House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers Artist: Shigeru Umebayashi
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 827969356128
EAN: 0827969356128
ASIN: B0006HC0R8


Release Date: 2004-11-30

House of Flying Daggers


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Tracks:

  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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  1. Hero
  2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 Film)
  3. House of Flying Daggers
  4. Memoirs of a Geisha
  5. The Last Samurai

Amazon.com

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 Yimou's film <I>Hero</I>, Umebayashi leans toward the subtle for this love story, and the film is better for it. - <I>Tad Hendrickson</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful score.......2006-11-13

I truly enjoy this CD. The music is enchanting, emotion-evoking, and powerful. I love to listen to it in order to relax before going to bed. I recommend this CD to anyone.

5 out of 5 stars A gorgeous film score.......2006-09-24

"House of Flying Daggers" is one of my favorite Asian films from the past five years. One of the main reasons I love the film is the sumptuous classical film score by Shigeru Umebayashi. The classical score reminded me a great deal of the score for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The operatic ballad by Kathleen Battle is stunning. I don't normally like most opera music but I definitely enjoyed listening to Kathleen Battle. This is a lovely cd to relax to with a hot cup of tea and a good book.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT MUSIC........2006-05-18

Not only was House of Flying Daggers a wonderful movie, but the music was breathtaking. If for no other reason purchase the CD and enjoy Kathleen Battle's rendition of Lovers.

5 out of 5 stars Never Gets Boring.......2005-12-25

This album has everything good music needs. It's driving, subtle, powerful and soft. It is a truly amazing work of art. It gets the emotions of the characters and the events of the story out perfectly. A ballet could be performed to this score.

5 out of 5 stars

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