Gods and Generals (soundtrack)
Encyclopedia
Gods and Generals is the soundtrack to the 2003 film
. Other than the opening and closing track, the album is entirely instrumental. It was critically praised for its thematic diversity and consistently high quality. It was even thought to be superior to the Gettysburg soundtrack composed by Randy Edelman
. John Frizzell
composed most of the score while Randy Edelman composed approximately 10 minutes of music.
Gods and Generals (film)
Gods and Generals is a 2003 American film based on the novel Gods and Generals by Jeffrey Shaara. It depicts events that take place prior to those shown in the 1993 film Gettysburg, which was based on The Killer Angels, a novel by Shaara's father, Michael...
. Other than the opening and closing track, the album is entirely instrumental. It was critically praised for its thematic diversity and consistently high quality. It was even thought to be superior to the Gettysburg soundtrack composed by Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman is an American film and TV score composer.-Life and career:Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and an accountant. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before heading to New York where he played...
. John Frizzell
John Frizzell
John B. Frizzell is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production...
composed most of the score while Randy Edelman composed approximately 10 minutes of music.
Track listing
- Going Home (4:56) – performed by Mary FahlMary FahlMary Fahl is an American singer, songwriter and actress known for her work with October Project in the mid-1990s. More recently she is known for her solo singing and acting career. She released an EP Lenses of Contact in 2001, and a full album The Other Side of Time in 2003 on Sony Classical...
- Gods and Generals (3:42) – John FrizzellJohn FrizzellJohn B. Frizzell is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production...
- You Must Not Worry for Us (2:09) – John Frizzell
- Loved I Not Honor More (3:13) – John Frizzell
- Lexington is My Home (1:23) – John Frizzell
- The School of the Soldier (3:58) – John Frizzell
- Go to their Graves Like Beds (2:24) – Randy EdelmanRandy EdelmanRandy Edelman is an American film and TV score composer.-Life and career:Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and an accountant. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before heading to New York where he played...
- My Heart Shall Not Fear (1:46) – Randy Edelman
- These Brave Irishmen (2:51) – John Frizzell
- To the Stone Wall (3:41) – John Frizzell
- You'll Thank Me in the Morning (3:20) – John Frizzell
- The First Crop of Corn (3:26) – John Frizzell
- My Home is Virginia (4:24) – Randy Edelman
- No Photographs (2:53) – John Frizzell & Randy Edelman
- VMI Will Be Heard from Today (2:42) – John Frizzell
- Too Much Sugar (1:56) – John Frizzell
- Let Us Cross the River (2:48) – John Frizzell
- The Soldier's Return (2:02) – John Frizzell
- Cross the Green Mountain (8:14) – performed by Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
Credits
- Composed by: John FrizzellJohn FrizzellJohn B. Frizzell is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.After several years writing, directing and co-producing the documentary series A Different Understanding for TVOntario, Frizzell joined partners Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete and Larry Weinstein to found the Canadian production...
and Randy EdelmanRandy EdelmanRandy Edelman is an American film and TV score composer.-Life and career:Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of a first-grade teacher and an accountant. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before heading to New York where he played... - Conducted by: Rick Ingman
- Orchestrations by: Andrew Kinney, Jeff Atmajian, Frank BennettFrank BennettFrank Bennett is an Australian jazz singer whose stage name is formed from Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett...
and others - Solo performances by: Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
(violin) and Paddy MoloneyPaddy MoloneyPaddy Moloney is one of the founders of the Irish musical group The Chieftains and has played on every one of their albums.He was born in Donnycarney in Dublin. His mother bought him a tin whistle when he was six and at the age of eight he started to learn the Uilleann pipes. He also plays button...
(tin whistle and uilleann pipes) - Recorded and mixed by: Rick Winquest
- Produced by: John Frizzell and Randy Edelman