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 Posted: Thu Aug 7th, 2008 03:41 am
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 To me, the best part of Gods & Generals - and I’m not trying to be sarcastic with this - was the opening credits. The first five or so minutes, with the image of those rippling flags transitioning from one to the next, accompanied by that hauntingly beautiful song “Going Home,” was just wonderful. If the rest of the movie had equaled that opening, it would have been the best Civil War movie ever made. Sadly, that was not only not the case, it was nearly the exact opposite.

That’s unfortunate in several ways, including for Mary Fahl, the owner of that beautiful voice singing “Going Home” on the soundtrack. Had the movie been a success, that opening song might have gotten the raging attention that it rightly deserved. As it is, not very many people seem to know about it. If you’ve not heard it, you should. To me, it's the musical equivalent of a visit to a Civil War park. Beautiful, peaceful, and haunting, all at the same time.

Perry