Saving Private Ryan (soundtrack)

Saving Private Ryan
Soundtrack album by John Williams
Released July 21, 1998
Length 10 at 64:13

Saving Private Ryan is the original soundtrack, on the DreamWorks Records label, of the 1998 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Giovanni Ribisi and Tom Sizemore. The original score was composed by John Williams and performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music - Original Dramatic Score (lost to the score of La vita รจ bella), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of The Truman Show) and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the music of Elizabeth).

Track listing

There are 10 music tracks on the album (but track 10 is a variation of 1):

  1. Hymn To The Fallen 6:10
  2. Revisiting Normandy 4:06
  3. Omaha Beach 9:15
  4. Finding Private Ryan 4:37
  5. Approaching The Enemy 4:31
  6. Defense Preparations 5:54
  7. Wades Death 4:30
  8. High School Teacher 11:03
  9. The Last Battle 7:57
  10. Hymn To The Fallen (Reprise) 6:10