The Pacific War Suite

(2009)

// About:

Written and produced by Justin R. Durban, the Pacific War Suite is an original score created for the National Museum of the Pacific War’s new George H. W. Bush Gallery.

Recorded at Ocean Way Nashville’s Studio A, Durban’s score – entitled “The Pacific War Suite” – featured a 48-piece ensemble of Nashville’s finest local studio musicians known as the Nashville String Machine, contracted by Carl Gorodetzky, as well as a 24-piece choir contracted by Stephanie Hall Wedan. Both were conducted by orchestrator Philip Klein. Orchestrations by Penka Kouneva & Philip Klein.

// Previews:

// Track Listing:

1 Nimitz Suite 3:17:00
2 Prepare For War 3:11:00
3 Expanding Power 3:21:00
4 Pearl Harbor 3:02:00
5 Casualties Of War 3:06:00
6 The Road To Empire 3:10:00
7 Advancing Fleet 3:05:00
8 The Gathering Storm 3:01:00
9 Attack And Defend 3:11:00
10 Fallen Soldier 3:07:00
11 Fire In The Clouds 3:10:00
12 Hard Times 3:05:00
13 Doolittle Raid 3:00:00
14 The War Is Over 3:13:00
15 Victory Overture 3:08:00
16 Lest We Forget 3:14:00

(more info on the recording session…)