Kingdom of Heaven (soundtrack)

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Kingdom of Heaven

Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released	April 26, 2005 (U.S.)
Genre	Classical, Rock/Pop, Soundtrack
Length	62:03
Label	Sony Classical
Producer	Harry Gregson-Williams
Professional reviews
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Kingdom of Heaven is the soundtrack to 2005 Ridley Scott motion picture of the same name. The soundtrack was composed by British film score composer Harry Gregson-Williams, conducted by Gregson-Williams and Robert King, performed in large part by Gavyn Wright and the London Session Orchestra, and released by Sony Classical on April 26, 2005. It is a medley of choral hymns featuring Catherine Bott and Iestyn Davies, instrumentals and percussions, and full orchestral performances.

1 Track listing
2 Additional music and lyrics
3 Reception
4 See also
5 Notes

[edit] Track listing

Burning the Past (2:48)
Crusaders (1:41)
Swordplay (2:01)
A New World (4:21)
To Jerusalem (1:38)
Sibylla (featuring Lisbeth Scott) (1:49)
Ibelin (2:05)
Rise a Knight (2:43)
The King (5:45)
The Battle of Kerak(5:36)
Terms (4:39)
Better Man (3:29)
Coronation (3:03)
An Understanding (4:13)
Wall Breached (3:43)
The Pilgrim Road (4:07)
Saladin (4:44)
Path to Heaven (1:38)
Light of Life - Ibelin Reprise (featuring Natacha Atlas) (2:10)

[edit] Additional music and lyrics

The movie also includes several other notable contemporary and historical listings not included on the released soundtrack:

Vide Cor Meum - the operatic aria during King Baldwin IV's funeral, originally composed for the soundtrack of the film Hannibal.
Ave Regina cælorum - the first stanza of this twelfth-century antiphon is used on the soundtrack in the track "Burning the Past".
Raimon de Miraval, Chansoneta farai Vencut - Occitan troubadour lyric of the early thirteenth century, used in the closing scene, and in the Director's Cut, in the flashback with Balian and his wife.
Guiot de Dijon, Chanterai por mon corage - French trouvère lyric from the time of the Third Crusade, used in the Director's Cut for Godfrey's flashback as he remembers Balian's mother.
Valhalla/Viking Victory, - music used during the "knighting" scene before the siege, originally composed for the soundtrack of the film "The 13th Warrior" by Jerry Goldsmith

[edit] Reception

The commercial soundtrack met with generally great reviews and considered one of the best film scores of 2005 and a top seller on Amazon.com; one critic claimed the soundtrack "transcends the film and works as a cohesive album that develops both thematically and musically throughout".^[1] Although another reviewer thought the film score "surprisingly forgettable... it should fail to connect with film music listeners and moviegoers alike",^[2] Jerry McCulley thought the soundtrack "rises admirably to the occasion with a sweeping orchestral score that masterfully trades on a wealth of disparate historical and stylistic influences".^[3]