Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack)
1998 film score by John Williams / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Released | July 21, 1998 August 28, 2018 (remaster) | |||
Recorded | February 21–23, 1998 | |||
Studio | Symphony Hall, Boston and Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 64:13[1] | |||
Label | DreamWorks La-La Land Records (2018 remaster) | |||
Producer | John Williams | |||
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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.