Dances with Wolves (soundtrack)
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Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack
of the 1990
Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film
Dances with Wolves
produced, directed
, and starring Kevin Costner
. The original score
and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry
.
John Barry
won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score
and the 1992 Grammy Award
for "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television." Barry was also nominated for the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
(lost to the score of The Sheltering Sky
) and the 1992 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Cyrano de Bergerac
).
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the 1990
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
produced, directed
Film director
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, and starring Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...
. The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
.
John Barry
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
and the 1992 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television." Barry was also nominated for the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is one of several categories presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947...
(lost to the score of The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky (soundtrack)
The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990 film The Sheltering Sky starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The original score was composed mainly by Ryuichi Sakamoto...
) and the 1992 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
).
1990 original release
- "Main Title – Looks Like a Suicide" – 3:59
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:16
- "Journey to Fort Sedgewick" – 3:25
- "Ride to Fort Hays" – 2:00
- "The Death of Timmons" – 2:24
- "Two Socks – The Wolf Theme" – 1:30
- "Pawnee Attack" – 3:49
- "Kicking Bird's Gift" – 2:10
- "Journey to the Buffalo Killing Ground" – 3:43
- "The Buffalo Hunt" – 2:42
- "Stands with a Fist Remembers" – 2:09
- "The Love Theme" – 3:46
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:04
- "Two Socks at Play" – 1:59
- "The Death of Cisco" – 2:14
- "Rescue of Dances with Wolves" – 2:09
- "The Loss of the Journal and the Return to Winter Camp" – 2:09
- "Farewell and End Title" – 8:50
1995 Release (bonus tracks)
- "Main Title – Looks Like a Suicide" – 3:57
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:15
- "Journey to Fort Sedgewick" – 3:22
- "Ride to Fort Hays" – 2:00
- "The Death of Timmons" – 2:25
- "Two Socks – The Wolf Theme" – 1:28
- "Pawnee Attack" – 3:45
- "Kicking Bird's Gift" – 2:08
- "Journey to the Buffalo Killing Ground" – 3:39
- "The Buffalo Hunt" – 2:41
- "Fire Dance" – 1:41
- "Stands with a Fist Remembers" –2:07
- "The Love Theme" – 3:52
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:05
- "Two Socks at Play" – 1:57
- "The Death of Cisco" – 2:12
- "Rescue of Dances with Wolves" – 2:07
- "The Loss of the Journal and the Return to Winter Camp" – 2:07
- "Farewell and End Title" – 8:40
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 3:41
- "Dances with Wolves" – 5:15
2004 expanded version
- "Main Title/Looks Like a Suicide (expanded)" – 7:35
- "Ride to Fort Hays" – 2:03
- "Journey to Fort Sedgewick/Shooting Star/John Dunbar Theme/Arrival at Fort Sedgewick" – 4:55
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:19
- "The Death of Timmons" – 2:25
- "Two Socks/The Wolf Theme" – 1:32
- "Stands with a Fist Remembers" – 2:12
- "The Buffalo Robe" – 2:12
- "Journey to the Buffalo Killing Ground" – 3:30
- "Spotting the Herd" – 1:49
- "The Buffalo Hunt (film version)" – 4:33
- "Fire Dance" – 1:41
- "Two Socks at Play" – 2:00
- "Falling in Love" – 3:05
- "Love Theme" – 3:46
- "The John Dunbar Theme" – 2:06
- "Pawnees/Pawnee Attack/Stone Calf Dies/Toughest Dies" – 6:15
- "Victory" – 1:03
- "The Death of Cisco" – 2:14
- "Rescue of Dances with Wolves" – 2:08
- "The Loss of the Journal/The Return to Winter Camp" – 2:09
- "Farewell / End Title" – 8:51
- "The Buffalo Hunt (album version)" – 2:45
- "The John Dunbar Theme (film version)" – 2:21