SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 2:29 Min.
In 1985, composer/conductor Bill Conti and The London Symphony Orchestra released an instrumental album consisting of selected highlights of 1983’s The Right Stuff and 1985’s North and South TV mini-series.
Narrating the concluding moments of North and South (Book One)’s Episode 6, it’s possibly the final face-to-face encounter between two best friends: James Read’s George Hazard and Patrick Swayze’s Orry Main. Safely aboard an overnight train southbound out of Pennsylvania, Swayze’s Main and Read’s Hazard exchanges a poignant farewell, just days prior to The Civil War’s commencement and each man loyally attached to opposing sides.
This track also later narrates the closing moments of 1986’s North and South (Book Two), where the surviving Main-Hazard family departs the post-war ruins of Mont Royal.
Note: As of 2008, a limited-edition CD set of Conti highlights from North and South Books One & Two was released.
REVIEW:
Effectively closing out North and South: Books One and Two, composer-conductor Bill Conti delivers an emotional take on the epic’s romanticism. Initially faint, this instrumental serves as a nice reprise evoking George & Orry’s brotherly friendship dating back to their West Point days. For what this theme is meant to do, it’s well-played.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 7½ Stars
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