General's Daughter Soundtrack CD

 good movie,serious plot
found the movie to be one thats not going to be fogtten for some time,a original of it's own script.the first few sceeens show a direction for paying attention to detail, not to mention themusic in the very start is neat and fit;s well thanks for a good movie
Submitted by workalot64 (ventura CA. US)
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 Ghosts Of The Deep South...
If anyone needed to be reminded of the importance music can have on the emotional and contextual impact of a movie, they would only need listen to this soundtrack after seeing the film that inspired it. An ocean of ink has been used to vilify the sloppy obviousness of the script, the ham-handed direction, and the disservice done in the adaptation of Nelson deMille's military-based thriller. Nearly most of its shortcomings, however, are truly redeemed by a brooding, chilling score by Carter Burwell that is so damn good, it seems like it belongs in another film. But the watershed moments come courtesy the stylings of Greg Hale Jones, who sampled Library of Congress recordings of Black spirituals, field songs, children's patty-cake style cadences ("She Began To Lie") and mixed them with synthesizer and electronic drum lines that effectively underscore and highlight the film's themes of murder, betrayal, dishonor and retribution so much better than the script; like ghosts from the past of the Deep South that permeate and haunt the lives of its native sons and daughters, and most especially throughout the events that take place in the film. The result is a score done so well, you're almost better off listening to it while reading the source material, in lieu of watching the movie. Absolutely one of the most underrated scores of the last decade (equalled only by the remarkable RAVENOUS score by Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn.)
Submitted by cchase (Arlington, VA)
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 music on this cd is magnificent
music is magnificent the same as movie
Submitted by gurusati (Torun PL) 
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