> I find it amazing that this composer is compared to other mediaventures
> ppl - this is work far in advance of anything they've done...the
> counterpoint in the end of "the new world" and three minutes
> into Saladin...there are so many moving lines in there, the depth of the
> use of material. The four note ascending and descending motif E F G A G F
> E which permeates everything...there is great economy of material - the
> antiphonal choral writing in crusaders. The arrangement of the ibelin
> theme into a quasi bach chorale at the end...sublime. Hans Zimmer couldn't
> do that for starters, let alone do anything other than superficial rock
> based power chords with an orchestra. Don't get me wrong, I like that too,
> but to dismiss this is as anything other than something much deeper would
> be churlish. It's much more austere mind you which is why I guess some
> people who don't like to listen deeper would call it forgettable.
> found out a couple more lyrics
> Actually -they're all medieval, and all contemporary to the time, I think.
> crusaders - mixture of
> "tremens factus sum ego" - from the requiem mass
> and
> "Alleluia psallat haec familia" (anon. medieval)
> swordplay
> "semen dei seritur, igitur porta coeli panditur"
> from "angelus emittitur"
> http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=450 a new world
> think the same as above - different part of it perhaps?
> sibylla
> part of http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=451 I
> think...could only really make out 'volueris'
> rise a knight
> not sure
> the weird female voice in the battle of kerak is
> "tu quae genuisti natura mirante" from the marian antiphon
> "alma redemptoris mater"
> and the rest is from the dies irae from the requiem mass.
> and that's all I can identify other than the above. The chorale is tricky.
Good work with finding the lyrics! I was trying to figure some out myself, but never could actually amount to anything. I'm not a big fan of the movie, but the music is stirring.
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