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Soundtrack
Editorial Review:
Ang Lee's hugely successful romantic adventure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has a high-calibre score by Chinese-American composer Tan Dun worthy of the acclaim which has greeted the film. Dun is reunited with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma--they collaborated on Dun's Symphony 1997--who provides the melodic and melancholy heart of this music with his lovingly crafted solos. Such passages are hauntingly spare, or filled with a lamenting passion which lingers in the memory, the beautiful central love theme being reworked into the rather incongruous pop ballad "A Love Before Time" which ends the disc with versions in both English and Mandarin. While cues such as "Silk Road" echo the mood of The Last Emperor, this score is off-set by some powerfully understated suspense and action writing, refreshingly different from the bombast of a comparable American feature. Chinese drumming is to the fore, with some enthrallingly intricate work from the Shanghai Percussion Ensemble on cues such as "Night Fight", the fully orchestral "A Wedding Interrupted" positively burning with menace. Anyone captivated by this music would do well to investigate John William's equally excellent score for Seven Years in Tibet, to which Yo-Yo Ma's mastery of the cello is also key. --Gary S. Dalkin
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Eternal Silk Road to Beauty The cello is the voice of mystery, of depth, of secret and dark caves in the mind of the living, in the memory of the dead. The cello opens the door to the other side of today, here, now, me, to the other side, virtual or real, virtual and real, of what our five senses can capture and even what our mind, the sixth dimension of our sixth sense, can perceive and conceive. When Tan Dun adds to this voice from beyond the grave and the fire of some terrific dragon his own sense of being within and without,... more info
Beautiful Simply put, the soundtrack to 'Crouching Tiger...' is beautiful. Tan Dun uses traditional Chinese instruments in conjunction with the poignancy of Yo-Yo Ma's cello solos to great effect, especially in the theme that stands by itself and is also woven into many of the other tracks. The music ranges from sweeping, romantic arrangements ('The Eternal Vow') to simpler percussion arrangements combined with subtle use of string instruments ('Desert Capriccio', 'Farewell', 'To the South'). It succeeds in capturing... more info
Amazing!!! I don't usually buy soundtracks, but I bought this for a music project I was doing and when I listened to it I was amazed. This is a beautiful soundtrack full of emotion and excitement. I do think there was a bit too much chello though, which didnt seem very classical chinese. The soundtrack also features a great comtempary love song at the end, in english and mandarin. I reccomend this to anyone who likes music with emotion in it. People with sharper hearing will be able to make out a person breathing on... more info
when the forest turns to jade.... As a stand-alone recording, this Original Soundtrack from the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will take you on a journey beyond the clouds.
From the opening strains to a crash of percussion instruments, this work shows you the meaning of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Within, the music is yin/yang - leading you to burst with emotions and then stops you right there before you do. The gentle and the strong, the good and the bad, love and hate, feminine and masculine....are all played here.
