Editing Monty Python's Life of Brian (section)

==Soundtrack==
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An album was also released by Monty Python in 1979 in conjunction with the film. In addition to the "[[Brian Song]]"  and "[[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]", it contains scenes from the film with brief linking sections performed by Eric Idle and Graham Chapman. The album opens with a brief rendition of "[[Hava Nagila]]" on Scottish bagpipes. A CD version was released in 1997.

An album of the songs sung in ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian (album)|Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' was released on the Disky label. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was later re-released with great success, after being sung by British [[Association football|football]] fans. Its popularity became truly evident in 1982 during the [[Falklands War]] when sailors aboard the destroyer [[HMS Sheffield (D80)|HMS ''Sheffield'']], severely damaged in an Argentinean [[Exocet]] missile attack on 4 May, started singing it while awaiting rescue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life|title=Icons of England, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050535/http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life|archive-date=17 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article2835095.ece|title=Always look on the bright side of strife: The sardonic humour of war|work=The Times |location=UK |date=9 November 2007 | access-date=5 April 2010 | first=Ben | last=MacIntyre}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Many people have come to see the song as a life-affirming ode to [[optimism]]. One of its more famous renditions was by the dignitaries of [[Manchester]]'s bid to host the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]], just after they were awarded to Sydney. Idle later performed the song as part of the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/08/201281305330562117.html |title=London ends Olympics on extravagant notes – Europe |work=Al Jazeera English |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is also featured in Eric Idle's ''[[Spamalot]]'', a Broadway musical based upon ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', and was sung by the rest of the Monty Python group at Graham Chapman's memorial service and at the ''[[Monty Python Live at Aspen]]'' special. The song is a staple at [[Iron Maiden]] concerts, where the recording is played after the final encore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iron Maiden meets Monty Python |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iron-maiden-meets-monty-python/ |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=Blabbermouth}}</ref>