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Thin Red Line: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]
from RCA

Editorial Review:

For nearly a full minute, there's nothing but a low rumble opening the album with "The Coral Atoll". This is the first indication that this score will be difficult to recognise as coming from Hans Zimmer. The pause here is an effect that, once expanded upon, draws you into a whole new world of expression from a composer previously known for his all-action pyrotechnics (Crimson Tide, Broken Arrow for example). Here are placid textures for a gentle celebration of being alive--and the tragedy of it being cut short. When freshman troops land and make their nervous way to a holding point on the island, Zimmer follows them for an extraordinarily protracted time ("Journey To The Line"). The first six minutes (all the cues are as lengthy) build from a subtle ticking beat into an enormous crescendo of sound. It's also the closest the score gets to an easily identifiable theme. You'll pick out moments of melody (lovely harp figures opening "Light"; tolling bell and wailing male voice in "The Lagoon"), but really this is an abstract soundscape of wonder and terror. Zimmer's masterpiece is better seen with the film, but speaks to the heart as directly in isolation. --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Masterpiece (Obra Maestra)
  Tuve el "privilegio" de visionar en un gran cine de Tarragona (el ya desaparecido Oscar 1) esta obra maestra en el año 1999, con el sistema de sonido DTS.
  Comentar que este film esta muy por encima de las películas estrenadas durante ese año (recordemos que fué la gran perdedora de la edición de los oscar -7 nominaciones y ninguno ganado-).
  Merecía mucha, muchísima mejor suerte este film de Malick, del cual espero con muchísima... more info

• Great Film, Great Sound Track
  This is a brilliant sound track.
  I'm rarely moved by films...in fact, The Thin Red Line is the only film I can think of which has ever got to me & it caught me totally off guard. The film was good, but for me it is the soundtrack which really adds so much depth.

• One of the best soundtracks I know.
  If you listen to this music - composed by Hans Zimmer - you notice that it's nothing like the usual war-movie sounds (a lot of brass, pounding drums, etc.). Instead it's music that makes you dream away and it takes you to beautiful and peaceful places where you have never been before. The music is quiet with a simple but beautiful melody, sensitive and sometimes a little sad but never sentimental. This sadness and the fact that on two or three occasions you hear eerie voices and sounds, reminds you that... more info

• Great soundtrack if you loved the movie
  Would have given this 5 stars if some of the lines from the movie had been included like "if i never meet you in this life let me fell the lack".
  As it is it is a great classical CD. I use it for meditation or when i am in a mood for philosphy.

Tracks:

1. Coral Atoll
2. Lagoon
3. Journey To The Line
4. Light
5. Beam
6. Air
7. Stone In My Heart
8. Village
9. Silence
10. God U Tekem Laef Blong Mi
11. Sit Back And Relax

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