A movie this good needs a better soundtrack. As it stands, it's by turns comical (the rebellious slave's training sequence on Vesuvius sounds like a western, and there's a moment, I can't pinpoint it now, when it sounds like a 60's showtune -- sorry, that doesn't cut it for epic Ancient World fare), painful (the 8-measure love theme waltz that's played *every time* Jean Simmons gets screen time or Kirk Douglas has tender or reflective thoughts), and dull (the overture, entr'acte, just about everywhere else).
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