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{{Short description|Original soundtrack of the 2000 film Gladiator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]]
| cover      = Gladiatorsoundtrack.png
| alt        =
| released   = April 25, 2000
| recorded   = 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 61:31
| label      = [[Decca Records]]
| producer   = 
* [[Klaus Badelt]]
* [[Ridley Scott]]
* [[Hans Zimmer]]
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r471262|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [http://filmscorereviews.com/music-review/gladiator/ Film Score Reviews]
|rev2score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev3 = [http://filmtracks.com/titles/gladiator.html Filmtracks]
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
|rev4 = [http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2375 SoundtrackNet]
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}
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'''''Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture''''' is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 film ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''. The soundtrack was composed by [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]], and was released on April 25, 2000. It was conducted by [[Gavin Greenaway]] and performed by the Lyndhurst Orchestra.

The album won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score]]. It was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] and the [[BAFTA Awards|BAFTA Award for Best Score]] ("Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music").

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = Progeny
| length1 = 2:13
| title2 = The Wheat
| length2 = 1:03
| title3 = The Battle
| length3 = 10:02
| title4 = Earth
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = Sorrow
| length5 = 1:26
| title6 = To Zucchabar
| length6 = 3:16
| title7 = Patricide
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = The Emperor Is Dead
| length8 = 1:21
| title9 = The Might of Rome
| length9 = 5:18
| title10 = Strength and Honor
| length10 = 2:09
| title11 = Reunion
| length11 = 1:14
| title12 = Slaves to Rome
| length12 = 1:00
| title13 = Barbarian Horde
| length13 = 10:33
| title14 = Am I Not Merciful?
| length14 = 6:33
| title15 = Elysium
| length15 = 2:41
| title16 = Honor Him
| length16 = 1:19
| title17 = Now We Are Free
| length17 = 4:14
}}

== Year-end charts ==
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|+Year-end chart performance for ''Gladiator''
! scope="col"| Chart (2000)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
|180
|}

== Certifications ==
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Canada|artist=Hans Zimmer|title=Gladiator|award=Gold|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Italy|artist=Artisti Vari|title=Il Gladiatore|award=Gold|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Poland|artist=Soundtrack|title=Gladiator|award=Platinum|certyear=2000|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Spain|artist=B.S.O.|title=Gladiator|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/190-%C3%81lbumes-semana-39-2007|title=TOP 100 ALBUMES 07 39|language=es|publisher=[[PROMUSICAE]]|access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=Switzerland|artist=OST|title=The Gladiator|award=Gold|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|region=United Kingdom|artist=Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard|title=Gladiator - OST|award=Platinum|salesamount=351,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/officialcharts/status/905829976381030400 |title=Official Charts on Twitter |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 September 2017 |website=twitter.com |access-date=20 October 2017 |quote=Hello! According to our data, it's the Gladiator OST, which reached No.17 in 2000 – 351,000 sales.}}</ref>|id=8977-2468-2|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2005|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|region=United Kingdom|artist=Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard|title=Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary|award=Silver|note=Special Anniversary Edition|id=8978-2468-2|access-date=22 April 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2020|region=United States|artist=Various Artists|title=Gladiator|award=Platinum|salesamount=540,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104210559/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2016|publisher=Mtv|title=Got Charts?|first= David|last=Basham|date=7 February 2002|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>}}
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==''More Music From the Motion Picture''==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]]
| cover      = Gladiatorsoundtrack2.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 27, 2001
| recorded   = 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 57:58
| label      = [[Decca Records]]
| producer   = Alan Mayerson, [[Ridley Scott]], [[Hans Zimmer]]
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r521551|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2655 SoundtrackNet]
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}
|rev3 = [http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/gladiator.htm Tracksounds]
|rev3Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
On February 27, 2001, nearly a year after the first soundtrack's release, [[Decca Records|Decca]] released ''Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture.'' The album contains eighteen additional tracks, including unused tracks and remixes of existing tracks. Many tracks contain dialogue from the film, such as the Maximus line "Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife... and I will have my vengeance."

===Track listing===

{{Track listing
| title1 = Duduk of the North
| length1 = 5:33
| note1 = [[duduk]] by [[Djivan Gasparyan]] and Sevak Sahakyan
| title2 = Now We Are Free
| length2 = 4:47
| note2 = Juba's mix
| title3 = The Protector of Rome
| length3 = 1:25
| note3 = featuring Russell Crowe as Maximus and Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius
| title4 = Homecoming
| length4 = 3:35
| note4 = featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe
| title5 = The General Who Became a Slave
| length5 = 3:03
| note5 = 
| title6 = The Slave Who Became a Gladiator
| length6 = 6:11
| note6 = featuring Oliver Reed as Proximo and Russell Crowe as Maximus
| title7 = Secrets
| length7 = 1:59
| note7 = 
| title8 = Rome is the Light
| length8 = 2:43
| note8 = 
| title9 = All That Remains
| length9 = 0:54
| note9 = 
| title10 = Maximus
| length10 = 1:09
| note10 = guitar by [[Heitor Pereira]]
| title11 = Marrakesh Marketplace
| length11 = 0:42
| note11 = 
| title12 = The Gladiator Waltz
| length12 = 8:25
| note12 = featuring Russell Crowe, original synth demo version by Hans Zimmer
| title13 = Figurines
| length13 = 1:01
| note13 = [[yangqin]] by Lisa Gerrard
| title14 = The Mob
| length14 = 2:22
| note14 = 
| title15 = Busy Little Bee
| length15 = 3:47
| note15 = featuring Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Russell Crowe as Maximus
| title16 = Death Smiles at Us All
| length16 = 2:29
| note16 = featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe as Maximus
| title17 = Not Yet
| length17 = 1:32
| note17 = featuring Djimon Hounsou as Juba
| title18 = Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix)
| length18 = 6:21
| note18 = 
}}

==''Special Anniversary Edition''==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: Special Anniversary Edition
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]]
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| released   = 2005
| recorded   = 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 1:59:29
| label      = [[Decca Records]]
| producer   = Alan Mayerson, [[Ridley Scott]], [[Hans Zimmer]]
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For the film's five-year anniversary, a double CD edition was released combining the two previous editions.

==''20th Anniversary Edition''==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: 20th Anniversary Edition
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]]
| cover      =
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| released   = 2020
| recorded   = 
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| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 1:57
| label      = [[Decca Records]]
| producer   = Alan Mayerson, [[Ridley Scott]], [[Hans Zimmer]]
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For the film's 20th anniversary, a double CD edition was released mirroring the 2005 Special Anniversary Edition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gladiator - 20th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack (2000) |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/gladiator-20th-anniversary-edition/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.soundtrack.net}}</ref>


==Musical impact==

In April 2006, a law firm representing the Holst Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming that Zimmer had infringed the copyright of composer [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]''. The organization claimed that Zimmer copied Holst's track "Mars, the Bringer of War" in the ''Gladiator'' score. The case was settled out of court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beek |first=Michael |date=June 2006 |title=Gladiator Vs Mars - Zimmer is sued |url=http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230030535/http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=695 |archive-date=2007-12-30 |access-date=February 23, 2024 |work=Music from the Movies |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaptainis |first=Arthur |date=February 14, 2015 |title=Gladiator Live's music comes with a backstory |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20150214/282853664383244 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref>

Film music critics have noted that the ''Gladiator'' score also borrows from works by [[Richard Wagner]], particularly themes from ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In 2003, the singer [[Luciano Pavarotti]] released the album ''Ti Adoro'', which includes the song "Il gladiatore" ("The Gladiator"). Pavarotti told ''Billboard'' magazine that he was originally meant to sing this song for ''Gladiator'', but ultimately decided against it.<ref>{{cite web|title=For Pavarotti, Time To Go 'Pop'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68468/for-pavarotti-time-to-go-pop|website=Billboard magazine|access-date=27 June 2017|date=November 1, 2003}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{citation |last=Zimmer |first=Hans |year=2001 |title=Gladiator : More Music From the Motion Picture |last2=Gerrard |first2=Lisa |last3=Fowler |first3=Bruce |last4=Fowler |first4=Walt |publisher=Decca, p |oclc=464674768}}
{{Hans Zimmer}}
{{Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score}}
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