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Platoon (And Songs from the Era)

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Film Soundtracks: 1986 (68 items)
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Description: In a musical collection that is as much soundtrack as it is score, Oliver Stone's Platoon is a breakthrough for its ability to embody the extremes of the human condition in Vietnam. While most of the songs by themselves are commonly found as representative of the era, together they become a personality. Smokey Robinson's soulful and heartfelt "Tracks of My Tears" is offset by the down-home pride of Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee." In turn, they are challenged by the escapist fantasies of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay." The glue ... (more)
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Release date: 17 October 1990
EAN: 0075678174247 UPC: 075678174247
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Film Soundtracks: 1986 (68 music items)