1492: Conquest of Paradise (album)

1492: Conquest of Paradise is the soundtrack to Ridley Scott's 1492 - Conquest of Paradise the Greek composer Vangelis in 1992, but the music on the album differs significantly from that in the film.. The CD was released with two different covers.

Track list

An EP with four songs was released, two of which were not included on the album:

Conquest of Paradise

History

Like the film, the song initially had little success after the theatrical release. The end of 1994 the boxer Henry Maske using the song for the invasion of the ring at the World Cup. The battle saw about 15 million television viewers.

As a result, increased the sales of the single and the album enormously at the beginning of 1995. The single was 11 weeks at number one in the German single charts in Germany and received triple platinum, the soundtrack LP double platinum. The album was certified gold and platinum in over 17 countries.

Music and lyrics

The music has signs that point to Spain. In addition there are archaic features. This is clear on the one hand by the monotonous rhythm ( Ostinato ), the Ravel's Bolero also has. Furthermore, Vangelis has taken over the set model Folia changed little.

Chord sequence of the late Folia

Chord sequence in " Conquest of Paradise"

The lyrics of the song was written by Guy Protheroe and the English Chamber Choir ( "English chamber choir" ) sung. He is just as archaic and sounds like Latin, but is written in an artificial language. The text reads as follows:

In noreni per- i- pe, in noremi co -ra, tira mine per- i-to, ne do --- mina.