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The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
After extensive research of music of that period, North gathered a collection of antique instruments, while not authentically Roman, that provided a strong dramatic effect. These instruments included a sarrusophone, Israeli recorder, Chinese oboe, lute, mandolin, Yugoslav flute, kythara, dulcimer, and bagpipes. North's prize instrument was the ondioline, similar to an earlier version of the electronic synthesizer, which had never been used in film before.
Much of the music is written without a tonal center, or flirts with tonality in ways that most film composers would not risk. One theme is used to represent both slavery and freedom, but is given different values in different scenes, so that it sounds like different themes. The love theme for Spartacus and Varinia is the most accessible theme in the film, and a harsh trumpet figure was created for Crassus.
CD 1
01. Overture [4:00]
02. Main Title [3:17]
03. The Mines [3:01]
04. Caravan [1:15]
05. First Pair [3:44]
06. Gladiators Fight to the Death [2:20]
07. Brooding [2:20]
08. On to Vesuvius [4:52]
09. Oysters and Snails [3:07]
10. Hopeful Preparations/Vesuvius Camp [1:59]
11. Vesuvius Montage [1:19]
12. Blue Shadows and Purple Hills [3:11]
13. Headed for Freedom [3:15]
14. Homeward Bound [6:27]
15. Metapontum Triumph [1:35]
16. Festival [3:21]
17. Expectant Parents [3:07]
18. Prelude to Battle [5:11]
19. Formations [1:35]
20. Goodbye, My Life, My Love, End Title [4:16]
21. Spartacus Love Theme [2:50]
22. On to the Sea/Infant Burial [3:03]
23. Oysters and Snails/Festival [3:24]
CD 2
01. Overture [3:59]
02. Main Title [3:41]
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03. The Mines [3:00]
04. Caravan [1:17]
05. Varinia's Theme [3:15]
06. Training the Gladiators [1:29]
07. Painting [1:26]
08. Spartacus' Cell [1:37]
09. Kitchen [1:36]
10. Training the Gladiators #2 [0:37]
11. Kitchen #2 [0:48]
12. Crassus [0:51]
13. Source Music #2 [2:36]
14. Source Music #1 [3:30]
15. First Pair [3:38]
16. Draba Fight [2:49]
17. Kill [1:12]
18. Brooding [2:18]
19. Revolt [1:16]
20. The Breakout [2:08]
21. Slaves Escape [0:47]
22. Crassus Home [0:37]
23. Deserted School [1:55]
24. Forest Meeting [4:50]
25. Oysters and Snails [3:03]
26. Vesuvius Camp [1:59]
27. New Recruits [1:51]
28. Glabrus March [0:24]
29. Vesuvius Montage [1:19]
30. Poem [1:27]
31. Love Sequence [3:10]
32. Glabrus Defeated [3:40]
33. Glabrus Disgraced [1:44]
CD 3
01. Entr'acte [2:21]
02. On to the Sea [3:07]
03. Luceria Camp [0:42]
04. Beside the Pool [2:28]
05. Dusty March [0:31]
06. Metapontum Triumph [1:33]
07. Roman Baths [1:46]
08. Arrival At the Beach [0:59]
09. Festival [3:20]
10. Sound the Trumpet [0:31]
11. Crassus Legions [0:41]
12. Back from the Sea [0:30]
13. Crassus' Camp [0:48]
14. Camp At Night [2:19]
15. Expectant Parents [3:10]
16. Maneuvers [3:14]
17. Formations [1:30]
18. The Battle [4:09]
19. Desolation Elegy [2:05]
20. I Am Spartacus [3:14]
21. Recognition and Crucifixion March [2:46]
22. Night Crucifixion [0:35]
23. Varinia and Crassus [4:59]
24. Fear of Death [3:22]
25. Spartacus Defies Crassus [2:17]
26. The Last Fight [4:47]
27. Final Farewell and End Title [4:17]
28. Exit Music [2:48]
CD 4
01. Overture [4:02]
02. Main Title [3:33]
03. Gladiator Selection [2:31]
04. Kitchen #1 [1:55]
05. On to the Sea [2:58]
06. Infant Burial [0:47]
07. End of Act I [1:06]
08. Festival [1:50]
09. Sound the Trumpet [0:23]
10. Spartacus March [0:34]
11. Spartacus March [0:18]
12. Spartacus Fanfare [0:13]
13. Fear of Death [3:26]
14. Training the Gladiators/Painting [2:45]
15. Training the Gladiators [2:37]
16. Training the Gladiators #2 [0:37]
17. Brooding [3:06]
18. Revolt [0:28]
19. Festival [0:51]
20. Spartacus Love Theme [3:05]
21. Desolation Elegy [3:29]
22. Crucifixion March [2:05]
CD 5
01. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Bill Evans [5:09]
02. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Yusef Lateef [4:11]
03. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Mark Isham [1:09]
04. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Dave Grusin [2:53]
05. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Nathan Barr/Lisbeth Scott [5:08]
06. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Carlos Santana [6:48]
07. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Terry Callier [4:28]
08. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Patrick Doyle [5:01]
09. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Joel McNeely [2:27]
10. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Lalo Schifrin [5:17]
11. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - The Ramsey Lewis Trio [7:12]
CD 6
01. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Bill Evans/Jeremy Steig [5:00]
02. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Alexandre Desplat [2:36]
03. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Regina Carter [6:21]
04. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Diego Navarro [3:54]
05. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Gabor Szabo [3:13]
06. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - John Debney [4:45]
07. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Brian Tyler [7:08]
08. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Randy Edelman [3:49]
09. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Richard Stoltzman [4:49]
10. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - John Neufeld/Marty Krystall [4:01]
11. Spartacus Love Theme and Variations - Eric Stern [4:14]