5. Trevor Jones, Promontory
This majestic Scottish song is the main theme for The Last of the Mohicans. It rises to the splendor of Daniel Day-Lewis running through the hills somewhere east of the Mississippi, his long hair swirling behind him. But the song first came to my attention in “Leave Nothing,” my favorite television commercial, a strangely moving tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and never giving up (and football). I used to listen to this song as I ran, then staggered, up the old stone steps at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, joyful and hurting at once. Like life itself.
"Promontory," orchestrated by Trevor Jones, 1992. Based on "The Gael," written by Dougie MacLean, 1990.
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I thought this wonderful! I do not remember that ad, but it says through the music soooo much. And I did buy the sound track to movie! Yes, the power of spirit... except I do not thrill at the wind today...all day....thank you....blessings