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 ...
Manufacturer: Decca
After two of the most riveting thrillers ever set on American soil, the serial-killer Hannibal Lecter faces FBI agent Clarice Starling in Florence. Composer Hans Zimmer, following the success of Gladiator, is swiftly reunited with director Ridley Scott, and takes a very different musical path from Howard Shore's austere score for The Silence of the Lambs. Paying regard to the ...
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Warner
Manufacturer: Virgin TV
The music for this third chapter in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is a traditional, efficient action score that, due to the film's setting, occasionally incorporates light Asian touches. The popularity of Hans "Long John" Zimmer (all the credits in the CD's liner notes include pirate-themed nicknames, like the roll call in a Simpsons Halloween episode) isn't in doubt-- he ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Records
Manufacturer: Wea
Moving On, the solo debut from Myleene Klass, finds the former Hearsay vocalist performing piano arrangements of contemporary pop and classical numbers. It includes the themes from Braveheart, Gladiator and The Piano plus her interpretation of the number one single by Daniel Bedingfield, "If You're Not the One".
Manufacturer: UCJ
