Having recently rewatched the wonderful Band of Brothers boxset I was reminded how the theme music catches me by surprise every time I watch it. It is a wonderful example of restraint. It can make me weep without it being mawkish. It was one of the last things Michael Kamen wrote before he died. Thinking of him always makes me think of this sublime piece of music - surely one of the best examples of 'strings in pop' there has ever been. His arrangement is beautifully understated and allows the lyric to be the jewel. Until, that is, the 'Here come the hands of time' line and the last 2 minutes of the song are Kamen's - beautifully building, swirling and spinning the strings as Kate runs through the memories and the people that have given her those moments of pleasure. Its a song that will stay with me always.