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'''''Soundtrack to War''''' is a 90-minute [[documentary film|documentary]] by [[Australia]]n [[war artist]] [[George Gittoes]]. Filmed throughout 2003–2004, Gittoes bypassed the [[United States|U.S.]] military's [[Mass media|media]] lockdown on the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war in Iraq]] to capture an authentic account of the human experience of the war. Gittoes interviewed American soldiers deployed in Iraq to create an account of the role of music in the contemporary battlefield. The film was followed by a sequel, ''[[Rampage (2006 film)|Rampage]]''.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10428111">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10428111 |title=Spotlight on the ghetto for Gittoes |date=9 March 2007 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref>

Songs featured in the movie include [[Slayer]]'s "[[Angel of Death (Slayer song)|Angel of Death]]" and [[Drowning Pool]]'s "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]", as well as [[freestyle rap]] and [[gospel music|gospel]] choirs. Seventeen of the early-filmed scenes from the documentary were used in [[Michael Moore]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The film is mentioned in the 2009 book ''Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War'' by Jonathan Pieslak.