Go bid the soldiers shoot

[felicity1titanic]

I cry everytime I see this scene.... I guess I just fell in love with Hamlet. :)

[TheTrohl]

Some consider it the best Shakespeare-movie ever.

Easy to see why.

[SaenWyrWulf]

I want this played at my funeral as my casket is carried into my tomb.

[Ghlan]

I am more an Antique roman than a Dane.

[SaenWyrWulf]

Let four captains

Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage;

For he was likely, had he been put on,

To have proved most royally: and, for his passage,

The soldiers' music and the rites of war

Speak loudly for him.

Take up the bodies: such a sight as this

Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss.

Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

[mayoproductions]

Its a wonderful soundtrack

Patrick Doyle is so great, and Branagh is GOD!!!

[EccentricElf23]

ahh! I love love the soundtrack to this movie.

Everything about and concerning the movie is PERFECT, but the soundtrack is the best.

Except for Kenneth. xD He IS Hamlet. ^_^

[SimmSaxon]

this film used a lot of long takes lol

[SimmSaxon]

reminds me of the statue

[SimmSaxon]

...that could smashed down!

[Whovian2711]

Blimey, this makes me want to cry! Patrick Doyle is an amazing composer!

[Friendo1231]

O, I die, Horatio;

The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit:

I cannot live to hear the news from England;

But I do prophesy the election lights

On Fortinbras: he has my dying voice;

So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less,

Which have solicited. The rest is silence.

[violetfieldflorence]

Thanks for adding this.

"Good night, sweet Prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Heart-breaking...and in a strange way, heart-lifting.

[Bonzostar]

@violetfieldflorence Is there a video of the original scene on YouTube?

I love that quote too but can't find it anywhere. :/

If you could share a link, it would be great. :)

[SaenWyrWulf]

@Bonzostar I don't think there is. I've looked for ages. There's a clip of Hamlet's soliloqouy on the field in Denmark where he sees Fortinbras' army massing, and there's similar music.

[ShakespeareHamlet]

PLEASE POST MORE tracks from this excellent soundtrack. LOVE IT.

[iffv]

I agree with you ShakespeareHamlet: Branagh/Doyle is a great director/composer team. I love the music of Patrick Doyle!

But when mentioning other director/composers remember Kieslowski and Zbigniew Preisner in Trois couleurs and other films...:)

[ShakespeareHamlet]

honestly, I never even heard of them, but I'm sure they're great.

[ShakespeareHamlet]

Patrick Doyle really knows how to make music fit the scene. this track is yet another great example of how brilliant he is. a fitting finale to an excellent film version of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy.

[ShakespeareHamlet]

please post more tracks from this awesome soundtrack.

[ShakespeareHamlet]

great track, fitting the grand images on screen. Kenneth Branagh & Patrick Doyle-the greatest director/composer team alongside Steven Spielberg & John Williams and Sir Alfred Hitchcock & Bernard Herrman.