Gladiator 2 | Featurette: Behind The Scoring With Ridley Scott, Harry Gregson-Williams - video Dailymotion

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Years after the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after Rome is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors

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00:00Music, to me, is language.

00:05It's the final dialogue that gives the film that added dynamic, as and when you may need

00:19it.

00:20Here we go.

00:21Here's bar six, everybody.

00:22Six, two, three, four.

00:23Harry truly is an extraordinarily good composer.

00:33He stuns me with what he is capable of doing.

00:38The music that I've written contains elements of Hans's original Gladiator theme.

00:43Sounds that can be achieved and captured here is second to none.

00:50He is quite an open book when it comes to music, but he'll talk to me about light and

00:54darkness.

00:55And then I'll interpret it in a musical way.

00:59There's a good balance between big action sequences and the sort of power and nobility

01:06of the Roman Empire.

01:08This is what they believe in, power.

01:11Ridley's really upped the ante here with the epic battles in the Colosseum.

01:17In the script, one line said, at this moment, Lucius becomes Maximus.

01:23I thought, what if I can create a theme for Lucius that becomes Hans's theme from the

01:30first movie?

01:32I love that he took it and just expanded it, making something which is so extraordinary.

01:40Music is a statement.

01:41It's a sound statement.

01:42And I think they're going to love it.

01:44What is the dream of Rome?

01:45The people are not free.

Gladiator 2 | Featurette: Behind The Scoring With Ridley Scott, Harry Gregson-Williams

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