Track Listing

1. Opening - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
2. Philip
3. Now You Grow Dull
4. Horseriding - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
5. Immensities
6. Bess and Raleigh Dance - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
7. Mary's Beheading - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
8. End Puddle / Possible Suitors
9. War / Realisation
10. Destiny Theme
11. Smile Lines
12. Bess to see Throckmorton
13. Dr Dee Part 1
14. Horseback Address
15. Battle - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
16. Love Theme
17. Divinity Theme - Andy Findon, Craig Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, Karen Jones, helen keen, John Anderson, David Theodore, Jane Marshall, Anthony Pike, Nicholas Bucknall, Julian Farrell, Stephen Maw, David Chatterton, Nigel Black, Martin Owen, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop, Richard Bissill, Paul Beniston, Gareth Small, Joe Atkins, John Barclay, Dudley Bright, Roger Harvey, Richard Edward, Dave Stewart, Owen Slade, Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Fiona Hibbert, Simon Chamberlain, Perry Montague-Mason, Emlyn Singleton, Pete Hanson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Jonathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott Smith, Steve Morris, Dermot Crehan, Gaby Lester, Jackie Shave, Julian Leaper, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Chris Clad, Warren Zielinski, David Emanuel, Fenella Barton, Paul Willey, David Woodcock, Rita Manning, Thomas Bowes, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Rachel Bolt, John Thorne, Chris Pitsilides, Andy Parker, Garfield Jackson, Don McVay, T
18. Storm
19. Walsingham Death Bed
20. Closing

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59096 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 49 minutes

Customer Reviews

Evoking a Golden Age
The first thing one notices about the score to the second of Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth" films is that it is infintely different to Hirschfelder's from the original. And yet one must expect this for, in turn, the film is very different to the first. The conspiracies and keeping-to-the-shadows of the original, beautifully evoked by Hirschfelder's mysterious and haunting score, have been flung out for conspiracy on a larger scale and a score which, like the film, focuses on the trials and tribulations of a single woman rather than plots and treachery of a court.

Taking cues from some of his earlier work - notably "Plunkett and Macleane" - Armstrong's score to "The Golden Age" is certainly not bursting with originality, nor does it particularly put one in mind of the Tudor era, yet it manages to convey all the same the splendour and power, as well as the bitterness and sacrifice, of the film and the woman at its centre. Ar Rahman also contributed to the score and gave it a surprising splash of Eastern influence which at first sounded out of place to me, but actually works beautifully in context of the unique, almost mythic vision of the film.

If you're a fan of the choir-filled movie scores of the past decade, then you'll probably enjoy this as much as I did, but if you're after something a bit more unconventional, you'd be better served by other soundtracks.

Overegging the pudding just a little
I enjoyed this second film in the Elizabeth trilogy, but felt that director Shekhar Kapur should have used the same composer, David Hirschfelder instead of the overblown Hollywood-type music used in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Hirschfelder's music was superbly atmospheric and made excellent use of Elizabethan dance music in the court scenes. While I agree and accept that this film portrays an older and wiser queen and the religious turmoil in England, the music is far too intrusive at times and distracted from the film. Hirschfelder's music can be listened to out of context very easily and it is a soundtrack that I play constantly. While listening to it, I can visualise Walsingham plotting the destruction of Elizabeth's enemies and also see her dance flirtatiously with Robert Dudley ! Please, Mr Kapur, bring back David Herschfelder when making the next film. Audiences will thank you for it.

As bland and forgettable as the film
Why David Hirschfelder wasn't brought back to score this follow-up to 'Elizabeth' is just one question that bedevils the whole project (maybe he read the script and demurred). Gone is the fabulously dark and evocative scoring of the original, and in its place we get Hollywood hack-work at its worst. At its best it's a second-rate rip off Zimmer & Gerrard's 'Gladiator', and at its worst it is as bland and forgettable as the lifeless film it accompanies.