Fall of Troy [Soundtrack]

Gunnar Madsen (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: G-Spot
• ASIN: B000ERU8W4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #872,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

If you can imagine the soundtrack to The Lord of the Rings, but with grooving drums, stabbing brass and strings colliding in achingly beautiful dissonance, then you have Fall of Troy. In one long arc, from the elegaic prelude of "Spring, 1194 b.c." to the tragic and powerful lament of "The Horse", the music vividly evokes the eleven-year long Trojan War. Grammy-nominated composer Gunnar Madsen is known for his rich, emotional instrumental music. His ‘Spinning World: 13 Ways of Looking at a Waltz’, has thousands of fans worldwide, and has been featured in many episodes of HBO’s ‘Sex and the City,’ in Paramount Pictures’ ‘Just a Kiss,’ and on NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ ‘All Things Considered,’ and ‘This American Life.’

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart pounding, June 15, 2006

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Raul C. Staggs (Van Nuys, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is beautiful, exciting, heart-pounding, dramatic music. You can just see the horses racing across the desert during some of these tracks. Madsen once again shows his mastery and versatility as a composer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dramatic soundtrack for all of your odysseys, June 13, 2006

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E. Blenz-Clucas "Beth B-C" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fall of Troy (Audio CD)

My 15 year old son swiped my copy of this CD from me, and for several days it was played repeatedly. I swiped it back, and put it on whenever I want a dramatic interlude This is a lush, dramatic collection of pieces, demonstrating once again Gunnar Madsen's musical genius. Consider it a soundtrack for all of your adventures!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Some Good Tracks But Rather Repetetive, June 12, 2011

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Stuart McCunn (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fall of Troy (Audio CD)

I really love some of the tracks from this CD. The 'Wrath of Achilles' is probably the best on the album. It's not how I visualize (or audialize?) Achilles but it does work well. I think of Achilles as hot-blooded and aggressive and at first I was disappointed in this track since it is just a slow steady beat. But it keeps going in a way that can only be described as relentless. It seems a cold sort of anger for Achilles but is such a heartless and focused anger as to offer a rather disturbing vision of the man. I can easily envision him walking slowly through a mass of enemies to this music. 'A Thousand Ships' and 'Hector's Last Battle' are also quite good. The rest are rather hit and miss. Worth it if you can find it. The price on here is reasonable. Despite the rather odd and cheap looking cover this is a professional release in a cardboard case and not a jewel case.