Rome: Music from the HBO Series
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Free Music Notes for Rome: Music from the HBO Series
Free Music Review: I love it
Hit: 5 Stars
The CD I ordered arrived ahead of time and in perfect condition! I Love It!Free Music Review: Rome: Music from the HBO Series
Hit: 5 Stars
the reason I bought the CD was because I loved the music from the series.Free Music Review: Rome Review
Hit: 5 Stars
has the feel of antiquity - with good use of the DoodookFree Music Review: Good soundtrack but it's only the first series
Hit: 4 Stars
When I grew up the accepted authority on Roman Empire music was the Hungarian composer Miklos Rozsa who wrote the music for such films as "Ben Hur" and "Quo Vadis". Rozsa's music was epic and stirring but probably had very little to do with real Roman music.
Jeff Beal has taken a completely different approach in writing the music for the highly authentic mini-series "Rome". The music is basically a combination of ancient Roman and modern orchestral instruments arranged together in such a way to suggest how ancient Roman music must have sounded but still be accessible to modern ears and I think this approach has worked really well. Flutes are used a lot and we know this was a common instrument in Roman times. There is also an oriental flavour to a lot of the pieces but don't expect much epic stuff in the Rozsa style.
I don't have much to criticize but there seems to be nothing here from series 2 which disappointed me as I particularly missed the exuberant joyful music from the wedding of Mark Antony and Octavia as one example from the second series. Perhaps a second volume will be released at some stage.
In any case this is definitely a worthwhile companion to the TV series.
Free Music Review: The Rise and Fall of Rome
Hit: 4 Stars
It is quite unfortunate that the epic HBO series `Rome' has been cancelled after two brilliant seasons. With a terrific cast, and sets that challenge those of big Hollywood epics, `Rome' remained an entertaining and historical show.
The score composed by Jeff Beal also added great texture and mood to the show. Using mainly instruments that existed at the time of Julius Caesar, Beal's themes remain present, yet do not draw attention away from the image.
The tracks are all compiled from the first 12-episode season and follow in a chronological order. However, there is no need for a second season soundtrack because many of the themes were recycled in very creative and useful ways. A highlight is definitely the track 'Riot in the Senate/Pullo Finds the Gold;' towards the end of the track there is sound and dialogue, (as HBO has done with several other soundtracks), of Caesar and Antony entering Rome with their army, as the musicians play a "cheerful" triumphant song for their arrival. The soundtrack overall is a great addition to HBO's list of series soundtracks.