providing some exciting variations on the main theme.
633 Squadron is an enjoyable score and sits nicely alongside Goodwin's other war scores, "Where Eagles Dare, "Operation crossbow", "Battle of Britain" Etc . The second disc in this release contains the composer's score to the James Caan war feature "Submarine X-1". While the main theme is quite interesting the balance of the score seems uninspired and is not at all up to Goodwin's usual standard. The sad passing of this gentleman composer who left his mark in both feature films and in British light music in general has allowed a lot of his unrecorded material to be finally released. Like the heroic fliers he has composed for you should scramble to get this album

5.0 out of 5 stars 633 SQUADRON, April 28, 2009

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jean Dupont - See all my reviews

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