I bought the MP3 based on a favorable review in a recent issue of Christianity Today.
I thought the music would take one direction based on the title of the album. But it went another, and checking through the track names (Heroes, Glory Battle, The Tribute) I was struck by a very militaristic sound to most of the tracks. Those that weren't as military-sounding sounded very much like, well, tributes to fallen soldiers (and at least one part that sounded alarmingly like variations on a tune reminiscent of "Yankee Doodle Dandy.)
It's fine film music, sort of like music looking for a movie to go with. I could hear it paired with a Mel Gibson film quite easily.
Smith, being a pianist, features the piano quite a bit in his writing. There is little motific development in the symphonic writing. Mostly nice melodies begun in one instrument and then tossed around to others, the orchestra serving to punctuate and create transitions between iterations of the theme.
Nice music, but not a whole lot of substance; good background music for studying or reading.
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