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Krull

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I can never stop being emotional about this soundtrack, really.

Krull was just pleasantly entertaining popcorn fodder, back in the early eighties. Hey, but the soundtrack, the music!

It instantly stands out of the rest of the movie. Grand on a truly epic scale, absolutely gorgeous themes powerful enough to get you out of any bad mood! I dare anyone to listen to the main theme (riding the fire mares) and remain unaffected.

Horner has never really outdone this piece of work. It is an absolute classic and a real shame that we don't get a new, high quality release.

That being said, this is my #1 favorite OST in my entire collection. (I own the 2-disc SuperCollector's edition) If my house burned down I'd be pissed if I couldn't get to my discs and pick this out. When it's time to soundtrack-it-out on a lonely work night, this is the score I consider first. It's not ritual to play it always, I don't want to kill it (if that's possible) but the desire is there. And for great reason.

The entire film is in here, & there are no tracks to be confused about.
Themeic coverage is almost complete in this score. Nearly everything humans can feel are seeded here: comradery, risk, sacrfice, triumph, love, puissance, adventure, wonder.

If you don't get it, then you shouldn't even buy the original release which is for sale here. You probably don't like scores anyhow. Go back to WWF and pro-racing.

It's his coverage and range I adore. It's magnanomous in that way. Again, #1 for a reason. Vince Dicola's Transformers comes in a close second.

Food for thought: Horner reuses themic representation. You can hear surprise, jolting, resounding shock, and fear, as a sound, in other scores he's done. So some element of pure taste/opinion plays a part in my adoration; he uses the sounds that appeal to me, they speak volumes...to me. Others don't get it, if they do, I've not met but maybe one.

If you liked the film, then buying the extended 2-disc set & listening to it will surely make apparent why.

This is probably my favorite soundtrack of all time (Willow and Jurassic Park being right up there). Many people love it to death. Why can't an affordable version be released? They have special 2 discs CDs of canned soundtrack music that you can hear on your local radio station any time of the day (a la "Wedding Singer"), but they can't release a reissue of a brilliant original soundtrack? Nearly every other Horner soundtrack is available except his first and best. Something wrong with that.

Great 2-CD. All the music from the great movie are on it. I'v been looking for this CD quite some time know, so now i'm extra happy with it. The quality of the CD is very good. Thanks.

This is simply an excellent album. I have the Southern Cross version (SCCD 1004). The other versions might or might not be sonically better, I've never heard them but, no matter which version you find the search, I'm sure, will be worth the effort.

I'm a bit puzzled that I'm the first to review this album. Where are all the Horner fans?

Finally, there's a much longed-for update of this classic James Horner score. La La Land Records has released a 2-CD, remastered version, with liner notes, for $25 that's currently on sale from the manufacturer's website for $20 (for a limited time), but the edition is limited to 3000 copies. Also, 3 bonus tracks are included: Colwyn And Lyssa Love Theme (2:35), The Walk To The Seer's Cave (2:16)(Album Edit) and Theme From Krull (4:48). The last track here is said by Ford Thaxton to be Horner's own summation of all the major themes of the score - ala what John Williams did with his Star Wars score. Total running time for both discs together is: 99:39. The company's website sez for people to be patient due to high-volume orders with this title (mine has shipped within 3 days of placing my order), so it's at least possible it may sell out, relatively quickly possibly...might be wise to act soon...an astonishingly good score remastered, and finally, the price is right...

No, I didn't see the film so I bought this on blind-faith. It's been said that composers do their best work under pressure. That's a bold statement but James Newton Howard proved that it's possible (e.g. Waterworld, King Kong). James Horner was ill during the scoring of this film and succeeded in composing one of his greatest works ever.

[This is my review of the complete score album]

"Krull Main Title and Colwyn's Arrival" is the track that greets us at the beginning of the Supercollector's Label 2CD release. It starts off with low strings slowly progressing into a loud, bold fanfare with chorus. This is one of the better songs of the first disc.

"The Slayers Attack" is the longest track of the album. It starts off romantic but then is suddenly interrupted by violent movement of strings as something terrible is happening onscreen.

"Colwyn and Lyssa Love Theme" is a wonderful, romantic theme. It sounds strangely familiar maybe because it used in many trailers. This track is composed similarly to "Luke and Leia" from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

"Ride of the Firemares" is a fantastic, racing track. This is one of the best of the album because it's by far the most swashbuckling and sweeping track of them all.

"Battle of the Parapets" is similar to "Ride of the Firemares" only that it's about half as long. Still, this is another great track.

"The Death of the Beast and the Destruction of the Black Forest" is the darkest and most tense track of the album. It's also one of the longest tracks clocking in at 8 minutes and 32 seconds. Once the track begins, it doesn't let up until the climatic finish. I'd rate this track as the best of the bunch because of the sheer power and intensity of the London Symphony Orchestra's performance adding to the doom the track title represents.

"Epilogue and End Title" is basically a small suite of the important main themes of the album. This is another good track.

This is a rare collector's item so don't be surprised at the steep price of the album. I paid nearly $70 for my copy and it is worth the price, although it's possible to find this one at a better price on specialty outlets.

TRACKLIST FOR SUPERCOLLECTOR RELEASE:
Disc 1:
1. Krull Main Title and Colwyn's Arrival 7:35
2. The Slayers Attack 9:20
3. Quest for the Glaive 7:24
4. Ride to the Waterfall 0:54
5. Lyssa In the Fortress 1:29
6. The Walk to the Seer's Cave 4:11
7. The Seer's Vision 2:19
8. Battle In the Swamp 2:41
9. Quicksand 3:39
10. The Changeling 4:05
11. Colwyn and Lyssa Love Theme 2:35
Disc 2:
1. Leaving The Swamp 2:01
2. The Widow's Web 6:20
3. The Widow's Lullabye 5:03
4. Vella 3:27
5. Ynyr's Death 1:42
6. Ride of the Firemares 5:23
7. Battle of the Parapets 2:53
8. Inside the Black Fortress 6:16
9. The Death of the Black Beast and the
10. Destruction of the Black Fortress 8:32
11. Epilogue and End Title 4:50