War Horse UNRELEASED music thread (WARNING: Unmasked Spoilers in this thread!)

[King Mark 3,630]

Ok, I noticed an unreleased statement of the bonding theme when Albert puts on the plowing collar on the first time followed by some more unreleased underscore (pre-plowing scene)

Other than that there was some cello cue somewhere that didn't seem like it was on the album

Anything else?

It seems there was a certain amount of tracked and re-used music in the film

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

The violin solo at the end of the Emilie story tops my list. I really want to hear the rearranged credits too, they're way less bloated with the minor themes and get to the important themes faster.

[King Mark 3,630]

Well we can replicate that edit soon enough

As for the rest I'm surprised at how little unreleased music there is . I'm not sure leaked recording sessions would be a top priority

[KK 3,307]

I watched the movie last night. There is actually quite a bit of unreleased music. Off the top of my head, around the plowing scene, the woodwinds take on the war theme. There is a cello solo somewhere and a horn solo after the Emilie scenes. There are also a couple of unreleased statements of the bonding theme. Thats all I remember at the moment.

[indy4 155]

This might be what Chaac mentioned, but when Albert's mom discussed the father's war record, the war theme played on oboe, if I remember correctly.

[Incanus 5,714]

So any estimate of how much missing music there is in total? And I am sure it might have been discussed elsewhere but how chronological the album is?

[indy4 155]

I think the OST is in chronological order, but I could be wrong.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Plowing sounded different.

[Jay 37,336]

The album is in chronological order with 2 exceptions:

06 Plowing should go before 05 Seeding, and Horse Vs Car (something that should have been obvious when the track list first leaked - can't seed a field until you have plowed it!)

and

13 No Man's Land, the dissonant first half takes place after the action-based second half.

As far as unreleased music goes, early reports that the film was wall-to-wall score were just plain completely wrong. The OST is a VERY good summation of the score as a whole. In addition to the 65 minutes there, there were about 5, maybe 6 short cues in the film that aren't on the OST, that total maybe 8-10 minutes at the most.

So the complete score would have easily fit on one disc and been a SUPERB presentation. The extra cues are not redundant and would have enhanced the listening experience. That being said, Williams did pick the best cues to be on the OST, I wouldn't trade any of them for an unreleased cue.

The extra cues I can remember from one viewing of the film:

- A short cue that plays after 01 Dartmoor, 1912 that leads into the Auction scene

- A maybe 2 minute cue that leads into 06 Plowing (It's essentially 8 straight minutes of music in the film)

- A short cue after 08 The Charge and Capture featuring Joey's Theme that starts on Joey in possession of the Germans and continues through Albert getting Captain Nichol's letter

- I think the music for Emilie's grandfather's story about the carrier pigeons is unreleased

- I think there was a short cue after Emilie and Joey are captured by the Germans when she goes over the hill riding Joey for the first time

Can't remember if there were any others right now.

There really isn't much, huge portions of the movie play with no score at all (and it was the right decision)

[karelm 2,911]

I can't find the big "bonding" theme music from the trailer:

It is at 1:09 and has that gorgeous modulation at 1:40 - is this an edit from multiple cues or is this not on the soundtrack recording? This is such a beautiful, heartfelt score. I miss JW. Call me a sentamentalist, but this unforgettable theme so perfectly captures the spirit of determined hope mixed with loss.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

It's from Plowing and Reunion.

[karelm 2,911]

Yep, that's it...Thank you!