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  • "GLADIATOR" - Music Composed by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard

        Powerful. Brutal. Strong. Heavy. Dramatic... and probably Roman like! These words can describe the score for the film, directed by Ridley Scott, that won 5 Oscars (including Best Motion Picture but not including the Best Score award)!
      By reading these you shouldn't presume that we deal with a masterpiece. Instead we deal with 2 only powerful tracks, with heavy brass, trombones, strong action cues! Track 3 ("The Battle")  is one of them and it is the best of the entire score. It contains nice action thematic parts and it is one of the most powerful tracks I've ever heard! Thank God it lasts 10 minutes! Most of this track is reused in track 13,too
      As for the rest of the CD tracks, now. Slow, dramatic and choral. Some of the most enjoyable tracks are "Earth", "Sorrow", "Slaves at "Rome" (pretty good), "Patricide" and "Am I Not Merciful".
      Zimmer, once more, with the cooperation with Lisa Gerrard, created a score that works pretty well for the film which is
also great  by itself. Additionally, whoever is a Soundtrack Maniac will notice some Zimmer's inspirations by Wagner.  So...if you haven't seen the movie go see it (prefer the DVD). If you don't have the CD then run to buy it!


Rate: 3,5/5

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