Epicon

Globus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Imperativa Records
• ASIN: B001E18240
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,175 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not THIS release, September 9, 2008

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SecretGardenRocks (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epicon (Audio CD)

Epicon is a great album, and this release doesn't do it justice. The OTHER release is outstanding--definitely one of my favorite albums! (See product link below.)

FIRST FRUSTRATION: I love the OTHER release. For example, "Orchard" doesn't sound as good as the original on the other release.

SECOND FRUSTRATION: This release is missing a track! Actually, three tracks! "Crusaders of the Light" is gone (Missing! Aaaarrrgh! I LOVE that song)! "Illumination" and "Porque te Vas" are absent, too.

I can't live without "Crusaders of the Light."

BEFORE PURCHASING THIS: I much prefer the previous release. It is titled the same, but the cover consists of scrolling ancient text (no dude's face). I suggest you purchase that release in lieu of this one; get your three tracks that this release jips you out of. Globus: Epicon

Also, Trailerhead by The Immediate has some of the same songs (they're all licensed from Immediate Music in the first place), presented in the form of instrumentals only. Sample Trailerhead; you may like it if you enjoy this epic source material. Trailerhead

As you can tell, I love Globus's Epicon. I just don't like this release of it. Buy the other one!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably stirring music, May 22, 2008

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Kismet "Earth Mom" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epicon (Audio CD)

I love movie music with its ability to manipulate emotions and stir us. And movie-trailer music, written specifically to accompany the previews shown in theaters, is even more stirring because it has such a short time to grab our attention.

Globus is a creation of Yoav Goren, a film composer who specializes in that most incredible of all musical genres, the movie trailer. On Epicon he's taken some of his most stirring compositions and turned them into play-length pieces that will knock your socks off! The styles are varied and feature soaring strings and choirs and world-music influence and I just can't get enough of this music!

I highly recommend it to movie-music buffs; it's incredible!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Release - 4.5 Stars, October 18, 2006

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Robert Benson (Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews
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I think jgarth's review of Epicon is about as right on as you can get. I am also a huge fan of E.S. Posthumus and Craig Armstrong, and was pleased to hear that Immediate Music made a commercial release with Globus.

Personally, I'm more accustomed to E.S. Posthumus' Unearthed (also an invaluable purchase). Because of this, some of the tracks on Epicon caught me off guard; some of the lyrical lines seem too 'pop' for my taste, for lack of a better term. Nevertheless, you get lost in Globus' music very easily, and the range of emotion is strong throughout the album. I'd list Epicon's strongest tracks, but they all have their own merits.

It's a shame there isn't more music like this. Hopefully as the music industry evolves, more composers will develop and embrace this cinematic-crossover genre and take it to the next step.

Overall, excellent release from Globus, and I highly recommend it. I'd give it 4.5 stars if Amazon allowed it. Again, my only qualm is with a few of the lyrical lines, but they certainly don't take away from the beautiful music contained within Epicon.