Conan the Barbarian

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:39 pm

I know this isnt metal, but man, I've been listening to the soundtrack for the movie and its fucking awesome! I can't stop listening to it, it hearkens back to an age of heroisim and makes me long for a time when people had principles that actually meant something.......like destroying the cult of thulsa doom (President Bush). Hope the CIA isnt reading this.

Ness · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:43 pm

HAHA! yeah I love that soundtrack. Especially the title track. "Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom."

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:53 pm

Yeah that song has the most epic trumpet part ever recorded.

derncare · **Joined:** Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:40 am **Posts:** 731

One of the best and underrated soundtracks ever.

Stefan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:39 pm

agreed !

only thing missing is a song (kind of like a battle hymn) sang by Eric Adams... that would be GREAT ! :twisted:

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:40 pm

Yeah ha ha. It seems like Conan the Barbarian is the sole inspiration for Manowar.

milkbaby · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:36 pm

I don't think I've ever met a single person who didn't like that soundtrack... hard to find it for sale anymore around here though.

The sad thing to note is that if they made a Conan movie now, the soundtrack would probably be filled up with a lot of lame nu-metal bands.

Ness · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:43 pm

milkbaby wrote:

I don't think I've ever met a single person who didn't like that soundtrack... hard to find it for sale anymore around here though.

The sad thing to note is that if they made a Conan movie now, the soundtrack would probably be filled up with a lot of lame nu-metal bands.

Buy it on Amazon

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:38 am

Awesome sound track. The opening song during the raid on the village is absolutely fantastic. My only complaint is the DVD has never been released in 5.1 sound. Still sounds great in 2.0 though.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:50 am

Hmmm...never heard it. I'll have to check it out now.

Radagast · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:15 am

metalNESS wrote:

milkbaby wrote:

I don't think I've ever met a single person who didn't like that soundtrack... hard to find it for sale anymore around here though.

The sad thing to note is that if they made a Conan movie now, the soundtrack would probably be filled up with a lot of lame nu-metal bands.

Buy it on Amazon

I'm "buying" it right now.

Thanks for reminding me, guys.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:45 am

Ha,this soundtrack its great!

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:13 am

One of the best, no doubt.

Given the subject matter, style and that fact many metal bands have intros in a similiar vein I think this classifies as something like metal's cousin.

Some other 'metal' soundtracks I like -

13th Warrior
First Knight
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (more power metal)

and the obvious..

Gladiator
LOTR (all three)

Guardian26 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:40 am **Posts:** 3

A supreme soundtrack....makes you want to grab your broadsword and kill some ravenous wolves so you can make a new coat.

milkbaby · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:26 pm

crims@metalreviews wrote:

Awesome sound track. The opening song during the raid on the village is absolutely fantastic. My only complaint is the DVD has never been released in 5.1 sound. Still sounds great in 2.0 though.

I think the main problem is that the movie company doesn't want to pony up the money to do the 5.1 remix. The Conan movies really only sell to a niche market, so the people who want the DVDs will buy them whether or not it's the original stereo or a 5.1 soundtrack.

It would be awesome in 5.1 though... Another "cult" movie I'd like to hear in 5.1 is John Woo's Hardboiled. It's originally in mono, though I saw recently that a new 5.1 mix came out. The battle music is great in that too, though not epic and majestic as in Conan the Barbarian.

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:08 pm

Fistful of Dollars in 5.1 would be great also, thats an awesome soundtrack and movie.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:42 pm

13th Warrior is an awesome movie based on a shitty book! Go figure! The lead viking always reminded me of Robert Lowe from Solitude Aeturnus for some reason! Hahahaha.

PyroMan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:46 pm

Eyesore wrote:

13th Warrior is an awesome movie based on a shitty book! Go figure! The lead viking always reminded me of Robert Lowe from Solitude Aeturnus for some reason! Hahahaha.

That movie was lame.And so is Antonio Banderas.
I respect Michael Crichton though.

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:13 am

Yeah 13th warrior.......fistful of dollars was a great movie.

WinterIsComing · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:23 am **Posts:** 1025

Anyone see Conan the Librarian?

Kull The Conqueror has great epic music too

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=music

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