Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack

Artist: Joseph LoDuca
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 030206575026
EAN: 0030206575026
ASIN: B0000014ZN

Release Date: 1996-11-19

Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack

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Tracks:

Main Title
The Warrior Princess
Darfus
Soulmates
Burial
Xena And The Big Bird
Gabby Dance
The Gauntlet
Barn Blazers
Fight On The Heads
Draco's Men
Glede Ma Glede
Burying The Past
Xena's Web
Goodbye
Giants
Funeral Dance
Challenging The Gods
Dreamscape
Quarterman's Festival
Roll In The Leaves
Funeral Pyre
On The Balcony
The Oracle
Hail Xena
Going To Kill Me
The Wrath Of Callisto
Bloodlust
Ladder Fight
Main Title (Extended Version)

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Customer Reviews:

Just Fantastic!.......2007-05-09

Xena is a fantastic TV series that really deserves more respect. The music is incredible. I am a studio musician, and this is just top-notch work.

Edgy, earthy and primal!.......2006-10-02

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!

The original is usually the best.......2006-02-23

It is well worth the money. The songs from this CD reaches out to the primal senses. 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.

XENA - Original Soundtrck.......2005-10-06

I have been lisiting to the sound track on line and had been trying to figure away to down load. found the easest way was to purchase and load into PC. Which leads into the reason I enjoy it so very much. I am going to add the Original title and burial into the sound system and use them for opening and closing. That way I go on and off line with XENA. Later I will slowly add the rest as required for certain sounds. I am sure thefollowing is an unusual request, but is it possible to see a photo of Joseph LoDuca. Thank you Gunner

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