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There's a whole genre there. I think it's a great score, and somebody should, like Silva or the like, make a comilation 'Veteran' CD.
Imagine, William's 'Born on 4th. July', Friedhofer's 'Best Years of Our Lives', Tiomkin's 'The Men', Herrmann's 'Man in the Gray Flannel Suit' etc. ... if the subject matter is worthy, composers pull out the best, as a rule.
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I really loved this score from the first time I heard it.
Before I saw the movie I came across the cd in a shop.
Decided to give it a listen, but I had to stop listening
because it brought me on the brink of crying. I bought it
there and then and I have listened to it quite often since then.
I have heard the unofficial expanded release,
but it goes on with the same theme for far too long.
Still it has some really great variations on that theme
that I would not mind seeing/hearing on an official release.
If you love 'Born on the Fourth of July' you could
try Vaugham Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
There are some similarities in the music, but best of all,
they share (in my ears) that same aching melancholy quality.
That music was used in 'Master and Commander',
it's on that soundtrack in an abridged version.
Here you can listen to a way too brief sample:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000004ANW/ref=pd_krex_dp_001_006?ie=UTF8&track=006&disc=001
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Born on the Fourth of July is among my favorite Williams film scores. The melaconlic and noble quality of the music goes beyond the horrors of war to which the main characther was subjected and shows the inner fight he had whithin himself.
As mentioned above, the regular MCA release is a wonderful presentation of the score, working as a concert suite.
The full score, while of interest for those studying the art of film scoring, may end up being a little redundant.
Also, there was a promotional CD single from MCA back then, that included two diferent edits of the title track, with some synth percussion added to.
Regarding "Music for Stage and Screen", that's a sort of dream album for me. Besides coming with suites from two of my favorite Williams scores, comes with Quiet City, one of my Coplands favorites, and on a performance that ranks with the best -- for me, being second only to Tilson Thomas with the LSO.
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