Platoon (And Songs From The Era) Soundtrack CD Album

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Original Soundtrack / Various Artists - Platoon (And Songs From The Era) Soundtrack CD

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In compiling the soundtrack for Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning 1986 Vietnam War epic Platoon, producer Bud Carr opted to eschew original composition in favor of a collection of songs from the '60s in an attempt to capture the period. Many of the songs he selected were not even used in the film. The only excerpt from Georges Delerue's score that made it onto the album was "Barnes Shoots Elias." The '80s were not a golden age for sales of original score soundtracks. With only a handful of exceptions (e.g., Vangelis' Chariots of Fire and a few of John Williams' blockbuster soundtracks), most of the commercially successful soundtrack albums contained hit singles from pop artists. And as Platoon was one of the few Best Picture winners from the era that failed even to land an Original Score nomination at the Oscars, Carr was probably wise to make that decision. He populated the album with classic rock & roll songs like the Doors' "Hello, I Love You," Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," and Aretha Franklin's "Respect." But the soundtrack's best moments are not from the '60s at all. They are the Delerue-conducted excerpts from Samuel Barber's haunting "Adagio for Strings," which served as the theme for the movie and bookend the album as the first and last tracks. ~ Evan Cater

Audio Mixer: John Richards.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Budd Carr; David Franco.

Platoon (And Songs From The Era) Soundtrack Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Soundtrack, Stax/Southern Soul
Label	Atlantic
Orig Year	1986
All Time Product Rank	47,036
CD Universe Part number	1097008
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 25, 1988
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Budd Carr
Engineer	Roger Monk
Recording Time	25 minutes
Personnel	Original Soundtrack Various Artists
Additional Info	Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack / Various Artists - Platoon (And Songs From The Era) Soundtrack Songs

Trk

Song

Time

Price

Village

Tracks Of My Tears * See All 2

2:54

(From different album)

Okie From Muskogee

Hello, I Love You

White Rabbit

Barnes Shoots Elias

Respect

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

When a Man Loves a Woman See All 4

Groovin'

Adagio For Strings See All 4

(*) MP3 for this song is from a different CD. Listen to the sound sample to be sure this is the version you're looking for.

Platoon (And Songs From The Era) Soundtrack Music Review

Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

3 stars Soundtrack????
Should just have been named "Songs from the era"...Not really worth purchasing in order to listen to the one good track, "Adagio". :-(
Submitted by Lou (Miami, Fl.)
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4 stars The songs on this album are great!
I love the songs on this album b/c you can just sit back and relax. You feel like you are back in the day and you just relax and picture what the songs are telling you. I highly rate this soundtrack to anyone who likes to sit and relax and listen to good music.
Submitted by a reviewer (Marion, IA USA)
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