1942年，第二次世界大战已进入外热化阶段。南太平洋上，日美双方展开激烈角逐，人性的底线在炮火声中被彻底摧毁。隶属美军的“查理步兵连”接到一项艰巨的任务，他们受命登陆瓜达康纳尔岛（Guadalcanal），夺回日军占领的210阵地。日军占尽地利优势，防守固若金汤。然军令如山，即使刀山火海查理步兵连的将士们也要奋勇向前。这群年轻的小伙子为了所谓的正义投入这个残酷的血肉战场…… 　　本片根据美国作家詹姆斯·琼斯（James Jones）1962年的同名小说改编，并荣获1999年柏林国际电影节金熊奖和荣誉提及；1999年芝加哥影评人协会最佳摄影奖；2000年澳大利亚影评人协会最佳外语片奖；2000年电影旬报最佳外语片导演奖。 　　Hans Zimmer's Oscar-nominated score for reclusive director Terrence Malick's ambitious James Jones adaptation -- only the director's third film in 25 years -- is one of his most subtle and sophisticated yet. Then again, it's not as if the German-born composer has ever been known as a master of bombast or overstatement -- Max Steiner he is not (among other works, he penned the award-winning soundtracks for Rain Man and The Lion King). Unlike the scores for most other war movies (The Thin Red Line is set during World War II), the action in Malick's elegiac epic is driven mostly by the action itself (heated exchanges between characters, sudden eruptions of devastating violence) and not the music. The soundtrack, which consists primarily of long, string-laden pieces, also includes one of the film's mesmerizing chants, which were so popular that a separate recording, Chants From The Thin Red Line, consisting entirely of chants by the Melanesian Brotherhood and the Choir of All Saints, was released in conjunction with this recording.