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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0827969441923
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Sales Rank: 5860
Studio: Sony
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Filmmaker Ridley Scott has long been intrigued by historical events and their contemporary echoes, a fascination that evinces itself again here in the violent tale of Balian of Ibelin (Orlando Bloom), a Jerusalem blacksmith who rallies his people against foreign invaders during the Crusades of the 12th century. Breaking with a successful modern collaboration with Hans Zimmer that yielded such eclectic riches as Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, and Matchstick Men, Scott turned here to fellow Englishman/former Zimmer associate Harry Gregson-Williams for his new film's music. The composer, perhaps weary of the electronica-suffused action film cliches he's so often been associated with, rises admirably to the occasion with a sweeping orchestral score that masterfully trades on a wealth of disparate historical and stylistic influences. Gregson-Williams echoes the film's religious and cultural conflicts via the tense musical axis at the soundtrack's core, one that sets the invading Church's medieval choral ecclesiastics on a collision course with the ancient Arabic modalities of the film's hero. The resulting score may occasionally trade on hoary Hollywood romantic traditions, but the composer infuses them with such bracing doses of historical/ethnic antecedents—and his own decidedly contemporary instincts—as to create a compelling new whole. Even the obligatory, pop-oriented version of Ibellin's Theme ("Light of Life") by Natacha Atlas shimmers with Middle Eastern-inflected enticement. --Jerry McCulley
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I've just finished my second listen of to 'Kingdom of Heaven.' Being such a Zimmer fan, it was delightful to hear an entire work by one of his protoges. I need another several listenings to really peel back the layers, but I thought I'd offer up a few initial thoughts.
One can definitely hear the influence of Zimmer in this score, especially in his use of brass and solo vocals. It should be noted that there were similarities between the movies of 'Gladiator' and 'Kingdom of Heaven,' ... Read More
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It is the type of music that transport you to another time and dimension. Excellent music for reading, meditating and making love!
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When viewing a film and you feel you ARE THERE *and* have a good story, you have a Masters work.
None of the film betrays Scotts trasparent direction more than his attention to details.
I could have watched a 5 hour version
And the score sounded like a 'seperate' entertainment-likes sitting down to listen to Sibelius-yet it never intruded into the film-and the angelic choir theme was gorgeous
Rating:  -
I received this CD in excellant shape but was disappointed that the CD did not have all the music on it from the movie. I have watched the movie several times and I purchased the CD just so I could have all the music from that movie. I was very disappointed to discover that some of the music is not on the CD but is in the movie.
Rating:  -
due to purchasing this CD, and, after listening to it (which rendered it unreturnable) discovered that the soundtrack is incomplete: specifically the counter-tenor sequence that plays when Sybilla comes to view Baldwins' body, is missing.
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