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Flags of Our Fathers: Various Artists
by Jack Bowers
I don't ordinarily review film scores, but the patriotic epic Flags of Our Fathers, about the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima and the memorable photograph that changed the mood and momentum of World War II, has a jazz/swing pedigree of sorts with music by jazz aficionado Clint Eastwood, orchestrations by conductor Lennie Niehaus, recreations of songs from the era by Michael Stevens and Clint's son, bassist Kyle Eastwood, and one jazz classic, Summit Ridge Drive, by Artie ...
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