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Jay Ungar

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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BUDAPEST TO GETTYSBURG, is a riveting tale of love, hate, war and freedom – a journey from terror to hope. The past and present collide as a world-renowned historian confronts a history he has refused to study: his own. Gabor Boritt is an expert on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. Fifty years after fleeing a continent ravaged by the terror of Hitler and Stalin, Gabor reluctantly returns to his native Budapest. Urged by his son Jake, he faces the harsh history of his Jewish-Hungarian childhood: the Nazi invasion, the Holocaust, Allied bombing raids, Soviet tyranny, the 1956 Revolution and his escape to America. From the streets of Budapest to the fields of Gettysburg, Gabor discovers the intimate and epic history that transformed him into a great scholar of Lincoln, the Civil War and American democracy.
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Budapest to Gettysburg (2007)
Jay Ungar was born on 14 November 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. Jay is a composer, known for The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Baseball (1994) and The Better Angels (2014).
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    • Known for

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
    The National Parks: America's Best Idea
    8.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Music Department
    Baseball (1994)
    Baseball
    9.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Music Department
    Diane Kruger and Braydon Denney in The Better Angels (2014)
    The Better Angels
    6.0
    • Music Department
    • 2014
    Brother's Keeper (1992)
    Brother's Keeper
    7.5
    • Composer
    • 1992

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Perry King in The Divide (2018)
      The Divide
      5.9
      • musician
      • 2018
    • Diane Kruger and Braydon Denney in The Better Angels (2014)
      The Better Angels
      6.0
      • musician
      • 2014
    • The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
      The National Parks: America's Best Idea
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • musician: banjo
      • musician: mandolin
      • musician: violin
      • 2009
    • Mark Twain in Mark Twain (2001)
      Mark Twain
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • musician: additional traditional music
      • 2001
    • Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
      Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • musician: violin
      • 1997
    • The West (1996)
      The West
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • folk music: American
      • 1996
    • Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, and Aidan Quinn in Legends of the Fall (1994)
      Legends of the Fall
      7.5
      • musician (uncredited)
      • 1994
    • Baseball (1994)
      Baseball
      9.2
      TV Mini Series
      • musician
      • 1994
    • The Civil War (1990)
      The Civil War
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • fiddle
      • musician: fiddle
      • mandolin
      • 1990
    • Thomas Hart Benton in Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
      Thomas Hart Benton
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • musician
      • 1989

    Composer

    • Ziggy Marley, Joe Bonamassa, David Foster, Bill Nye, Josh Groban, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. in We Heart Public Television! (2025)
      We Heart Public Television!
      1.8
      TV Special
      • composer
      • 2025
    • Catskill Park (2014)
      Catskill Park
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • HomeGrown
      8.1
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • Budapest to Gettysburg
      8.3
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Rabbit Ears: Rip Van Winkle
      7.5
      Video
      • Composer
      • 1992
    • Brother's Keeper (1992)
      Brother's Keeper
      7.5
      • Composer
      • 1992
    • The Civil War (1990)
      The Civil War
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • original theme
      • 1990
    • Sandman
      6.9
      Short
      • Composer
      • 1973

    Soundtrack

    • Yellowstone (2018)
      Yellowstone
      8.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Ashokan Farewell"
      • performer: "Ashokan Farewell"
      • 2018–2024
    • Susan Roe Musacchio, Olivia Murray, Peter Scheidler, Rich Jakubik, Kristine Wolflick, Jesse Healy, Carrie Elko, Bryan Hughey, John Quirk, Ann Durkin Keating, David Buisseret, John Schoonhoven, Paul Olátúbosún Àdajà, Norene Scanlan, Andrew Luczak, Chick O'Leary, Marla Seidell, Michael Jolls, Clint Cottrell, Natalia Samoylova, Eric S. Cunningham, Nick Allexon, Larry Biela, and Greg Sakowicz in Holy Ground (2023)
      Holy Ground
      8.7
      • performer: "Kingdom Coming", "Lorena"
      • 2023
    • Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)
      The Vampire Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • performer: "Ashokan Farewell" (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Diane Kruger and Braydon Denney in The Better Angels (2014)
      The Better Angels
      6.0
      • arranger: "Virginia Reel Medley", "Yankee Doodle"
      • performer: "Virginia Reel Medley", "Yankee Doodle"
      • 2014
    • The Dust Bowl (2012)
      The Dust Bowl
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Two Rivers"
      • performer: "Lyman's Walk"
      • performer: "Two Rivers" ...
      • 2012
    • The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
      The National Parks: America's Best Idea
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • performer: "The Harvest Home Suite: Autumn", "The Blue River Waltz", "Solstice Hymn"
      • writer: "The Harvest Home Suite: Autumn", "The Blue River Waltz", "Solstice Hymn"
      • performer: "The Mountain House" ...
      • 2009
    • Celtic Woman (2005)
      Celtic Woman
      8.8
      Video
      • writer: "The Ashoken Farewell"
      • 2005
    • The Civil War (1990)
      The Civil War
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Ashokan Farewell"
      • 1990

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    Budapest to Gettysburg
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    Budapest to Gettysburg

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Jay and Molly's web site
      • Music career with wife and partner Molly Mason
    • Born
      • November 14, 1946
      • New York City, New York, USA

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