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Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack)

Saving Private Ryan:
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The cover of the soundtrack.
Film score by
John Williams
ReleasedJuly 21, 1998
August 28, 2018 (remaster)
RecordedFebruary 21–23, 1998
StudioSymphony Hall, Boston and Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts
GenreSoundtrack
Length64:13[1]
LabelDreamWorks
La-La Land Records (2018 remaster)
ProducerJohn Williams
John Williams chronology
Amistad
(1997) 		Saving Private Ryan:
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1998) 		Stepmom
(1998)
Singles from Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack)
  1. "Hymn to the Fallen"
    Released: 1998

Saving Private Ryan: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg. The album was produced by composer John Williams and distributed by DreamWorks Records. Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, the scores were performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with two of the ten compositions featuring vocals from the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The soundtrack runs for just over an hour, while the film itself lasts over two hours.

Throughout the compositions, brass (especially French Horns), and strings were used to evoke a variety of emotions and tones. The soundtrack received mixed reviews from critics, but was still nominated for several major awards, of which it won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television. Soundtrack opener "Hymn to the Fallen" received some radio play, in particular on the United States holidays Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The soundtrack was remastered and reissued as a commemorative twentieth anniversary edition by La-La Land Records in 2018.

Background

Steven Spielberg and John Williams had worked together on fifteen films before Saving Private Ryan (1998).[2][3] The score was recorded at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts with the assistance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[4][5] After having recorded the re-edited version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and some of Schindler's List (1993) at Symphony Hall previously, this was the third time Spielberg and Williams worked on a soundtrack at this location.[6] Spielberg chose Symphony Hall as the site for the recording because the hall gives "rich, warm sound off the walls and ceiling" and allows you to "hear the air," which some soundstages do not allow you to do.[6] Spielberg stated he chose to work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra because the film deals with a "company of soldiers" and the orchestra was an "experienced company of musicians."[6] Over the course of a three-day period in February 1998, the score for the film was recorded at a rate of around $100,000 an hour.[6]

Spielberg and Williams both watched a rough cut of the film to determine what scenes would have music.[6] The two decided to leave music out of the fighting sequences,[3][4] in favor of playing it over long sequences of eight to nine minutes that lack action.[6] The playing of music between fighting sequences gives a moment of reflection for what happened.[5][6] Tom Hanks came to a portion of the recording session and read the Bixby letter – which appears in the movie – to the orchestra at the behest of Williams.[6] This caused the musicians to shuffle their feet in appreciation.[6]

Williams chose to use different families and types of instruments to convey and evoke certain tones within the score.[5] String instruments were chosen to provide a warm sound, brass instruments were utilized for "solemn" sections of the pieces, and horn instruments were used to give off a pensive tone.[5] Military drums were used largely in the piece entitled "Hymn to the Fallen."[6] The Tanglewood Festival Chorus provided a vocal chorus for "Hymn to the Fallen" that served as a memory to those who have fallen in combat.[5] "Hymn to the Fallen" and its reprise are the only two tracks that feature any sort of vocals and bookend the album.[5][7] Spielberg chose to place "Hymn to the Fallen" on the closing credits because it will "stand the test of time and honor forever the fallen of this war and possibly all wars" and felt it showed Williams' "sensitivity and brilliance."[7] The album was released on July 21, 1998.[6][8] The soundtrack was remastered and reissued as a commemorative twentieth anniversary edition by La-La Land Records on August 28, 2018 and included two new tracks.[9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
SoundtrackNet[1]

Author Emilio Audissino felt that the music offered no "perspective" as Williams' scores normally do, but was instead rooted in emotion.[5] Classic FM believed that despite the restrictions placed on Williams, he still managed to create a "moving theme."[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic agreed, stating Williams added "sentiment wherever he could nonetheless."[8] Hillel Italie of the Associated Press found the soundtrack to be "bland" and "out of place."[10] Richard Harrington of The Washington Post found the soundtrack created by Williams to be "quietly heroic, full of survivalist determination and pragmatic melancholy."[2] In regard to all of Williams' soundtracks for Spielberg films, Harrington believed that this soundtrack was the most "subtle."[2] Calgary Herald writers felt Williams' created a "reflective score" that "is sensitive without sensationalizing the subject."[11]

Ian Black of The Sun (Sheridan, Oregon) compared the music for Flags of Our Fathers (2006) with that of Saving Private Ryan stating that it was "nowhere close" to the latter.[12] Barbera Vancheri of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that "John Williams' symphonic score soars in the background like church music."[13] Edmonton Journal writer Ted Shaw found the "meditative quality" of Williams' score to be a surprise when compared to the intensity of the fighting sequences.[14] He added that the music was an "elevating" component of the film.[14] Thomas Doherty also noted that the music "lacks the bombast of the incoming shells," stating that it was "quietly martial" with its use of trumpets and mild percussion.[15]

In addition to the film itself, the soundtrack received several nominations for various awards.[16] The score won the Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television.[17] In addition, the score was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, but failed to win the awards.[18]

In 2003, the Cleveland Institute of Music published a list of uplifting classical music pieces that featured "Hymn to the Fallen" and "Omaha Beach."[19] Within the United States, "Hymn to the Fallen" received minor radio airplay on Veterans Day and Memorial Day.[20][21] Classic FM voted the soundtrack to its "Movie Music Hall of Fame" that consists of the top 100 movie soundtracks chosen by fan votes.[22][23][24] The soundtrack placed sixteenth on the list, two places lower than the previous year.[25][26] Portions of the score were used in the "No Casino Gettysburg" videos that were created in opposition of building a casino on the grounds of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought.[27]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hymn to the Fallen"6:10
2."Revisiting Normandy"4:06
3."Omaha Beach"9:15
4."Finding Private Ryan"4:37
5."Approaching the Enemy"4:31
6."Defense Preparations"5:54
7."Wade's Death"4:30
8."High School Teacher"11:03
9."The Last Battle"7:57
10."Hymn to the Fallen (Reprise)"6:10
Total length:64:13
20th anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."High School Teacher (Film Version)" (2018 remastered)4:31
12."The Last Battle (Film Version)" (2018 remastered)8:02

Credits

  • Orchestra, performer, and primary artist: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Scoring consultant: Sandy De Crescent
  • Photography: David James
  • Music preparation: JoAnn Kane
  • Trumpet: Tim Morrison
  • Design: Terry Roberston
  • Engineer: Shawn Murphy
  • Horn: Richard "Gus" Sebring
  • Choir/Chorus, performer, and primary artist: Tanglewood Festival Chorus
  • Editing: Ken Wannberg
  • Composer, conductor, primary artist, and producer: John Williams

Source:[28]

Release history

List of release dates, formats, label, editions and reference
Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s)
July 21, 1998
[6][29][30]
2014
[30]
August 28, 2018 CD La-La Land Records [9]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Dan Goldwasser (September 21, 1998). "Saving Private Ryan Soundtrack (1998)". Soundtrack.Net. Autotelics, LLC. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Richard Harrington (September 6, 1998). "Summertime, and the Movies Spawn CDs". The Washington Post. p. G04. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Steve Greene (December 20, 2012). "John Williams and Steven Spielberg: The Critics Speak, Not Always Kindly". Indiewire. SnagFilms, Inc. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "John Williams: Saving Private Ryan". Classic FM. Global Limited. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Audissino 2014, p. 217.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Richard Dyer (February 24, 1998). "Sound of Spielberg at Work Again, He and John Williams Exult in Their Admiring Duet of 25 Years". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. C1.
  7. ^ a b Brian Hunt (March 20, 1999). "Movie Muzak: Can a Soundtrack Succeed as a Work of Art?". National Post. p. 10.
  8. ^ a b c Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Saving Private Ryan - John Williams". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "John Williams (4) – Saving Private Ryan - 20th Anniversary Limited Edition". Discogs. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  10. ^ Hillel Italie (July 23, 1998). "Something missing in 'Saving Private Ryan'". The Daily News. Associated Press. p. 2-B. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  11. ^ Howard Cohen; Dan Deluca; Nick Cristiano (August 13, 1998). "CD Reviews". Calgary Herald. p. HL10.
  12. ^ Ian Black (October 25, 2006). "'Flags of our Fathers' falls short". The Sun (Sheridan). p. 10. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  13. ^ Barbara Vancheri (August 4, 1998). "Debate swirls over taking youths to 'Private' Ryan". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. E-6. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  14. ^ a b Ted Shaw (August 8, 1998). "Williams does Ryan soundtrack". Edmonton Journal. p. C4.
  15. ^ Thomas Doherty (December 1998). "Saving Private Ryan". Cineaste. XXIV (1). New York, NY: 68–71. ISSN 0009-7004.
  16. ^ "'Shakespeare', 'Truman Show' top Globe nominees". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. December 18, 1998. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  17. ^ "John Williams". The GRAMMYs. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  18. ^ "Saving Private Ryan (John Williams) (1998)". Filmtracks. Filmtracks Publications. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  19. ^ "Uplifting music pieces make up listening guide". The Victoria Advocate. March 6, 2002. p. 6-C. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  20. ^ "Remember Them". The Chatfield News. November 8, 2005. p. 9. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  21. ^ "Showtime shows some smart films still get made". Lawrence Journal-World. May 29, 1999. p. 5D. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  22. ^ Elizabeth Davis (November 7, 2015). "'Lord of the Rings' voted the nation's favourite film score for sixth year in a row". Classic FM. Global Limited. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  23. ^ Jack Shepherd (November 9, 2015). "10 best film soundtracks of all-time according to Classic FM, including Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter". The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  24. ^ Ben Farmer (August 31, 2015). "Films and video games storm classical music hall of fame". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  25. ^ "Movie Music Chart". Classic FM. Global Limited. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  26. ^ "Saving Private Ryan (includes Hymn to the Fallen)". Classic FM. Global Limited. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  27. ^ "No Casino Gettysburg Releases New Celebrity Interviews with Music from Saving Private Ryan". PR Newswire. Infotrac Newsstand. December 6, 2010.
  28. ^ "Saving Private Ryan - John Williams". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  29. ^ "Saving Private Ryan (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by John Williams on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States: Apple Inc.
  30. ^ a b "Saving Private Ryan - John Williams - Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

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