Search - Tyler Bates :: 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)

Aggressive, epic, and beautiful

I. Nedvalyuk | dale city, virginia | 03/12/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Simply a well written score. Tyler Bates creates a very epic scaled sound that is conveyed through emotional melodic cues, aggressive, grim, atmospheric and beautiful. It plays out like a 60 minute piece, carefully mixed with only a few stops when needed.



This score is just a pleasure to listen to - the music is just amazing; there are cues like "Message For The Queen" and "Remember Us" that sound so emotional that you can't help it but feel sad. Cues like "No Sleep Tonight", "No Mercy" offer an aggressive, grim, moody, atmospheric sound that catches ones attention. In fact, I keep repeating those two because they just set the tone so well to the battle scenes of the film.



"Tree of the Dead", "The Hot Gates", "Fight in the Shade", "Immortals Battle" and so on are one of the aggressive and epic sounds that are produced by Tyler Bates that I myself keep looping over and over.



This score is a must have for everyone who loves the epic sound. It is epic, but it's not your usual case of epic - it is a fusion of elements of electronic music, as well as elements of heavy metal as heard in "Fever Dream"



It's a definite recommendation, even blind buying wouldn't disappoint."

POWERFUL!

Steven Hancock | Winston Salem, NC United States | 04/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tyler Bates has created an outstanding score for the epic "300." The music pulls you into that moment of history, making you feel what it was like to be at that moment in 480 B.C. From haunting pieces such as "Goodbye my Love" and "Message for the Queen," to pulse-pounding pieces such as "To Victory" and "The Hot Gates," the music compliments the movie very well, while standing on its own too. Fans of the film, and of great instrumental music, will not be disappointed by "300: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack!"

Grade: A+"

Hauntingly Beautiful

Keira | Lansing, MI | 03/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I picked this up 2 days ago and cannot stop listening to it. All controversy of the movie aside, this is an amazing musical score. Using sweeping orchestral movements, trancelike drums, deliberate pacing, and the rich voice of Middle Eastern diva, Azam Ali, Bates weaves a spell of dark fantasy. Although calling to mind such scores as "Gladiator", "Lord of the Rings", "Kingdom of Heaven", and even "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", "300" holds it's own, evoking a atmosphere of majesty, mysticism, and larger than life heroes and villains.



The flow of this album is very well-paced, beginning with a crescendo of sound and motion and then seamlessly moving through sorrowful strings, tension-filled drum rhythms, epic choral chants, climaxing guitar riffs, and then back again without hesitation. Azam Ali's voice is the thread that weaves this tapestry of sound together. Her vocals effortlessly slip in and out of the score like a phantom, sometimes barely perceptible, but always on the edge of awareness.



My advice? Listen to the music samples here. If you like what you hear, pick up the score and prepare to be swept away, because these samples are just a taste of the entirely of the work. It's brilliant."