Cleopatra – SOUNDTRACK****

Caesar & Cleopatra/A Gift For Caesar/The Fire Burns The Fire Burns/Taste Of Death/Cleopatra Enters Rome/ Caesar’s Assassination/Anthony & Cleopatra/Cleopatra’s Barge/Love & Hate/My Love Is My Master/Grant Me An Honourable Way To Die/Dying Is Less Than Love/Anthony Wait

The epic movie Cleopatra starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. The highly acclaimed soundtrack music was composed and conducted by Eric North. (US:2)

"There are two main themes - Caesar & Cleopatra and Antony & Cleopatra that run throughout North's score like golden threads in a Flemish tapestry. This score is for young and old, a strikingly original, complex composition of the modern school that was constructed to evoke an ancient time."

"Alex North's score for Cleopatra, is one of Hollywood's true masterpieces. The 20th Century Fox Orchestra plays magnificently, as always, on this recording."

"Alex North's musical style can be appreciated by a wide spectrum of listeners. Whatever, this lyrical, beautifully orchestrated music is accessible to all."

"Alex North and his music occupy a rarefied position among the pantheon of men most widely considered to be the masters of film music. His peak is compositional intellect while exploring the deepest troves of musical emotion."

"The score manages to display both a convincing authenticity of the period - and North's distinctive gift for explosive, striking modernism. If you love the film Cleopatra then you will love the soundtrack. All the music tracks are as crisp as the day they were recorded."

"This music is far better than most scores composed today. It is full of glorious sounds and textures, and the overture and main titles are enough to buy it. The general atmosphere evoked by this music alternates between mysterious, exotic, romantic, dramatic and heroic."

“This is perhaps the finest movie soundtrack ever composed and produced. I have nothing but praise for it."