who composed the music score?
Hans Zimmer and John Powell.
The Thin Red Line (1998 film)
The film score was composed by Hans Zimmer, with additional music from John Powell. 
where was the movie thin red line filmed Mostly in the  Daintree Rainforest and on Bramston Beach, both in north Queensland, Australia. who directed it? Terrence Malick. what type of film was it? It was an American epic war film. is the motion picture based on a true story? No, it is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by James Jones. what was the name of the wars or battles portrayed in this motion picture? The Battle of Mount Austen. name some of the movie characters. Private Witt, First Sergeant Welsh,  Lieutenant Colonel Tall , Brigadier General Quintard and others. what are the names of the actors who play the above-mentioned characters? James Caviezel played the part of Private Witt.
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The Thin Red Line (1998 film) [SEP] Music
The film score was composed by Hans Zimmer, with additional music from John Powell. The album was nominated for Best Dramatic Score at the 71st Academy Awards. It was Hans Zimmer's fifth Oscar nomination as a composer, but he lost out to Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful" (music by Nicola Piovani). The album was released by RCA Victor and conducted by Gavin Greenaway. Among the music not written by Zimmer which appears in the film is "In Paradisum" from "Requiem" by Gabriel Fauré and the opening minutes of "The Unanswered Question" by Charles Ives. Zimmer wrote several hours of music, and an abundance of different themes, before Malick started to shoot the film.