Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)
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The theme "Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom" for John Milius' "Conan the Barbarian" (1982). The song is composed by Basil Poledouris.

When I was a kid, Conan the Barbarian was my favorite movie.

A large part of that was the epic soundtrack. There are a number of tracks on it I think would fit here and I’ll eventually post others but this was my favorite.

Favorite parts:

  • 2:13 vocals start
  • Trumpets at 3:24

Basil Poledouris took inspiration from the Carmina Burana by Carl Orff when creating the Conan soundtrack. The CB is epic as well and is worth a listen. Most people are probably already familiar with the opening movement (O Fortuna).

  • Dethedrus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I recently tracked this down a variety of versions of the soundtrack (live orchestras, original extended soundtrack) after realizing that my original CD is probably too scratched to play.

    And damn does it hold up. One of the greatest ever.

    • as_is_tradition@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, I went searching for different versions as well. The one I liked the most was a remaster of the original that was published by Intrada in 2012 (item number MAF 7123). Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a streaming version of it yet.