Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack)

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Soundtrack by Tan Dun
Released	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	50:13
Label	Sony Classical

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the original soundtrack album of the 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon starring Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang. The score was composed by Tan Dun and features many solo passages for cello played by Yo-Yo Ma.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe but lost to the score of the film Gladiator.

Tan Dun arranged portions of the film score into a concerto for cello and orchestra called the Crouching Tiger Concerto

[edit] Track listing

• 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3:24
• 2. The Eternal Vow 3:02
• 3. A Wedding Interrupted 2:16
• 4. Night Fight 3:11
• 5. Silk Road 3:09
• 6. To The South 2:21
• 7. Through The Bamboo Forest 4:23
• 8. The Encounter 2:41
• 9. Desert Capriccio 4:33
• 10. In The Old Temple 3:47
• 11. Yearning of the Sword 3:34
• 12. Sorrow 4:03
• 13. Farewell 2:25
• 14. A Love Before Time (English) 3:46
• 15. A Love Before Time (Mandarin) 3:38
• 16. Green Destiny (Love Theme) 2:21 (Bonus on Japanese edition)

Awards
Preceded by Le violon rouge (The Red Violin)	Academy Award for Best Original Score 2000	Succeeded by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Preceded by American Beauty	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 2000	Succeeded by Moulin Rouge!
Preceded by Tarzan	Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album 2000	Succeeded by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Big Three Film Music Awards (2000)
Academy Award Wo hu cang long	Golden Globe Gladiator	BAFTA Award Wo hu cang long