FYC: Best Score
A sampling of music written by Clint Eastwood for his movie Flags of Our Fathers. Orchestrated by Lennie Niehaus. The soundtrack, released on October 17, 2006, contains the original score as well as period songs.
Clint Eastwood has achieved his best musical composition to date, with a beautiful yet subtle orchestration. The music is nostalgic, not overpowering, and effectively conveys the melancholic feelings of the surviving flagraisers, whose celebrity back home conflicts with their memories of Iwo Jima.
For your consideration: Best Score.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences