Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | April 25, 2000 |
Recorded | 2000 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 61:31 |
Label | Decca Records |
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Allmusic | |
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SoundtrackNet |
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 film Gladiator. The soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, and was released on April 25, 2000. It was conducted by Gavin Greenaway and performed by the Lyndhurst Orchestra.
The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Score ("Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music").
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Progeny" | 2:13 |
2. | "The Wheat" | 1:03 |
3. | "The Battle" | 10:02 |
4. | "Earth" | 3:01 |
5. | "Sorrow" | 1:26 |
6. | "To Zucchabar" | 3:16 |
7. | "Patricide" | 4:08 |
8. | "The Emperor Is Dead" | 1:21 |
9. | "The Might of Rome" | 5:18 |
10. | "Strength and Honor" | 2:09 |
11. | "Reunion" | 1:14 |
12. | "Slaves to Rome" | 1:00 |
13. | "Barbarian Horde" | 10:33 |
14. | "Am I Not Merciful?" | 6:33 |
15. | "Elysium" | 2:41 |
16. | "Honor Him" | 1:19 |
17. | "Now We Are Free" | 4:14 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2000) | Position |
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Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | 180 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | 50,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) | Gold | 50,000* |
Poland (ZPAV) | Platinum | 100,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) | Platinum | 351,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) Special Anniversary Edition |
Silver | 60,000* |
United States (RIAA) | Platinum | 540,000 |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
More Music From the Motion Picture
Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture | |
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Released | February 27, 2001 |
Recorded | 2000 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 57:58 |
Label | Decca Records |
Producer | Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer |
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On February 27, 2001, nearly a year after the first soundtrack's release, Decca released Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture. This CD contained additional 18 cuts from the film (including unused tracks and remixes of earlier scores, such as "Now We Are Free"). Many tracks also use dialogue from the movie, such as Maximus Decimus Meridius' quote "Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife... and I will have my vengeance."
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Duduk of the North" (duduk by Djivan Gasparyan and Sevak Sahakyan) | 5:33 |
2. | "Now We Are Free" (Juba's mix) | 4:47 |
3. | "The Protector of Rome" (featuring Russell Crowe as Maximus and Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius) | 1:25 |
4. | "Homecoming" (featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe) | 3:35 |
5. | "The General Who Became a Slave" | 3:03 |
6. | "The Slave Who Became a Gladiator" (featuring Oliver Reed as Proximo and Russell Crowe as Maximus) | 6:11 |
7. | "Secrets" | 1:59 |
8. | "Rome is the Light" | 2:43 |
9. | "All That Remains" | 0:54 |
10. | "Maximus" (guitar by Heitor Pereira) | 1:09 |
11. | "Marrakesh Marketplace" | 0:42 |
12. | "The Gladiator Waltz" (featuring Russell Crowe, original synth demo version by Hans Zimmer) | 8:25 |
13. | "Figurines" (yangqin by Lisa Gerrard) | 1:01 |
14. | "The Mob" | 2:22 |
15. | "Busy Little Bee" (featuring Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Russell Crowe as Maximus) | 3:47 |
16. | "Death Smiles at Us All" (featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe as Maximus) | 2:29 |
17. | "Not Yet" (featuring Djimon Hounsou as Juba) | 1:32 |
18. | "Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix)" | 6:21 |
Special Anniversary Edition
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: Special Anniversary Edition | |
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Released | 2005 |
Recorded | 2000 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 1:17:00 |
Label | Decca Records |
Producer | Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer |
For the film's 5-year anniversary, a double CD edition was released combining the two previous editions.
Musical impact
Hans Zimmer's style influenced many composers, who used elements like female wailing vocals and the "battle waltz" for ancient war movies that followed.
Harry Gregson-Williams, a member of Zimmer's own Media Ventures Productions, relayed scoring duties for Ridley Scott's later film, Kingdom of Heaven.
In April 2006, a law firm representing the Holst Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming that Zimmer had infringed the copyright of Gustav Holst's The Planets. "The Battle" from the score was claimed to infringe the copyright on "Mars, the bringer of war". The Track "Barbarian Horde" reprises most of these themes.
Film music critics noted that the score also borrows from works by Richard Wagner, particularly themes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, included in the latter half of "The Might of Rome" and "Am I Not Merciful?"
In 2003 Luciano Pavarotti released the song "Il gladiatore" from his album Ti Adoro. The song was based on a theme from the score, featured on the soundtrack as track 4, "Earth". Pavarotti told Billboard magazine that he was meant to sing this song in the film, "But I said no then. Too bad. It's a magnificent song and a tough movie. Still, there is so much drama in just the song."
The "Il gladiatore" version of this song was performed by Andrea Bocelli during the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final in Rome, where FC Barcelona defeated Manchester United F.C. and also during the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final in Milan, where Real Madrid C.F. was proclaimed Champion of Europe when defeating the Club Atlético de Madrid.