Song Review: "Preliator" by Globus

What's that I hear?? Epic soaring choral work in Latin sweeping majestically over a chugging symphonic sound underpinned by a rock rhythm section? How strange....how.....EPIC. This is the sheer essence of the song "Preliator" by Globus. "Who the *bleep* are Globus?" I hear you utter. Well if I may quote from Wikipedia:

"Globus is the commercial name of a mix of producers, musicians and vocalists from the prominent movie trailer music production company Immediate Music. The lead composers are Yoav Garen and Jeffrey Fayman.
Globus was launched in 2006 in response to an influx of requests to Immediate Music to make their distinctive, rousing orchestral cues available to the general public by means of a conventional CD release."

So what that means is this; you know that powerful epic style of music you hear on movie trailers and in movie soundtracks to heighten the drama as some mighty warrior dispatches some dark hellspawn as the camera sweeps back over vast armies colliding violently in some battle between Dark and Light? Yes.....that is what this music is. You won't hear this is any specific movie soundtrack....but you may have heard it in movie trailers or on other TV spots or commercials.

So what is the song about? Well....the lyrics are in some form of pidgin-Latin....so are not entirely sensible....but roughly translated they are as follows from a translation I found online where someone had attempted to make sense of the meaning as closely as possible in grammatical sense:

(The English translation is above for each verse and the Latin below)
"Savior Mine
Blessed God
Eternal One
Mysterious One, Death, Holy One go before us.
Hosana Meus Fortuna Deus
Aeterna Teus
Mystre, Morte, Sancte Pior

Blessed Savior God
Legion as the hairs of my head
Blessed, blessed indeed
Are the  Warriors of Truth
Fortuna hosana deus
Legionus ab comae
Fortune fortuna equis
Ad pugnatoris in veritae

Savior Mine
Blessed God,
Protected by your cause
Of Holiness.
Hossana meus
Fortuna dues
Protego causa In sanctus
Eternal in the past
Enduring always (i.e. God that was and is and will be)
Coryphaeus (a Greek drama term meaning the leader of the choir)
Regal King of all
Aeternus praetor
Firmitas semper
Coryphaeus
Rex Regis univers

For your whole self, savior
Protecting your holy cause
Bright Father
Celebrate resurrection
Pro se solis hosanna
Protego sanctus causa
Padre illuminata
Gloria in resurrectem

For your whole self, savior
Protecting your holy cause
Bright Father
Celebrate that day
Pro se solis hosanna
Protego sanctus causa
Padre illuminata
Gloria in unum diem

The land shadowed
The Earth evil,
Those who sow seeds of his travel
Why be guilty?
Terra tenebrae
Telluris malus,
Qui sere pere
Cur reatus.

Our Father ate the meat
Of our Lord,
Bright Father
Regal King of all.
Genitor edo
In ex domino,
Patris illuminata
Rex Regis universe.
For your whole self, savior
Protecting your holy cause
Bright Father
Celebrate resurrection
(Pro se solis hosanna
Protego sanctus causa
Padre illuminata
Gloria in resurrectem)
For your whole self, savior
Protecting your holy cause
Bright Father
Celebrate that day
(Pro se solis hosanna
Protego sanctus causa
Padre illuminata Gloria in unum diem)

Tearful, Tearful,
Being away from our Lord
Lacrimosa, lacrimosa In ex dominum"


I imagine some legion of bright warrior Angels striking down some false, dark foe....bringing Light and Truth forth against some dark winged host, corrupted by lies, ego and power. Battling through some ruined, landscape of blasted Gothic architecture as a storm rages.....a blinding powerful host armed with fiery swords riding over a charge of mighty knightly warriors, banners fluttering and swords and lance points shining.....vivid ain't it? Well that's just my humble vision when I hear this song....excuse the ramblings of my disjointed mind!! Just enjoy the music and let your own movie idea play out with this as the epic gothic soundtrack....

Until next time.