King Arthur (Original Score)

Hans Zimmer - King Arthur (Original Score)

King Arthur (Original Score)
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Artist: Hans Zimmer
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); Latin (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Tell Me Now (What You See) (composed with Moya Brennan for the film Kin
  2. King Arthur
  3. Do You Think I'm Saxon?
  4. Hold The Ice
  5. Another Brick In Hadrian's Wall
  6. Budget Meeting
  7. All Of Them!

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Free Music Review: King Arthur impresses listener with a well crafted score
Hit: 5 Stars




Hans Zimmer composes and conducts score showcasing what he does best, a thrilling and compelling action score in the form of Jerry Bruckhimer's "King Arthur." Granted, I would've never taken a second look at this soundtrack if the familar BRUCKHIMER action theme was used (like it was in "Pear Harbor" and "Pirates of the Caribbean[?]"), and that tinges of "Batman Begins" (before its time) are heard, its not a horrible buy at all. Well worth the money in fact. I've heard enough of Zimmer other scores now to know that he does indeed know how to compose an action theme strong enough to compel the listener to press the repeat on their radio, he does indeed lack a certain "something" whenever the melancholy cues come up in seven tracks, unlike Howard Shore (LOTR) and James Newton Howard (Batman Begins, King Kong) would construct in the short termed Soundtracks I mentioned. However, he does a good with emotional range and tugs at heartstrings nonetheless. The vocals used in the various tracks are not as strong as I would've liked, but there are compelling enough to send a chill of mild surprise through you, especially in tracks like "Do You Think I'm Saxon?" - "Budget Meeting" (in which the vocalists sound like wailing souls under the pounding drums) - and "All of the them!" whose drowned vocals for the extended KA theme grow louder in volume and moving emotion.



The action themes are well composed as mentioned above, one annoying thing about them is that some moments of AT's are scattered in the more slower and melancholy songs, most notably in "Another Brick in Hadrian's wall" (wordplay with Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the wall") and "Hold the ice" either of which plays the music from the scene Arthur remembers the death of his mother if memory serves. This method is sort of jarred in my opinion and a very poor way to piece together a song.



That aside, the best action themed tracks would have to be "Woad to Ruin" - "Do You Think I'm Saxon" - and "Budget Meeting," for sure. With their pulsating beats and sheer utilization of instruments, they can do no wrong, save end too quickly. One a small note, "All of them!" (and other bits from other tracks)carries off a melodic flute intro that reminds me of the Rrarr instrument used in Joseph LuDuca's score for "Xena Warrior Princess." The vocal song of the track, "Tell me now (what you see)" by Moya Brennan is indeed a beautifully constructed song, with lyrics that fit the soundtrack theme well and a melody that is reminiscent of Enya to a certain extent, it certainty is a treat for the senses.




My only problem with the track: Its positioned at number one, I'm much too used to vocal performances on Soundtracks to be at the end of the CD. Now other problems with score itself is that it uses the King Arthur theme perhaps far too much through all seven lengthy tracks, it does grow steadily annoying until the end (then its not so annoying). Another problem would probably be the lack of presence of Venora's "Go Home" song, But all in all, "King Arthur" is a splendid score to add to anyone's collection of CDs. Highly recommended listening.




1): Tell me now (What you see) - 4/5

2): Woad To Ruin - 5/5

3): Do you think I'm Saxon? - 4/5

4): Hold the Ice - 3/5

5): Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall - 4/5

6): Budget Meeting - 5/5

7): All of them! - 5/5 ------ [a 5 out of 5]

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What are legends if not for reinventing -- and/or hyper-inflating into Hollywood summer fare? In retooling the Arthurian legend for the goth-beguiled video game age, mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer did away with details small (the lady in the lake, sword in the stone, etc.) and large (this Arthur is actually Eastern European, by way of Rome). Composer Hans Zimmer picks up that gauntlet, producing an orchestral score bristling with massed brass, chorus and percussion -- if little of the indigenous mysticism that made his work on Gladiator/ so rewarding. What there is of that precious commodity is frontloaded via the song "Tell Me Know (What You See)," his evocative opening collaboration with Clannad's Moya Brennan. From there, Zimmer emphasized this version's Eastern conceits with a half-dozen suites of cues that thunder in the Russian classical tradition -- and all the melodic range of "Jingle Bells." Zimmer--not to mention Poledouris--has done it better, but fans of outsized orchestral Gothic moodfests may yet take this one to heart. --Jerry McCulley

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