If there's one thing film producers and record executives like more than Success, it's Success: Part 2. Thus when Ridley Scott's high-tech sword 'n' sandal epic scored both Golden Globe wins and Academy Award nods for Best Film and Best Score, it was a sure bet that another volume of Hans Zimmer's and Lisa Gerrard's music for the film couldn't be far behind. Though not exactly leftovers, the tracks here sometimes point to the fact that there wasn't enough fresh material … mehrto fill this volume out, hence we get some remixed cues, a handful of familiar music with dramatic dialog excerpts edited and superimposed (or misplaced, with decidedly mixed results), and even a beat-heavy, dance-club mix of "Now We Are Free." With a little over half an hour of entirely fresh material and some souvenir dialog snippets over the rest, there's enough here to please Gladiator die-hards. Also of note: guitarist Heitor Pereira's flamenco-flavored flourishes are better showcased throughout; and "The Gladiator Waltz" serves up one of Zimmer's original synth demos (with a dash of Russell Crowe dialog up front)--a dramatic amp-up of Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War" that's a prime example of the composer's state-of-the-art digital orchestral conjuring. --Jerry McCulley weniger

1 - Duduk of the North
2 - Now We Are Free (Juba's Mix)
3 - The Protector Of Rome (featuring Russell Crowe as Maximus and Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius)
4 - Homecoming (featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe)
5 - The General Who Became A Slave… mehr
6 - The Slave Who Became A Gladiator (featuring Oliver Reed as Proximo and Russell Crowe)
7 - Secrets
8 - Rome is the Light
9 - All That Remains
10 - Maximus (Guitar by Heitor Pereira)
11 - Marikesh Marketplace
12 - The Gladiator Waltz (featuring Russell Crowe/Original synth demo version by Hans Zimmer)
13 - Figurines Yan Ching by Lisa Gerrard
14 - The Mob
15 - Busy Little Bee (featuring Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Russell Crowe)
16 - Death Smiles At Us All (featuring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix)
17 - Not Yet (featuring Djimon Hounsou as Juba)
18 - Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix) weniger