Beautiful, powerful musical score

I'm one of those people who thinks that most great movies have great scores, and the score to the great "Sand Pebbles" (count me in as a fan) is no exception.

It's from the great Jerry Goldsmith. He finds a way to take one simple melody and work it as both a lovely "love theme" (for a tragic love that cannot be) and a powerful "loss theme" (for the lives and innocence that will be lost as the Chinese conflict comes to engulf and destroy the crew of the warship.)

The score is very powerful over the symbolic opening credits, as the image of a small Chinese junk (boat) gradually grows much larger than that of the American gunboat also on screen.

Great score, great credits. Great movie.