# Help with identifying music, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512 "2007-03-19T03:02:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512/1 "2007-03-19T03:02:33Z")

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In [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vggt8aRjgVE) (from YouTube), there is a beautiful, haunting soundtrack. It starts off purely instrumental (with a repeated bass line reminiscent of Philip Glass) and then adds a lovely choral element.

The name of the video (which is really just a slide show) is “German Forces during World War 2”. Just before the end, a credit is given which says, “Music by Escape”.

Suffice it to say, I can’t find the piece, or even its name, anywhere on the net. Indeed, I can’t even find a ‘group’ named Escape.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512/2 "2007-03-19T03:15:39Z")

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That is a portion of “Escape,” by Craig Armstrong, from the _Plunkett & MacLeane_ soundtrack.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512/3 "2007-03-19T03:18:36Z")

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[QUOTE=pinkfreud]  
That is a portion of “Escape,” by Craig Armstrong, from the _Plunkett & MacLeane_ soundtrack.  
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Wow! That’s it! Thanks so much.

BTW, how did you know it (did you listen to the YouTube clip?)

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-music-please/396512/4 "2007-03-19T03:19:52Z")

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[QUOTE=KarlGauss]  
Wow! That’s it! Thanks so much.

BTW, how did you know it (did you listen to the YouTube clip?)  
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I recognized it from the YouTube clip. I love Craig Armstrong’s music.