Troy (2004) (Music By James Horner)

Product Summary Label: Warner/reprise/maverick UPC: 00093624879824 Release Date: 5/11/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61007693 Item#: MTE4HS Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. 3200 Years Ago ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Troy ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Achilles Leads The Mymidons ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Temple Of Poseidon, The ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Night Before, The ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Greek Army And Its Defeat, The ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Briseis And Achilles ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Trojans Attack, The ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Hector's Death ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Wooden Horse And The Sacking Of Troy, The ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Through The Fires, Achilles...And Immortality ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Remember Me - (featuring Josh Groban/Tanja Tzarovska) ~ Original Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Composer: James Horner. Personnel: Randy Kerber (keyboards). Additional personnel: Josh Groban, Bulgarian Women's Choir (vocals). Audio Mixers: Simon Rhodes; Humberto Gatica. Recording information: Chartmaker Studios; Todd-AO Scoring Stage, Studio City, CA. Editor: Simon Rhodes. Arrangers: James Horner; Randy Kerber. Epic films of the summer variety tend to be accompanied by soundtracks that include either forgettable pop songs or a wholly forgettable score; Wolfgang Petersen's Greek popcorn flick Troy has both. Originally composed by Gabriel Yared -- his score was axed after it was deemed too "old-fashioned" at a test screening -- the music that accompanies Achilles and Hector through their many trials and tribulations is predictably reminiscent of Gladiator, incorporating Middle Eastern female vocalists into hypnotic string cues and thunderous percussion over endless action sequences. When replacement composer James Horner isn't mining the Mideast, he's riding into the sunset on a decidedly non-Trojan horse. To his credit, the talented veteran had very little time in which to write and prepare let alone produce Troy, but his take on the Greek legend feels more like a Western, and not a very good one either -- it would be interesting to hear Yared's "old-fashioned" version against this. It's not an awful score, and some of the themes resonate with the subject matter, particularly "The Temple of Poseidon," which blends the two styles successfully, but memorable? No. Also, the inclusion of "Remember Me," a duet between Josh Groban and Tanja Tzarovska, deserves mention, as it is the audio equivalent of the gag reflex. ~ James Christopher Monger Throbbing drums, wailing chants, and ominous strings herald the onset of TROY, James Horner's sweepingly atmospheric score to Wolfgang Petersen's Homer-based epic. Horner excels at evoking celluloid in sound, be it folksy sentiments in the baseball fantasy FIELD OF DREAMS or all-consuming shipboard romance and tragedy in the period nautical-disaster movie TITANIC. Here he skillfully sets the scene with the heraldic opening salvo of "3200 Years Ago," followed by the shining city splendor of "Troy." Horner is also a master of the tense musical preamble, as evidenced by the brooding arrangement of "The Night Before," which foreshadows tragedy in "The Greek Army and Its Defeat." There's some relief from the unremitting tension in the romantic "Briseis and Achilles," but since this is a Greek myth, the tale shifts the proceedings back to the battle for Troy, to the sound of much lamentation and full orchestral accompaniment. Producer: Simon Rhodes; James Horner; Simon Rhodes; James Horner; David Foster Engineer: Simon Rhodes; Alejandro Rodriguez Musical Guests Josh Groban The Bulgarian Women's Choir Tanja Tzarovska   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 05/11/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 48798 Label : Warner/Sunset Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 75m : 15s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00093624879824    Product Image