Soundtrack to War
Soundtrack to War is a 90 minute documentary by Australian war artist George Gittoes. Filmed throughout 2003-2004, Gittoes bypassed the U.S. military's media lockdown on the war in Iraq to capture an authentic account of the human experience of the war. Gittoes interviewed American soldiers deployed in Iraq to create an account of the role of music in the contemporary battlefield. The film is the first in a trilogy.[1]
Songs featured in the movie include Slayer's "Angel of Death" and Drowning Pool's "Bodies", as well as freestyle rap and gospel choirs. Seventeen of the early-filmed scenes from the documentary were used in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
The subject was also later addressed in the 2009 book by Jonathan Pieslak called Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War, published by Indiana University Press.[2]
References
- ^ New Zealand Herald, interview with Gittoes about Soundtrack to War, March 9, 2007
- ^ 'Sound Targets
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