Pearl Harbor (soundtrack)

Pearl Harbor
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Bay
Produced by	Michael Bay Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by	Randall Wallace
Starring	Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett Kate Beckinsale Cuba Gooding Jr. Tom Sizemore Jon Voight Colm Feore Alec Baldwin
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Edited by	Roger Barton Chris Lebenzon Mark Goldblatt Steven Rosenblum
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	May 21, 2001 (2001-05-21) (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) May 25, 2001 (2001-05-25) (United States)
Running time	183 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Japanese
Budget	$140 million
Box office	$449.2 million

Pearl Harbor: Music From The Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer
Released	May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22)
Genre	Film score
Length	46:21
Label	Hollywood
Producer	Bob Badami "There You'll Be": Trevor Horn Byron Gallimore
Hans Zimmer chronology
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)Riding in Cars with Boys2001 Pearl Harbor (2001) Hannibal (2001)Hannibal2001

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic period war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore and Alec Baldwin. The film is loosely based on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and the Doolittle Raid.

Despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a major box office success, earning $59 million in its opening weekend and, in the end, nearly $450 million worldwide. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing. However, it was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture. This marked the first occurrence of a Worst-Picture-nominated film winning an Academy Award.

In 1923 Tennessee, two headstrong young boys, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, play together in the back of an old biplane, pretending to be soldiers fighting the Germans in World War I. After Rafe's father lands his biplane and leaves, Rafe and Danny climb into the plane. Rafe accidentally starts it, but manages to stop the plane at the end of the runway. Enraged, Danny's father beats his son. Rafe stands up to him, calling him a "dirty German". However, Danny's father reveals that he fought the Germans in World War I.