berg , ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁commit ment ▁to ▁another ▁Dream Work s ▁film , ▁S aving ▁Private ▁Ryan . ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁The ▁musical ▁score ▁for ▁Am ist ad ▁was ▁composed ▁by ▁John ▁Williams . ▁A ▁sound track ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁by ▁Dream Work s ▁Records . ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁from ▁" D ry ▁Your ▁T ears , ▁A frika " ▁are ▁from ▁a ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁poem ▁by ▁French - spe aking ▁I vor ian ▁poet ▁Bernard ▁Bin lin ▁D adi é . ▁The ▁words ▁are ▁primarily ▁in ▁M ende , ▁one ▁of ▁Sierra ▁Le one ' s ▁major ▁languages . ▁ ▁Historical ▁accuracy ▁Many ▁academ ics , ▁including ▁Columbia ▁University ▁professor ▁Eric ▁Fon er , ▁have ▁critic ized ▁Am ist ad ▁for ▁historical ▁in ac cur acy ▁and ▁the ▁mis leading ▁character izations ▁of ▁the ▁Am ist ad ▁case ▁as ▁a ▁" turn ing ▁point " ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁perspective ▁on ▁sla very . ▁ ▁Fon er ▁wrote : ▁ ▁Other ▁reported ▁in acc ura cies ▁include : ▁▁ ▁Despite ▁what ▁the ▁film ▁suggests , ▁the ▁actual ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁decision ▁revers ed ▁District ▁and ▁Circ uit ▁decre es ▁regarding ▁the ▁Afr icans ' ▁convey ance ▁back ▁to ▁Africa ; ▁they ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁de emed ▁free , ▁but ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ▁could ▁not ▁take ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁Africa , ▁as ▁they ▁had ▁arrived ▁on ▁American ▁soil ▁as ▁free ▁people . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁version ▁of ▁Adams