What was the music played at McCain's Concession speech?

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A GQ perhaps, but since it’s about music I’ll put it here. I’m referring to the music as the candidates and their families leave the stage. It begins at about 2:50 on this post. It’s haunting but more cinematic than classical in its sound.

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I’m 99% sure it’s Hans Zimmer, possibly Crimson Tide.

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Yup. Good call.

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Thanks. I wonder why he chose that piece.

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Black dude with passionate following stands up to stubborn white vet with more military experience but less sound judgement, perhaps?

:stuck_out_tongue:

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And interestingly, Obama’s side played music from another Denzel Washington film, Remember the Titans. MTV News picked up on the connection. “It followed an African-American coach who brought together whites and blacks to win a championship.”

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I believe that there was a musical edit after the “Remember the Titans” piece where they transitioned to the score from “The Patriot”, a movie featuring an anti-semitic Catholic portraying a colonial plantation owner who, inspired by vengeance more than patriotism, whoops up on the English after they kill his son. Hmm… can anyone come up with a clever comparison to the campaign?
Obama Victory Speech (music at the end, The Patriot starts around 8:00)
The Patriot (relevant score starts around 3:00)

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Well played sir.