BRASSED OFF!

BRASSED OFF!
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (1997)
320 KBPS

Brassed Off covers some of the same subject matter as the more popular The Full Monty, released a year later in 1997, but the soundtracks are polar opposites. Brassed Off tells the story of a group of Yorkshire coal miners who face an end to their livelihood when it appears their mine is going to be shut down. To keep some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the miners play in the colliery band, and these performances make up the bulk of the soundtrack, a mix of traditional brass-band music, transcriptions (Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with a solo flügelhorn replacing the guitar), and orchestral selections. Alternately rousing and touching, the soundtrack is all the more poignant because the music is played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a real-life ensemble that struggled to survive when its mine was closed.

1. Death Or Glory - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
2. A Sad Old Day - Trevor Jones
3. Floral Dance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
4. Aforementioned Essential Items - Trevor Jones
5. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor - Paul Hughes
6. Years Of Coal - Trevor Jones
7. March Of The Cobblers - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
8. There's More Important Things In Life - Trevor Jones
9. Cross Of Honor - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
10. Jerusalem - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
11. Florentiner March - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
12. Danny Boy - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
13. We'll Find A Way - Trevor Jones
14. Clog Dance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
15. Colonel Bogey - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
16. All Things Bright And Beautiful - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
17. William Tell Overture - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
18. Honest Decent Human Beings - Trevor Jones
19. Pomp And Circumstance - Grimethorpe Colliery Band

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