300 is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 to the 2007 film 300

300 (film)

300 is a 2007 American fantasy action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller. It is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant...

. It was composed by Tyler Bates

Tyler Bates

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 and was released on March 6, 2007, three days before the film opened for public viewing.

The lyrics sung are in Greek

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 and Latin

Latin

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. The opening lines of the track "Come and Get Them" are "Ferto! – Parte to!" (φέρτο! – πάρτε το!) translating as "give it! – get it!". It is said that Leonidas exclaimed Molōn Labe!

Molon labe

The Ancient Greek phrase ' means "Come and take them". It is a classical expression of defiance reportedly spoken by King Leonidas I in response to the Persian army's demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons at the Battle of Thermopylae...

 (Μολὼν Λαβέ!) when asked by Xerxes

Xerxes I of Persia

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 to surrender their weapons.

There exists a normal edition and a deluxe edition containing photos and artwork from the film.
The soundtrack debut at #74 on the Billboard Top 200 and rose to #52 in its second week. It has sold 37,638 copies to date.

The song used in the trailers of the movie, Nine Inch Nails

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's "Just Like You Imagined

Just Like You Imagined

"Just Like You Imagined" is an instrumental by Nine Inch Nails from their 1999 album The Fragile.It features Mike Garson on piano, who is known for his work with David Bowie and The Smashing Pumpkins...

", is absent from the soundtrack. The song "Knights of Cydonia

Knights of Cydonia

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" by Muse

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 is used in one of the movie's DVD advertisements.

The track, "Come And Get Them" was used for the trailer of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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.

300 was orchestrated and conducted by Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams (composer)

Timothy Williams is an award-winning composer of film and theater, a conductor and orchestrator. Born in England in 1966, he moved to Canada in 1970. He studied music at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and the Victoria Conservatory of Music. He won many piano competitions and was originally on a...

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Track listing

1. "To Victory" – 2:33
2. "The Agoge" – 2:24
3. "The Wolf" – 2:09
4. "Returns a King" – 2:23
5. "Submission" – 2:39
6. "The Ephors" – 1:58
7. "Cursed by Beauty" – 1:40
8. "What Must a King Do?" – 1:04
9. "Goodbye My Love" – 3:21
10. "No Sleep Tonight" – 2:32
11. "Tree of the Dead" – 2:23
12. "The Hot Gates" – 2:59
13. "Fight in the Shade" – 3:16
14. "Come And Get Them" – 2:04
15. "No Mercy" – 2:22
16. "Immortals Battle" – 1:52
17. "Fever Dream" – 2:32
18. "Xerxes' Tent" – 3:19
19. "Tonight We Dine in Hell" – 1:13
20. "The Council Chamber" – 2:33
21. "Xerxes' Final Offer" – 2:37
22. "A God King Bleeds" – 2:16
23. "Glory" – 1:43
24. "Message for the Queen" – 2:30
25. "Remember Us" – 2:56
26. "To Victory" (Philip Steir's Sacrifice for Sparta Remix) – 5:32 (iTunes
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     Bonus track
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    )

Copyright issues

The soundtrack borrows elements from Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways...

's 1999 score

Titus (soundtrack)

Titus is the original soundtrack to the 1999 motion picture Titus. Elliot Goldenthal wrote the score for the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare's first, and bloodiest, tragedy Titus Andronicus; written and directed by Julie Taymor, Goldenthal's long-time friend and partner...

 for Titus

Titus (film)

Titus is a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus, about the downfall of a Roman general. It was the first film of the play . The film was made by Overseas Filmgroup and Clear Blue Sky Productions and released by Fox Searchlight Pictures...

, giving rise to some controversy in the film composer community. "Remember Us," from 300, is identical in parts to the "Finale" from Titus, and "Returns A King" (300) is similar to "Victorius Titus." On August 3, 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros.

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 acknowledged in an official statement, "a number of the music cues for the score of "300" were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture "Titus." Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter."

Reception

Upon its release, the 300 soundtrack received mostly negative reviews from film music reviewers, largely due to the Goldenthal plagiarism. Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks disgustedly refused to review the album upon its release, later giving the album one star and quoting Bates as saying "I have as much respect for a garbage can lid as I do for the orchestra. Both of them can be entirely useful and important in the scope of a movie, if you look at them the right way." Clemmensen responds "That's a wise statement, but it's completely irrelevant unless you can actually use that garbage can lid in a manner that doesn't break the law.". James Southall of Movie Wave gave the album his first-ever "no stars" rating, calling it a "despicable album; all those involved should be ashamed (not to mention prosecuted)".