说起《Brave Heart》的原声音乐,就不得不说说曲作者James Horner这位大名鼎鼎的好莱坞电影配乐家。国人熟悉Horner可能是从《Titanic》开始,那一首《My heart will go on》和一支悠扬的苏格兰风笛不知迷倒过多少人。其实在这之前,Horner就为多部优秀电影写了出色的配乐,其中有《Apollo 13》、《Glory》、《Legends of the Fall》、《The Mask of Zorro》。值得一提的是,当年《Brave Heart》和《Apollo 13》同时获得奥斯卡最佳配乐的提名,虽然显示了Horner非凡的实力,但是造成了评委会选票的分流,留下了遗憾。
然而好景不长,Murron受到统治者的迫害而被杀死了。Attack on Murron中,固定节奏的定音鼓制造出了危急的气氛。Murron被绑在木杆上,眼里流露出无助的泪水,哀怨的女声似乎是她的挽歌。而这一切终被邪恶的独奏圆号所吞没——明晃晃的匕首指向Murron的喉颈——不和谐的交响终于将乐曲送至定音鼓那夺人心魄的致命一击!紧接着的Revenge把Wallace复仇场面刻画的栩栩如生。定音鼓在晃动音型的衬底下充满了悬念与紧张,空气似乎凝结住了。当Wallace从背后抽出木棍的同时,音乐急剧加速,风笛越来越显出不安与凄凉。这一段音乐充分展现出了情节的张力。在Murron\'s Burial中,风笛又一次重现了爱情主题,而这次它却是如此的悲凉,让人不禁要落下眼泪……
接下来,Making Plans第一次展现出英雄的风采。风笛,一下变成了号角,召集人们起来反抗。苏格兰的人民觉醒了,在Sons of Scotland中,铜管占据了主角,表现出了人民的英勇气概。随着定音鼓坚定有力的鼓点,起义军在风笛的领导下,同敌人展开了英勇的战斗。这一段战争音乐是全篇中最有特色的一段:描写苏格兰人的只有一支风笛,看来似乎势单力薄,但是它却顽强的抗争着;乐曲间,弦乐队时不时闯入进来一条极不和谐的旋律,表现出英军肆虐的反扑。随着节奏的不断加快,几条主线交织在一起,难解难分。这一段音乐,重现了六百多年前发生在苏格兰中部城镇Stirling的著名的战役,可谓精彩至极。
英王为了争取集结部队的时间,假派王妃去和义军和谈。岂料王妃却被Wallace的勇敢、正气和魅力所吸引,深爱上了这个“叛贼”的头目。在For the love of a Princess中,作曲家表现了她矛盾的内心和深沉的爱。在义军获得了Falkirk的胜利之后,眼看形势极为有利,Wallace却受到了贵族的出卖。在Betrayal and Desolation中,大提琴表现出Wallace的悲愤。随之呼应的独奏圆号奏出无奈的叹息;弦乐零星几点,展现出一派悲凉的景象。最后,风笛又缓缓的登场,伴随着如同天籁传来的人声给失败的义军于无尽的抚慰。
01. Main Title
02. A Gift Of A Thistle
03. Wallace Courts Murron
04. The Secret Wedding
05. Attack On Murron
06. Revenge
07. Murron\'s Burial
08. Making Plans (Gathering The Clans)
09. Sons Of Scotland
10. The Battle Of Stirling
11. For The Love Of A Princess
12. Falkirk
13. Betrayal and Desolation
14. Mornay\'s Dream
15. The Legend Spreads
16. The Princess Pleads For Wallace\'s Life
17. \'Freedom\' - The Execution - Bannockburn
18. End Credits
plus歌曲:
01. Prologue- -I shall tell you of William Wallace- (Narration- Robert theBruce)
02. Outlawed Tunes on Outlawed Pipes
03. The Royal Wedding (Nattation- Robert the Bruce)
04. The trouble with Scotland- (King Edward the Longshanks)
05. Scottish Wedding Music
06. Prima Noctes
07. The Proposal (William Wallace and Murron)
08. Scotland is free! (William Wallace)
09. Point of War-Johnny Cope-Up in the Morning Early
10. Coversing with the Almighty (Stephen, William Wallace, Hamish, Campbell)
11. The Road to the Isles-Glendaural Highlanders-The Old Rustic Bridge bythe Mill
12. Sons of Scotland!- (William Wallace)
13. Vision of Murron
14. Unite the clans! (William Wallace)
15. The Legen Spreads (Scottish Storytellers)
16. -Why do you help me-- (William Wallace and Princess Isabelle)
17. For the Love of a Princess
18. Not every man really lives- (William Wallace and Princess Isabelle)
19. The prisoner wishes to say a word- (The Executioner and William Wallace)
20. After the beheading- (Robert the Bruce)
21. You have bled with Wallace!- (Robert the Bruce)
22. Warrior Poets (William Wallace)
23. Scotland the Brave
24. Leaving Glenhurqhart
25. Kirkhill