Soundtrack
The score to The Wind and the Lion was composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. True to the style of such Golden Age scores as Maurice Jarre's Lawrence of Arabia, Goldsmith used a diverse ensemble that relied heavily upon a large percussion section and a variety of Moroccan instrumentation. The music went on to garner Goldsmith an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score though he lost to fellow composer John Williams for Jaws. It is often regarded as one the best scores of his career and was one of the American Film Institute's 250 nominated soundtracks for the top 25 American film scores.
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