Braveheart (film score)

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Braveheart (film score) is James Horner’s sweeping, Celtic-influenced orchestral soundtrack for the 1995 historical epic film, widely praised for its emotional and thematic power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score
soundtrack album
associatedWithCharacter Murron MacClannough
Princess Isabelle
William Wallace
associatedWithTheme Scottish independence
surface form: Scottish nationalism

freedom
romance
sacrifice
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
basedOn Braveheart
surface form: Braveheart (1995 film)
composer James Horner
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely praised for emotional impact
widely praised for thematic cohesion
featuresInstrument Celtic flute
bagpipes
choir
orchestra
uilleann pipes
genre Celtic-influenced music
film music
orchestral music
hasTypeOfRelease original motion picture soundtrack
influencedBy Irish folk music
Scottish folk music
language instrumental
length approximately 77 minutes
notableTrack A Gift of a Thistle
Falkirk
For the Love of a Princess
Scotland the Brave
surface form: Freedom / The Execution / Bannockburn

Main Title
Mornay’s Dream
The Battle of Stirling
The Legend Spreads
The Princess Pleads for Wallace’s Life
Wallace Courts Murron
orchestrator James Horner
partOf Braveheart (film score) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Braveheart (soundtrack) album
producer James Horner
recordLabel Decca Records
London Records
releaseYear 1995
style lush orchestration
lyrical themes
prominent use of Celtic motifs
usedIn battle scenes in Braveheart (1995 film)
execution scene in Braveheart (1995 film)
romantic scenes in Braveheart (1995 film)

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James Horner notableWork Braveheart (film score)
Horner notableWork Braveheart (film score)
subject surface form: James Horner
Braveheart (film score) partOf Braveheart (film score) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Braveheart (soundtrack) album
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture follows Braveheart (film score)
this entity surface form: Braveheart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack