The Hunt for Red October – Movie Theme Songs & TV Soundtracks

The Hunt for Red October Theme Song

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American Cold War submarine thriller, starring Sean Connery as Captain First Rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Navy and Alec Baldwin as Dr. Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst. The Soviet Navy have created a new engine system for their latest missile submarine, the Red October, which would allow her to sneak right up to the American coast and launch a devastating and decisive first strike without being noticed. THe Americans have learned of this and are, naturally, extremely worried, especially when satellite imagery reveals she put to sea ahead of schedule.

However, Captain Ramius has no intentions of launching World War Three. Because of some long-held grudges about the Soviet system, he and his officers have decided to defect to the United States and plan to bring the Red October with them. Jack Ryan has correctly surmised his intention, but has trouble convincing the military that he is right. Eventually Ryan has no choice but to join the USS Dallas, which is tracking Red October and prevent Commander Mancuso from firing on the Russians before engineering the Russian’s defection while preserving the illusion that the missile boat was sunk.

The film is a masterpiece of Cold War submarine action, hardly surprising since it is based on Tom Clancy’s debut novel of the same name. The film was a commercial and critical success, earning three Oscars nominations and winning one, for Best Sound Editing. The film began a series of five films based on Clancy’s novels featuring Jack Ryan, although they would stray further and further from the books as the series progressed.

About The The Hunt for Red October Movie Theme Song

THe score for The Hunt for Red October was composed by Basil Poledouris, and features a distinctly Slavish theme appropriate to the plethora of Russian characters. The main titles is called “Hymn to Red October” and is suitably naval: it is grand, martial yet simultaneously quiet and subtle, very appropriate to a submarine film! The score also features a piece known as the Russian Navy Hymn and the film has a simultaneously stirring and amusing scene where the Red October’s crew, inspired by their Captain’s speech, sing the Soviet anthem, the Hymn of the Soviet Union, which is audible to the pursuing USS Dallas.

Artist/Group: Basil Poledouris
Track: Hymn To The Red October

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