Rome: Music from the HBO Series
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Composer: Jeff BealEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Music Label: Rykodisc
Soundtracks:
- Rome Main Title Theme
- Forum
- Terrible News
- Niobe's Theme
- Battle Has Begun (Caesar's Theme)
- Octavian & Octavia's Themes
- Riot in the Senate, Pullo Finds the Gold
- Caesar Reunites with Servilla
- Janus Breaks
- Marshall Law, the Temple
- Caesar's Seizure
- Hell Hath No Fury
- Vorenus Made Evocati, Servilla's Curse
- Farewells, the Storm
- Raft
- Death of Pompey
- Octavia Seduces Octavian
- Cleopatra Seduces Caesar
- Triumph
- Mark Antony & Atia
- Vorenus Saves Pullo
- Murder of Julius Caesar
- Niobe's Fate
Free Music Notes for Rome: Music from the HBO Series
Free Music Review: Decent Album
Hit: 3 Stars
I wish there were more upbeat songs on this album. My favorite is #1, the title song. Peppy and original. #2 is good, too. The rest is a little more slow, almost like a slightly mournful series of classical songs.
Rome: Music from the HBO Series Poster
Rome: Music from the HBO Series features a dramatic score by Emmy award winning composer Jeff Beal (Pollock, HBO's Carnivale). A haunting album of ancient sounds and rhythms, the album perfectly complements the HBO series that chronicles the epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire.After Carniv?le, Jeff Beal has given HBO another Emmy-nominated score, this time for the tale of sex, politics, and togas known as Rome. There's a long history of fabulously grand scores in the sword-and-sandals genre (Mikl?s R?zsa's Ben-Hur, Alex North's Cleopatra) but according to Beal HBO wasn't interested in classic big orchestral compositions, so he worked on a smaller--yet still lush--scale that emphasizes the ethnic instruments that could be found in the farther reaches of the Roman Empire. A Middle Eastern influence, for instance, can clearly be heard on "Rome Main Title Theme," "The Forum" and "Janus Breaks," among many others. If there's one signature sound on the CD, it's the recurring use of the flute, which can suggest emotions ranging from romantic ("Octavian & Octavia's Themes") to melancholy (paired with strings on "Farewells, the Storm") to dread (combined with percussion on "Caesar's Seizure"). The album starts running out of steam about two thirds of the way through, however, making one pine for a bit of orchestral bang for one's buck. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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