Braveheart - London Symphony Orchestra

**What Is It?**
Braveheart the CD is the Soundtrack to accompany the award winning movie. It is by the talented London Syphony Orchestra. It has a total of 18 tracks.

**Artists**
The London Symphony Orchestra are the stars of this CD. The composer is James Horner who famously conducted Titanic and did a re-recording of the Star Trek Soundtrack. Martin Neary is the co-conductor (so he would have done some of the tracks) ...
...Marceau) They are, as all Braveheart fans will know, the main characters in the story. It has a dark black backround with a font (sorry don't know what it is called) running through out it.

**Quality of Music?**
Is very good. I wasn't personally expecting it to be that good as it was made in 1995. The music quality is as high as film quality. It is very clear and the bass is fantastic. Also when the bagpipes are playing you ... more

**What Is It?**
Braveheart the CD is the Soundtrack to accompany the award winning movie. It is by the talented London Syphony Orchestra. It has a total of 18 tracks.

**Artists**
The London Symphony Orchestra are the stars of this CD. The composer is James Horner who famously conducted Titanic and did a re-recording of the Star Trek Soundtrack. Martin Neary is the co-conductor (so he would have done some of the tracks) and also the very talented Abbey School Choirsters. So you have an excellent amount of talent put towards this soundtrack.

**Cover**
The cover is of the old DVD cover of the movie. It's of William Wallace (Played By Mel Gibson) and Princess Isabel (Played by Sophie Marceau) They are, as all Braveheart fans will know, the main characters in the story. It has a dark black backround with a font (sorry don't know what it is called) running through out it.

**Quality of Music?**
Is very good. I wasn't personally expecting it to be that good as it was made in 1995. The music quality is as high as film quality. It is very clear and the bass is fantastic. Also when the bagpipes are playing you can hear everynote perfectly. The consistancy of tracks is very good. Each track glides swiftly onto the next. I was really impressed by the quality this CD had to offer.

**Tracklist**
1. Main Title (2:50)
2. Gift Of A Thistle (1:37)
3. Wallace Courts Murron (4:25)
4. Secret Wedding (6:32)
5. Attack On Murron (2:59)
6. Revenge (6:14)
7. Murron's Burial (2:12)
8. Making Plans/Gathering The Clans (1:53)
9. Sons Of Scotland (6:18)
10. Battle Of Stirling (5:57)
11. For The Love Of A Princess (4:07)
12. Falkirk (4:04)
13. Betrayal And Desolation (7:47)
14. Mornay's Dream (1:16)
15. Legend Spreads (1:08)
16. Princess Pleads For Wallace's Life (3:37)
17. Freedom/Execution Bannockburn (7:22)
18. End Credits (7:16)

**Favourite Song?**
I'm stuck between 'Sons of Scotland' and 'A Gift Of A Thistle'. I love 'Sons of Scotland' because it is when there is the big speech (remember "They Can Take Our Lives, But they Can Never Take Our Freedom!") And that is one of my favourite parts of the movie. But i also love 'A Gift Of A Thistle' because it has the Braveheart 'theme' in it. So i'm stuck between them.

**Song I Don't Like**
There isn't any songs i don't like particually but there is one that annoys me slightly. Its 'Mornays Dream' which is way to short. It's a good song don't get me wrong but it's over in about 10 seconds!

**Where Can You Get It?**
Almost anywhere that sells CD's! Amazon, HMV, Borders you name it, it will probibly have it. You can also get it off iTunes as well and it has also been digitally restored so it should be of better quality. So have a search around.

**Price**
The has a huge price gap. The RRP is a high £12.99! Alot of money but that was the price when it came out. Amazon are offering it for £5.97 which is a very good price. HMV are offering it for only £4.97 which again is a great price. But iTunes are offering it for £7.99 which isn't that great a price as compared to the CD versions. These prices might change but these are just guide ones.

**Whats Right WIth It?**
It is a fantastic CD of all the music from one of my personnel favourite movies of all time. It is untouched and has not been edited. The only thing missing is the characters voices! The music quality was a lot better than i expected and is very high. The price is good if you get it under about £10. It is very sad in some parts as well and really gets you thinking. I loved this music. Also i just thought this is collectors piece as well for movie memoribellia. This is still a very famous movie so get all the stuff you can, it could be valuble one day!

**Whats Wrong With It?**
Lets just say i wouldn't put this one my iTunes playlist. It is a very good CD but it's not something i would listen to a lot of the time. So it loses a star for that.

**Conclusion**
This is a really good CD, untouched from the hit movie. I loved it and really enjoyed listening to it but as i have said above, it wouldn't be something i would listen to everyday. So i award this CD
4 Stars ? ? ? ?

Janie x 

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