【电影音乐专辑】1492: Conquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise (album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 music score by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner, in 1982. The album and the single "Conquest of Paradise" enjoyed a revival in 1995 for various reasons and broke many sales records[2]. Track listing Opening – 1:20 Conquest of Paradise – 4:47 Monastery of La Rabida – 3:37 City of Isabel – 2:16 Light and Shadow – 3:46 Deliverance – 3:28 West Across the Ocean Sea – 2:52 Eternity – 1:59 Hispañola – 4:56 Moxica and the Horse – 7:06 Twenty Eighth Parallel – 5:14 Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria (into Eternity) – 13:20

1492: Conquest of Paradise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 American/European adventure/drama film. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, the film was released for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage.

The story tells of Christopher Columbus' (Gérard Depardieu) discovery of the New World and its effect on the indigenous people, starting with his solicitation of Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) to gain the necessary funding.

Plot

The film opens in 1491 with Columbus, currently being sheltered by monks, going to the faculty at the University of Salamanca to acquire approval and funding for an expedition to find a new route to the Indies. His justification is that the route along the African coastline is too long and that the Turks have cut off all land routes to China to Christian nations. He enlists the help of Martín Alonso Pinzón to win over the support of Queen Isabella after failing to convince the very reluctant audience at Salamanca. Impressing her, Columbus gets the funding he needs and sets off from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Andalusia, south Spain). The voyage takes longer than expected but he does arrive on the island known as Guanahani but later christened as San Salvador on October 12, 1492. Over the course of the movie, he tries to govern new settlements, but is beset by angry locals and rebellious nobles. In the end, he is removed from his post in 1500 and forced into the Castile prison, but his adult son frees him: thus Columbus can begin to tell him the story of his voyages, but he dies shortly after he writes down the phrase: "I remember..."

Reception

Despite its dismal box office intake, the film's score by renowned composer Vangelis became a successful album worldwide. Its main theme, Conquest of Paradise, was used by former Portuguese Prime-Minister António Guterres at his 1995 election.

Main cast

Gérard Depardieu as Christopher Columbus
Armand Assante as Gabriel Sanchez
Sigourney Weaver as Queen Isabella I
Loren Dean as Older Fernando Columbus
Ángela Molina as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
Fernando Rey as Antonio de Marchena
Michael Wincott as Adrian de Moxica
Tchéky Karyo as Martín Alonso Pinzón
Kevin Dunn as Captain Mendez
Frank Langella as Luis de Santángel
Mark Margolis as Francisco de Bobadilla
Kario Salem as de Arojaz
Billy L. Sullivan as Younger Fernando Columbus
John Heffernan as Brother Buyl
Arnold Vosloo as Antonio de Guevara
Steven Waddington as Bartolomeo Columbus
Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Giacomo Columbus
José Luis Ferrer as Alonso de Bolaños
Bercelio Moya as Utapán
Juan Diego Botto as Diego Columbus
Achero Mañas as Ships Boy
Fernando García Rimada as King Ferdinand V
Albert Vidal as Hernando de Talavera
Isabel Prinz as Dueña
Jack Taylor as de Vicuna
Ángela Rosal as Pinzón's Wife
Silvia Montero as Pinzón's Daughter (uncredited)

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回复summerbreeze的评论:
昏...老乡的一串美言炮弹立即把我打得找不到北了。:-)
我是用最土的方法做最土的贴子。
不过对这类音乐，我更喜欢闭着眼睛来欣赏。
谢谢你的问侯，新的一周顺利快乐。

[summerbreeze]

太漂亮了！精彩的作品，精彩的美贴好介绍！

先来踩个脚印~~~，稍候有空再来慢慢欣赏。

问候老乡！