The Score – An Epic Journey

The Score – An Epic Journey
The Score – An Epic Journey
Soundtrack album by Epica
Released	20 September 2005
Recorded	October 2004 to May 2005
Studio	Epica Studio, Reuver, The Netherlands; Huts Studio, Antwerp, Belgium; Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre	Orchestral
Length	63:25
Label
Producer	Mark Jansen, Yves Huts, Miro, Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier
Epica chronology

The Score – An Epic Journey is a soundtrack album by the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica, released in 2005. It is the film soundtrack to Joyride, a Dutch production.

Most of the songs of the album are instrumental, except for four songs. The three songs that do feature the singing voice of Simone Simons ("Trois Vierges", "Solitary Ground", "Quietus") are different versions of songs from the album Consign to Oblivion, which was released earlier the same year.^[1]

The album was originally supposed to be released on 8 September. After two delays, this date changed to 20 September 2005. The first samples of The Score were given to by Mark Jansen in Madrid.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Vengeance Is Mine"		Mark Jansen	1:53
2.	"Unholy Trinity"		Yves Huts	3:09
3.	"The Valley"		Huts	2:09
4.	"Caught in a Web"		Jansen, Coen Janssen, Huts	4:25
5.	"Insomnia"		Jansen	2:07
6.	"Under the Aegis"		Huts, Jansen	2:49
7.	"Trois Vierges" (solo version)	Simone Simons	Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons	4:41
8.	"Mystica"		Huts	2:45
9.	"Valley of Sins"		Jansen	5:39
10.	"Empty Gaze"		Jansen	2:09
11.	"The Alleged Paradigm"		Jansen, Huts	2:23
12.	"Supremacy"		Jansen, Huts	3:19
13.	"Beyond the Depth"		Jansen	1:55
14.	"Epitome"		Huts, Jansen	1:17
15.	"Inevitable Embrace"		Jansen	3:50
16.	"Angel of Death"		Jansen	3:28
17.	"The Ultimate Return"		Jansen	4:46
18.	"Trois Vierges" (reprise)		Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons	2:04
19.	"Solitary Ground" (single version)	S. Simons	Janssen, Jansen, Ad Sluijter, S. Simons	4:05
20.	"Quietus" (score version)	S. Simons	Jansen, Huts, Janssen, Sluijter, S. Simons, Jeroen Simons	3:55

Personnel[]

Epica

Simone Simons – lead vocals
Mark Jansen – guitars, synths, orchestral arrangements
Ad Sluijter – guitars, acoustic guitar on "Beyond the Depth"
Coen Janssen – synths, orchestral arrangements
Yves Huts – bass guitar, synths, orchestral arrangements
Jeroen Simons – drums

Production

Miro – engineering, mixing, synths, orchestral arrangements
Olaf Reitmeier – engineering
Sascha Paeth – engineering and mixing on "Trois Vierges", "Solitary Ground" and "Quietus"
Philip Colodetti – engineering and mixing on "Trois Vierges", "Solitary Ground" and "Quietus"
Hans van Vuuren – executive producer, coordination and research
Sander van der Heide – mastering

Epica Orchestra

Benjamin Spillner – violin
Andreas Pfaff – violin
Tobias Rempe – violin
Gregor Dierk – violin
Swantje Tessman – viola
Patrick Sepec – viola
Astrid Müller – viola
Jörn Kellermann – cello

The Score Orchestra

Swantje Tessman – violin
Gregor Dierk – violin, solo violin
Tom Glöckner – violin
Barbara Bultmann – violin
Benjamin Spillner – violin
Marie-Therese Stumpf – viola
David Schlage – viola
Nikolaus Schlierf – viola
Alev Ackos – cello
James Bush – cello

References[]

^ "Epica (Nld) - The Score - An Epic Journey". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

[1] "Epica (Nld) - The Score - An Epic Journey". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

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