{"product_id":"hans-zimmer-the-thin-red-line-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-2lp","title":"Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2LP Aquamarine]","description":"\u003cp\u003eHans Zimmer's music for The Thin Red Line is among his most meditative scores, music that listens more than it shouts. This limited edition spreads it across two 180 gram LPs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerrence Malick wanted music before the cameras even rolled, so Zimmer wrote hours of it, which the director played on set to shape the mood of his 1998 war film. Only a fraction made the final cut, but the score still earned an Academy Award nomination for Original Dramatic Score, and the soundtrack album followed in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coral Atoll opens in hushed suspense, strings rising slowly like heat off the water. Light builds patiently into a vast, aching crescendo, and Beam, written by Zimmer's collaborator John Powell, adds its own quiet tension. The Choir of All Saints from Honiara brings a Melanesian hymn, God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi, whose simple voices land with startling beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZimmer also folds in Asian instruments such as the shakuhachi and koto, adding colour without ever breaking the score's solemn, prayer-like stillness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a record about beauty and violence sitting side by side, and it works as well in a quiet room as it does on screen. Soundtrack collectors will want this one close to hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57351101514033,"sku":"8719262040885","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Hans_Zimmer-The_Thin_Red_Line_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_2LP_Aquamarine.jpg?v=1794420562","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/hans-zimmer-the-thin-red-line-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-2lp","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}