bseeed-- was that WWII movie you mentioned "A Midnight Clear"?

LEJ and Herge-- that theme was sung by Clannad, wasn't it? Definitely an Irish tonality for a story about a white man raised by Indians in the Hudson River valley in the 1600s.

Searcher45--Yeah, John Ford does use (did use) the same music over and over--his favorite seems to be that hymn "We'll all gather by the river", which he uses in every funeral or burial scene of any movie he made.

Everyone else-- I have to agree with all of you about your choices. I've seen all these movies and the music in all of them is memorable. (How's that for agreeable?)

There was also a relatively recent movie with Meryl Streep as a river-rafting guide (I forget the title), which had an absolutely haunting version of "The Water Is Wide".

doug