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In addition to producing and directing Flags of our Fathers, Clint Eastwood also composed the music. The star of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Dirty Harry and the director of Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood wrote the 2006 war movie's main theme and end title and, except for the addition of period music for aural verisimilitude, all the cues in-between. This isn't Eastwood's first foray as a movie composer. Along with Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, he's previously written the themes for Unforgiven and The Bridges of Madison County, among many others. But Eastwood's score for Flags of our Fathers is on a much more ambitious scale. In writing the music for the whole movie, he's called upon not only to write memorable themes but to write music with the intrinsic power to evoke the film's iconic images.
Eastwood's score does just that. While his "Flags Theme" brings a tear to the eye, his "Armada Arrives" awes the mind, his "Wounded Marines" chills the spine, and his "Inland Battle" freezes the heart. Orchestrated and conducted by longtime collaborator Lennie Niehaus, Eastwood's score is spare, severe, and almost unbearably intense. With well-chosen period music, including two marches, two string quartet movements, and especially a haunting performance of "I'll Walk Alone" by Dinah Shore, the soundtrack for Flags of our Fathers is first-rate movie music from start to finish.
Three more items of note: one, the tracks labeled "Symphony in G minor" and "String Quartet Opus 2" are reversed. Two, the "Symphony" is in fact arranged for and performed by a string quartet. Three, although apparently uncredited, it sounds as if Eastwood himself takes a turn singing "I'll Walk Alone" a cappella in the fade out at the end of the End Titles cue. While he is clearly no singer, Eastwood does give an amazing performance.
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Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer, Lyricist - Sammy Cahn, Composer, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dinah Shore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1944. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Stevens, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Eastwood, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew McCormack, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Graeme Flowers, Composer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
John Philip Sousa, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Irving Berlin, Composer - Joie Shettler, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Mededis, AssociatedPerformer - Vivien Lesiak, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet - Artie SHAW, Composer, Clarinet - Al Hendrickson, Electric Guitar - Johnny Guarnieri, Harpsichord - Jud DeNaut, Bass
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Julie Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Joie Shettler, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Mededis, AssociatedPerformer - Vivien Lesiak, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
John Philip Sousa, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - Bruce Forman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Clint Eastwood, Composer - LENNIE NIEHAUS, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Album review
In addition to producing and directing Flags of our Fathers, Clint Eastwood also composed the music. The star of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Dirty Harry and the director of Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood wrote the 2006 war movie's main theme and end title and, except for the addition of period music for aural verisimilitude, all the cues in-between. This isn't Eastwood's first foray as a movie composer. Along with Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, he's previously written the themes for Unforgiven and The Bridges of Madison County, among many others. But Eastwood's score for Flags of our Fathers is on a much more ambitious scale. In writing the music for the whole movie, he's called upon not only to write memorable themes but to write music with the intrinsic power to evoke the film's iconic images.
Eastwood's score does just that. While his "Flags Theme" brings a tear to the eye, his "Armada Arrives" awes the mind, his "Wounded Marines" chills the spine, and his "Inland Battle" freezes the heart. Orchestrated and conducted by longtime collaborator Lennie Niehaus, Eastwood's score is spare, severe, and almost unbearably intense. With well-chosen period music, including two marches, two string quartet movements, and especially a haunting performance of "I'll Walk Alone" by Dinah Shore, the soundtrack for Flags of our Fathers is first-rate movie music from start to finish.
Three more items of note: one, the tracks labeled "Symphony in G minor" and "String Quartet Opus 2" are reversed. Two, the "Symphony" is in fact arranged for and performed by a string quartet. Three, although apparently uncredited, it sounds as if Eastwood himself takes a turn singing "I'll Walk Alone" a cappella in the fade out at the end of the End Titles cue. While he is clearly no singer, Eastwood does give an amazing performance.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:31
- Main artists: Clint Eastwood
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Milan Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
(P) 2006 Exclusively Licensed by Milan Entertainment, Inc.
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