Thin Red Line Soundtrack CD

 Extremely good dramatic music.
Well, I have listened to many music and just a few are barely the same quality of the one found in the Thin Red Line. There are many tracks, and most of them are unspoken, one of the good points!! The music is kinda depressive but outstandingly great. I've never heard before such good themes as "Light" or "Journey to the Line". Both are excellent pieces. In "Light", we visualize Witt's death(performed by Jim Caviezel, the main character)and how he reached internal peace, such a very sad scene. It also contains one of the bests melodies of the film, just at the end of the song. "Light" is my favorite theme of the soundtrack, and probably, my best theme ever, nothing had been superior to it. It is sad, and sad, and sad, but great. Give it a try. "Journey to the Line" is also an awesome theme. Here we see how the privates from the picture go to a japanese field to hold positions until the rest of the U.S. army advances. It fits perfectly, the theme with the film in this particular scene. It is a long song lasting 9:00 minutes aprox. And just awesome. Basically, the soundtrack is depressive as it is made from a war movie. Also, the director, Terrence Mallick, wanted to make it that way(Hanz Zimmer was the master beyond this epic work.) If you liked the movie, try the soundtrack and viceverse. The movie is also my favorite nowadays. Perhaps a bit long, but it is a master piece. No such ...p like LOTR, Harry potter, or those ...tty things out there... I just can't understand WHY stupidity and simplicity is better sold than good things. This is just a perfect example, as I had seen none of my friends like the TTRL soundtrack but to like those "popular" pop girls: aguilera, britney spears, las ketchup and their asereje ...t. Jesus, and we call this a modern age? Anyways, that's my opionion. If you like war movies, depressive films, or just excellent music get this soundtrack.
Submitted by blakk_arrgarrd (Mexico DF, México) 
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 Zimmer's masterwork
This soundtrack .. like the film creeps up on you and makes a home in your subconcious. As others have said .. "Journey to the Line" is a remarkable piece of music. As the climax of the battle to take the hill .. it's a powerful musical statement .. yet so understated at the same time....it complements the tears the film drama produces .. doesn't provoke or manipulate them. It's a cleansing work ... haunting .. don't know about you but I find it hard to shake a lot of Witt's poetic musings on war ... and the Colonel's righteous bluster ... "I've eaten untold buckets of s..t to get here" .. This soundtrack recaptures moments from one of the saddest .. most beautiful and yet gloriously flawed films of the past 20 years or so. Hans Zimmer .. thankyou for such a life enriching soundtrack..
Submitted by Andrew GX (Perth Western Australia)
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 A masterpiece...
Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for Terrence Malick's brilliant "The Thin Red Line" is, put simply, a masterpiece. The third track, "Journey to the Line", is one of the most haunting I've heard in my entire life - it sends shivers down your spine as you start to feel human history and existence defined by music. The soundtrack, like the movie, is not only about war but about mankind. A definite must for any film buff and/or music lover.
Submitted by a reviewer (Lisbon, , Portugal)
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