The Pacific: Music From The HBO Miniseries

When the TV mini-series Band of Brothers first aired in 2001 it was hailed as a great piece of television art; a thoughtful, emotional, well-produced, well-acted and well-directed look at the lives - and deaths - of the men who served in the US military in Europe during World War 2. Almost a decade later, the same group of talented individuals have come together again to make The Pacific, which tells the simultaneous story of the men and women who fought in the Pacific theater against the Japanese at Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and all across the Pacific Ocean. The series stars Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, William Sadler and James Badge Dale, and began airing on HBO in the United States on March 14, 2010.

The late, great Michael Kamen wrote one of the finest scores of his career for the original Band of Brothers series. For The Pacific, the producers turned to the composing trifecta of Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely to write almost nine hours of music for...Read more

I haven't seen "The Pacific" miniseries yet, so I don't know how well the soundtrack fits the film. However, standing alone, The Pacific soundtrack is pretty good. It is pretty low key, and often very melancholy. There's certainly nothing like the heart-pounding battle tracks in Hans Zimmer's Gladiator or the emotional highs of Pearl Harbor. Nonetheless, The Pacific seems well suited for a...Read more

The Pacific is the new miniseries on HBO that takes a look at WWII in the Pacific Theatre, which is mostly looked over in films and TV. The Thin Red Line is so far the best war film that deals with the fight in this particular area. Of course if you've seen Band Of Brothers then you'll know that these Spielberg/Hanks produced miniseries aren't Malickian in nature. They are about telling the stories of the heroics, courage and honor of the men who fought and died. The score had to reflect this.

The unbelievable task of scoring this monster epic series was handed to Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely. Zanelli has stated that he spent 9 months working on this. The score itself is not an action score if that's what you're expecting. Think The Thin Red Line but woven with the heroism found in Zimmer's score for Pearl Harbor. The score is an immense journey of tragedy, sacrifice and finding strength within.

There are certain cues on this release that I...Read more