 The Sun 's Ian Black compared the music for Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ) with that of Saving Private Ryan stating that it was " nowhere close " to the latter . Barbera <unk> of the Pittsburgh Post @-@ Gazette wrote that " John Williams ' symphonic score soars in the background like church music . " Edmonton Journal writer Ted Shaw found the " meditative quality " of Williams ' score to be a surprise when compared to the intensity of the fighting sequences . He added that the music was an " elevating " component of the film . Thomas Doherty also noted that the music " lacks the bombast of the incoming shells , " stating that it was " quietly martial " with its use of trumpets and mild percussion . 
