More Songs and Music from Gettysburg [SOUNDTRACK]

Gettysburg (Related Recordings)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 15, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015HF
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,327 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INSPIRING! GREAT FOLLOW-UP SOUNDTRACK!, April 6, 2002

By	Steven Hancock (Winston Salem, NC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

The second GETTYSBURG Soundtrack is almost as good as the first. It has a lot of great songs and tunes from the film. Jeff Daniels' recitation of the Gettysburg Address is stirring. My favorite tune is AMAZING GRACE. Buy this album! You'll never regret it! Grade: A+

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings you right into the battle., August 14, 1998

By A Customer

The music is excellent. I enjoy old Civil War Era music. Lovely! I bought the other Gettysburg soundtrack and that is excellent to!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful renditions of period music, November 16, 2003

By	Megan Lacey "Walking by her wild lone" (Havana, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this CD at the same place I bought the original soundtrack, at the Visitor's center at the Gettysburg Nat'l Battlefield (I know, I probably paid way too much, but oh well...), in part because it was being played in the gift shop. I'd always loved the song Kathleen Mavourneen, which is one of the major musical themes in the movie itself, and I was thrilled that there was the vocal version on this CD... my only complaint was that they only recorded the first verse, the second being just as beautiful and full of poignant imagery ("Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night!")
The other complaint is that they did not include "The Minstrel Boy" which in the film is played as Father Corby gives absolution to the boys of the Irish Brigade. It's a lovely piece, intricate and haunting, as it tells of the warrior bard who dies in battle and destroys his harp rather than let the invader plunder it.
There are some equally beautiful pieces in this compilation, my favorite of the ones not heard in the film is "Just Before the Battle, Mother." Full of pathos and homesickness like many of the songs of that era. I recommend this to anyone who loves American folk music and other works that have been passed down through generations (My grandmother sang Kathleen Mavourneen to me when I was little).