Melody playing while Musgrave talks about suicide in Burns' Vietnam?
August 26, 2018 9:31 AM

In Episode 8 of The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns, veteran John Musgrave talks about his evolving views on the war and contemplating suicide. From 1:23:51 to 1:25:05, a haunting, familiar tune is played by piano. It's on the tip of my tongue (ear?), but I can't place it. Can anyone identify this tune/melody/song and any other version(s)? Thanks!
posted by -->NMN.80.418 to Media & Arts (4 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
Here are the soundtrack credits for that episode from IMDB.
posted by slipthought at 10:10 AM on August 26, 2018


Looks like this is the best bet for a piano instrumental from that list:

With God on Our Side
Written by Bob Dylan
Published by Special Rider Music
Performed by David Cieri
Courtesy of The Vietnam Film Project, LLC
posted by slipthought at 10:19 AM on August 26, 2018


Yeah, that is very definitely "With God on Our Side". You can hear the melody line of the refrain right before "Richard Nixon's troop withdrawals ..."
posted by maudlin at 5:16 PM on August 26, 2018


Thank you very much!!
posted by -->NMN.80.418 at 6:44 PM on August 26, 2018


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