Comments on: Soundtrack Review: Gladiator (2000)

By: silver

silver — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:20:41 +0000

fine i have to admit i am a fanatic. my love affair with music started when i was at my friends house.he had a new wii game called, guess what “pirates of the caribbean”. the main theme stuck in my mind and wouldnt getout so i went online. i am a fan of epic scores gladiator transformers narnia pirates of the caribbean and eragon (bad film but good music)hans zimmer has something right
silver

By: Jon Blough

Jon Blough — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:52:28 +0000

Oops, he won the bronze. Again, NBD

By: Jon Blough

Jon Blough — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:51:45 +0000

Also, I can second your “one of the few film score nuts I know” feeling, except I’m the only one. Not really a lonely number when the music’s so damn good.

If you’re a dancer, do you pick up on score usage, at, say, the Olympics. I remember last year End Creditouilles was used during a Chinese gymnast’s routine.

On another humorous side note, I also caught Cutthroat Island followed by Iron Man on the speakers during the track events last year. Actually, come to think of it, the quick athlete profile docs/interviews NBC does also makes good use of film scores on a regular basis, with Gladiator scoring the look at Pyrros Dimas (yes, I had to look the name up) after he won the gold being the most memorable. That one even got my dad raving, then again, at that time Gladiator did play a lot and was fairly easy to recognize.

I think I just had a case of the rambling. NBD

By: Jon Blough

Jon Blough — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:15:02 +0000

To be perfectly honest I didn’t bother listening to Twilight because I heard from multiple reliable sources that it was fairly…erm…average.

Of course, you could read Jorn’s review.
http://soundtrackgeek.com/2008/12/23/review-twilight-2008/

By: iris

iris — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:22:22 +0000

I just discovered your website and am really excited about it – I am one of very few people I know who love movies scores/soundtracks. I am a dancer, and what moves me to dance is music – I have discovered that there is almost nothing more that moves me than scores. I laughed when I read that Gladiator was your first movie score, becuase it was mine too; Gladiator is what started my love affair, the reason I know pay 50% of my attention to the music when watching a film for the first time. Gladiator is still one of my favorites, as well as The Holiday – I obviously have a thing for Hans Zimmer. My other favoties are Chronicles of Narnia and Pride & Prejudice. Anyway, back to Gladiator: when I worked at Starbucks they had a mixed CD that included “Now We Are Free” which is my favorite. I freaked out when I first heard it, unable to believe my ears! Almost everytime after that, whenever I heard it I would start to do some silly dances, and the customers would stare…it was hilarious. Anyway, I haven’t looked at all the soundtracks you’ve reviewed, so this question may become moot, but what is your opinion of Twilight? Carter Burwell did Conspiracy Theory as well, which I enjoy, but I thought Twilight left a little to be desired…

By: Timothy E. RAW

Timothy E. RAW — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:38:57 +0000

Not a Zimmer fan, but I love Broken Arrow (my first score), The Rock and of course this, his masterpiece. Nostalgia weighs heavy on all of these, but back then I knew immediately that these were something special and my opinion on that fact has never wavered (though Broken Arrow is very much a product of its time). This review is a testament to and a brilliant reminder of a score that will echo in eternity. One of “the” modern scores.

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:36:43 +0000

Hi James, glad you found it and liked it. Please find your way back again and if you have any suggestions and ideas on how to improve my blog, please let me know

By: James

James — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:30:53 +0000

Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.