The most interesting thing about Impressions of America is that it is written by a Scotsman. Patrick Doyle is an immensely successful film score composer, with films like Brave, Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and many of the Shakespearean adaptations. Being a Hollywood composer though exposed him to the United States and here we have an outsider’s impression of our country. Though you might think that this leads to a cursory, surface-level understanding of our country, he manages to nail the important components that make up the landscape or spirit of each track’s topic, like “Transcontinental Railroad”, “Winter in Alaska”, or “Old Glory”.
So if you want to listen to an outsider’s perspective on our country, an outsider that was moved enough by our history and landscape to compose a whole album about it, listen below!