Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Original Soundtrack

Pros: Track order, blend of cultures, harmonically brilliant.
Cons: The last two tracks.

Well, for GasJocket214's write off, on a five star album, I've been given free reign, to choose what I wouldst. Now while my preferred music tastes include rock, punk, ska and jazz, just for the benefit of this write off, I've decided to set the artisan...

Pros: Yo-Yo Ma
Cons: Coco Lee; haphazard order of the cues

The biggest strength of Tan Dun’s Oscar-winning score is also its biggest weakness. Its distinct Classical roots strictly limit its listeners. Moreover Dun’s Classical compositions are purely Oriental without a single trait of Western air. ...

Pros: Delicate but powerful emotion and passion
Cons: Some songs provoke intense sadness

That's the best thing I could think of to describe this album completely with just a couple of words....painfully beautiful. I have very rarely heard an instrumental album that could evoke such emotions. I truly feel every note, and the emotions that...

Pros: Beautiful melodies, mood-altering, well-orchestrated, interesting instrumentation
Cons: Vocal songs are a little cloying

I don't know about you, dear readers, but for me it has become increasingly difficult to go out and just purchase a soundtrack. The music you hear during the film isn't necessarily what you'll get on the CD (ex: Coyote Ugly) or the quality of the...

Pros: Yo-Yo Ma plays heavenly cello music
Cons: Two songs with lyrics added for marketing purposes

Upon leaving the theater following my seeing the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I uttered the words that were new to me, "I'd like to have that soundtrack". The visuals in the movie had been so enhanced by the mezmerizing themes in the background,...

Pros: Beautiful composition melding Eastern and Western musical styles
Cons: Awful, awful vocal song

I've never listened to any other Tan Dun music, but his Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon score makes me very eager to hear the rest of his work. With two notable exceptions, every track on this CD radiates pure talent, care, and skill.
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Pros: Yo Yo Ma Great Eastern texture
Cons: The two non-instrumental tracks

I saw Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and was quite amazed by it, although the martial arts really felt pretentious. Thankfully, the album does not inflict the same emotion; instead, the music chosen for the soundtrack is moving and conveys much emotion -...

Pros: lovely melodies, yoyo ma sounds fab
Cons: none

I don't usually buy soundtracks. It seems to me that soundtracks from action movies tend to contain few original scores and are instead filled with pop songs which make it a compilation of hip songs, which i can happily duplicate via napster/gnutella....