Gettysburg The Boys in Blue & Gray [Soundtrack]

Track Listings

 
1. Opening Credits
2. Procession of Armies
3. My Johnny— Instrumental
4. Civil War Medley*/The Battle Cry of Freedom (G.F. Root)/The Girl I Left Behind (Traditional)/Kingdom Coming (H.C. Work)
5. Death of Reynolds
6. Marching through Georgia†
7. Morning Meeting
8. Before the Battle Mother†
9. Whirlpool of Death
10. Defense of Round Top
11. Shenandoah*
12. Planning the Attack13. Brothers in Arms
13. Brothers in Arms -
14. A Council of War
15. Tenting Tonight†
16. Lorena†
17. Battle of Culps Hill
18. Dixie
19. March to Immortality
20. Nothing But Glory (Pickett’s Charge)
See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist
The music of Gettysburg: The Boys in Blue & Gray is mostly derived in one fashion or another from a single musical idea, an idea that, for me, has come to represent the tragedy and grand scale of the Civil War. The main theme, which is presented in whole in the last track, was the first to be written and it is from its’ first measures that a great deal of the music for this project was derived. What you hear in the other tracks are short underscores for various scenes related somehow to the main theme. One track, completely unrelated to the main theme, is an adaptation of a choral piece I had written—a sort of Renaissance-style choral polyphony—which became the Procession of Armies. Most of these pieces were of the kind about which Edison, regarding his work as an inventor, referred to as "10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." However, one idea came without much effort at all—My Johnny Is a Soldier. One day, I was obsessed with the idea of creating a folk song-like ballad based on the main theme but cast in a major key and then given the bittersweet words of a girl waiting at home for her lover/soldier—Will he come back? Is he dead? Rob liked it so much, we decided to record it with Grand Rapids artist Diane Penning, whose beautiful voice seemed perfect for the song and who gave it an absolutely beautiful performance. I hope you enjoy listening to all of the music on this CD and that you’ll find the combination of beauty, tragedy and grandeur that Rob captured so well on film reflected in the tracks presented here.

Product Description:
This is music from the sweeping PBS original program Gettysburg The Boys in Blue & Gray. Ranging from tragic to triumphant this music will inspire your imagination.

Gettysburg The Boys in Blue & Gray [Soundtrack]

Gettysburg The Boys in Blue & Gray,Original Soundtrack Recording
Gettysburg The Boys in Blue & Gray
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    ASIN: B000069D5C
    Release Date: 2002-06-28

    Tracks:

    1. Opening Credits
    2. Procession of Armies
    3. My Johnny Instrumental
    4. Civil War Medley*/The Battle Cry of Freedom (G.F. Root)/The Girl I Left Behind (Traditional)/Kingdom Coming (H.C. Work)
    5. Death of Reynolds
    6. Marching through Georgia
    7. Morning Meeting
    8. Before the Battle Mother
    9. Whirlpool of Death
    10. Defense of Round Top
    11. Shenandoah*
    12. Planning the Attack13. Brothers in Arms
    13. Brothers in Arms -
    14. A Council of War
    15. Tenting Tonight
    16. Lorena
    17. Battle of Culps Hill
    18. Dixie
    19. March to Immortality
    20. Nothing But Glory (Picketts Charge)
    21. The Letter
    22. My Johnny is a Soldier
    23. Finale and Remembrance (The Boys in Blue & Gray)

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