Editing The Thin Red Line (1998 film) (section)

==Music==
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[[File:Hans Zimmer 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Hans Zimmer]] created hours of music before principal photography began.]]

The film score was composed by [[Hans Zimmer]], with additional music from [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]]. The album was nominated for Best Dramatic Score at the [[71st Academy Awards]]. It was Hans Zimmer's fifth Oscar nomination as a composer, but he lost out to [[Roberto Benigni]]'s ''[[Life is Beautiful]]'' (music by [[Nicola Piovani]]). The album was released by [[RCA Victor]] and conducted by [[Gavin Greenaway]]. Among the music not written by Zimmer which appears in the film is ''In Paradisum'' from ''[[Requiem (Fauré)|Requiem]]'' by [[Gabriel Fauré]] and the opening minutes of ''[[The Unanswered Question]]'' by [[Charles Ives]].

Zimmer wrote several hours of music, and an abundance of different themes, before Malick started to shoot the film. The director played the music on the set, while filming, to get himself, and the rest of the crew and actors in the right frame of mind.

The official soundtrack features tracks that were not used on the film and some tracks from the film are not found on the CD.
The film features several pieces of Melanesian choral music sung by the Choir of All Saints in [[Honiara]] and the [[Melanesian Brotherhood]] in [[Tabalia]], only one of which is featured on the soundtrack.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020120855/http://www.scorereviews.com/reviews/review.aspx?id=254 Soundtrack Reviews]. Scorereviews.com (2010-11-23). Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref> However, another soundtrack was released containing several tracks from the choirs, titled ''Melanesian Choirs: The Blessed Islands – Chants from the Thin Red Line'', which has since gone out of circulation.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000IGF3 Chants from the Thin Red Line: Melanesian Choirs: The Blessed Islands: Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321122715/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000IGF3 |date=March 21, 2021 }}. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref> This album was re-released by La-La Land Records as part of a special edition in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THIN RED LINE, THE|url=https://lalalandrecords.com/thin-red-line-the/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=La-La Land Records|language=en|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111193142/https://lalalandrecords.com/thin-red-line-the/|url-status=live}}</ref>