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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Sony Catalog: Music Release date: 2000-11-14 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Format: Soundtrack Ean: 0696998934726 Upc: 696998934726  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtists:
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| Album tracks: (15) |
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Eternal Vow A Wedding Interrupted Night Flight Silk Road | To The South Through The Bamboo Forest The Encounter Desert Capriccio In The Old Temple | Yearning Of The Sword Sorrow Farewell A Love Before Time (English) A Love Before Time (Mandarin) |
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| The classical works of Tan Dun typically fuse compositional elements from the East and the West, but for his soundtrack to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, musical cultures aren't so much blurred as coexistent side-by-side. While the magical martial arts film doesn't boast music as stunning as its visuals, this soundtrack is still beautiful and elegant, a perfect complement to the movie's mysticism. Just don't expect epic, John Williams-inspired bombast here. On "A Wedding Interrupted," the riveting brass and string section introduction segues into soft-hued meditations; "Night Fight" boasts spiky percussion but sounds more reminiscent of Stomp than a kung-fu scene. That said, Dun's understated score--filled with Asian instrumentation, Romantic cello solos from Yo-Yo Ma, and a token theme song with vocals by Asian pop star CoCo Lee--is still a fascinating listen. Fans of Ma and Dun shouldn't pass this up. --Jason Verlinde |
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 Written on May 13, 2005 Summary: a well made and strong soundtrack if you like movie soundtracks, this one should be a staple in your collection. it captures the excellence of the movie perfectly, with all of the beautiful cello work by Yo-Yo Ma in full form on here. I think that anyone who saw the movie should get this soundtrack, it is very strong and very beautiful. You will enjoy it a lot, I believe. Give it a listen before you buy it though, or better yet watch the movie first, the movie is really intense.  Written on February 5, 2005 Summary: If you want to get bored, listen to this. I haven't heard anything else of Tan Dun's, but I have heard Yo Yo Ma. An excellent Cello player is he. However, in this particular case, I think it made the soundtrack really boring. I can't listen to this before too long without getting tired from it. Constantly throughout the movie you hear the same low, similar theme that really seems to slow the movie down, and so there are points that make it boring and hard to sit through. But I do give credit to the fact that, for the most part, it does set the mood of the movie very well... with the exception of the fight scenes. I was actually very disappointed with the music for the fighting scenes. The battles themselves were stunning! But the music was insatisfactory in my opinion. A lot of it involved a few low drums being beaten, and some of it had that same low cello in the background, otherwise there was a pan flute or something tooting away, which was actually there better fighting music. None of the battle music captured enough spirit or drama. Perhaps it was just how the film was done, but it really wasn't very impressive at all. I personally was not too big a fan of this score and wouldn't spend 5 dollars on it, but don't just take my word for it. See the movie.  Written on September 7, 2004 Summary: Tigers and dragons and swords, oh my! This was an amazing movie, with an almost equally great soundtrack. Any major fan of the film or of asian instrumentation should love it. For the most part I really enjoy this, but I do wish it was more consistent in energy from track to track, as some are fairly quiet, and others were obviously for battle scenes, etc. I also wish the two versions of "A Love Before Time" began and ended the disc, rather than be both together at the end of it. Still though, a wonderful listen. Written on September 1, 2004 Summary: As the art of the sword The power of this soundtrack is the sweet and delicious art of the cello. The good work of Tan Dun, Yo Yo Ma, and Coco Lee creates an insuperable atmosphere for all the Chinese theme pictures. The first track CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON has the colorful combination of martial arts, and the pretty scenarios of the Orient. One of the most beautiful songs is the masterpiece THE ETERNAL VOW, the main theme of the movie, it reflects a wide variety of senses and the cello work is magnificent. THE SILK ROAD, a variation of the Night fight, shows a more romantic cello. Another good track is TO THE SOUTH, the most dynamic song along the soundtrack. THE DESERT CAPRICCIO takes us to madness. The close theme FAREWELL, a variation of The eternal vow, with a women choirs, a masterful end. A LOVE BEFORE TIME, the love theme from the film, is very delightful. I enjoy every verse of the song. But to me the best version is the mandarin. Thanks to Yo Yo, and Coco Thus, an excellent management of all the sources makes a masterpiece. This soundtrack reflects the power of fencing in a string instrument. Wonderful! Written on April 20, 2003 Summary: this album isn't excellent tan dun has great-touch in this picture, track by track are reflection from the situation of the movie. the score has deep, simple, touch and catch character. but, in all honesty this album isn't excellent. the minus part of this album is coco-lee's voice, coco lee absolutely hasn't emotion-enough to sing the soundtrack. her voice just like other divas in the world [un-emotion]. good art-sense for tan dun and thank's to coco lee for the 'very-very ordinary' vocal technic. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2000-11-14 | 2004-08-24 | 2004-11-30 | 2005-11-22 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | Soundtrack | Soundtrack | Soundtrack | Soundtrack |
| Ean | 0696998934726 | 0696998772625 | 0827969356128 | 0828767470825 |
| Upc | 696998934726 | 696998772625 | 827969356128 | 828767470825 |
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