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This score is not present in the Wikipedia's James Horner List of film scores, altough it is one of his best emotional and patriotic soundtracks. Even the whole Movie, where Bruce Willis plays a Vietnam Veteran who cannot free himself of the nightmare he lived overseas, seems to have been wiped out. This release for "In Country" gives a satisfactory treatment to one of the best and forgotten James Horner's works. A generous gift for collectors of the greatest Horner's dramatic soundtracks.



While the subject matters are different, James Horner adapts a solemn attitude (and his concurrent work for "Glory") into "In Country". The majority of underscore is constructed with the piano solos that inhabit scores like "Field of Dreams" and "Class Action", with notable solo brass performances also playing on a low level of sensitivity. But like the film, the emotional punch is saved for the final scene, and Horner reacts in just the appropriate way; his title theme for the film is barely audible after its full string performance in the opening titles. But he unleashes it in grand style in the finale with a blast of the shakuhachi flute (a la "The Mask of Zorro") and follows a noble brass tribute to the fallen with a lush, striking performance of the title theme, first with strings as powerful as they were in The Land Before Time and then in a heartbreaking duet with the shakuhachi. Despite the average components of the score's main underscore, the quality of this final cue raises the value of the "In Country" score to one of high recommendation.

Tracklist:

01 - Main Title (4:59)
02 - Letters From Vietnam (2:31)
03 - A Night With Tom (3:52)
04 - Dwayne's Wishes (2:51)
05 - Listen Sam (2:35)
06 - Night Camp (1:32)
07 - The Road to D.C. - (2:07)
08 - Dwayne E. - Hughes/At the Vietnam Memorial/Finale and End (9:55)

Link to James Horner's 'In Country' Soundtrack

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