Music Is My Weapon

Everyone has seen Hunt for the Red October with Sean Connery, and one of the Baldwins. The music in this movie was incredible. When we saw the Red October, Russian singing would commence, and the music forced a feeling of awe. Even if you havn't seen this movie, you have heard the music. Any large scale war movie has it: the biblical-in-proportion governmental-might fear-inspiring operetic music sung by deep male baratones. This music some how makes every scene feel like it is life altering.

I've seen many, many movies with this type of music. Hans Zimmer capitolizes on this effect for scores. So, I spent a long time looking for this style of music, and I finally found it: Best of the Red Army Choir.

Both the compositions and the performance are remarkable, above expectations.The music in this album has a great emotiveness that can be shared no matter ideological questions. You can perceive a very intense feeling of comradeship and of belonging to a group that is essential in human nature from tribal times. Also some of the exaggeration and grandiloquence that was characteristic of the Soviet regime can be found sometimes, but in this case it sounds sincere. However, anybody who likes classic music would enjoy it.