300 is the soundtrack to the 2007 film 300. It was composed by Tyler Bates and was released on March 6, 2007, three days before the film opened for public viewing.
In July 2005, composer Tyler Bates began work on the film, describing the score as having "beautiful themes on the top and large choir," but "tempered with some extreme heaviness." The composer had scored for a test scene that the director wanted to show to Warner Bros. to illustrate the path of the project. Bates said that the score had "a lot of weight and intensity in the low end of the percussion" that Snyder found agreeable to the film.[1] The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the vocals of Azam Ali.[2] A standard edition and a special edition of the soundtrack containing 25 tracks was released on March 6, 2007, with the special edition containing a 16-page booklet and three two-sided trading cards.[3]
The lyrics sung are in Bulgarian, Greek and Latin. The opening lines of the track "Come and Get Them" are "Ferto! – Parte to!" (φέρτο! – πάρτε το!) translating as "bring it! – take it!". It is said that Leonidas exclaimed Molōn Labe! (Μολὼν Λαβέ!) when asked by Xerxes to surrender their weapons, which is translated into English as "Come and Get Them".
Track listing
"To Victory" – 2:33
"The Agoge" – 2:24
"The Wolf" – 2:09
"Returns a King" – 2:23
"Submission" – 2:39
"The Ephors" – 1:58
"Cursed by Beauty" – 1:40
"What Must a King Do?" – 1:04
"Goodbye My Love" – 3:21
"No Sleep Tonight" – 2:32
"Tree of the Dead" – 2:23
"The Hot Gates" – 2:59
"Fight in the Shade" – 3:16
"Come And Get Them" – 2:04
"No Mercy" – 2:22
"Immortals Battle" – 1:52
"Fever Dream" – 2:32
"Xerxes' Tent" – 3:19
"Tonight We Dine in Hell" – 1:13
"The Council Chamber" – 2:33
"Xerxes' Final Offer" – 2:37
"A God King Bleeds" – 2:16
"Glory" – 1:43
"Message for the Queen" "Zajdi Zajdi" (Macedonian folk song) – 2:30
"Remember Us" – 2:56
