Tracklist:
- Tell Me Now (What you See) - Hans Zimmer & Moya Brennan (4:36) *
- Woad to Ruin (11:33) *
- Do you Think I´m a Saxon (8:43)
- Hold the Ice (5:44)
- Another brick in Hadrian´s Wall (7:13)
- Budget Meeting (9:44) *
- All of Them (10:24) *
* Best themes
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The Story: The fall of the Roman Empire is about to happen, and Arthur should take his place of leadership in order to unificate the population in those times with confussion and darkness.
Antecedents: Excalibur, Merlin, but above the rest Gladiator, because the filmmakers have decided to change armored knights by typical roman soldiers.
Musical Precedents: It's clear, Zimmer comes back with his nearest and most epical sounds, the same ones that gave him so good result with the fans in The Last Samurai (not with the critics, after all nobody understands why he got nothing in this years Academy Awards, when it was one of the best candidates to that prize) we can't forget about Gladiator either by obvious reasons.
First Listening: While is not made at all using original sounds, and it sounds pretty much like some of the most emblematical works of the composer (Crimson Tide, Gladiator and The Last Samurai) the score has a very enjoyable first listening, and we even vibrate. It's a score dedicated to all of you who love the sound 100% Zimmer.
Getting into the Facts: The score is very evocative during many parts (Hold the Ice), but also intense, giving the trademarks action moments (Another brick in Hadrian´s Wall or the epic Budget Meeting, maybe the best track of the whole score), a bit more worked than the ones on The Last Samurai where one could notice the weight of the "Temp Tracks" (Waterworld, The Thin Red Line...).
 Let's not forget about the very beautiful main song, in the style of the best by Lorena McKenitt, composed by Zimmer and sung so evocative by Moya Brennan (who also participates in the rest of the score), the singer of the band Clannad, "Tell Me Now (What you See)", is surprisingly far away of the paths that the composer used to take with Lisa Gerrard.
The score is fully enjoyable, with a quick and entertained listening, but I don't mean that it's an easy score without quality like many others of the Mediaventures factory (for example Pirates of the Caribbean, a total Kleenex product). Zimmer is a great composer, with his problems and lacks, but after all he is showing that he is on the top right now. King Arthur is not gonna be one of his best works, but instead is gonna be a work to be proud of and content the many followers that are gonna have the same epic Zimmer of always (with the good and bad side that this means).
DDBSpawn (translation by Rubén Sánchez)
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