Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)
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The theme "Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom" for John Milius' "Conan the Barbarian" (1982). The song is composed by Basil Poledouris.

When I was a kid, Conan the Barbarian was my favorite movie.

A large part of that was the epic soundtrack. There are a number of tracks on it I think would fit here and I’ll eventually post others but this was my favorite.

Favorite parts:

  • 2:13 vocals start
  • Trumpets at 3:24

Basil Poledouris took inspiration from the Carmina Burana by Carl Orff when creating the Conan soundtrack. The CB is epic as well and is worth a listen. Most people are probably already familiar with the opening movement (O Fortuna).

  • as_is_traditionOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I went searching for different versions as well. The one I liked the most was a remaster of the original that was published by Intrada in 2012 (item number MAF 7123). Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a streaming version of it yet.