Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis fills Oliver Stone's epic rendering of the story of Alexander with such victorious bombast, that it may as well be a Jerry Bruckheimer production. What begins as a Blade Runner-esque wash of atmospheric, keyboard-driven subtlety quickly deteriorates into a thick wall of stock heroic motifs, swelling brass, and thunderous percussion. Alexander's main theme is like a testosterone-charged update of Chariots of Fire; it's stirring in an over-the-top, destined-to-achieve-cult-status kind of way, but leaves the listener far too exhausted to warrant repeated listens. Vangelis goes the Hans Zimmer Gladiator route on the soundtrack's quieter moments, occasionally showing hints of the quiet grandeur he achieved on 1992's 1492: Conquest of Paradise, but Alexander is buried beneath far too many musical bodies to be heard as anything but future background music for Michael Bay trailers.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
From £10.83/month
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinova-Karpouchina, Vocal - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Vanessa Mae, Violin - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinova-Karpouchina, Vocal - Constantinos Paliatsaras, Tenor - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Vangelis, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Maria Bildea, Harp - Epirus Polyphonic Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantinos Paliatsaras, AssociatedPerformer - Irina Valentinovna Karpouchina, AssociatedPerformer - Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis fills Oliver Stone's epic rendering of the story of Alexander with such victorious bombast, that it may as well be a Jerry Bruckheimer production. What begins as a Blade Runner-esque wash of atmospheric, keyboard-driven subtlety quickly deteriorates into a thick wall of stock heroic motifs, swelling brass, and thunderous percussion. Alexander's main theme is like a testosterone-charged update of Chariots of Fire; it's stirring in an over-the-top, destined-to-achieve-cult-status kind of way, but leaves the listener far too exhausted to warrant repeated listens. Vangelis goes the Hans Zimmer Gladiator route on the soundtrack's quieter moments, occasionally showing hints of the quiet grandeur he achieved on 1992's 1492: Conquest of Paradise, but Alexander is buried beneath far too many musical bodies to be heard as anything but future background music for Michael Bay trailers.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:11
- Main artists: Vangelis
- Composer: Vangelis
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
(P) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
Playlists