1. RULE, BRITANNIA A 00:02:28 POSSIBLY THE MOST FAMOUS BRITISH PATRIOTIC SONG 'RULE, BRITANNIA', WRITTEN BY THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE IN 1740, IS A SALUTE TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE. ORCHETSRAL VERSION WITH FEMALE VOCAL AND CHORUS. 87 BPM (BBMAJ)

3. I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY A 00:02:59 THIS FAMOUS HYMN FROM THE MOVEMENT 'JUPITER' FROM 'THE PLANETS' SUITE IS OFTEN SUNG ON ARMISTICE DAY WAS A PERSONAL FAVOURITE OF THE LATE PRINCESS DIANA. ORCHESTRAL VERSION WITH CHOIR. 64 BPM (CMAJ)

5. WITH GRACE AND FAVOUR 00:02:30 BASED ON 'CHANSON DE NUIT' FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY EDWARD ELGAR AND WRITTEN IN 1890, THIS ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT EVOKES THE PRIVILEGE AND MANNERS OF LATE VICTORIAN ENGLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 62 BPM (GMAJ)

6. SEE THE CONQUERING HERO A 00:02:15 A ROUSING CHORUS FROM THE 1747 OPERA 'JUDAS MACCABAEUS' SUNG BY YOUTHS, VIRGINS AND ISRAELITES - 'SEE THE CONQUERING HERO' - HAS BECOME A MUCH LOVED EMBLEM OF BRITISH PROWESS. 74 BPM (GMAJ)

8. IN MEMORIAM 00:03:17 USING THE WORDS 'AGNUS DEI / THE LAMB OF GOD' FROM THE LATIN MASS, THIS SOLEMN CHORALE FOR CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA EXTOLLS PEACE IN THE WORLD. 42 BPM (EBMAJ)

9. NIMROD 00:02:23 AN ORCHESTRAL ELEGY FROM 'ENIGMA AND VARIATIONS' BY EDWARD ELGAR IS OFTEN PLAYED IN REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN SOLDIERS ON ARMISTICE DAY AND IN MORE GENERALLY IN MEMORIAL SERVICES OF ALL KINDS. 42 BPM (EBMAJ)

10. THE POWER AND THE GLORY A 00:02:13 THIS IS A DRIVING 'FIN DE SIÈCLE' PIECE REMINISCENT OF A CLASSICAL ORATORIO IN A MODERN TRANSLATION. ORCHESTRAL VERSION WITH CHOIR. 105 BPM (CMIN)

12. NON NOBIS DOMINE 00:02:37 SUNG A CAPPELLA, IT IS OFTEN USED IN PERIOD MOVIES DEPICTING THE BRITISH MILITARY OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 'NON NOBIS DOMINE' COMES FROM PSALM 115 IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE. THE MUSIC IS ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM BYRD (1580) BUT IS DERIVED FROM A MOTET BY JEAN MOUTON (1459-1522). 100 BPM (DMAJ)

13. THE KNIGHT'S CREED A 00:02:23 A BROODING MEDIEVAL GREGORIAN CHANT 'SALVE REGINA' IS SET IN A POWERFUL ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENT DESCRIPTIVE OF WARRIOR MONKS AND THE TEMPLAR KNIGHTS. ORCHESTRAL VERSION WITH CHOIR. 82 BPM (CMIN)

15. MEN OF HARLECH A 00:03:04 FAMOUS HYMN AND MILITARY MARCH WIDELY USED AS A REGIMENTAL MARCH BY THE WELSH GUARDS AND THE ROYAL WELSH REGIMENT. SAID TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVEN YEAR SIEGE OF HARLECH CASTLE (1461-1468) OFTEN SUNG AS THE WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM. ORCHESTRAL VERSION WITH CHOIR. 95 BPM (GMAJ)

17. FOR LOVE AND COUNTRY 00:01:57 A WISTFUL ARRANGEMENT FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA OF THE SONG 'THE SOLDIER'S TEAR' WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER LEE IN 1827 FOR THE OPERA 'MUSIC AND PREJUDICE'. 115 BPM (DMAJ)

18. BRITONS STRIKE HOME A 00:02:35 A ROUSING CHORUS FROM THE OPERA 'BONDUCA' - 'THE BRITISH HEROINE' BY HENRY PURCELL (1695) - TELLS THE STORY OF BOUDICCA, THE BRITISH QUEEN, IN HER REVOLT AGAINST ROMAN OCCUPATION IN AD 60. ORCHESTRAL VERSION WITH CHOIR. 154 BPM (FMAJ)

20. THE MINSTREL BOY A 00:03:28 THIS SONG, BASED ON THE FAMOUS IRISH AIR 'THE MOREEN' BY THOMAS MOORE, WAS WRITTEN IN HONOUR OF IRISHMEN KILLED IN THE REBELLION AGAINST THE ENGLISH IN 1798. IT IS AS A CEREMONIAL ANTHEM OF THE IRISH GUARDS REGIMENT AND WAS USED AS THE THEME FOR THE 2002 MOVIE 'BLACK HAWK DOWN'. MALE VOCAL AND FOLK ENSEMBLE FEATURING HARP. 90 BPM (CMAJ)

22. THE SOLDIER'S TEAR A 00:02:59 THIS BALLAD WAS WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER LEE IN 1827 FOR THE OPERA 'MUSIC AND PREJUDICE' AND WAS POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE 19TH CENTURY, BEING MENTIONED IN THE BOOK 'SCENES OF A CLERICAL LIFE' BY GEORGE ELLIOT. FOLK ENSEMBLE WITH HARP AND MALE VOCAL. 94 BPM (DMAJ)

24. SARABANDE 00:03:06 A TRADITIONAL MELODY THAT HAS BECOME EMBLEMATIC OF THE ARMY OF KING GEORGE III. IT HAS BEEN USED AS THEME IN THE BARRY LYNDON FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF A BRITISH SOLDIER OF FORTUNE IN 18TH CENTURY EUROPE. 62 BPM (DMIN)

25. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY A 00:02:54 THIS RECRUITING SONG FROM THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY REFERS TO QUEEN ANN AND COMMEMORATES THE EUROPEAN WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION (1701-1714). IT WAS USED AS THE THEME FOR THE TV SERIES 'SHARPE' ABOUT THE ARMY OF GEORGE III. THE SONG HAS REMAINED POPULAR OVER THE CENTURIES AND NOW MORE WIDELY KNOWN AS A NURSERY RHYME. MALE VOCAL AND BAND. 95 BPM (GMAJ)

27. FAIREST ISLE 00:01:02 THIS 17TH CENTURY BALLAD WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN DRYDEN AND HENRY PURCELL FOR THE SEMI-OPERA 'KING ARTHUR' IN 1691. IT IS A HOMAGE TO ENGLAND AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS LIVING THROUGH DEVASTATING SOCIAL UPHEAVAL. FEMALE VOCAL AND HARPSICHORD. 110 BPM (FMAJ)

28. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 00:02:16 SOLO PIANO. AN ARRANGEMENT OF BEETHOVEN'S VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN'. AN INTIMATE CLASSICAL VERSION OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL ANTHEM. 70 BPM (CMAJ)

29. A SOLEMN OATH 00:01:38 AN A CAPPELLA CHOIR VERSION OF THE SACRED TEMPLAR CHANT 'SALVE REGINA'. 164 BPM (CMIN)

30. IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY A 00:01:12 THIS IS A VERY POPULAR WORLD WAR 1 SONG FROM 1912 WHICH HAS BECOME EMBLEMATIC OF THE BRITISH 'TOMMY'. IT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY USED OVER THE DECADES ON MOVIE SCORES SUCH AS 'GALLIPOLI ' IN 1981 AND IN MANY OTHER MEDIA FORMATS. MALE VOCAL AND BAND. 110 BPM (GMAJ)

32. HEARTS OF OAK A 00:01:05 THE OFFICIAL MARCH OF THE ROYAL NAVY OF UK AND SEVERAL COMMONWEALTH NATIONS. 'HEARTS OF OAK' REFERS TO 18TH CENTURY WOODEN BATTLESHIPS. MALE VOCAL AND BAND. 120 BPM (GMAJ)

34. SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN A 00:01:18 THIS MARCH WAS WRITTEN TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL IN 1894 BY LESLIE STUART. NOW IT IS THE REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE QUEEN'S AND THE PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENTS. MALE VOCAL AND BAND. 120 BPM (CMAJ)

36. BRITISH GRENADIERS A 00:01:14 THE REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY SINCE 1716 'THE BRITISH GRENADIERS' WAS WRITTEN IN 1695 TO COMMEMORATE THE BRITISH SIEGE OF NAMUR DURING THE 9 YEARS WAR AGAINST FRANCE FOUGHT BY WILLIAM III. 160 BPM (CMAJ)

38. ARTILLERY MARCH 00:01:03 FIFES AND DRUMS VERSION OF 'THE BRITISH GRENADIERS', THE REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. 160 BPM (GMAJ)

39. GOODBYE DOLLY GRAY 00:01:11 PUBLISHED IN 1897, THIS SONG WAS POPULAR DURING THE SPANISH/AMERICAN WAR 1898 BUT SUCCESSFULLY ADOPTED BY THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE BOER WAR OF 1899. IT IS A WISTFUL REFLECTION ON THE PERSONAL COST OF WAR. 110 BPM (GMAJ)