Patrick Doyle orch. Lawrence Ashmore : Henry V, original soundtrack album (1989)

I. Opening Title - 'O! For A Muse of Fire' 00:00-03:35
II. Henry V Theme - The Boar's Head 03:35-06:25
III. The Three Traitors 06:25-08:30
IV. Now, Lords, For France!' 08:30-11:15
V. The Death of Falstaff 11:15-13:10
VI. 'Once More Unto The Breach' 13:10-17:00
VII. The Threat to the Governor of Harfleur - Katherine of France - The March to Calais 17:00-22:55
VIII. The Death of Bardolph 22:55-25:20
IX. 'Upon The King' 25:20-30:15
X. St. Crispin's Day - The Battle of Agincourt 30:15-44:30
XI. 'The Day is Yours' 44:30-47:05
XII. Non Nobis, Domine 47:05-51:20
XIII. The Wooing of Katherine 51:20-53:45
XIV. 'Let This Acceptance Take' 53:45-56:40
XV. End Title 56:40-59:15
Performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Patrick Doyle (baritone), the Simon Hill Singers and members of the Renaissance Theatre Company conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

[@maxmerry8470]

I recall being sceptical when I first heard that Branagh was going to make a cinema version of Henry V. I thought there was no way it could possibly match the iconic Olivier/Walton version. I was SO wrong. Patrick Doyle's soundtrack score is very fine indeed and is, I believe, as powerful in its own way as Walton's.

[@tonyobadinage6647]

Hi Max, hope you're well. Like you, I was sceptical about this enterprise although I think my scepticism had more to do with fear of this new one overshadowing what was one of my favourite films. I should have known better because Brannagh was never going to fall into the trap of doing a carbon copy of the Olivier version; he surrounded himself with a fine cast and, for the music, employed someone whose first time it was (I think) to write a cinema score. Like Brannagh, Doyle carefully avoided any references to Walton and the score is devoid of Waltonian medieval pastiche. The result was a first rate film with a truly wonderful score and the whole enterprise compliments Olivier's classic.
As an aside, there was a BBC tv series called 'The Hollow Crown' which produced the Shakespeare history plays. The version of Henry V in this stars Tom Hiddleston as Henry and it's very good.

[@maxmerry8470]

Tony....Yes, the Hollow Crown was a great series.