1492: Conquest of Paradise
by Vangelis
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1992
- Label: East West
- Country: Greece
- Length: 54:39
- Community rating: 3.88/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Written for Ridley Scott's film, the score is centred on a choral title theme sung in pseudo Latin by Guy Protheroe's choir. The theme returned to wide attention three years later after boxer Henry Maske adopted it as entrance music.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, choral, majestic, bombastic, synthesizers, instrumental
Tracklist
- Opening (1:21)
- Conquest of Paradise (4:38)
- Monastery of La Rabida (3:38)
- City of Isabel (2:16)
- Light and Shadow (3:46)
- Deliverance (3:28)
- West Across the Ocean Sea (2:53)
- Eternity (1:58)
- Hispanola (4:56)
- Moxica and the Horse (7:06)
- Twenty Eighth Parallel (5:14)
- Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (13:20)
Credits
- Bruno Manjarres - classical guitar [spanish guitar], voice
- Pepe Martinez - classical guitar [spanish guitar], voice
- Francis Darizcuren - mandolin, violin
- Guy Protheroe - vocals, conductor
- Philippe Colonna - recorded by, mixed by
- Alain Marnat - mastered by
- David Appleby - photography by [film stills]
- Sheila Rock - photography by [vangelis photography]
- Frédérick Rousseau - producer [assistant]