The War: A Ken Burns Film [Deluxe Edition] (2007)

About this title: The War, directed by Ken Burns, was a seven-part documentary series broadcast on PBS television in 2007, focusing on the experiences of American soldiers in World War II. Much popular music of the period was heard on the soundtrack, as was some music specifically composed and recorded for use in the film. This four-CD set, with the full title The War: A Ken Burns Film: Deluxe Edition: Soundtrack and Music from the Second World War, devotes one disc each to a certain thematic strain. Disc one -- the only one in this package that is also available separately, as a stand-alone release -- focuses ... read more

Tracks:

1. American Anthem [Scheer]
2. Walton: The Death of Falstaff [Walton]
3. The Wang Wang Blues [Busse/Johnson/Muell]
4. Movin' Back [Marsalis]
5. How Long Blues [Carr/Williams]
6. In the Nick of Time [Meyer]
7. It's Been a Long, Long Time [Styne/Chan]
8. America My Home [Marsalis]
9. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) [Creamer/Johnson]
10. Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur [Excerpt] [Kalhor]
11. Until I'm in Your Arms Again [Marsalis]
12. Part: Variations for the Healing of Arinushka [Pärt]
13. Basie Boogie [Ebbins/Basie]
14. Solitude [DeLange/Ellington]
15. Copland: Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano [Excerpt] [Copland]
16. If You Can't Smile and Say Yes [Jordan/Rodgers]
17. American Anthem [Scheer]
18. We'll Meet Again [Charles/Parker]
19. Dancing in the Dark [Dietz/Schwartz]
20. Little Brown Jug [Winner]
21. I'll Be Seeing You [Kahal/Fain]
22. Moonglow [DeLange/Hudson/Mill]
23. Memories of You [Razal/Blake]
24. I'll Get By [Turk/Ahlert]
25. On the Alamo [Kahn/Jones]
26. Pennies from Heaven [Johnston/Burke]
27. Body and Soul [Heyman/Green]
28. Let's Get Lost [Loesser/McHugh]
29. Blues in the Night [Mercer/Arlen]
30. There Shall Be No Light [Shelley/Silver]
31. Echoes of Harlem [Ellington]
32. Skylark [Mercer/Carmichael]
33. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) [Cahn/Styne]
34. Paper Doll [Black]
35. Long Ago and Far Away [Gershwin/Kern]
36. Sentimental Journey [Homer/Green/Brown]
37. Waiting for the Train to Come In [Block/Skylar]
38. C Jam Blues [Ellington]
39. Frenesi [Whitcup]
40. In the Mood [Garland]
41. Let Me off Uptown [Evans/Bostic]
42. Taxi War Dance [Basie/Young]
43. The Sheik of Araby [Snyder/Smith]
44. Pistol Packin' Mama [Dexter]
45. American Patrol [Meacham]
46. For the Good of Your Country [Redman]
47. Cherokee [Noble]
48. Rose Room [Williams/Hickman]
49. Opus #1 [Oliver]
50. I'm Beginning to See the Light [George/Ellington/Ho]
51. Tuxedo Junction [Dash/Fayne/Hawkins/]
52. One O'Clock Jump [Basie]
53. I'm Confessin' [Neiburg/Daugerty/Re]
54. (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo [Gordon/Warren]
55. Boogie Woogie [Smith]
56. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) [Young]
57. Sing, Sing, Sing [Prima]
58. The Death of Falstaff [From Henry V: Two Pieces for Strings] [Walton]
59. Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano [Copland]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.