Soundtrack Review: Conquest 1453 (2012)

Conquest 1453 Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the film score Conquest 1453 by Benjamin Wallfisch.

“Not quite Zimmer, but epic nonetheless and a superb effort by Benjamin Wallfisch to create the score this film needed.”

Conquest 1453, also known as Fetih 1453 is a Turkish film, but not any Turkish film. It’s the most successful film ever in Turkey. In 1453, the Byzantine capital of constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is a mere shadow of it’s former self, but there will be battle. The score is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch.

Track List

1. Mehmet’s Theme	100
2. Duel	80
3. The Prophecy	100
4. The Promise	100
5. Basilica	100
6. The Resistance	80
7. Harbour	80
8. Nightmare	80
9. Journey	80
10. Destiny	60
11. Diplomacy Fails	60
12. Arrows of Fire	80
13. Era and Hassan	100
14. Hippodrome	80
15. Halil Summoned	60
16. Easter	80
17. War Drums	60
18. Attack	80
19. Mehmet Contemplates	60
20. Era’s Transformation	80
21. Factory	80
22. Mehmet’s War	80
23. Aftermath	80
24. Tunnel	60
25. Isolation	60
26. The Stone of Eyüp	100
27. Pulling the Ships	100
28. Leader of Men	100
29. Goodbye	100
30. End Game	80
31. My Life for My Flag	100
32. A Child of Istanbul	100

Benjamin Wallfisch is a very young composer who is perhaps most known for scoring The Escapist in 2008. The score is pretty hyped up as being epic by MovieScore Media, and they would be correct. This has all the hallmarks of an epic score, but not without it’s quarks. The opening theme ‘Mehmet’s Theme’ and particularly ‘The Prophecy’ shows why MovieScore Media was so confident. It has massive string sections and a theme that Hans Zimmer would be proud of creating. Speaking of Zimmer, this has it’s fair share of Zimmer-ism and if you hate that kind of music, you might be disappointed.

I am far from done with Zimmer’s epic period of music and Benjamin Wallfisch brings his own style into it as well. It’s pretty damn good to be honest. The themes are incredibly good like the lovely ‘Era and Hassan’ and ‘The Stone of Eyup’.
Listen to the score on Spotify:

Conclusion

Not quite Zimmer, but epic nonetheless and a superb effort by Benjamin Wallfisch to create the score this film needed. It is truly terrific to hear young composers like Wallfisch create something like this. It makes being a soundtrack geek worthwhile.

GEEK SCORE: 82.5

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