1941 (film) - Musical Score and Soundtrack

Musical Score and Soundtrack

The musical score for 1941 was composed and conducted by John Williams. The titular march is used throughout the film and is perhaps the most memorable piece written for it. (Spielberg has said it is his favorite Williams march.) The score also includes swing composition titled "Swing, Swing, Swing" composed by John Williams. In addition, the score includes a sound-alike version of Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", the soundtrack uses two songs by The Andrews Sisters, "Daddy" and "Down by the Ohio", and the Irish song "The Rakes of Mallow" is used during the ballroom fight. The following tracks were released on the initial Arista Records LP (and later issued on CD by Varèse Sarabande Records)

1. The March From 1941
2. The Invasion
3. The Sentries
4. Riot At The U.S.O.
5. To Hollywood And Glory
6. Swing, Swing, Swing
7. The Battle Of Hollywood
8. The Ferris Wheel Sequence
9. Finale of 1941

The LaserDisc and DVD versions of the film have isolated music channels with additional cues not heard on the first soundtrack album.

In 2011, La-La Land Records, in conjunction with Sony Music and NBCUniversal, issued an expanded 2-CD soundtrack of the complete John Williams score as recorded for the film, plus never-before-heard alternate cues, source music, and a remastered version of the original album. Disc One, containing the film score, presents the music as Williams originally conceived based on early cuts of the movie.