Do you think the "Great Escape" theme is kinda like the "Bridge on the River Kwai" theme (Col. Bogey march)? Especially the part (and I know these aren't the real lyrics, but everyone knows them) the part that goes "Himmler was very similar".
shareI don't find much of any similarity between the two themes, but I am assuming you are referring to the 'Colonel Bogey March' theme on BOTRK and the recurring theme on TGE.
As an aside, I find the theme on the Great Escape much "jauntier" and "lilty" somehow, and lively in a way that clashes with the overall mood of a prison camp within Nazi Germany. Almost comedic even.
TGE was sort of a jingo. Didn't take it every seriously.
TBOTRK a much more real, challenging drama. Japanese POW camps were death traps. Taking pride in being a slave is a very misguided way to run your railroad - it showed how even virtues can be exploited for evil ends, the capacity for self-delusion/compulsion.
Yes, I always found the underlying meter and melodies to be similar.
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