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Highlander: The Original Scores | 
 enlarge | Artists: Stewart Copeland, J. Peter Robinson
Creator: Michael Kamen
Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 25994
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 782124288921
EAN: 0782124288921
ASIN: B000005OM6
Release Date: February 21, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | The Highlander Theme | | • | Rachel's Surprise / Who Wants To Live Forever | | • | The Quickening | | • | Swordfight At 34th Street | | • | Under The Garden / The Prize | | • | Finger Dip | | • | Rebel Troops | | • | Dam Raid | | • | White Cloud | | • | Mac Absorbs Reno | | • | Shield Shatters / Alan Dies | | • | Love Theme / Shrine Fight | | • | Massacre (The Beginning) | | • | Laundry Room / Quickening 2 | | • | Revolution | | • | Final Battle / Quickening 3 / Epilogue |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant April 7, 2008
Jonah H. Harris (Metuchen, New Jersey United States)
Without exception, Kamen's music for Highlander I is one of the best movie scores ever. In fact, New Line Cinema still uses it in (most) of their intros. However, in regard to the subsequent Highlander movies and scores, I find myself quite disappointed.
Being a fairly hardcore Highlander fan, I generally disregarded Highlander II completely, finding it a complete and utter waste of time. Simply put, it's difficult to dress up a bad movie with good music. And, while the score is far from terrible, I don't find it nearly as inspirational as Kamen's score.
As for Highlander III, it was the only film-based sequel I could stomach. In my opinion, it's unfortunate that Endgame and The Source seem to be nothing more than a blatantly poor attempt by Davis/Panzer to continually profit off of an inventive and intriguing storyline.
Regardless, all in all, the five Kamen and two Robinson tracks make the CD more than worth it to me.
Buy this CD just for the first 6 tracks. November 15, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although the scores from Highlander 2-3 are good, I always find myself stopping the CD after track 6 is done. Michael Kamen is a genius when it comes to composing, as seen in Band Of Brothers and Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. I definitely recommend this CD to all Highlander fans, and fans of great classic music alike.
Some really good songs... November 18, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Who Wants to Live Forever" is probably one of the best songs on this CD. I also enjoyed "Love Theme and Shrine Fight" and "Swordfight at 34th Street" (Is it just me, or does this song sound very similar to Kamen's Robin Hood Prince of Thieves?)
To tell you the truth, most of the tracks I liked best were the ones by Michael Kamen (That doesn't mean I don't like the other composers).
Even though some tracks like "Shield Shatters" were a bit slow in capturing my interest, I like all the songs in the CD.
Stewart Copeland is one of the best musicians of our time October 4, 2001
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Stewart Copeland is one of the best musicians of our time. He has demostrate it since the extremely original Rumble Fish, The Rythmatist, The Equalizer, etc; but I can't recognize his style in the few tracks I've listen from this Highlander (and the other reviewers confirm that he's the author). I know about his abbilities as orchestral arranger through Dark Ships or Coco, but this score is so far from his style. Could he had developped it so radically or the production of the film gave him other people to work for him?. Surely this is not the fruit of his pure will but music guided by strict rules to follow. Anyway you can recognize clearly his hand behind the rythmical parts, so don't panic.
I've read three of theese reviews and I couldn't believe they could speak about the movie. Don't you reallize this is a music site and you're supposed to talk about it?. Please, if you're a film fanatic search the video and get out of here, where the music lovers are trying to get any proper approach. And even I confess didn't heard the whole album, theese words could at least point to the material you're looking for and no to a cinema show this music surely enhances with it's quality.
 Not What You Think It Is. July 26, 2001
jw mcgee (chicago, il USA)
38 out of 49 found this review helpful
I'll make this breif. The first movie was the best after that things go down hill. If you saw the first movie or the TV series and think this CD has the same music, you will be wrong. This cd does not contain the real soundtrack from HighLander. If you want to hear Queen's Princes of the Quniverse or the full version of Who Wants to Live Forver, Then buy the Queen CD "A Kind of Magic" that cd is the real soundtrack of highlander.
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