Composer Harry Gregson-Williams understood the assignment when director Ridley Scott asked him to score “Gladiator 2.”
“It was to embody the spiritual essence of the first film, but move forward into a fresh new world,” Gregson-Williams explains.
In early talks with Scott, Gregson-Williams also knew he would have to compose at least 100 minutes of music.
The sequel picks up two decades after the first “Gladiator” film. It follows Lucius (Paul Mescal) — the grandson of Rome’s former emperor Marcus Aurelius and son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Maximus (Russell Crowe). Lucius is forced into the gladiator arena after Roman soldiers
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