The Lyndhurst Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard - Gladiator: 20th Anniversary Edition (2020)
BAND/ARTIST: The Lyndhurst Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard
- Title: Gladiator: 20th Anniversary Edition
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Universal Music Classics
- Genre: Soundtrack; Classical
- Quality: FLAC lossless
- Total Time: 1:57:15
- Total Size: 619 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
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 Walker
Tracklist:
1.01 | Gavin Greenaway - Progeny // Gavin Greenaway
1.02 | Gavin Greenaway - The Wheat // Gavin Greenaway
1.03 | Gavin Greenaway - The Battle // Gavin Greenaway
1.04 | Gavin Greenaway - Earth // Gavin Greenaway
1.05 | Gavin Greenaway - Sorrow // Gavin Greenaway
1.06 | Gavin Greenaway - To Zuccabar // Gavin Greenaway
1.07 | Gavin Greenaway - Patricide // Gavin Greenaway
1.08 | Gavin Greenaway - The Emperor Is Dead // Gavin Greenaway
1.09 | Gavin Greenaway - The Might of Rome // Gavin Greenaway
1.10 | Gavin Greenaway - Strength And Honor // Gavin Greenaway
1.11 | Gavin Greenaway - Reunion // Gavin Greenaway
1.12 | Gavin Greenaway - Slaves To Rome // Gavin Greenaway
1.13 | Gavin Greenaway - Barbarian Horde // Gavin Greenaway
1.14 | Gavin Greenaway - Am I Not Merciful? // Gavin Greenaway
1.15 | Gavin Greenaway - Elysium // Gavin Greenaway
1.16 | Gavin Greenaway - Honor Him // Gavin Greenaway
1.17 | Lisa Gerrard - Now We Are Free // Lisa Gerrard
2.01 | Gavin Greenaway - Duduk Of The North // Gavin Greenaway
2.02 | Gavin Greenaway - Now We Are Free (Juba's Mix) // Gavin Greenaway
2.03 | Gavin Greenaway - The Protector Of Rome // Gavin Greenaway
2.04 | Gavin Greenaway - Homecoming // Gavin Greenaway
2.05 | Gavin Greenaway - The General Who Became A Slave // Gavin Greenaway
2.06 | Gavin Greenaway - The Slave Who Became A Gladiator // Gavin Greenaway
2.07 | Gavin Greenaway - Secrets // Gavin Greenaway
2.08 | Gavin Greenaway - Rome Is The Light // Gavin Greenaway
2.09 | Gavin Greenaway - All That Remains // Gavin Greenaway
2.10 | Heitor Pereira - Maximus // Heitor Pereira
2.11 | Gavin Greenaway - Marrakesh Marketplace // Gavin Greenaway
2.12 | Gavin Greenaway - The Gladiator Waltz // Gavin Greenaway
2.13 | Lisa Gerrard - Figurines // Lisa Gerrard
2.14 | Gavin Greenaway - The Mob // Gavin Greenaway
2.15 | Gavin Greenaway - Busy Little Bee // Gavin Greenaway
2.16 | Gavin Greenaway - Death Smiles At All Of Us // Gavin Greenaway
2.17 | Gavin Greenaway - Not Yet // Gavin Greenaway
2.18 | Gavin Greenaway - Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix) // Gavin Greenaway
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 Walker
Tracklist:
1.01 | Gavin Greenaway - Progeny // Gavin Greenaway
1.02 | Gavin Greenaway - The Wheat // Gavin Greenaway
1.03 | Gavin Greenaway - The Battle // Gavin Greenaway
1.04 | Gavin Greenaway - Earth // Gavin Greenaway
1.05 | Gavin Greenaway - Sorrow // Gavin Greenaway
1.06 | Gavin Greenaway - To Zuccabar // Gavin Greenaway
1.07 | Gavin Greenaway - Patricide // Gavin Greenaway
1.08 | Gavin Greenaway - The Emperor Is Dead // Gavin Greenaway
1.09 | Gavin Greenaway - The Might of Rome // Gavin Greenaway
1.10 | Gavin Greenaway - Strength And Honor // Gavin Greenaway
1.11 | Gavin Greenaway - Reunion // Gavin Greenaway
1.12 | Gavin Greenaway - Slaves To Rome // Gavin Greenaway
1.13 | Gavin Greenaway - Barbarian Horde // Gavin Greenaway
1.14 | Gavin Greenaway - Am I Not Merciful? // Gavin Greenaway
1.15 | Gavin Greenaway - Elysium // Gavin Greenaway
1.16 | Gavin Greenaway - Honor Him // Gavin Greenaway
1.17 | Lisa Gerrard - Now We Are Free // Lisa Gerrard
2.01 | Gavin Greenaway - Duduk Of The North // Gavin Greenaway
2.02 | Gavin Greenaway - Now We Are Free (Juba's Mix) // Gavin Greenaway
2.03 | Gavin Greenaway - The Protector Of Rome // Gavin Greenaway
2.04 | Gavin Greenaway - Homecoming // Gavin Greenaway
2.05 | Gavin Greenaway - The General Who Became A Slave // Gavin Greenaway
2.06 | Gavin Greenaway - The Slave Who Became A Gladiator // Gavin Greenaway
2.07 | Gavin Greenaway - Secrets // Gavin Greenaway
2.08 | Gavin Greenaway - Rome Is The Light // Gavin Greenaway
2.09 | Gavin Greenaway - All That Remains // Gavin Greenaway
2.10 | Heitor Pereira - Maximus // Heitor Pereira
2.11 | Gavin Greenaway - Marrakesh Marketplace // Gavin Greenaway
2.12 | Gavin Greenaway - The Gladiator Waltz // Gavin Greenaway
2.13 | Lisa Gerrard - Figurines // Lisa Gerrard
2.14 | Gavin Greenaway - The Mob // Gavin Greenaway
2.15 | Gavin Greenaway - Busy Little Bee // Gavin Greenaway
2.16 | Gavin Greenaway - Death Smiles At All Of Us // Gavin Greenaway
2.17 | Gavin Greenaway - Not Yet // Gavin Greenaway
2.18 | Gavin Greenaway - Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix) // Gavin Greenaway
Year 2020 | Classical | Soundtracks | FLAC / APE
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