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==Soundtrack== The film's iconic music was composed by [[Elmer Bernstein]], who gave each major character his own musical motif based on the ''Great Escape''{{'}}s main theme.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elmer Bernstein |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469770/Elmer-Bernstein.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469770/Elmer-Bernstein.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=August 20, 2004 |access-date=January 25, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Its enduring popularity helped Bernstein live off the score's [[royalties]] for the rest of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bernstein-e/music/great-escape/ |title=Elmer Bernstein: The Great Escape |date=August 23, 2014 |website=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] |publisher=[[Global Media & Entertainment|Global]] |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115211136/https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bernstein-e/music/great-escape/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics have said the film score succeeds because it uses rousing militaristic motifs with interludes of warmer softer themes that humanizes the prisoners and endears them to audiences; the music also captures the bravery and defiance of the POWs.<ref>{{cite book |title=100 Greatest Film Scores |first1=Matt |last1=Lawson |first2=Laurence E. |last2=MacDonald |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-53810-368-5 |page=115}}</ref> The main title's patriotic march has since become popular in Britain, particularly with fans of the [[England national football team]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/6815/hyundai/2014/06/10/4859618/why-englands-band-play-the-theme-from-the-great-escape-movie |title=Why England's band play the theme from 'The Great Escape' movie |last=Wright |first=Joe |date=June 10, 2014 |work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]] |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829141325/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/6815/hyundai/2014/06/10/4859618/why-englands-band-play-the-theme-from-the-great-escape-movie |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 2016, the sons of Elmer Bernstein openly criticized the use of the ''Great Escape'' theme by the [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|UK Brexit referendum]], saying "Our father would never have allowed [[UKIP]] to use his music" because he would have strongly opposed the party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/28/great-escape-theme-tune-ukip-composer |title=UKIP's use of Great Escape theme tune grates with composer's sons |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=May 28, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218142732/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/28/great-escape-theme-tune-ukip-composer |url-status=live }}</ref> ;Intrada Records (release) In 2011 [[Intrada Records|Intrada]], a company specializing in film soundtracks, released a digitized re-mastered version of the full film score based on the original 1/4" two-track stereo sessions and original 1/2" three-channel stereo masters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6866/.f |title=THE GREAT ESCAPE (3 CD) |website=Intrada |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227043848/http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6866/.f |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Disc one=== {{Track listing | headline = ''Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' | title1 = Main Title | length1 = 2:30 | title2 = At First Glance | length2 = 3:07 | title3 = Premature Plans | length3 = 2:28 | title4 = If At Once | length4 = 2:31 | title5 = Forked | length5 = 1:28 | title6 = Cooler | length6 = 1:59 | title7 = Mole | length7 = 1:28 | title8 = "X"/Tonight We Dig | length8 = 1:30 | title9 = The Scrounger/Blythe | length9 = 3:50 | title10 = Water Faucet | length10 = 1:23 | title11 = Interruptus | length11 = 1:33 | title12 = The Plan/The Sad Ives | length12 = 1:43 | title13 = Green Thumbs | length13 = 2:28 | title14 = Hilts And Ives | length14 = 0:38 | title15 = Cave In | length15 = 2:01 | title16 = Restless Men | length16 = 1:56 | title17 = Booze | length17 = 1:47 | title18 = "Yankee Doodle" | length18 = 0:55 | title19 = Discovery | length19 = 3:40 | all_writing = | total_length = 57:35 }} ===Disc two=== {{Track listing | headline = ''Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Continued)'' | title1 = Various Troubles | length1 = 3:52 | title2 = Panic | length2 = 2:05 | title3 = Pin Trick | length3 = 0:59 | title4 = Hendley's Risk | length4 = 1:43 | title5 = Released Again/Escape Time | length5 = 5:25 | title6 = 20 Feet Short | length6 = 3:06 | title7 = Foul Up | length7 = 2:37 | title8 = At The Station | length8 = 1:33 | title9 = On The Road | length9 = 3:27 | title10 = The Chase/First Casualty | length10 = 6:49 | title11 = Flight Plan | length11 = 2:09 | title12 = More Action/Hilts Captured | length12 = 6:07 | title13 = Road's End | length13 = 2:06 | title14 = Betrayal | length14 = 2:20 | title15 = Three Gone/Home Again | length15 = 3:13 | title16 = Finale/The Cast | length16 = 2:47 | all_writing = | total_length = 1:18:58 }} ===Disc three=== {{Track listing | headline = ''Original 1963 United Artists Score Album'' | title1 = Main Title | length1 = 2:07 | title2 = Premature Plans | length2 = 2:08 | title3 = Cooler And Mole | length3 = 2:26 | title4 = Blythe | length4 = 2:13 | title5 = Discovery | length5 = 2:54 | title6 = Various Troubles | length6 = 2:40 | title7 = On The Road | length7 = 2:54 | title8 = Betrayal | length8 = 2:05 | title9 = Hendley's Risk | length9 = 2:24 | title10 = Road's End | length10 = 2:00 | title11 = More Action | length11 = 1:57 | title12 = The Chase | length12 = 2:49 | title13 = Finale | length13 = 3:14 | all_writing = | total_length = 49:11 }}
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