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Braveheart

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My hat's off to James Horner. His soundtrack for this incredible movie does both the world of movie soundtracks and Scottish folk music great justice. I watched the movie last night and now have the soundtrack playing on iTunes at work.

I am a very huge fan of Horner's work thanks to Titanic and Apollo 13. Add Braveheart to the list.

So many great scores have come before this, providing films with the perfect accompaniment. But some are both perfect for the movie, as well as independently as music. This score, beautifully composed by the brilliant James Horner, enchants and relaxes us. The flow of the music is so smooth that one you have listened to the whole score, it seems too flawless to be real. I love this movie, and the score is too sensual to ignore. It is the very root of what makes this a great world in which to live.

That's a beautiful soundtrack!
It's really moving and reminds you of the love and dramatic stuff of the movie.
It can stand perfectly alone, without the film behind it, because it's musically inspired and based on a lot of themes. Some of them change slightly song by song. Don't think of that as a repetitiveness factor. Not at all! The score isn't absolutely repeticious! In fact the tunes are very beautiful and arranged in different ways, sometimes with flutes, other times with bow-instrument and also with bagpipes in the scottish way.
In my opinion there's just one negative aspect. Sometimes music-battle tracks (one or two) are a little bit heavy and musically without any sense. On the other hand I'm calmly sure it's a really little litle price to pay for listening to the other magnificent tracks.
James Horner genius, wich will inspire TITANIC and A BEAUTIFUL MIND, emerges cristally in this excellent score that I definetly suggest everyone to buy!

This CD is very nice. I have wanted it for so long and have put off buying it until yesterday. I bought it and loved it! I love every track, especially "A Gift of A Thistle." This CD has many Celtic or Gealic sounds, which are very beautiful. It's a very soothing CD for the most part with some tunes with more action than others. I highly reccommend this CD to anyone who liked the movie.

I cant remember when I actually became a James Horner fan...probably when Legends of the Fall came out. What a talent this man is! He composes the most incredible music for films - A Beautiful Mind,Land Before Time,Man without a Face (another Mel Gibson movie and FANTASTIC SCORE...the end credits to that movie is superb!)Lately I've been listening to his work from the movie "Iris"...again another great score.This man is just infallible when it comes to composing i tell you...my favorites off that score would be track 1,3 and 6. But in my opinion nothing is as great as his work he's done on Braveheart. My favorites off of the Braveheart score would have to be 6,9,11,16,17,and 18. Why not just say the whole album?!?! Haha. This is such an inspirational score being a composer myself. James has been one of my great sorces of inspiration for me. I wish I could tell him just how much his music has ment to me and has encouraged me over the years. Braveheart is an amazing movie but I think wouldnt have been as perfect if it wasnt for the incredible music accompanying it. Theres just no other that can top this soundtrack in my opinion...its just simply wonderful/perfect/beautiful/flawless!

There are some movies which are simply musical gold mines. For the most part, these tend to be historical or epic movies like Ben Hur or Gone With the Wind. And certainly Mel Gibson's Braveheart presented such a golden opportunity to composer James Horner. Fortunately, Horner turned out to be excellent at mining the gold from this musical mine.

From the opening track, the discerning listener will understand that Horner is trying to produce a romantic, melancholy, and almost mystical atmosphere. The strings intertwine to create a sense that this legendary story of honor and freedom is being lifted out of an ancient mist. Then the mystic drone of the bagpipe is heard, and it is at this point that anyone with a true soul begins to break down. It is very rare that music can really touch the soul; it is even rarer for a soundtrack to do so. For all its greatness, a John Williams score is generally too boisterous to pierce to the heart. But Horner knows not only how to excite the senses with the drumbeats and battle-horns of war, but also how to arouse the long-forgotten desire to live a legend. In the end, it is very hard to resist the desire to don a kilt and rush, sword drawn, at some modern-day tyrant.

In this way, Horner's Braveheart is a masterpiece.

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Listening to the soundtrack of 'Braveheart' regularly has made me realize just how powerful music can make a film. I firmly believe that Braveheart would not have been as great a movie were it not for James Horner's music.

This is a very moving soundtrack. While there is a common musical theme/or sound that runs through the entire soundtrack (which is typical of movie soundtracks), Horner's imagination gives each song a new twist, added verse, or slightly different melody that keeps the listener's attention. Moreover, I love the sound of bagpipes (despite the fact that I come from a Welsh background) ; )

The tracks themselves have many various textures from smooth melodious flowing music to gruff, fully orchestrated pieces that rattle your player until there is an abrupt stop in the music and you are left wanting more. The feeling of the movie definitely comes out in the music.

Having been an avid soundtrack collector for over 20 years now, I can safely say that this is one of the best sountracks out there. I highly recommend it.

After Horner wrote this score, he was content to copy from it in ensuing movies (such as Courage Under Fire). He even re-used the "ground breaking" melodic bagpipes in Titanic, to admittedly great effect.

One of my favorite scores, favorite composers, and favorite movies.

I also recommend Horner's Field of Dreams and Apollo 13 scores.

This soundtrack is by far my favorite of any that I own. I listen to it practically everyday, and in every aspect it is perfect. It fits the movie perfectly, and it stands on its own as a tribute to traditional, moving celtic music. James Horner is an amazing composer, and this soundtrack will move you with such stirring tracks as "Freedom/The Execution/Bannockburn" and will have you waiting for more after the final track. This is a definite must-have for any movie lover, or lover of just plain beautiful music.