THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - THE TRAIN

Films de guerre américain de 1969 et de 1964.

"Elmer Bernstein's score to The Bridge at Remagen -- making its premiere album release -- has long been desired by fans of the composer and the genre. It features a majestic, stirring main title theme, one of Bernstein's best, the kind of piece that turns an average cinemagoer into a film music buff. Despite the score's brevity -- less than a half-hour of music for a two-hour film -- it features thrilling large-scale moments as well intimate, humanistic cues recalling, of all things, Bernstein's mastery of writing music for children."

"Maurice Jarre's pulsating music for The Train drives the gritty physical action. Whereas Bernard Herrmann's "black and white" score for Psycho features solely strings, Jarre turns the "black and white" concept on its head to provide nothing but color. He omits strings from his orchestra, leaving woodwinds, percussion, brass and accordion, turning the train into a living, breathing creature that is equated with Lancaster in unstoppable power. Jarre's percussive, snarling textures provide action and tension, while his distinctive melodies put a uniquely Frenchheart into the patriotic effort to preserve the art." (www.soundtrackcorner.de)