DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS (EXPANDED) (FW) -- SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT
    Screen Archives Entertainment Screen Archives Entertainment    
   Home  Shipping Rates  Order Info  Contact Us  Links  Change Style
  search tips
   [log in]   [new customer?]  [join mailing list]
  Essential SSL


  
Our Price: $39.95
Label:
Name: FRANZ WAXMAN (FW)
Number: OOPKR200276 (FW)

DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS (EXPANDED) (FW) (CD)
Composed by: Franz Waxman

SEALED The surprise is that, while The Robe eclipsed its successor in its day, decades later, it looks like Demetrius is, in fact, what screenwriter Philip Dunne called it: “a far better pure movie.” And one of the true pleasures of the film is Franz Waxman’s tantalizing score, which, while incorporating several of Alfred Newman’s incomparably majestic themes from The Robe, nevertheless manages to display a modernist élan and power all its own. Demetrius and the Gladiators was this fabulously versatile composer’s first Biblical epic; as usual, he adapted his talents to a new genre with superbly dramatic dexterity. Beginning with a pulse-pounding “Prelude” which twines Newman’s themes with his own, Waxman moves on to one stunning cue after another.

Demetrius and the Gladiators has undergone a long overdue full digital restoration using the best that state-of-the-art audio technology can offer. Restoration and remixing was undertaken at 96k 24bit resolution. Sadly, three cues from the score had completely deteriorated by the time the original reels were transferred in 1997: “Kneel to Your God” (6m3/7m1), “Temptation” (7m2), and “The Kiss” (8m1). Using the original 4-track stereo audio for the film itself, we have rescued brief segments of these, which were unmarred by dialogue and sound effects and included them in the program in order to present as much of the score as possible. An additional excerpt of “Temptation,” with sound effects but no dialogue, is included as a bonus track. Also in the bonus section is the deteriorated stereo version of the cue “Claudius and Caligula,” while the main program features a more sonically palatable monaural mix. Every effort has been made to bring out its original brilliance so that, as a listening experience, Demetrius may take its rightful place beside recent musical restorations of other Fox Biblical epics of the period.

01 Prelude (2:48)
02 Night in the Palace (1:42)
03 Messalina (0:45)
04 Claudius (1:40)
05 The Catacombs (3:09)
06 The Slave Market/Roman Police (2:39)
07 Lucia (0:55)
08 Claudius and Messalina (1:05)
09 Wait (1:26)
10 Torch Dancers/Egyptian Dancers (3:40)
11 Caligula Enters (0:49)
12 Gladiator March (2:07)
13 The Victors (1:23)
14 After the Fight (1:22)
15 Messalina at Home (3:42)
16 Temptation (Excerpt) (0:40)
17 At the Pottery/The Gladiator’s Party (4:30)
18 The Kiss (Excerpt)/Fanfare for Gladiator’s Entrance (1:29)
19 Victory (0:45)
20 Temple of Isis (2:10)
21 Claudius and Caligula (Mono Source) (1:47)
22 Messalina and Demetrius (2:00)
23 Peter’s Return (2:32)
24 Caligula’s Rage (0:56)
25 Return to Faith (4:47)
26 The Dungeon – Glycon (1:39)
27 Caligula’s Death (2:09)
28 Gloria (0:57)

29 Temporary Dance Track [BONUS] (2:18)
30 Temporary Fanfares [BONUS] (1:01)
31 Arena Fanfare [BONUS] (0:22)
32 Caligula’s Death (Unused Percussion) [BONUS] (0:24)
33 Claudius and Caligula (Stereo – Damaged) [BONUS] (1:48)
34 Temptation (excerpt with Sound Effects) [BONUS] (1:12)
35 Gloria (Orchestra Only) [BONUS] (0:53)

Composed and Conducted by Franz Waxman

  
We also recommend:
OLD AQUAINTANCES: FRANZ WAXMAN (FW)
$9.95
 
NOW PLAYING
$12.95
 
UNTAMED
$24.95
 
  
Last Items Viewed:
THE FILM MUSIC OF FRANZ WAXMAN: THE FILM COMPOSERS SERIES VOLUME III (FW)
$19.95
 
KILLER ADIOS / 7 WINCHESTER PER UN MASSACRO
$20.95
 
  
Reviews and Comments: (0)
All times US Eastern   |   login to post your own review or comments.
There are no reviews or comments yet. Log in or register to post your own reviews or comments.
 YOUR CART
  Your cart is empty.
TOP WEEKLY CDS
1 ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE: REMASTERED & EXPANDED LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)
2 CITIZEN KANE (SACD/1000 EDITION)
3 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (SACD/1000 EDITION)
4 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (SACD/1000 EDITION)
5 THE BERNARD HERRMANN LEGACY SERIES VOL. 1: THE DEVIL AND BERNARD HERRMANN
6 NOT OF THIS EARTH (300 EDITION)
7 JAWS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION (3 CD)
8 TIME AFTER TIME (500 EDITION)
9 BLACK SUNDAY (REMASTERED LIMITED EDITION)
10 THE SECRET OF NIMH (2CD / EXPANDED)

TOP WEEKLY DVD/BLU-RAY TITLES
1 VOICES FROM BEYOND (1991 / LIMITED EDITION)
2 WORLD OF GIANTS - THE COMPLETE SERIES (1959)
3 THE FIRM (2009)
4 THE RAIN KILLER (1990 / 1000 LIMITED EDITION)
5 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971)
6 BABY BOOM (1987)
7 A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (1987)
8 NASHVILLE GIRL (1976 / 1000 LIMITED EDITION) (SPECIAL PROMOTION)
9 ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982)
10 MEET JOHN DOE (Blu-ray) (1941)

 
© 2025 Screen Archives Entertainment