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Platoon - Original Soundtrack | 
| Artist: Original Soundtrack
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 38546
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 81742
UPC: 075678174223
EAN: 0075678174223
ASIN: B000002IKT
Release Date: October 1, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Village | | • | Tracks Of My Tears | | • | Okie From Muskogee | | • | Hello I Love You | | • | White Rabbit | | • | Barnes Shoots Elias | | • | Respect | | • | Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay | | • | When A Man Loves A Woman | | • | Groovin' | | • | Adagio For Strings |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
In a musical collection that is as much soundtrack as it is score, Oliver Stone's Platoon is a breakthrough for its ability to embody the extremes of the human condition in Vietnam. While most of the songs by themselves are commonly found as representative of the era, together they become a personality. Smokey Robinson's soulful and heartfelt "Tracks of My Tears" is offset by the down-home pride of Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee". In turn, they are challenged by the escapist fantasies of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". The glue that held these social groups together in Vietnam, however tenuous the bond, was the common experience of combat. Here this combat takes form as Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings; Barber's violins play first at the aftermath of the torching of a Vietnamese village and then again as the undercurrent for Charlie Sheen's reflective monologue at the film's finale. Each time, they embody the pain and anguish of the previous moments, searching for cause but finding only loss and despair. The strings become the screams of the wounded, the souls of the lost and the conscience of the living, and in doing so, the Adagio for Strings itself serves as a testament to an experience that must be faced to be understood. --James Stockstill
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| Customer Reviews:
Deceptively good... November 17, 2000
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This CD had many good tracks, but it is the "Adagio For Strings" that really stands out. Other tracks of note are "Hello, I Love You" by The Doors and "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. These songs capture the atmosphere of Vietnam as well as the film did. If you like any Vietnam films or just great music you'll love this.
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