last piece played at National Funeral was the main theme from Mel Gibson's movie, We Were Soldiers."
AWESOME!
As that song was playing I was completely captured by the work, and as it was fading and the audio/video was transferring to outside the cathedral I thought how it sounded like an outstanding movie score. How fitting that it was the closing credits in the movie and funeral as well.
West Point cadets sing hymn for Gibson film - Great stories here: http://www.usma.edu/publicaffairs/directorscorner/PKJMelGibsonJan02.htm
http://www.usma.edu/publicaffairs/PV/020118/voices.htm
You can hear it online here (at bottom) http://web.infinito.it/utenti/i/interface/Mansions.html
This song was sung by the West Point Glee Club at the end of the movie "We Were Soldiers"
"The Mansions of the Lord"
To fallen soldiers let us sing
where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
to the mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
just divine embrace, eternal light
in the mansions of the Lord
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep the mansions of the Lord
Words by Randall Wallace
Thank you for the link. What a beautiful song with meaning.