Alex North

2-CD SET

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release presents the 1960 historical film "Spartacus", directed by Stanley Kubrick with screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, based on the homonymous novel by Howard Fast.

"Spartacus" inspired by the life story of the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War. "Spartacus" starred Kirk Douglas in the lead role, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus.

The film won four Academy Awards. Its original soundtrack, presented here in its entirety, was written by veteran Hollywood composer Alex North.

Music composed and conducted by ALEX NORTH
Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra contractor: Victor Aller
Concertmaster: Erno Neufeld

Recorded at Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, and Universal- International, March 21-23, May 4-5 & 12, June 9-10, and August 5, 1960.

CD 1: TOTAL TIME 70:38

01 OVERTURE
02 MAIN TITLE
03 THE MINES
04 CARAVAN
05 VARINIA’S THEME
06 TRAINING THE GLADIATORS
07 PAINTING
08 SPARTACUS’ CELL
09 KITCHEN
10 TRAINING THE GLADIATORS #2
11 KITCHEN #2
12 CRASSUS
13 SOURCE MUSIC #2
14 SOURCE MUSIC #1
15 FIRST PAIR
16 DRABA FIGHT
17 KILL
18 BROODING
19 REVOLT
20 THE BREAKOUT
21 SLAVES ESCAPE
22 CRASSUS’ HOME
23 DESERTED SCHOOL
24 FOREST MEETING
25 OYSTERS AND SNAILS
26 VESUVIUS CAMP
27 NEW RECRUITS

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 78:34

01 ENTR’ACTE
02 ON TO THE SEA
03 LUCERIA CAMP
04 BESIDE THE POOL
05 DUSTY MARCH
06 METAPONTUM TRIUMPH
07 ROMAN BATHS
08 ARRIVAL AT THE BEACH
09 FESTIVAL
10 SOUND THE TRUMPET
11 CRASSUS’ LEGIONS
12 BACK FROM THE SEA
13 CRASSUS’ CAMP
14 CAMP AT NIGHT
15 EXPECTANT PARENTS
16 MANEUVERS
17 FORMATIONS
18 THE BATTLE
19 DESOLATION ELEGY
20 I AM SPARTACUS
21 RECOGNITION AND CRUCIFIXION MARCH
22 NIGHT CRUCIFIXION
23 VARINIA AND CRASSUS
24 FEAR OF DEATH
25 SPARTACUS DEFIES CRASSSUS
26 THE LAST FIGHT
27 FINAL FAREWELL AND END TITLE
28 EXIT MUSIC
29 OVERTURE [alt tk] (*)
30 MAIN TITLE [alt tk] (*)
31 FESTIVAL [alt tk] (*)
32 FEAR OF DEATH [alt tk] (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS