Music Featured
Besides that composed by Allan Gray for the film, musical works featured include:
- Angelus ad Virginem mid-15th century polyphony heard as a peal of bells in orchestral guise under the opening titles
- Commando Patrol by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, Walter Ridley – quickstep heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
- I See You Everywhere by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, Walter Ridley – slow foxtrot heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
- Turkey in the Straw – folksong heard as Agnes leaves Bob's bedroom
- Come to the Church in the Wild Wood – Bob sings as he washes
- Hear my prayer, O Lord by Henry Purcell – the ethereal choral music heard as Gibbs pauses on entering the cathedral
- Bond of Friendship – Regimental March of the King's Division. Played as the band nears the Cathedral
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 by JS Bach (the original while inside the cathedral and the orchestration by Leopold Stokowski outside the cathedral) and the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers – played on the organ by Gibbs
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