300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Released = March 6, 2007
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Length = 64:50
Label = Warner Bros. Records
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"300" is the soundtrack to the 2007 film "300". It was composed by Tyler Bates and was released on March 6, 2007, three days before the film opened for public viewing.

The lyrics sung are in Greek and Latin. The opening lines of the track "Come and Get Them" are "Pherto - Parte to" "(φέρτο – πάρτε το)" translating as "give it – come and get it". It is said that Leonidas exclaimed Molōn labe! "(Μολὼν λαβέ)" when asked by Xerxes to surrender. The opening words of "Returns A King" translate as "I am trembling / I am frightened of / Our returned king".

There exists a normal edition and a deluxe edition containing photos and artwork from the film.The soundtrack debut at #74 on the Billboard Top 200 and rose to #52 in its second week. It has sold 37,638 copies to date. [ [http://ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43967&start=50 UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (07/04/2007) ] ]

The song used in the trailers of the movie, Nine Inch Nails's "Just Like You Imagined", is absent from the soundtrack. The song "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse is used in one of the movie's DVD advertisements.

Track listing

#"To Victory" - 2:33
#"The Agoge" - 2:24
#"The Wolf" - 2:09
#"Returns a King" - 2:23
#"Submission" - 2:39
#"The Ephors" - 1:58
#"Cursed By Beauty" - 1:40
#"What Must a King Do?" - 1:04
#"Goodbye My Love" - 3:21
#"No Sleep Tonight" - 2:32
#"Tree of the Dead" - 2:23
#"The Hot Gates" - 2:59
#"Fight In the Shade" - 3:16
#"Come And Get Them" - 2:04
#"No Mercy" - 2:22
#"Immortals Battle" - 1:52
#"Fever Dream" - 2:32
#"Xerxes' Tent" - 3:19
#"Tonight We Dine In Hell" - 1:13
#"The Council Chamber" - 2:33
#"Xerxes' Final Offer" - 2:37
#"A God King Bleeds" - 2:16
#"Glory" - 1:43
#"Message For the Queen" - 2:30
#"Remember Us" - 2:56
#"To Victory" (Philip Steir's Sacrifice for Sparta Remix) - 5:32 (iTunes Bonus track)

Copyright issues

The soundtrack borrows elements from Elliot Goldenthal's 1999 score for "Titus", giving rise to some controversy in the film composer community. "Remember Us," from "300", is identical in parts to the "Finale" from "Titus", and "Returns A King" ("300") is similar to "Victorius Titus." [cite web | url=http://musiconfilm.net/get_review.php?id=163 | title=300 | accessdate=2007-03-18 | author=Justin Bielawa | date=2007-02-27 | publisher=Music On Film] [cite web | url=http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/300.html | title=300 | accessdate=2007-03-18 | author=James Southall | publisher=Movie Wave ] [cite web | url=http://scoremagacine.com/Resenas_det.php?Codigo=715 | title=300 | accessdate=2007-03-18 | author=Demetris Christodoulides | publisher=Score Magazine ] On August 3, 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged in an official statement, "a number of the music cues for the score of "300" were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture "Titus." Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter." [cite web |url=http://www.300ondvd.com/ |title=300 on DVD |date=2007-08-03 |accessdate=2007-08-03 |language=English]

Commentators have noted that the melody of "Message for the Queen" is identical to the folk song from the Balkans "Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce" Bates responding to the claims per email: "I would like to make it clear that while the introduction expresses the woodwind melody present in many recorded versions of the song "Zajdi, Zajdi Jasno Sonce," this music is equally based on Bulgarian traditional folk music."

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