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.
| 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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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
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The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Score ("Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music").
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Chart (2000) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[2] | 180 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[3] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| Italy (FIMI)[4] | Gold | 50,000* |
| Poland (ZPAV)[5] | Platinum | 100,000* |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[6] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[7] | Gold | 25,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Platinum | 351,000[8] |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Special Anniversary Edition |
Silver | 60,000* |
| United States (RIAA)[12] | Platinum | 540,000[11] |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
More Music From the Motion Picture
edit| Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | February 27, 2001 |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 57:58 |
| Label | Decca Records |
| Producer | Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [13] |
| SoundtrackNet | |
| Tracksounds | |
On February 27, 2001, nearly a year after the first soundtrack's release, Decca released Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture. The album contains eighteen additional tracks, including unused tracks and remixes of existing tracks. Many tracks contain dialogue from the film, such as the Maximus line "Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife... and I will have my vengeance."
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: Special Anniversary Edition | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2005 |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 1:59:29 |
| Label | Decca Records |
| Producer | Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer |
For the film's five-year anniversary, a double CD edition was released combining the two previous editions.
20th Anniversary Edition
edit| Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: 20th Anniversary Edition | |
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| Released | 2020 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 1:57 |
| Label | Decca Records |
| Producer | Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer |
For the film's 20th anniversary, a double CD edition was released mirroring the 2005 Special Anniversary Edition.[14]
Musical impact
editIn April 2006, a law firm representing the Holst Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming that Zimmer had infringed the copyright of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets. The organization claimed that Zimmer copied Holst's track "Mars, the Bringer of War" in the Gladiator score. The case was settled out of court.[15][16]
Film music critics have noted that the Gladiator score also borrows from works by Richard Wagner, particularly themes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung.[citation needed]
In 2003, the singer Luciano Pavarotti released the album Ti Adoro, which includes the song "Il gladiatore" ("The Gladiator"). Pavarotti told Billboard magazine that he was originally meant to sing this song for Gladiator, but ultimately decided against it.[17]
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Hans Zimmer – Gladiator". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Italian album certifications – Artisti Vari – Il Gladiatore" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 April 2017. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Il Gladiatore" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
- ^ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2000 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "TOP 100 ALBUMES 07 39" (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Gladiator')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Official Charts on Twitter". twitter.com. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
Hello! According to our data, it's the Gladiator OST, which reached No.17 in 2000 – 351,000 sales.
- ^ "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Basham, David (7 February 2002). "Got Charts?". Mtv. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Various Artists – Gladiator". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Gladiator - 20th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack (2000)". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Beek, Michael (June 2006). "Gladiator Vs Mars - Zimmer is sued". Music from the Movies. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Kaptainis, Arthur (14 February 2015). "Gladiator Live's music comes with a backstory". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "For Pavarotti, Time To Go 'Pop'". Billboard magazine. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2017.