Now We Are Free — Gladiator featuring Izzy
The UMTV/Evolve single package includes radio, original twelve-inch and Lost Brothers versions.
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Gladiator Feat. Izzy
Why we feature this artist Now We Are Free between the film theme and the trance single Now We Are Free gives Izzy’s classical vocal a dance setting around the familiar Gladiator theme. The Gladiator featuring Izzy credit belongs to this particular trance inte…
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Why we feature this artist
Now We Are Free between the film theme and the trance single
Now We Are Free gives Izzy’s classical vocal a dance setting around the familiar Gladiator theme. The Gladiator featuring Izzy credit belongs to this particular trance interpretation, rather than to the original film cast or a permanent band. Its appeal comes from carrying a cinematic melody into another kind of shared space.
The recorded interpretation
Izzy Cooper’s own discography identifies the collaboration as a trance take on the film theme. The Universal Music TV and Evolve catalogue preserves the 2004 single edition, which includes a radio edit, an original twelve-inch version and a Lost Brothers remix.
The arrangement has room to work at different scales. A concise edit brings the vocal and melody forward quickly, while the longer versions can give the instrumental movement more time to develop. The voice connects those versions to the same central theme.
The single’s public chapter
The British release reached number nineteen in May 2004. That dated single campaign provides a clear point in the recording’s history, separate from the film and from later appearances of the composition in other artists’ catalogues.
The important creative encounter is between the singer’s sustained melodic delivery and a rhythmic setting designed for the dance floor. The theme already carries a sense of breadth, and the trance arrangement makes that scale mobile. Izzy’s performance keeps the tune recognisable while allowing it to function beyond its original cinematic surroundings.