Name of music

[JG 51]

Does anyone know what this beautiful piece of music is called http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHhw5...eature=related

[IanC]

I believe it's called "Adagio for Strings"

One version can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM

I agree it's a superb piece. It first came to my attention because it is used in the 1986 film "Platoon"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Platoon-Ori...3822892&sr=8-1

Cheers

Ian

[JG 51]

Thanks a lot Ian When you mention it I also remember it from the platoon. Great movie.

[Woolgar]

I remember this piece of music playing to footage of First World War troops going over the top in slow motion

Haunting !

Nick

[Yeoman]

Yep. it's Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber who was American I think.
I thought it was meant to be a piece about the sadness caused by war and associate it with WWI (maybe I saw the same film as Stickgenade) but it was actually composed 20 years later in 1936 ?.
Only Nimrod by Elgar betters this song imo as a suitably respectful soundtrack to war footage.