Braveheart

Braveheart
Directed by	Mel Gibson
Written by	Randall Wallace
Produced by	Mel Gibson Alan Ladd, Jr. Bruce Davey Stephen McEveety
Starring	Mel Gibson Sophie Marceau Catherine McCormack Patrick McGoohan Angus Macfadyen Brendan Gleeson
Cinematography	John Toll
Edited by	Steven Rosenblum
Music by	James Horner
Distributed by	-USA- Paramount Pictures -non-USA- 20th Century Fox
Release dates	May 24, 1995
Running time	177 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$53,000,000

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Braveheart is a five time Academy Award winning epic American motion picture released in 1995. It is loosely based on the life of Scottish national hero William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson. Gibson also produced and directed the movie.

Response

Awards

The film won numerous awards including the 1995 Academy Award for:

• Best Picture
• Best Director (Mel Gibson)
• Best Cinematography
• Best Makeup
• Best Sound Editing

Nominated:

• Film Editing
• Costume Design
• Best Original Screenplay
• Sound
• Best Original Dramatic Score

Box office

Braveheart is the 271st largest grossing film worldwide.

• US: $75,609,945
• Worldwide: $210,409,945

On opening weekend, Braveheart grossed:

• US: $9,938,276

Plot

The film opens with a narrator telling the audience that the story he is about tell will be denied by English historians since history is "written by those who have hanged heroes." We are informed that the Scottish King died without an heir, and that the English King, Edward "the Longshanks" (Edward the first) annexed Scotland to be part of England. The nobles of Scotland resisted, but were too divided to overcome the English. As the strugle continues, Longshanks calls for talks of truce, but instead has all the nobles who attend the meeting assasinated. Malcom Wallace, who was not a noble but owned his own lands, also attends, but arrives after the Scots have been executed. His young son, William, also arrives and is haunted by the images of dozens of Scotsman who were hanged in a barn. With the nobles who were fighting England now all dead, Scotland is entirely dominated by Longshanks.

Malcom is determined to fight on, but is killed along with his older son John, in a battle, leaving William orphaned (it is implied that his mother had already died). William is adopted by his Uncle Argyle who is not only wealthy, but worldly. Argyle promises that if William is dilligent in first becoming educated, in return he will train him to be a warrior.

Years later, Longshanks's son, who is blantantly suggested not only to be homosexual, but a wimp, is married to a daughter of the King of France, which is at war with England. Longshanks, concerned that the French may ally themselves with the still rebelious Scots, imposes increasingly harsh laws on Scotland including the right of Prima Nocte allowing English nobles to have sexual rights to all Scottish brides. In Edinburgh, the remaining Scottish nobles discuss the situation, but don't seem to have the will or moral courage to band together to fight England. Among the nobles is Robert, the seventeenth Erl of Bruce, who is the rightful heir to the Scottish throne. Robert's father is thought to be in France, but in reality he is slowly dying of leprosy, and continues to counsel his son so that Robert may one day be King.

William Wallace, now a man, returns to his father's farm which is in decrepid condition since no one has tended to it since Argyle took him away years earlier. He attends a wedding in the shire near his home where he sees Murron, the daughter of one of Malcom Wallace's old friends. The two court in secret and fall in love; but out of fear of the edict Prima Nocte, they marry in private and keep their marriage a secret -- even from Murron's family.

The Scots continue to live under the thumb of the English, with English troops enforcing cruel laws throughout Scotland. One day, Murron is attacked by a filthy English soldier. Wallace comes to her aid, but the two are forced to flea as the soldier summons more help and screams that they attacked him. Wallace escapes, but Murron is captured. The local magistrate cuts her throat in public to goad William to reveal himself. Wallace returns to surrender, but as he approaches he viciously assaults the arresting English soldiers with a concealed chain mace. Inspired, the other Scots in shire join William and launch an assault on the garrison housing the magistarte. The garrison is easily overrun and William executes the magistrate. As the fighting ends, the Scots fall silent realizing the consequences of their actions. But they gain strength and turn to Wallace to lead them.

News of the rebellion spreads quick, and hundreds of Scots volunteer to join Wallace's militia. The launch attacks all over the Highland regions of Scotland, slaughtering the outnumbered English troops and drawing new recruits with each victory. In England, Longshanks departs to attend to the war in France, and instructs his son to deal with the Scottish rebellion. It is made clear that Longshanks is viciously cruel to his son, and that his son is terrified of his father. Meanwhile, the rebellion grows. Robert the Bruce is advised by his father to play it coy: supporting the rebellion from their lands in the Hihglands, but officially opposing it in their lands to the South in order to gain English favor. Robert is clearly uncomfortable with this suggestion and dreams of joining Wallace, but decides to head his father's advice for the time being.

As they continue to win battle after battle, Wallace and his lieutenants realize that it is only a matter of time before the English send a fully-equiped army to confront them. Knowing that they will be terribly outnumbered and outarmed, they make plans to turn their weaknesses into strengths, largely oweing to Wallace's military training with his uncle. As expected, an English army masses near the village of Stirling in southern Scotland. News of an impedning full scale war spreads and Scots from the Highlands come to join Wallace, as do several nobles and their serfs. But officially Robert the Bruce refuses to support Wallace, sapping his army of much needed strength. The nobles who agree to fight, meanwhile, insist that Wallace obey their command; Wallace refuses, and takes control of the entire force, inspiring them with a speech about fighting for their freedom.

The armies meet at a field near Stirling. The Scots are outmanned 3 to 1 and have to face armored English cavalry. Overconfident, the English commander sends his army on a full attack, but Wallace's counter-tacticts work just as planned. The Scots gain control of the bloody battle, and the English army is decimated. Following the battle, Wallace is knighted by the nobles, but still refuses to take orders from them since he believes that they are more concerned with their own interests and wealth than with the freedom of Scotland. Instead, Wallace orders his army to invade England to wipe out the English threat once and for all. The nobles refuse to support him, but the Scottish army is loyal to Wallace and they march on and destroy the northern English city of York.

Returning from France, Longshanks confronts his son over the annihalation of the English northern army and the sacking of York. In a rage, he also kills his son's lover, throwing him from a high window. Fearful of a Scotish attack on lower England, Longshanks decides to stall for time by persuing peace talks. As emissary, he sends his son's wife, who is now the Princess of Wales. A peace conference is arranged near York.

Political effects

The film is credited by some political commentators as having played a significant role in affecting the Scottish political landscape in the mid to late 1990s.[1]

Despite the film's many historical inaccuracies, there is little doubt that its highly emotive portrayal of the English occupation of Scotland (combined with the unpopularity of Conservative government policy in Scotland in the 1980s and 1990s) contributed to a significant upsurge in Scottish nationalist sentiment in the years leading up to the General Election of 1997.

In that election, the Scottish National Party doubled their representation at Westminster, gaining 3 seats. This still left the SNP with only 6 seats out of 72 in Scotland. More importantly, on the back of the Labour victory in that election, a referendum was held on 11 September, 1997.

This referendum asked whether there should be a Scottish Parliament and whether that Parliament should have the power to vary the base rate of Income Tax in Scotland by 3% either way. (This power has not yet been used as of 2006). The first question was approved by 74.3 - 25.7 and the second question was approved by 63.5 - 36.5. In response to the approval of the referendum, the Westminster Parliament passed the Scotland Act 1998, which created the Scottish Parliament in its present form.

An earlier referendum in 1979 had also voted Yes, but by a smaller majority. As the minimum requirement for the percentage of those eligible to vote actually turning out to vote Yes was not reached, the proposed Scottish Assembly was not instituted. John Smith (Labour leader from 1992 until his death in 1994) had seen this as Unfinished Business. His successor, Tony Blair, continued with the policy, keeping devolution in Labour's manifesto for the 1997 General Election.

Wallace Monument

In 1997 a statue of Gibson as "William Wallace" was placed outside the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland. (See image[2])The statue, which includes the word "Braveheart" on Wallace's shield, was the cause of much controversy and one local resident stated that it was wrong to "desecrate the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap". In 1998 the statue was vandalised by someone who smashed the face in with a hammer. After repairs were made, the statue was encased in a cage at night to prevent further vandalism. This has only incited more calls for the statue to be removed as it now appears that the Gibson/Wallace figure is imprisoned; an irony, considering that the statue bears the word "Freedom" on the plinth.

Historical accuracy

Braveheart is essentially a work of fiction that draws inspiration from real historical events. However, due to the intense level of detail in costuming, makeup, and special effects, audiences may incorrectly assume that the production is intended to be historically accurate. (Many of the inaccuracies are owed to its principal source, Blind Harry's Wallace.) Some of the "inaccuracies" in Braveheart may have been motivated by artistic reasons. The anachronistic kilts worn by the Scots make the rebels more visually distinctive, the incomplete armor and missing helmets allow viewers to recognize the actors, and changes to characters and names make the story easier to follow. Modifications to the sequence of events create dramatic juxtapositions, allowing different lines in the story to appear to occur simultaneously. Gibson, in his DVD commentary to the film, admits many of these historical inaccuracies such as prima nocte quite candidly. Some noted critiques include:

1. The term Braveheart was a literary invention created to describe the final words of Sir James Douglas as he hurled the casket containing the heart of King Robert the Bruce into the midst of a Saracen army at the battle of Teba, Andalucía in 1330. Fulfilling Bruce's last wish, to have his heart carried on the crusade that he was not able to carry out in his lifetime, Douglas apparently said "Lead on Brave heart, and I will follow thee". His body was recovered next to the casket, surrounded by dead Saracens. Douglas and the heart were subsequently returned to Scotland, Douglas being interred at St. Bride's Chapel in Douglas, and Bruce's heart at Melrose Abbey. This is the only reference in Scottish history to Brave hearts and it describes Bruce rather than Wallace.
2. The scene where Wallace almost captures the Princess is also taken from the history of Douglas. In what eventually culminated in the Battle of Byland, Douglas attempted to capture Edward II's wife, Queen Isabella.
3. Braveheart's plot includes an affair between William Wallace and the Princess Isabelle, based upon Isabella of France. The film implies she is pregnant at the time of Wallace's execution, carrying the future Edward III of England. Historically, the real Isabella was a child of nine still living in France at this time, meaning she never met Wallace, and furthermore, was never a Princess of Wales, as she married Edward II after he became king - four years after Wallace's death. This idea may have been derived from the play The Wallace by Sydney Goodsir Smith, or it may be derived from a fictional episode in Blind Harry's poem, where Marguerite of France, second wife of Edward I, attempts to seduce Wallace.
4. Edward III of England was born in 1312, seven years after Wallace's death; thus it is impossible for Edward III to have been Wallace's son.
5. Gibson was criticised for his portrayal of Isabella's future husband, Edward II of England. Although most historians agree that Edward was homosexual, many complained that the film presented demeaning stereotypes towards Edward. In reality, contemporary descriptions of Edward present him as, like his father; tall, strong and athletic, but with an unprincelike fondness for rowing and thatching.
6. The Battle of Stirling Bridge, the first skirmish in the film, was filmed without a bridge. The actual conflict was more of an ambush of the English as they attempted to cross the River Forth. (It is rumoured that Gibson told a Scottish local the bridge was removed as it got in the way, and the local replied "that's what the English found" [3].) The film also makes no mention of Andrew de Moray, Wallace's companion-in-arms and a major contributor at this battle. Curiously, the fight shown in the film is more like the Battle of Bannockburn 17 years later, with English cavalry charging Scottish schiltrons and being repulsed. (The movie has a Scottish nobleman named "Mornay" who betrays Wallace at Falkirk and is later killed by Wallace. If this was supposed to be Andrew de Moray it is in error - Moray died of wounds after the Battle of Stirling Bridge.)
7. Edward I's second wife, Margaret, whom he married in 1299, is absent from the film, although the span of history covered in the production includes this year. This implies his first wife Eleanor of Castile was his only spouse.
8. The film shows Irish conscripts switching sides and joining Wallace's forces at the Battle of Falkirk. The Irish forces were hired mercenaries who, from all accounts, fought well for Edward I. The Celtic soldiers who did display some rebellious tendencies were the Welsh, who had been conquered about a decade earlier. Edward I intended to use them as the first wave of attack and essentially as schiltron fodder. They did not take kindly to such intentions, even if they did not actually switch sides.
9. The film implies that Wallace's rebellion took place against a background of a fairly lengthy English occupation of Scotland. Actually, they had only invaded Scotland the year before (1296) and the mass hanging of Scottish nobles which Wallace witnessed as a boy could not have occurred at that time. Although Scottish bard Blind Harry described Edward I killing Scottish nobles at the Barns of Ayr, it has been speculated that he invented this. According to one source, the poet invented it after misreading a line from an earlier poem about Robert the Bruce, which tells how certain Scottish nobles were hanged "in ar" (a legal term meaning "by a circuit court") (Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain (London: The Reader’s Digest Association, 1973), p. 519-20).
10. The opening juxtaposition of the line "The King of Scotland had died without a son" and the caption "Scotland, 1280" is inaccurate: Alexander III did not die until 1286, and the country was not immediately taken over.
11. The sword carried by Gibson is a 16th century Scottish claymore. While a sword which is claimed to have belonged to Wallace (although this is disputed) exists in Scotland, it is significantly simpler.
12. There is some controversy about whether the jus prima noctis (also known as the droit de seigneur), the supposed right of a Lord to deflower virgins in his territory, actually existed, but it certainly never existed in either England or Scotland at that time. It is most likely a fabrication of the "Enlightenment" period.
13. It is unclear whether Wallace had a wife or what her name was, but according to later Scottish tradition her name was Marion Braidfute. Apparently her name was changed to Murron in the film so audiences would not confuse her with Maid Marian from the Robin Hood stories.
14. The then-future King Robert the Bruce is described as "Earl of Bruce", but his title at the time was Earl of Carrick; Carrick was a Gaelic-speaking province in south-west Scotland, and Bruce (more accurately "de Brus") was Robert I's family name, of Norman origin.
15. Braveheart suggests Wallace supported the Bruce claim to the Scottish throne; however, Wallace supported the Balliol claim while Bruce was convinced of his father's rightful succession.
16. The movie depicts Robert the Bruce's father (who was also named Robert) as a leper. There is no historical record of this, though Bruce himself contracted a skin disease before his death that has been alleged to be leprosy.
17. Bruce did not betray Wallace at Falkirk. He did eventually switch sides but this was a few years later and as a result of a dispute with the Comyn clan (not depicted in the film) who supported the Balliol claim to the throne (as had Wallace himself). The Scottish war effort collapsed a few years later because of the defeat of their French allies by the Flemish at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302. Wallace was hunted down when the Scots were forced to surrender in 1305.
18. In his speech before the battle of Stirling Bridge, Mel Gibson's Wallace alludes to a hundred years of tyranny. In fact, the 13th century was one of the few centuries when Anglo-Scottish relations were largely peaceful. Indeed, a century before the battle takes place the Kings of Scotland and England, William I and Richard I respectively, were good friends. The peace, however, changed after the accidental death of Alexander III in 1286 and of his heiress, Margaret, Maid of Norway shortly after, when Edward I was invited by the Scottish magnates to resolve the dispute over the Scottish crown (to which there were thirteen claimants), and used this opportunity to revive English claims of overlordship. However, he chose John Balliol as the King of Scotland, although Balliol was later to oppose him with disastrous consequences. It was also the biggest battle for William Wallace unlike the movie.
19. The film depicts Edward I dying at the same time as Wallace was executed. In fact, Wallace's execution took place in 1305, in Westminster, and King Edward died in 1307, two years later, en route to put down a fresh rebellion of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce.
20. The film depicts Edward I defenestrating a friend and (implied) lover of Phillip, the Prince of Wales. There is no record of Edward ever killing or harming his son's favorites, though one, Gaveston, was exiled twice.
21. The Scots are depicted as living in squalid, almost subterranean, houses of primitive character. In fact, by the late 13th century, Scotland was a small but reasonably prosperous medieval kingdom, with numerous small towns and many abbeys and cathedrals, much as in the rest of western Europe.
22. The use of Great Highland Bagpipes (and, on the soundtrack, Irish Uilleann pipes) is anachronistic. While basic varieties of bagpipe were a popular recreational instrument throughout medieval Europe, the Uilleann pipes which appear in this film would not exist until the 16th century.
23. There is no record of any disarmament of the Scottish people by Edward I.
24. The Scots certainly wouldn't have worn the philabeg seen in the film - this isn't seen in historical sources until the 16th century.
25. In the large battle scene, the arrow tip is shown when an arrow goes through one of Wallace's men's shields. This arrow has a Broadhead which the archers used for hunting but they used a Bodkin point for war, which can penetrate armor further.
26. In the beginning of the film, the narrator describes the marriage between King Edward II and the Princess by saying, "It was widely whispered that for the princess to conceive, Longshanks would have to do the honors himself." Although the marriage between Edward II and wife was not a good one, it produced four children and it took place after Edward I's death.
27. At the end of the film it shows what is implied to be the beginning of the Battle of Bannockburn, but it also implies that Bruce only decided to fight the English at that stage, in fact he had already been fighting a guerrilla campaign for eight years.
28. The Scots are shown wearing blue warpaint, presumably woad, in battle. It has been speculated that the filmmakers were thinking not only of ancient Celtic practice (long obsolete by the thirteenth century) but of the modern habit of football fans of painting their faces with their team's colours (allegedly pioneered by a Scotland fan in 1990): however, there is an episode in Blind Harry's Wallace in which Wallace dreams that the Virgin Mary paints a saltire on his face. In one of the DVD featurettes Gibson claims that he ran the idea past the Chief of Clan Wallace and that he was told by him that it was not certain that men in battle in thirteenth century Scotland did not wear warpaint or woad.
29. The film starts as the narrator describes Edward I of England as a "cruel pagan". In fact, Edward I was a Christian, named after his patron saint Edward the Confessor, and participated in the Eighth Crusade. This could have been hyperbole, however. Note: Pagan is also a term for 'savage' and therefore might have been closer to what the narration had in mind when describing King Edward.
30. The film shows Wallace laying siege to and capturing the city of York, when in reality Wallace's invasion of England did not reach that far south.
31. He was not transported to his execution strapped to a cross on the back of a cart but dragged naked behind a horse through the streets of London.

Production

• The movie was, for a very large part, filmed in Ireland instead of Scotland and one of the castles seen in the movie is actually Trim Castle in Co. Meath. Many of the mountains seen in the movie are actually the Wicklow Mountains in Co. Wicklow. Kilmashogue mountain and Djouce mountain can be regularly seen during the movie.
• Several of the major battle scenes had to be re-shot, as extras were seen wearing sunglasses and wristwatches. In one scene in the actual film, a white van can be seen driving in the background.
• The battle of Stirling took six weeks to film; roughly half a million feet of film (90+ hours) were shot for the sequence.
• Mel Gibson, who has a reputation of being a prankster, directed several scenes (including the funeral scene for Wallace's father) while doing an Elmer Fudd impersonation. This caused several actors to break character mid-scene, and burst out laughing on several occasions.

Cast

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Mel Gibson as William Wallace

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Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabelle

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Catherine McCormack as Murron MacClannough

• Mel Gibson – William Wallace
• Sophie Marceau – Princess Isabelle
• Patrick McGoohan – King Edward I Longshanks
• Catherine McCormack – Murron MacClannough
• Angus MacFadyen – Robert the Bruce
• Ian Bannen – Robert the Bruce, Sr.
• Alun Armstrong – Mornay
• Jeanne Marine – Nicolette, Princess Isabelle's handmaiden
• Peter Hanly – Edward, Prince of Wales
• Stephen Billington - Phillip, Edward II's "advisor"
• Michael Byrne – Smythe
• Liam Carney – Sean
• Bernard Horsfall – Balliol
• Phil Kelly – Farmer
• Sean McGinley – MacClannough
• Gerda Stevenson – Mother MacClannough
• Tam White – MacGregor
• Joe Savino – Chief Assassin
• Ralph Riach – Priest No. 1
• David O'Hara – Stephen
• Niall O'Brien – English General No. 2
• Alex Norton – Bride's Father
• Martin Murphy – Lord Talmadge
• Peter Mullan – Veteran
• Barry McGovern – King's Advisor No. 2
• Tommy Flanagan – Morrison
• Julie Austin – Mrs Morrison
• James Robinson – Young William
• Mhairi Calvey – Young Murron MacClannough
• Donal Gibson – Stewart
• Rupert Vansittart – Lord Bottoms
• Alan Tall – Elder Stewart
• Robert Paterson – Priest No. 2
• John Murtagh – Lochlan
• Gerard McSorley – Cheltham
• Sean Lawlor – Malcolm Wallace
• Sandy Nelson – John Wallace
• Malcolm Tierney – Magistrate
• James Cosmo – Campbell
• David McKay – Young Soldier
• Brian Cox – Argyle Wallace
• Mal Whyte – Jailor
• Jimmy Keogh – Drinker No. 2
• John Kavanagh – Craig
• Martin Dempsey – Drinker No. 1
• Martin Dunne – Lord Dolecroft
• Mike Larose – Chief Justice/Executioner

Spoofs and References

• In the Cleolinda Jones book Movies in fifteen minutes, Braveheart is one of the films spoofed.
  
• An episode of Johnny Bravo shows Johnny kidnapped by a planet of women-until they get a glimpse on TV of a unnamed "Braveheart" movie star-and Johnny gets the old heave-ho!!
• WWE spoofed Wallace's speech as an advertisement for Wrestlemania 21 with Triple H as Wallace. The only person who listened to the speech was Ric Flair.
• In the Video Game Daxter, there is an unlockable Braveheart dream sequence.
• A 2006 Drambuie commerical has a "Braveheart" like actor running through the Scottish hills intercut with modern scenes.
• In the Southpark episode of 'Starvin' Marvin', both "Chef" and the leader of the evil turkeys deliver speeches a la Wallace to their people just before leading the charge into battle.
• In a 2007 episode of the US version of The Office, boss Michael Scott uses the term "Primae Noctis" inappropriately during preparations for Phyllis Smith's wedding. Character Jim Halpert states that it is used in the movie Braveheart and that this fact is "confirmed on Wikipedia".

Soundtrack

Like the film itself, the Braveheart soundtrack has become popular with consumers and the soundtrack has recorded strong sales levels. The soundtrack is composed by composer James Horner, who also composed soundtracks for Titanic, Aliens, and Apollo 13. The music was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra. Consumers have been drawn to the Scottish and Celtic music that is integrated into the score. The first soundtrack was so successful that Horner produced a follow-up soundtrack in 1997 titled More Music from Braveheart. International and French versions of the soundtrack have also been released. The original album contains 77 minutes of background music taken from significant scenes in the film. A remix of the theme tune was made under the title Protect Your Mind by trance musicians DJ Sakin & Friends reaching #3 in Germany and #4 in the UK.

Braveheart (1995)

1. Main Title (2:51)
2. A Gift of a Thistle (1:37)
3. Wallace Courts Murron (4:25)
4. The Secret Wedding (6:33)
5. Attack on Murron (3:00)
6. Revenge (6:23)
7. Murron’s Burial (2:13)
8. Making Plans/ Gathering the Clans (2:05)
9. “Sons of Scotland” (6:19)
10. The Battle of Stirling (6:07)
11. For the Love of a Princess (4:07)
12. Falkirk (4:04)
13. Betrayal & Desolation (7:48)
14. Mornay’s Dream (1:18)
15. The Legend Spreads (1:09)
16. The Princess Pleads for Wallace’s Life (3:38)
17. “Freedom”/The Execution/ Bannockburn (7:24)
18. End Credits (7:12)

More Music from Braveheart (1997)

The follow-up soundtrack features much more dialogue taken from the actual film than did the original soundtrack.

1. Prologue/ "I Shall Tell You of Williams..." (dialogue-Robert the Bruce) (3:35)
2. Outlawed Tunes on Outlawed Bag Pipes (2:03)
3. The Royal Wedding (dialogue-Robert the Bruce) (2:12)
4. "The Trouble with Scotland" (dialogue-King Edward the Longshanks) (0:40)
5. Scottish Wedding Music (1:14)
6. Prima Noctes (1:46)
7. The Proposal (dialogue-Wallace and Murron) (1:35)
8. "Scotland is Free!" (dialogue-Wallace) (0:17)
9. Point of War/JonnyCope/Up in the Morning Early (traditional) (2:59)
10. Conversing with the Almighty (dialogue-various) (1:20)
11. The Road to the Isles/ Grendaural Highlanders/ The Old Rustic Bridge by the Hill (traditional) (3:52)
12. "Son of Scotland!" (dialogue-Wallace) (12:09)
13. Vision of Murron (1:45)
14. "Unite the Clans!" (dialogue-Wallace) (0:23)
15. The Legend Spreads (dialogue-Storytellers) (1:07)
16. "Why Do You Help Me?" (dialogue-Wallace and Princess Isabelle) (0:37)
17. For the Love of a Princess (previously released score) (4:05)
18. "Not Every man Really Lives" (dialogue-Wallace and Isabelle)
19. "The Prisoner wishes to Say a Word (dialogue-The Executioner and Wallace) (3:43)
20. "After the Beheading" (dialogue-Robert the Bruce) (1:48)
21. "You Have Bled for Wallace!" (dialogue-Robert the Bruce) (1:22)
22. Warrior Poets (dialogue-Wallace) (0:29)
23. Scotland the Brave (traditional) (2:47)
24. Leaving Glenhurqhart (traditional) (3:32)
25. Kirkhill (traditional) (4:08)

External links

• Braveheart at IMDb
• Roger Ebert's review of Braveheart
• James Berardinelli's review of Braveheart
• MacHouse's review of Braveheart
• Gary R. Dobson's review of Braveheart (also lays emphasis on historical accuracy)
• Tracksounds Braveheart Soundtrack Review