Gladiator: Special Anniversary Edition

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Gladiator: Special Anniversary EditionOpis:Back in the Golden Age of the Hollywood epic, composer Miklós Rózsa lavished much scholarly research on his scores for Quo Vadis (1951), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961) and others, gracing those movies with music that had as its wellspring authentic (or at least authentic-sounding) melodies from the period. For Ridley Scott's revival of the Roman epic, Gladiator, Hans Zimmer eschews such learned academia in favour of his own more contemporary, wall-of-sound approach (honed to perfection on movies like Tony Scott's Crimson Tide). In truth, no one is quite sure what Roman music sounded like, and Zimmer's unscholarly rock music background is temperamentally better suited to Scott's all-action movie anyway. Gladiator's score is a stylistic conflation of some audacity, incorporating lavish synthesised, percussive action sequences (a Zimmer trademark), "ethnic" instrumentation including Spanish guitar, Chinese dulcimer and Armenian duduk, and--most suprisingly of all for Zimmer--unabashed plagiarism of Wagner (his cue "The Might of Rome" is "Siegfried's Funeral March" in all but name) and Holst ("The Battle" and "The Barbarian Horde" lean heavily on "Mars"). Vocalist and co-composer Lisa Gerrard (fresh from working on The Insider, coincidentally also starring fellow-Australian Russell Crowe) adds her ethereal vocalisms to the music's more intimate scenes ("Sorrow" and "Elysium" for example). Her contribution brings an exotic, Oriental flavour to a score that in its broad musical canvas reflects the movie's depiction of the vast scope of the Roman Empire. If not the equal of Zimmer's career best work on The Thin Red Line (1998), this is still a hugely entertaining and diverse soundtrack. --Mark WalkerProduct description1. Progeny 1. Duduk Of The North 2. Now We Are Free 2. The Wheat 3. The Battle 3. The Protector Of Rome 4. Homecoming 4. Earth 5. Sorrow 5. The General Who Became A Slave 6. The Slave Who Became A Gladiator 6. To Zuccabar 7. Patricide 7. Secrets 8. Rome Is The Light 8. The Emperor Is Dead 9. The Might Of Rome 9. All That Remains 10. Maximus 10. Strength And Honor 11. Reunion 11. Marikesh Marketplace 12. The Gladiator Waltz 12. Slaves To Rome 13. Barbarian Horde 13. Figurines 14. The Mob 14. Am I Not Merciful? 15. Elysium 15. Busy Little Bee 16. Death Smiles At All Of Us 16. Honor Him 17. Not Yet 17. Now We Are Free 18. Now We Are FreeAutor:The Lyndhurst OrchestraNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; EnglishData wydania: 2005-09-05Waga: 0.09 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.8 cmDługość: 5.5 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.