Centurion Soundtrack by Ilan Eshkeri

Release date: 18 May 2010

The score for Centurion was recorded in Abbey Road studio 1 during December 2009, and mixed at Northpole Studio.

Score produced by Teese Gohl & Steve McLaughlin

Additional Music by Felix Erskine

Performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra

Conducted by Andy Brown

Mixed by Steve McLaughlin & Christoph Bauschinger

Orchestrated by Jessica Dannheisser

Music production coordinator: Elisa Kustow

Music production assistant: Millie Baring

Carnyx: John Kenny

Celtic Harp: Gill Tingay

Bodhran: Mike Taylor

Gallic vocals: Celia Graham

Centurion Post Production Supervisor Polly Duvall with Ilan and director Neil Marshall in Abbey Road Studio 1

Track Titles

1 Centurion 3.06
2 Fort Attack 1.08
3 The Ninth Ride Out 3.00
4 Quintus Escapes 1.37
5 Arianne 1.10
6 The Ninth March On 1.34
7 The General Falls 2.09
8 On the Run 2.31
9 The Village 2.50
10 Funeral 1.18
11 She Wolf (Etain) 2.34
12 A Sacred Rite 3.24
13 We Are the Prey 2.26
14 Waterfall 3.41
15 Necromancer 2.58
16 Wolves 2.51
17 Battle at the Fort 3.57
18 Quintus Returns 1.01
19 Fate of the Ninth 2.03

John Kenny playing the Carnyx at Abbey Road Studio 1

With acclaimed scores such as the epic fantasy work Stardust, the classically elegant The Young Victoria and the recent action hit Kick Ass, British composer Ilan Eshkeri is quickly establishing himself as a major new name in film music.

His score for Neil Marshall's new Roman/Celtic adventure, Centurion, is probably his most intense, adrenaline-pumping and relentlessly dramatic score so far – a large orchestral score, performed with precision and stamina by the London Metropolitan Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road. Interesting instrumental colours such as the highly unusual Scottish instrument, the Carnyx, and the Bodhran, add a unique dimension to the score.

Neil Marshall at the mixing desk in Abbey Road studio 1

Eshkeri made extensive research of Celtic music before he began work on the actual writing, and based his thematic material on discoveries of old folk songs he made when listening to old BBC recordings from the furthest reaches of the British Isles. We are very proud to be working for the first time with Ilan and hope that this is only the first of many projects we’ll do together.

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