Joseph LoDuca, Paul Lynch, Philip Sgriccia, Oley Sassone, Robert Ginty, Michael Hurst, Karen Dior, John Laing (II), Janet Greek, Chris Graves - Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack
Band: Joseph LoDuca, Paul Lynch, Philip Sgriccia, Oley Sassone, Robert Ginty, Michael Hurst, Karen Dior, John Laing (II), Janet Greek, Chris Graves Title: Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack Rating: Release Date: 19 November, 1996 Media: Audio CD
Tracks: 1: Main Title 2: The Warrior Princess 3: Darfus 4: Soulmates 5: Burial 6: Xena And The Big Bird 7: Gabby Dance 8: The Gauntlet 9: Barn Blazers 10: Fight On The Heads 11: Draco's Men 12: Glede Ma Glede 13: Burying The Past 14: Xena's Web 15: Goodbye 16: Giants 17: Funeral Dance 18: Challenging The Gods 19: Dreamscape 20: Quarterman's Festival 21: Roll In The Leaves 22: Funeral Pyre 23: On The Balcony 24: The Oracle 25: Hail Xena 26: Going To Kill Me 27: The Wrath Of Callisto 28: Bloodlust 29: Ladder Fight 30: Main Title (Extended Version)
Customer Reviews Just Fantastic! The music is incredible. Xena is a fantastic TV series that really deserves more respect. I am a studio musician, and this is just top-notch work.
Edgy, earthy and primal! While the "warrior" part was self-evident, I was never quite able to figure out through the entire run of the show what made Xena a "princess" (not mention why characters in Renaissance, Medieval and Hell's Angels garb would be mingling with Greek Gods and Julius Caesar . . ). Nonetheless, two things near and dear to my heart--the music and the martial arts--drew me in as a viewer and helped me overlook the historical discrepancies. And in the process, Joseph LoDuca became one of my favorite soundtrack composers! He does a wonderful job of combining esoteric world-music influences with standard soundtrack fare to produce a rich tapestry sound, culture and emotion--something that really stands out from "same old. " His striking main title for the Xena series is like a cross between Basil Poledouris' intricately percussive soundtrack for "Conan the Barbarian" and the dissonant music sung by female choirs in Bulgaria, both of which are majorly cool to begin with. Blended together, such styles are truly stunning. The other, widely-varied tracks on this album are everything you'd expect from a saga about a kickass warrior woman - intense, distinctive and often exotic. They're also as eclectic and anachronistic as the show itself, but all in good fun. Any soundtrack music, particularly the short snippets required for TV scenes, can result in a choppy, disjointed listening experience. But that's the fault of the medium, not the music. And despite the varied musical styles within LoDuca's score, his instrumentation and theme repetition makes for a definite sense of continuity through these thirty tracks. This CD is the first of at least six albums which feature LoDuca's efforts to bring the many moods of Xena to life, and is a great sampling of his work. If you like this album, you may enjoy his other soundtracks too, such as those for the companion "Hercules" series, and the movie "Brotherhood of the Wolf. " If you're intrigued by that dissonant female singing, check out the real thing in CDs such as "Voices of Life" by the Bulgarian Women's Choir and Angelite, "The Magical Voices of Bulgaria" by the Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble, "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares" by the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir, and "The Great Voices of Bulgaria" by the Women's Choir of Sofia. And of course, don't miss Basil Poledouris' sountrack to the movie "Conan the Barbarian," the granddaddy of all fantasy soundtracks!
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The original is usually the best The songs from this CD reaches out to the primal senses. It is well worth the money. Glede Ma Glede is riveting when heard in its entirety. Lucy's composition of Burial shows another dynamic aspect of Lucy's talent for singing. Gabby's Dance" is a feel good diddy that just makes you want to get up and dance no matter where or what you are doing. Unless you read the titles, it is difficult to determine which episodes these songs first aired. The final song, the extended version of the XWP's theme song is inspiring and speaks to the Xena in all of us. It's a must have CD for any Xena fan or any music fan.
