Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture

Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture
Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Publication (s)	April 25, 2000
Label (s)	Decca Records
Format (s)	CD , music download
Genre (s)	Film music
Title (number)	17th
running time	61 minutes 31 seconds
production	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt , Ridley Scott

Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard for the film of the same name, Gladiator, and was released on April 25, 2000 under Decca Records . The album sold more than a million copies worldwide, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Score , and received nominations at the 2000 Academy Awards and the British Academy Film Awards .

Track list

1. Progeny
2. The Wheat
3. The Battle
4. Earth
5. Sorrow
6. To zucchabar
7. Patricide
8. The Emperor Is Dead
9. The Might of Rome
10. Strength and Honor
11. Reunion
12. Slaves to Rome
13. Barbarian Horde
14. Am I Not Merciful?
15. Elysium
16. Honor Him
17. Now We Are Free

reception

Critic Heather Phares of the music website Allmusic awarded the publication four and five possible stars and noted that the music by the duo Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard combines a certain new drama with traditional orchestration and revives old and forgotten instruments. Phares also praises Garrad's voice, which would go very well with ancient Rome. Victor Carr Jr. of Classics Today explains that the large amount of percussion in the soundtrack reflects the mood of the film well and referred to similarities to the soundtrack Batman by composer Danny Elfman . Although the Zimmer film music reflects the style and mood of ancient Rome well, the journalist criticizes that too many elements of pop music were incorporated by the composer. Carr Jr. criticizes the commercialization of music. Even so, Zimmer and Gerrard brought the ethnic component back to the music well. He awarded six out of ten points for the artistic performance of the musicians and rated the album with eight out of a possible ten points for the audio quality of the release. The website Film Recommendation wrote: “Hans Zimmer has probably succeeded in his masterpiece with Gladiator . Even in the chaos of The Battle , every note has found its intended place. Not only the monumental themes of The Battle or The Might of Rome , but also the mystical and optimistic sound sequences of The Wheat and Now We Are Free make Gladiator [...] an absolute classic. "

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	200,500
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	540,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum + silver (re-release)	411,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 4 × platinum	1,476,500

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture. In: musicbrainz.org. MusicBrainz , accessed January 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Heather Phares: Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture - Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer. In: allmusic.com. Allmusic , accessed on January 21, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ Victor Carr Jr .: Gladiator - Music From the Motion Picture - Classics Today. In: classicstoday.com. Classics Today, accessed January 21, 2020 . 
4. ^ Gladiator - Music From the Motion Picture - Critique, Review, Review. In: filmempfoice.com. Movie recommendation, accessed on January 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” ( Memento from January 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Certificazioni. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana , accessed January 21, 2020 (Italian). 
7. ↑ Gold / Platinum. Music Canada , accessed January 21, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Platynow płyty CD. Związek Producentów Audio-Video , accessed on January 21, 2020 (Polish). 
9. ↑ precious metal. IFPI Switzerland , accessed on January 21, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Top 100 Álbumes Semana 39–2007. Productores de Música de España , accessed January 21, 2020 (Spanish). 
11. ^ Gold & Platinum - RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed January 21, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Got Charts? Beans, Bleek & Beatles Synch Up Soundtracks - MTV ( Memento from January 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ BRIT Certified - BPI. British Phonographic Industry , accessed January 21, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Ask the Official Charts! ( Memento from January 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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