In scoring the sweeping project, Michael Kamen has eschewed much of the martial music familiar from past war epics in favour of the quiet, largely introspective sound that has informed modern battle films from Platoon through Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line. And if his reverential, often somber tones capture the dignity of the soldiers and the gravity of the events, they sometimes do so at the expense of other human dimensions--and the lively pop music of the 1940s. Still, Kamen's work strikes an impressive balance, fusing the pastoral with subtle modern rhythm touches and utilising spare piano solos, a darkly ironic use of Beethoven's String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, and a memorable, elegiac main theme.
1. Michael Kamen - Main Titles From the Hbo Miniserie
2. Michael Kamen - Band of Brothers Suite One
3. Michael Kamen - Band of Brothers Suite Two
4. Michael Kamen - the Mission Begins
5. Michael Kamen - Swamp
6. Michael Kamen - Spier's Speech
7. Michael Kamen - Fire On Lake
8. Michael Kamen - Parapluie
9. Michael Kamen - Boy Eats Chocolate
10. Michael Kamen - Bull's Theme
11. Michael Kamen - Winters On Subway
12. Michael Kamen - Headscarf
13. Michael Kamen - Buck In Hospital
14. Michael Kamen - Plaisir D'amour
15. Michael Kamen - Preparing For Patrol
16. Various - String Quartet In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131