Braveheart Soundtrack CD

Personnel: James Horner (conductor, keyboards); Choristers of Westminster Abbey (vocals); Tony Hinnegan (kena, whistle); Eric Rigler (Uilleann pipes); Mike Taylor (bodhran, whistle); Ian Underwood (programming); London Symphony Orchestra.
Recorded at EMI Abbey Road, London, England. Includes liner notes by Mel Gibson.
All music written by James Horner.
Original score writen by James Horner.
The original soundtrack to Mel Gibson's Scottish adventure Braveheart contained all the key music from the film, but the movie and the music became such a huge hit that the release of More Music from Braveheart became almost inevitable. Comprised of leftovers from the movie's score, traditional bagpipe music and sections of dialogue from the film, More Music from Braveheart offers some slim pickings as far as content is concerned, but anyone who became obsessed with the film will find the release worthwhile anyway, simply because it offers more of the same. ~ Rodney Batdorf
The original soundtrack to Mel Gibson's Scottish adventure Braveheart contained all the key music from the film, but the movie and the music became such a huge hit that the release of More Music from Braveheart became almost inevitable. Comprised of leftovers from the movie's score, traditional bagpipe music and sections of dialogue from the film, More Music from Braveheart offers similar fare as far as content is concerned, and anyone who became obsessed with the film will find the release worthwhile, simply because it offers more of the same. ~ Rodney Batdorf
The soundtrack to Mel Gibson's epic Scottish adventure Braveheart is appropriately stirring, filled with grand, sweeping, orchestral music written especially for the film. It captures the patriotism and adventure of the film perfectly. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The haunting bagpipes, a shiver of strings behind them...you can almost feel the cool fog rolling in from the sea, and across a Scottish field. A battlefield, in this case, in the year 1314. It was then that a band of half-starved, hopelessly outnumbered Scottish patriots fought for freedom at a place called Bannockburn. John Horner's soundtrack to "Braveheart," the Mel Gibson film about that epic struggle, is a lustrous, many-faceted, at times stirring piece of work. Even without the images from the film dancing through your head, Horner's themes have staying power and emotional substance. He maintains the feel of place throughout, but never relies too heavily on obvious instrumental cliches (the pipes, for instance, are used sparingly). No doubt, tracks like "The Battle of Stirling" will resonate a bit more if you've seen "Braveheart." That said, Horner's score has a rare quality: It is cinematic, but also enjoyable on its own as orchestral music.

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