SONGS IN FILM: THE VIETNAM WAR
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SONGS IN FILM: THE VIETNAM WAR
Most Used Songs in Vietnam War Movies (Top 3)
ABOUT
I did this project by myself, and I completed it on October 28, 2020. I searched through a number of formats before I found something I was happy with. Originally I wanted to create an Excel graph about songs that had been used in multiple Vietnam War movies, but I really only found 2 songs like that, so I got rid of the graph. I created a Timeline to show the chronology of a sample of Vietnam War movies and picked 3 songs from their soundtracks to discuss. I also included my citations at the end of the website.
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TIMELINE
This is a timeline of all 10 movies I've chosen for this project. I've chosen the top 3 songs per movie to review.
Some songs on this list are happier, feel-good songs. I chose them to be on the list because I felt they were the better known songs of some of these movie soundtracks. Examples of these include Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding, Gimme Some Lovin’ by Spencer Davis Group, and Chapel of Love by The Dixie Cups. Some of the more classic protest songs in this list include Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwarer Revival, For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield, and Blowin’ in the Wind which is covered by Joan Baez but it’s originally sung by Bob Dylan. When we hear these songs paired with some of the violent imagery of these Vietnam War movies, audiences get a more realistic feel of what life was like in the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
In addition, as listed in the article, Why the Vietnam War Produced Such Iconic Music, Lily Rothman says that one of the reasons for this was because "awareness of war permeated the lyrics and sound of the music being produced." The Vietnam War was different, and therefore the movies were different, because music played such a big role in the time period, and even in the war itself. Soldiers brought radios with them to listen to in Vietnam, so this music was always a constant.
CITATIONS
Sources Used
"Public Domain: Protesting the Vietnam War by Frank Wolfe, October 21, 1967 (NARA)" by pingnews.com is marked with CC PDM 1.0
Authors, Various. “Platoon,” 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Forrest Gump.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Coming Home.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077362/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Full Metal Jacket.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Hamburger Hill.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093137/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Good Morning, Vietnam.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093105/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Born on the Fourth of July.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “We Were Soldiers.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “The Deer Hunter.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077416/soundtrack.
Authors, Various. “Apocalypse Now.” IMDb. IMDb.com, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/soundtrack.
Rothman, Lily. “The Vietnam War: Why That Conflict Produced Iconic Music.” Time. Time, September 27, 2017. https://time.com/4949617/music-vietnam-war/.