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No way. While it works for the film, it's hardly a satisfying listen on its own, which would be clearly responsible for making it a landmark score, in my opinion.
Hardly, in my opinion. I feel film scores are shaped by the film. In this way, I would also consider the Thin Red Line to be in the top ten of soundtracks. A lot of pent-up emotion, sadness, and pensiveness that builds into the Journey to the Line cue. Very psychological, very powerful, I love listening to that one when I'm alone and everything is quiet.
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It argues that The Thin Red Line is Zimmer's best work
I absolutely agree.
and also is one of the landmark scores in the history of film music.
Probably not.
+1 on both counts
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It definitely enriches one of the finest films of its time. I think of the film's use of music as being broader than Hans Zimmer though, since there's the Part, Faure, Jovanovich, Ives, so how much credit he gets as opposed to whoever chose those pieces is open to question.
Still, for its relationship to its film... look, there weren't that many terribly interesting new approaches to the war film in the 90s! Even to films in general, I'd dare to say. If I had to list 5 scores which were really striking reversals of genre trends (ie. bold and different) in that decade, then I'd include THE THIN RED LINE.
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Jan 21, 2010 - 1:02 AM
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Mikhail
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No way. While it works for the film, it's hardly a satisfying listen on its own, which would be clearly responsible for making it a landmark score, in my opinion.
Hardly a satisfying listen on its own? I think it's a beautiful score in the film, but even better on album. I come away admiring it more each and every time I listen. The quality, sensitivity, and poignancy of the writing is extraordinary, and unique in Zimmer's oeuvre.
It's far and away Zimmer's best score, in my opinion.
I probably wouldn't consider it a landmark score. Why? What does every war or action film score sound like these days? No, sadly it wasn't very influential. Then again, Terrence Malick is one-of-a-kind, and I could do without scores* of cheap knock-offs of his style.
Edit: I just re-read this, and on this particular board... that was a confusing sentence. "Scores" as in 20s. 
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I remember being disappointed by the score, as a Zimmer-fan, when I saw the film in 1998. Not melodic enough I guess. Maybe I would enjoy it more now.
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If ever there was an influential 90s score, it would be Thin Red Line*...
- Black Hawk Down's strings
- We Were Soldiers
- Magnolia
- Matchstick Men (yes, seriously -- not on album though)
- Public Enemies (quoted directly and indirectly)
* Although some others, like American Beauty, were equally influential.
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