Music Album Review: 'The War: A Ken Burns Film - The Soundtrack'
(C) 2007 Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Florentine Films On August 21, 2007, Sony’s Legacy Recordings released The War: A Ken Burns Film – The Soundtrack, a 17-track compilation album of music from the eponymous seven-part documentary directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The one-CD album was co-produced by Burns, Novick, Sarah Botstein, and Delfeayo Marsalis (the younger brother of jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, who served as music supervisor for The War and composed several original pieces for its score). With an eclectic mix of World War II-era performances, classical music composed many years after V-E and V-J Days, and original music written for the series, The War: A Ken Burns Film – The Soundtrack was one of four recordings dropped by Legacy Recordings and Sony Classical to coincide with the television series’ premiere on September 26, 2007. The other three records – sold separately and in a 4-CD Deluxe box set along with this album – are: ...