8436563180996

Spartacus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Alex North

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Format: LP

Cat No: 579414

Release Date:  01 May 2017

Label:  Soundtrack Factory

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436563180996

Genres:  Soundtracks  Film Soundtrack  

  • Description

    The 1960 historical film Spartacus was directed by Stanley Kubrick with screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, based on the homonymous novel by Howard Fast. It was inspired by the life story of the leader of a slaverevolt in antiquity, Spartacus, and the events of the Third Servile War.

    Spartacus starred Kirk Douglas in the lead role, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. The film won four Academy Awards. Its original soundtrack, presented here in its entirety, was written by veteran Hollywood composer Alex North.

    It's presented here on 180g vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes 1 bonus track.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture
      • 2. Main Title
      • 3. Spartacus' Love Theme
      • 4. Gladiators Fight to the Death
      • 5. Blue Shadows and Purple Hills
      • 6. Homeward Bound: On to the Sea/Beside the Pool
      • 7. Hopeful Preparations/Vesuvius Camp
      • 8. Prelude to Battle: Quiet Interlude/The Final Conflict
      • 9. On to Vesuvius: Foreward, Gladiators/Forest Meeting
      • 10. Oysters and Snails
      • 11. Headed for Freedom
      • 12. Goodbye, My Life, My Love/End Title