Epics [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Miklos Rozsa (Composer), Hans / Gerrard, Lisa Zimmer (Composer), Max Steiner (Composer), Dun Tan (Composer), Hans Zimmer (Composer), Alex North (Composer), Maurice Jarre (Composer), John [Film Composer] Williams (Composer), Enya (Composer), Elmer Bernstein (Composer), Erich Kunzel (Conductor), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Composer: Richard [1] Strauss, Miklos Rozsa, Hans / Gerrard, Lisa Zimmer, Max Steiner, Dun Tan, et al.
• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B0000C8ASA
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,279 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Fanfare

2. Parade of the Charioteers (from Ben Hur, film score)

3. Gladiator, film score: Suite

4. Gone With the Wind, film score: Tara's Theme

5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, film score: Themes

6. Pearl Harbor, film score: War

7. Spartacus, film score: Love Theme

8. Lawrence of Arabia, film score: Overture

9. Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, film score: Love Theme

10. May It Be (for the film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring)

11. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone, film score: Hedwig's Theme

12. Doctor Zhivago, film score: Prelude / Lara's Theme

13. Minority Report, film score: Sean's Theme

14. The Magnificent Seven, film score: The Magnificent Seven

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling versions of the best scores ever written, April 23, 2004

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Sallie A. Martin (OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epics [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

This cd is an essential for any person that particularly enjoys the score in films. Epics is a full length cd containing 14 songs performed by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under Erich Kunzel.

Usually, I am weary of cds that come out with songs from movies that aren't the original recordings, but I have to say there should be no worries with this cd. The songs remain exactly the same in tempo and sound as you hear them in the movies.

The choices for this cd was amazing. Every song that you hear are the songs that make the movie it is in, most often giving you chills and goosebumps as the music encompasses you into the movie (like what happened to me when I saw Lord of the Rings). From the Theme from 2001: a Space Oddysey to Star Wars: Attack of the Clones to Lord of the Rings, these songs are performed beautifully with a clear and crisp sound.

I am hoping for an Epics II to be released someday, but in the meantime, check this out, you will NOT be dissappointed!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dull Epics, September 27, 2006

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hille2000 "hille2000" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epics [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

EPICS is plagued by the muddled sound of TELARC's recordings. I noticed this trend beginning with TELARC's Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. The recoding seems flat. Also, this recording is a bit bombastic and just not representative of the original scores. The Suite from Gladiator is a good case in point. It glosses right over the basic themes presented in the film with an annoying nonce lance.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, September 27, 2006

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H TERESA K - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epics [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

EPICS is very disappointing. It is nowhere up to the usual standards of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The recordings are harsh and just too showy. There is no heart, only might and if these are supposed to be epics, what is MINORITY REPORT doing there?