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Memorial Day

Saturday Cinema - May 25, 2024

Join host Lynne Warfel for two hours of your favorite film music on the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, in which we celebrate Memorial Day with music from films that honor service and sacrifice, including Linclon, Saving Private Ryan, and War Horse. Listen now!

Playlist

Lincoln: “With Malice Toward None”
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sony 44685

Lincoln: Elegy
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sony 44685

Gettysburg: Main Theme
Composer: Randy Edelman
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Soloists: Timothy Berens, guitar
Telarc 80437

Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Composer: Randy Edelman
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80440

Friendly Persuasion: Main theme
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411037

The Generals’ March
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80175

Platoon: Theme
Composer: Georges Delerue
Conductor: Georges Delerue
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66225

The Deer Hunter: Cavatina
Composer: Stanley Myers
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: John Williams, guitar
Sony 63000

Mr. Roberts: Suite
Composer: Franz Waxman
Conductor: Franz Waxman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 5257

War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 97528

We Were Soldiers: End Credits/Sgt. MacKenzie/The Mansions of the Lord
Composer: Nick Glennie-Smith
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 89940

Saving Private Ryan: Revisiting Normandy
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dreamworks 50046

Born on the Fourth of July
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Thomas Hooten, trumpet
SELF PROD 462

The Longest Day: March
Composer: Paul Anka
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

Victory at Sea Suite
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80175

Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dreamworks 50046

Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dreamworks 50046

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