Soundtracks: Gods & Generals: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Going Home - Mary Fahl

2. Gods & Generals

3. You Must Not Worry For Us

4. Loved I Not Honor More

5. Lexington Is My Home

6. The School Of The Soldier

7. Go To Their Graves Like Beds

8. My Heart Shall Not Fear

9. These Brave Irishmen

10. To The Stone Wall

11. You'll Thank Me In The Morning

12. The First Crop Of Corn

13. My Home Is Virginia

14. No Photographs

15. VMI Will Be Heard From Today

16. Too Much Sugar

17. Let Us Cross The River

18. The Soldier's Return

19. Cross The Green Mountain - Bob Dylan

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This prequel to director Ronald Maxwell's 1993 epic Gettysburg is no less sweeping in its scope, covering the early years of the American Civil War from Manassas to Fredericksburg. But while its musical score (a collaboration between vets John Frizzell and Randy Edelman) offers up a comparable range of music styles, it's a soundtrack that crucially revolves around emotional concerns of a more intimate, human scale. Its folk-rooted historical connections are given voice by Mary Fahl's Celtic-tinged "Going Home" and Bob Dylan's brooding "Cross the Green Mountain," while a sweeping, yet infinitely melancholy orchestral main title suggests the true, tragic costs of the conflict. Spare, haunting tracks like "Loved I Not Honor More," "My Home Is Virginia," and "The Soldiers Return" predominate to an unusual degree in a war epic, pastoral suggestions of tranquility defiled. Conversely, the battle cue "VMI Will Be Heard from Today" seems to pulse with a dark, medieval energy that's anything but heroic. --Jerry McCulley

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Wonderful music, Nov. 13 2004

Par	Krystle Duheme (NY, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

I love this Album. Of course most people probably don't because it isn't pop or rap(jungle music). For the Hollywood "minds" it's to hard to digest. They can't enjoy music that dosen't give you a headache or has cursing words in every phrase.
It is very inspiring and calming. Love it!

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Subtle as a comically huge ACME sledgehammer, Avril 16 2004

Par	J. Eric Dietrich (Atlanta, GA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

Not too long ago, before seeing the dreadful, revisionist movie, I probably would have agreed with most of the reviewers here. On album, though completely lacking any kind of proper action music, the 'Gods and Generals' score might indeed be considered quite pleasant and moving, but in the film it becomes almost unbearably pompous and ridiculously funeral. Edelman and Frizzel are subtle as a comically huge ACME sledgehammer, repeatedly pounding their mournful, maudlin message of heroic sacrifice into the helplessly susceptible audience. "Are you feeling sad yet, dammit?!", one almost hears Edelman scream as he unleashes one sorrowful high school marching band cue after the other, composed like a melancholy memorial for a popular cheerleader that was killed in a particularly gruesome freak prom dance accident.

'Gods and Generals' makes even the most manipulative James Horner score seem almost tasteful in comparison.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Better scope than Edelman's "Gettysburg", F�v 8 2004

Par	N. Smith "castle_stormer" (Virginia) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

Film score fans debate which is better, "Gettysburg" or "Gods and Generals", but they both have good elements. The biggest problem with Randy Edelman's music for "Gettysburg" was his use of electronics and synthesized sounds, which understandably seems misplaced when trying to immerse an audience into a more authentic time period. "Gods and Generals" is fully orchestral and this makes its scope seem much more powerful and with bigger depth. I believe this music works much better standing on its own, away from the film. The movie has too many pretentious scenes that the music is forced to portray, inadvertently making the music feel overly melodramatic. But, on its own, John Frizzell's music takes on a completely different scope and is extremely impressive. Its power seems at times not in the battle music, but in the quiet reflective pieces, especially the sensitive "Go to their Graves like Beds" which has potent and beautiful piano work. The music is consistently solid and there is excellent violin and choral work. If you are a collector of film music, I think you might be very surprised with this CD. Do not judge the music as you heard it during the film (a strange thing to say since film music is designed for film). It was a mistake that I had made. Frizzell's work is a far, far better listening experience separated from the movie.

The second disc in the package is a DVD which includes the trailer, the two Dylan and Fahl music videos, and more interestingly, six deleted scenes from the film itself that strangely are not even available on the actual DVD.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 A Wonderful Masterpiece
A masterpiece of a film should have a masterpiece soundtrack, and that's what Gods and Generals is and has. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 2 2004 par A. Vawser

5.0�toiles sur 5 I Got it for the Dylan Song, But Enjoyed the Whole CD
I am a super huge Dylan fan. I'm only twenty-four years old, but I grew up listening to Mr D. So when I heard there was a Dylan song in the movie, I could hardly wait to see it. Read more

Publi� le Oct. 2 2003 par Stephanie Sane

5.0�toiles sur 5 Mary FAHL!!
I have not heard Mary Fahl sing since OCTOBER PROJECT broke up, and when I started the Gods and Generals dvd, I was Once again moved by MARY's beutiful, soulfull singing. Read more

Publi� le Sep 8 2003 par Drexel

5.0�toiles sur 5 A haunting and beautiful portrayal of the Civil War.
This is one of the best movie soundtracks in years. Listening to the various offerings on this album, one can almost hear the bullets flying, the troops marching, the exhausted... Read more

Publi� le Ao� 9 2003 par Roger J. Buffington