(Review from progarchives.com, amazon)

You mean there was also a movie?

Vangelis has created a stunning soundtrack that doesn’t need the movie to support its musical theme. If you did not know this album was a soundtrack from a movie, there is nothing from the music that would tell you.

The album is usually classified as “new age”, which is a bit of a stretch. It can be difficult to classify someone like Vangelis, who uses synthesizers in combination with cameos by several other instruments and vocal performances when required to create a work that sounds more like a full orchestra versus a guy with a bunch of keyboards and a mixing board.

With its romantic approach, where emotion is more important than technique, there are no words to describe how great and deep “Conquest of Paradise” is. Within songs like “Hispanola”, the title track and “Pinta Nina Santa Maria” are contained several different emotions and rooms that will blow the various corners of your mind away. It is impossible to not get touched by the beauty contained on each of these twelve songs.

This music is ideal for someone who likes classical music and progressive rock. If you enjoy traditional classical music such as Dvorak and Stravinsky, and you also like groups like Yes, Moody Blues and King Crimson, then this album will likely appeal to you.

An amazing and emotional album, try to forget any prejudice against Vangelis (and new age music in general) and listen to this album, you won’t regret it.

Track List:
01. Opening (1:22)
02. Conquest of Paradise (4:48)
03. Monastery of la Rabida (3:38)
04. City of Isabel (2:16)
05. Light and Shadow (3:46)
06. Deliverance (3:28)
07. West Across the Ocean Sea (2:53)
08. Eternity (1:59)
09. Hispanola (4:56)
10. Moxica and the Horse (7:06)
11. Twenty Eighth Parallel (5:14)
12. Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (Into Eternity) (13:20)

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