<Table> <Tr> <Td> Amistad (1997) Amistad 1997 </Td> <Td> Saving Private Ryan (1998) </Td> <Td> Stepmom (1998) Stepmom 1998 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Amistad (1997) Amistad 1997 </Td> <Td> Saving Private Ryan (1998) </Td> <Td> Stepmom (1998) Stepmom 1998 </Td> </Tr> <P> Saving Private Ryan: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg . The album was produced by composer John Williams and distributed by DreamWorks Records . Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, the scores were performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with two of the ten compositions featuring vocals from the Tanglewood Festival Chorus . The soundtrack runs for almost an hour, while the film itself lasts over two hours . </P> <P> Throughout the compositions, brass, string, and horn instruments were used to evoke a variety of emotions and tones . The soundtrack received mixed reviews from critics, but was still nominated for several major awards, of which it won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television . Soundtrack opener "Hymn to the Fallen" received some radio play, in particular on the United States holidays Veterans Day and Memorial Day . </P>

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