One of my favourite music scores of all time. So right for the fighting scene
Favourite War films
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One of my favourite music scores of all time. So right for the fighting scene
Reference the Pacific HBO series, I too could not get into it as much as BoB. However third time I watched Pacific, I did it on Blue ray with the history timeline added and found it much more engrossing as I was able to track the events and have historical information on the characters. I have seen it five times now and although BoB is the ultimate series, Pacific is a worthy successor.
Maybe it's just that i'm not a PTO type of person. That part of the war has never gripped me. I really do stick to ETO and have only recently, delved into the eastern front battles. So i guess i should try and watch it again at some point.
I didn't need a timeline with BoB, they were just great characters that you cared about
Thanks for that Alan, sublime isn’t it. I wonder what the rest of his score was like? Ron Godwin’s score was good, but we only get a short taste of Walton’s genius in this section.
I haven’t got Spotify, but I’ve got quite a lot of Walton in other forms, including Spitfire prelude. This was an expansion of his score for The first of the few, which I think we’ve omitted from here.. Apparently Olivier told the producer that if they cut that part of the score from the film they could cut him out as well 
Walton never completed the full score, and his theme tune is very much in a ''fifties film' style - I've got the soundtrack CD with an 'alternate take' of Battle in the Air, and the special edition DVD you can play the whole film with what there is of Walton's work - albeit they put the piece called 'Young Siegfrieds' over one of the RAF bases rather than the Luftwaffe. Oddly, the Walton score makes the film 'feel' older. The Ju52 fly in sequence is just weird with the old theme!
I've got that DVD but never tried that-good excuse for another watch!
It IS my favourite war film by far
A few of my favourites:
A Bridge Too Far.
Cross of Iron.
Kelly's Heroes.
Black Hawk Down.
Hurricane.
We Were Soldiers.
Stalingrad.
Full Metal Jacket.
Ice Cold in Alex.
The Deer Hunter.
Apocalypse Now.
Housewife 49, a TV movie with Victoria Wood as the housewife of the title, writing for mass observation during WW2, David Threlfall as her rather distant husband. Shows the experiences of ordinary people in Britain during the war.
A Bridge Too Far.
Cross of Iron.
Kelly's Heroes.
Black Hawk Down.
Hurricane.
We Were Soldiers.
Stalingrad.
Full Metal Jacket.
Ice Cold in Alex.
The Deer Hunter.
Apocalypse Now.
Housewife 49, a TV movie with Victoria Wood as the housewife of the title, writing for mass observation during WW2, David Threlfall as her rather distant husband. Shows the experiences of ordinary people in Britain during the war.
Nice list Graeme. Good to see housewife 49 getting a look in as well. It’s a well observed drama that shows the breadth of Victoria Wood’s talent. Her high point is still ”The Ballad of Barry and Freda” though :tongue-out3:
You need an excuse? As previously mentioned 'Repeat pliss'
Battle of Britain
Battle of the River Plate
Sink the Bismarck
Enemy at the Gates
Gallipoli
The Dambusters
Reach for the Sky
Battle of the River Plate
Sink the Bismarck
Enemy at the Gates
Gallipoli
The Dambusters
Reach for the Sky
G
Not a great film fan these days, although when a youngster we would all go to the cinema as soon as a war film was released. So must have seen the majority of English and Us made war films.
These days I tend to search out Russian ones. Of course being supported by the government as you can imagine they are always portrayed in a good light.
The interesting thing is they are well made, and rely upon great numbers of military personnel to drive and act out the large battle scenes.
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These days I tend to search out Russian ones. Of course being supported by the government as you can imagine they are always portrayed in a good light.
The interesting thing is they are well made, and rely upon great numbers of military personnel to drive and act out the large battle scenes.
John,
Hope I'm not being too intrusive but where did your interest in all things Russian (as it appears to me) derive from?
Steve
Only Russian one I've seen, I think it was called 'Ivan's War' about a young lad taking risks to pass intelligence back to the Red army....
Nick
Nick
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No not intrusive Steve. When I returned to modelling a few years ago I had already had great interest in the battle of Kursk and Russian history. The history of how the Russian people were treated by Stalin, and other communist leaders I found appalling. The way the Russian people were forced to fight and the great change into an industrial nation from one based on agriculture is amazing. Seeing how there was a great number of German armour builds I decided to build mainly Russian.
For those that are still on board, BBC 2 is with us! The black and white Dunkirk is on right now, and Battle of the River Plate was on yesterday teatime!
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