Regarding the matter of the abkupfern of scores of other composers: The similarity between "Returns a King" and "Vicorious Titus" from the Titus score is really so great that it is an impertinence to attribute the piece Bates. What I do consider beneficial to him is that he has not confined itself to take over the piece, but elements of it installed in other tracks like "To Victory" as background elements. This shows, in my opinion, that of Bates Goldenthal has been inspired and think that he wanted him so pay respect to a certain extent. Still, he could have noted that too.
Other imitation judgments are in my opinion, unfounded, the soundtrack includes elements that are typical of this kind of cinema and setting, clear that there is overlap there. For my part I see but in my mind Spartan phalanxes in "Black Hawk Down" or the grieving queen in "Lord of the Rings". The score of 300 convinced me more than the counterparts of the said films.