A sweeping, memorable score that salts in enough Scottish instrumentation to evoke the subject of the film without turning the whole production into a cheap parody. The main theme is a grandly melancholic effort that stands up to the periodic restatements throughout the disc, while Karen Matheson's vocal contributions do an excellent job of mood-setting. Burwell, who has spent much of his career working with independent filmmaker John Sayles, is a talent worth far more attention than he receives. ~ Steven McDonald, Rovi
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A sweeping, memorable score that salts in enough Scottish instrumentation to evoke the subject of the film without turning the whole production into a cheap parody. The main theme is a grandly melancholic effort that stands up to the periodic restatements throughout the disc, while Karen Matheson's vocal contributions do an excellent job of mood-setting. Burwell, who has spent much of his career working with independent filmmaker John Sayles, is a talent worth far more attention than he receives. ~ Steven McDonald, Rovi
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This soundtrack, to me, had a more rugged quality that gave it a raw feel, compared to the classical, orchestral quality of Braveheart. I really like that they didn't try to make it sound like Braveheart and I ended up loving it, the first time I heard it. To me, the soundtrack had just right combination of domesticity, romance, sadness, and desperation. There wasn't too much of any of these elements to make it unbalanced.