Memorial Day Special

May 23, 2026, 9:00 am

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Looking back at soundtracks honoring the men and women of the armed forces.

Playlist


Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music
LPO 0086

Clint Eastwood: Flags of Our Fathers
Kyle Eastwood; Michael Stevens; Lennie Niehaus End Titles Bruce Forman, g; Studio Orch/Lennie Niehaus
Flags Of Our Fathers (Music from the Motion Picture)
Milan Records G-010004202322S

Lee Holdridge: The Tuskegee Airmen
Main Title: “Leaving Home”
“Losing a Buddy”
Finale
Studio Orch/Lee Holdridge
The Tuskegee Airmen (Original Motion Picture Score)
Prometheus Records [The Tuskegee Airmen]

John Williams: Saving Private Ryan
“Finding Private Ryan”
“Hymn to the Fallen”
Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
Saving Private Ryan (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
DreamWorks DRMD-50046

Hans Zimmer : The Pacific
“With the Old Breed”
Studio Orch/Blake Neely
The Pacific (Music From the HBO Miniseries)
Rhino 0349795270

Michael Kamen: Band of Brothers
“Headscarf”
London Metropolitan Orch/Michael Kamen I
Band of Brothers (Music from the HBO Miniseries)
Sony SK-89719

Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives
Main Title
“The Elevator; Boone City; Peggy”
“The Nightmare”

London Phil Orch/Franco Collura
The Best Years of Our Lives – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Screen Classics [The Best Years of Our Lives]

Ennio Morricone: Casualties of War
“Elegy for Brown”
City of Prague Phil Orch/Paul Bateman
Cinema Paradiso – The Classic Film Music of Ennio Morricone
Silva SSD-1057

Bronislaw Kaper: The Red Badge of Courage
Main & End Titles
Studio Orch/Bronislaw Kaper
Best JOHN HUSTON Movie Themes
Disques Cinémusique [Best JOHN HUSTON Movie Themes]

Richard Rodgers: Victory at Sea
“The Song of the High Seas”
Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Victory at Sea Telarc CD-80175