<P> In 2003, the film score was composed by John Frizzell, with some minor contributions by Randy Edelman, who composed the score for the previous Gettysburg . The soundtrack is notable for containing a new song commissioned for the movie and written and performed by Bob Dylan, Cross the Green Mountain . The track was later included on the compilation album The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs . </P> <P> Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes lists an 8% approval rating while Metacritic lists a score of 30, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Filled with two - dimensional characters and pompous self - righteousness, Gods and Generals is a long, tedious sit . Some may also take offense at the pro-Confederate slant ." Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars . He described it as "a Civil War movie that Trent Lott might enjoy" and said of its Lost Cause themes, "If World War II were handled this way, there'd be hell to pay ." He also faulted the film for its music and "pithy quotations ." </P> <P> Gods and Generals is widely viewed as championing the Lost Cause ideology by creating a presentation more favorable to the Confederacy . Writing in the Journal of American History, historian Steven E. Woodworth derided the movie as a modern - day telling of Lost Cause mythology . Woodworth called the movie "the most pro-Confederate film since Birth of a Nation, a veritable celluloid celebration of slavery and treason ." He summed up his reasons for disliking the movie by saying: </P> <P> Gods and Generals brings to the big screen the major themes of Lost Cause mythology that professional historians have been working for half a century to combat . In the world of Gods and Generals, slavery has nothing to do with the Confederate cause . Instead, the Confederates are nobly fighting for, rather than against, freedom, as viewers are reminded again and again by one white southern character after another . </P>

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