Hans Zimmer - Gladiator Vol.1 (CD 2001)

Gladiator the film has one of the best soundtracks ever. The music adds so much to the pictures on screen. A simple screen shot of a forrest becomes so much more atmospheric when the soundtrack is added.
This DECCA RECORDS cd released in 2000 has 17 tracks produced by Hans Zimmer. A total running time of 61 minutes.
Hans zimmer is a prolific producer / composer of film soundtrack music. He has worked on films such as;

The Lion King
Black Hawk Down
Pearl Harbour
Hannibal
The Last Samurai
Castaway + many more...........

This, in my opinion, is his best work to date.

The music linked all scenes in the film seamlessly and covered every emotion. Parts of the film were led by this music score.
The last track, 'Now we are free,' became the anthem of the film This track was co-written and sung by Lisa Gerrard. She also wrote track two on the cd that accompanied the 'hand through the wheat' scene.

FANTASTIC

You may also be interested to know that DECCA
have released a second cd ( 2001 ) of music that was not included in the film score but is just as good. On this cd is one of the last pieces of film dialog from the actor Oliver Reed who died while filming the Gladiator.