00:00Music, to me, is language. It's the final dialogue. It gives the film that added dynamic
00:16as and when you may need it. Here we go. Here's bar 6, everybody. 6, 2, 3, 4. Harry truly
00:35is an extraordinarily good composer. He stuns me with what he is capable of doing. The music
00:43that I've written contains elements of Hans's original Gladiator theme. The sound that can
00:48be achieved and captured here is second to none. Ridley is quite an open book when it comes to
00:56music, but he'll talk to me about light and darkness, and then I'll interpret it in a
01:02musical way. There's a good balance between big action sequences and the sort of power and
01:10nobility of the Roman Empire. This is what they believe in, power. Ridley's really upped the ante
01:18here with the epic battles in the Colosseum. In the script, one line said, at this moment,
01:26Lucius becomes Maximus. I thought, what if I create a theme for Lucius that becomes Hans's
01:34theme from the first movie? I love that he took it and just expanded it, making something which is
01:42so extraordinary. Music is a statement. It's a sound statement, and I think they're going to love it.
01:50What is the dream of Rome? The people are not free.
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