Lincoln (Bande Originale du Film)

John Williams

Released on 11/2/12 by Sony Classical
Main artists: John Williams
Genre: Film Soundtracks

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Director Steven Spielberg's 2012 Lincoln biopic eschewed the genre's usual trappings by focusing on a single month in the extraordinary life of the 16th president of the United States. Bereft of the weight of depicting a lifetime, he was able to play small ball with a big moment, something that his longtime composer counterpart John Williams does as well with his remarkably subtle score. Opening with a wistful, lovely clarinet cue, Williams sets the stage for what is essentially a cornucopia of measured yet soul-stirring, Aaron Copland/Randy Newman-imbued Americana that is delivered with the patience and grace of a true master. The score does away with much of the bombastic sentimentality that plagued the pair's prior outing, 2011's War Horse, but it does retain much of its heart, delivering melodies that elicit great sighs of nostalgia, melancholy, and stoic optimism, smelling of parchment and tobacco, and sounding for all the world like amber waves of grain.

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Lincoln (Bande Originale du Film)

John Williams

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John Williams, Composer - John Williams, Performer - John Williams, Producer - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Performer - Robert Chen, Performer - Christopher Martin, Triangle - Stephen Williamson, Clarinet - David McGill, Bassoon - Daniel Gingrich, Horn - Randy Kerber, Piano - Ramiro Belgardt, Editor - Shawn Murphy, Mixing Engineer - Shawn Murphy, Recording Engineer - Robert Wolff, Editor - Brad Cobb, Engineer - Sandy De Crescent, Contractor - Jo Ann Kane Music Service, Preparer - Patricia Sullivan, Mastering Engineer

Motion Picture Artwork, Photos (C) DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (P) & (C) 2012 DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC. All rights reserved. Under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

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