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House of Flying Daggers Soundtrack

Shigeru Umebayashi (Composer, Performer), Kathleen Battle (Performer) Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	Opening title
2	Beauty Song (Jia Ren Qu)
3	The Echo Game
4	The Peonyhouse
5	Battle in the Forest
6	Taking her hand
7	Leo's Eyes
8	Lovers - Flower Garden
9	No way out
10	Lovers
11	Farewell No. 1
12	Bamboo Forest
13	Ambush in 10 directions (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
14	Leo's Theme
15	Mei and Leo
16	The House of Flying Daggers
17	Lovers (Mei and Jin)
18	Farewell No. 2
19	Until the end
20	Lovers (Title Song)

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House of flying daggers soundtrack

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The films of director Zhang Yimou have a panoramic sweep to them that deftly creates a fantastical vision of ancient Chinese culture for the screen. Yimou's eye for color and sense of drama demands a score that conveys the emotion, tradition and action of his movies. Here Shigeru Umebayashi tells each part of the story with a mix of traditional flute, drums, string instruments and, to a lesser degree, orchestra and moody-sounding synthesizers. The lilting melody of "Lovers" is particularly effective, simmering with a passion that leaves no doubt about the tone of the scene; it comes back to dramatic effect at other times in the film as well--the soundtrack closes with a soaring version of it by soprano Kathleen Battle. Similar to but not as heavy as Tan Dun's occasionally overbearing work on Yimous film Hero, Umebayashi leans toward the subtle for this love story, and the film is better for it. Tad Hendrickson

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2193020
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2004
Run time ‏ : ‎ 50 minutes
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 29, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006HC0R8
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Samir Sobhy

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2012

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This is the soundtrack of the movie by the same name, composed by the Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi who was the leader of Japan's rock band "EX". He started scoring films in 1985 after the band broke up, and now has more than 40 Japanese and Chinese films to his credit.
The music is beautiful, and complemented well the movie, and even compensated for its very weak and implausible storyline. "Lovers", the title song, is superbly sung by the great soprano Cathleen Battle.

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Mary L Borelli Bean

Worth the time to listen

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012

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The music has a sweeping quality which i enjoy while driving in particular. There are pieces i wish there was more of (the drumming), but having just that bit of it makes for an interesting interlude in the listening. I can easily picture the scenes as the music surrounds me, though i've never seen the movie. A nice choice.

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John Lee

Excellent soundtrack

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2014

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Several of my friends with very high end sets love it. I can not afford a high end class A stereo set up, but have a very high end headphone set up and I love it. Outstanding, five stars.

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waterfalls

Beautiful music that should be enjoyed by everyone

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2016

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Beautiful music soundtrack that I listen to over and over and brings back images of this wonderful movie that I love.

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A. Burchfield

Very interesting music, just don't remember most in movie

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2005

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I liked the movie a lot so I decide to go ahead and get the CD. As so often happens with movie soundtracks I don't remember most of the music here, must've been relegated to the background a lot of the time. It isn't at all bad, just don't expect Chinese music, most of it is more of a synthesized type I think.

There are only two tracks featuring any singing, the first, #3 Beauty Song apparently was actually sung by lead actress Zhang Ziyi. I can't understand a word of it but sounds good anyway (and sounds like the lady can sing.)#20, Lovers, was sung by Kathleen Battle, I just didn't care for it. It's in English (why an English language song was used I never understood since this is a Chinese movie)but I just don't care for it, maybe it's the context in the movie.

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Laura

Great

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2018

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Wonderful music

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lavender

House of Flying Daggers

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2012

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The music in this cd is incredible and the man who wrote the music highly under rated and unappreciated. I will look for further music.

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John Pettibone

Glorious Film - Breathtaking Score

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2005

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Sit back close your eyes and remember this great and glorious film through it's breathtaking score. The perfect quiet evening with this CD is an evening spent in memory reliving all the beauty, dynamic action, and natural surroundings that the music brings you back to time and again. A true classic, and film music not to soon be forgotten.

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Mirko

Meraviglioso

Reviewed in Italy on March 5, 2021

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Un vinile che dovrebbero avere tutti delicato struggente meditativo

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Mr. Douillet Daniel

House oh flying daggers

Reviewed in France on January 7, 2016

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pour avoir acheté le film et avoir écouté la chanteuse je n'ai fait qu'acheter ce cd car la musique du films est sensationnelle

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racinggreen

Beeindruckende Filmmusik

Reviewed in Germany on October 8, 2012

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Ehrlich gesagt ist mir bei dem Film zum ersten Mal aufgefallen, dass auch chinesische Produktionen sehr gute Filmmusik produzieren können.

Eigentlich wollte ich die Musik wegen des Echo Dance, also dem Tanz, den die Tänzerin Mei vorführt. Doch das rein aus Trommeln bestehende Stück besteht nur aus dem Teil, in dem Mei den kompletten Tanz vorführt.

Es ist eine Mischung aus Klassik, chinesischer Musik verbunden mit dem immer wiederkehrenden Thema.

Wer exotische, aber sehr harmonisch gespielte Musik mag, der sollte diese CD im Regal stehen haben.

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T. Alexander

Beautiful music from a great film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2007

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House of Flying Daggers is a great film with a good mixture of action and tender moments and this soundtrack is no exception. All twenty pieces included on this CD are beautiful and although I do prefer the soundtracks for both `Hero' and `Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', this score is still up there as one of the best I have heard. If this score has a flaw it is that many of the pieces are slightly brief but this is more than made up for by the beauty of the tracks. My personal favourite pieces on this album are the Lovers tracks especially the title song performed by Kathleen Battle. This soundtrack is essential for those that love the film and would not go unappreciated by those who like traditional Chinese music.

Michel Oath

最佳影片和最佳电影音乐。

Reviewed in Germany on September 10, 2012

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Einer der besten Filme mit Zhang Ziyi musikalisch perfekt ausgestattet.
Soundtrack daher ebenfalls große Klasse. "Jiārén qū" ist mein Lieblingslied.
An der zauberhafte Stimme von Zhang Ziyi kann man sich gar nicht satt hören.
"Lovers" ist von Kathleen Battle sehr gut umgesetzt. Wobei ich der Meinung bin,
dass China eben solche großen Künstler dafür gefunden hätte.

Zàijiàn MG

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