mordred through time (movies, tv shows, opera and musicals)

Part 3: From 2002 to 2010

Other Parts: Part 1: From 1949 to 1981 -> here Part 2: From 1982 to 2002 -> here Part 4: From 2014 to 2017 Part 5: From 2018 to 2023

Complete list of part 2 media with extra information and some of my thoughs regarding the evolution of Mordred’s role is under cut.

In part 2 I talked a bit about how in movie adaptations (since Excalibur 1981) Morgause disappears and Morgana takes her role as Mordred's mother. Here I wanted to note how we actually have a very big gap of Mordred movies in the 2000s. Most of the media in this video are recordings of musicals or opera or tv shows.

Another small point is that we have here the second instance of Mordred in a romantic relationship (the first instance being Mordred and his lady in "Sword of Lancelot") in Merlin BBC, where his love for Kara is a central part of his character development. The third and only other instance will be in a webseries (in part 4!).

OMGG I AM SO HAPPY!!! That is my favourite arthurian album and it is somehow the only thing that gives me enough energy to clean the house :D especially the first song of cd2

IT IS THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING!! It is by Gary Highes and is divided in two parts. Like The Mechanisms' album, this also has different singers for each character and follows a story (the classic maloryan one)

Here is the wikipedia article

If you want I wrote a summary of each song with a link to lyrics and video here: https://fuckyeaharthuriana.tumblr.com/post/615418540293586945/okay-so-theres-this-guy-called-gary-hughes

Mordred is just PERFECTIOn. This is one of the two songs he has:

Okay, so there's this guy called Gary Hughes, maybe he is very popular, maybe not, I am the worst at music and I don't understand music genres, but wikipedia defines his music hard rock.

Gary Hughes, in 2003 created two arthurian albums. Not only there are arthurian songs, but different singers have different roles, so... this is like a hard rock arthurian musical!

The characters are: Arthur (Gary Hughes), Guinevere (Lana Lane), Lancelot (Danny Vaughn), Morgana (Irene Jansen), Merlin (Bob Catley), Galahad (Sean Harris), Nimue (Sabine Edelsbacher) and Mordred (Doggie White), plus King Aelle (D. C. Cooper) and two narrators (Harry Hess for cd2 and Damian Wilson for cd1).

The cd follows a chronological order, so ALBUM I has the start and the betrayal of Guinevere and Lancelot:

01. Excalibur (lyrics, youtube) - a general song about the mythos and Excalibur and what is going to come in the album. 02. Dragon Island Cathedral (lyrics, youtube, King Arthur) - Arthur sings of the start of his kingdom from taking the sword in the stone 03. At the End of Day (lyrics, youtube, Arthur and Guinevere) - romance song 04. The Reason Why (lyrics, youtube, Lancelot) - Lancelot being sad because of love 05. Shapeshifter (lyrics, youtube, Morgana) - Morgana shapeshifting, probably seducing Arthur? 06. King for a Day (lyrics, youtube, Merlin) - Merlin lamenting that he cannot be king and revive the Old Gods 07. Avalon (lyrics, youtube, Lancelot) - Lancelot really loves Guinevere 08. Sinner (lyrics, youtube, Galahad) - Galahad accusing Guinevere of being a sinner 09. In Flames (lyrics, youtube, Merlin) - I think Merlin here talks about Guinevere betrayal as well, as he talks about how the time has come and the crime is done 10. Lies (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - and in fact here Arthur sings about how Guinevere betrayed him and lied to him

Now album II is all about Arthur' fall:

01. Kill the King (lyrics, youtube, Aelle) - the Saxon king really wants to see Arthur dead 02. There by the grace of the gods (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - Arthur feels like he is slowly failing and losing the battle 03. Still Love You (I Still Do) (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - Arthur still loves Guinevere :(  04. Oceans of Tears (lyrics, youtube, Gunevere) - Guinevere makes a decision 05. Rise from the Shadows (lyrics, youtube, Morgana) - Morgana is ready to get her revenge 06. Believe Enough to Fight (lyrics, youtube, Merlin, Nimue) - Nimue has probably more strength than Merlin to work for the old gods of Britain 07. The Hard Way (lyrics, youtube, Mordred) - Arthur is going down! 08. The Pagan Dream (lyrics, youtube, Nimue) - You see, I am not sure here if Nimue is for or against Arthur. I like to think that Nimue got ride of Merlin to take for herself the rebirth of the old Briton’s gods (but then, Arthur says “for the gods”, so I am not sure( 09. Demon Down (lyrics, youtube, Mordred) - Mordred at Camlann 10. Deius (Instrumental) 11. Without You (lyrics, youtube, Galahad) - Galahad here has the role of Bedivere... but... you know... if you want to pretend he is singing about Mordred... like I do, you can 12. Once and Future King (lyrics, youtube) - the epilogue

Regarding personal preference, Nimue for me had the best songs and voice, but I love “Kill the King” so much that I listen to it to motivate me to clean my house and exercise. I also adore all the songs by Mordred and Morgana, and I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT Lancelot’s voice is great. 

Some angry Galahad for you

I AM GONNA CRY

how come... no one... likes... Gary Hughes’ Once and Future King

Not enough people know of Mordred’s song from Gary Hughes’ arthurian album and it saddens me.

From "Once and future king" by Gary Hughes.

(I sing this song when I clean my house)

Gary Hughes: The once and future king

I just realize that I probably never talked about this singer and artist. He has done an amazing album called The once and future king.

The once and future king(2003)

I part

II part

The singers Narratore (I part): Damian Wilson Arthur: Gary Hughes Lancelot: Danny Vaughn Morgana: Irene Jansen Guinevere: Lana Lane Galahad: Sean Harris Merlin: Bob Catley Nimue: Sabine Edelsbacher Aelle: D. C. Cooper Mordred: Doogie White Narratore (II part): Harry Hess