[Idea] TROY (2004) - Replace Score in Director's Cut

[Sentenza]

I've been sending out a new Google Drive link, but be warned:

Google tends to block downloads if too many people try to access it at once. That's not on my end, that's a Google issue and a common one.

Also, I used the multiple recipients to send, so if you got more than one message about it, that's why.

Hi, I woud like to get it aswell. 

Thank you for your effort !

[aceshigh99]

That sounds awesome!

Can you please dm a link?

[mrlokiman]

Apologies I don't log in very often.

I've just sent the link to 10 members here and whoever I missed will be next.

EDIT:

I've sent the link to all 21 members who requested it.

Happy New Year and again, sorry for the long delay.

Hi mate, if you could send it to me as well I'd really appreciate it. Thankyou.

i would love the link to get a copy of this, next time you send them out- thank you!!!

[Yoserian33]

I need to check in here more often.

It's complete and I will send it your way via PM.

NL197,

I would also LOVE a copy of this!

[maz123]

My download link I've been sending out seems to have issues and I can't figure out why.

I'll come up with something else.

I was literally talking about this the other day, can you please spare a link?

[ash_82]

Hey, late to the party but if I could get a link to this most excellent work that would be great !

[limited_power7]

I would also love this please, it would be so great having the best of both versions! Thanks!

[Yoserian33]

Finished it earlier this evening with my girlfriend. I absolutely loved it. I think you nailed it NL, I could feel the "seams" in only two places but I feel like it's only because I intimately know the film so well. I clued her in afterwards and she had no idea it was a re-edit, so I'd say you've done your job exceptionally well.

Bravo man, you've definitely inched this movie ever closer to being an all time true epic. Thanks for fulfilling something many of us have clearly wanted for a very long time.

That sounds amazing! Can't wait to see it for myself!

[Yoserian33]

I decided to stop waiting and went ahead and made an edit myself.

This is the very first time I have ever attempted anything like this and was well outside my wheelhouse. But youtube and AI (perplexity by Comet) assisted in instructing me so I gave it a go.
This was very fun to try to do.

Although I generally disagreed with the rejection of Gabriel Yared's score, they did have a point. There were times where the score overwhelmed the scene and needed either a dramatic reduction in volume (which sometimes ruined the scene too) or needed to simply left with Horton.

I started with the 1080p MKV of Troy Director's Cut, first pre‑trimming the movie’s audio with ffmpeg and then running that split audio through a stem‑separation tool to isolate elements for mixing. I brought these stems into Reaper and built a 5.1 project around the film, preserving the original dialogue and effects while selectively replacing and augmenting James Horner’s score with Gabriel Yared’s rejected music. I left Horner’s score intact for a large portion of the non‑action and non‑sex scenes so the film still retains much of its familiar musical identity.

For the intimate sequences, I used “Achilles and Briseis” for their sex scene and “Helen and Paris” for theirs, allowing Yared’s romantic writing to carry those moments. In the Sparta feast, I laid in Yared’s “Sparta” cue for a substantial part of the scene—but not all of it—blending it with Horner to keep the pacing and tone consistent. In the major set‑pieces where Horner felt underpowered, I stitched in Yared’s larger, more dramatic cues: “1000 Ships” for the armada, “D‑Day Battle” for the beach landing, “Battle of the Arrows” for the large‑scale assault, “Hector, Hector!” and “Achilles and Hector Fight” for Hector’s key battle and duel, and “The Sacking of Troy” from roughly the early middle through most of the sack, intercut and blended with Horner’s material where needed.

I also replaced Horner’s music for Hector’s funeral and the Greek funeral pyre with Yared’s corresponding cues. In the opening, the first ten or so seconds remain Horner before the score transitions into Yared and continues until the two kings meet, with Yared’s cue landing perfectly just before Agamemnon speaks. Achilles’ fight with Boagrius is handled as a stitched compilation of both Horner and Yared, favoring Yared for the actual combat and Horner for the build‑up and aftermath. The result is a hybrid Troy cut in which Horner remains the musical backbone for quieter stretches, while Yared’s score takes over the emotional and action high points in a way that feels cohesive rather than jarring.

I am working on making a copy available for those that want it. Pm me if you are interested.

[mrlokiman]

yes please.