Platoon - Ost.

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON ATLANTIC 1987

Atlantic 781 742-1  made in Germany.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

In compiling the soundtrack for Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning 1986 Vietnam War epic Platoon, producer Bud Carr opted to eschew original composition in favor of a collection of songs from the '60s in an attempt to capture the period. Many of the songs he selected were not even used in the film. The only excerpt from Georges Delerue's score that made it onto the album was "Barnes Shoots Elias.

Tracklist

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra*     "The Village" Adagio For Strings     1:47
Smokey Robinson     Tracks Of My Tears     2:57
Merle Haggard     Okie From Muskogee     3:05
The Doors     Hello, I Love You     2:13
Jefferson Airplane     White Rabbit     2:33
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra*     "Barnes Shoots Elias"     3:10
Aretha Franklin     Respect     2:28
Otis Redding     (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay     2:45
Percy Sledge     When A Man Loves A Woman     2:52
The Rascals     Groovin'     2:31
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra*     Adagio For Strings     6:53