The movie and the soundtrack still move me to tears, they are so beautiful. Don't buy the score on word-of-mouth - see this brilliant film and hear the soundtrack for yourself.
June 24, 2008 |  | A Five Star Soundtrack...A truly great series of compositions |  |
We've now had almost 20 years to digest the majesty of this work, and it reduces me to tears just as much now as it did then. A stunning call to arms and statement of purpose, Horner reached a unique level of spiritual significance with this music. If I let myself go there, listening to this soundtrack is almost a religious experience.
Somehow Horner matches the moral power of Abolitionism with the military grandeur of a Civil War, with the intimacy and yearning for justice of the enslaved African-American, and merges it with a historical consciousness that conveys the mood and feeling of the time perhaps better than almost any history book could.
This is truly righteous, marvelous, and American music, and it contains James Horner's best film soundtrack compositions.
August 13, 2007A fine music score for this great movie. The flow and sync with the movie was outstanding. James Horner is quite a composer.
March 22, 2007| | | One of the Greatest Scores Ever Written | |
I first discovered James Horner's work when he wrote the score for "Titanic", and I've followed his career since, buying every James Horner score I could find that was released prior to "Titanic". This one is among my absolute all-time FAVORITE James Horner scores. The depiction of the Civil War is never lost, and its choral melody is both gorgeous and heart-wrenching. Every true James Horner fan NEEDS to have "Glory" in their collection. If you don't buy it, you are REALLY missing out.
Other Must-Have James Horner scores: Titanic, Field of Dreams
March 12, 2007A oscar award wining sound track, what else is there to say.
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