Michael Kamen
is a master at capturing nostalgia, especially when the age in question is the bittersweet "tie a yellow ribbon" landscape of World War II. For the
HBO
mini-series
Band of Brothers
,
Kamen
re-visits much of the same territory he explored with fellow sepia-tone junkie
Roger Waters
on
Pink Floyd
's
The Wall
and
The Final Cut
. Alternately tragic and uplifting,
is a raw, patriotic, and wistfully elegiac tome of swelling choirs, salvation army
brass band
, and melodious strings that compliment the series' balanced depiction of the horrors of war and the unpredictable sweetness of humanity. ~ James Christopher Monger