The Red Violin (soundtrack)

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The Red Violin
The Red Violin cover
Studio album by John Corigliano
Released 1999
Genre Soundtrack
Length 65:33
Label Sony Classical
Professional reviews
John Corigliano chronology
Revolution
(1985)		 The Red Violin
(1999)

The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1999 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film The Red Violin (original title: Le violon rouge), starring Carlo Cecchi, Sandra Oh and Samuel L. Jackson. The original score and songs were composed by John Corigliano and performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (lost to the score of A Bug's Life).

[edit] Track listing

  • 1. Anna's Theme 2:50
  • 2. Main Title 2:42
  • 3. Death of Anna 1:44
  • 4. Birth of the Red Violin 3:05
  • 5. The Red Violin 1:34
  • 6. The Monastery 1:06
  • 7. Kaspar's Audition; Journey to Vienna 2:38
  • 8. Etudes; Death of Kaspar 2:38
  • 9. The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe 2:07
  • 10. Pope's Gypsy Cadenza 1:37
  • 11. Coitus Musicalis; Victoria's Departure 4:40
  • 12. Pope's Concert 1:22
  • 13. Pope's Betrayal 3:00
  • 14. Journey to China 4:10
  • 15. People's Revolution; Death of Chou Yuan 3:15
  • 16. Morritz Discovers the Red Violin 3:38
  • 17. Morritz's Theme 1:54
  • 18. The Theft 2:10
  • 19. End Titles 1:46
  • 20. "The Red Violin" - Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra 17:37

Violin Solo: Joshua Bell

Awards
Preceded by
Dramatic Score:
La vite รจ bella
(Life Is Beautiful)
Musical or Comedy Score:
Shakespeare in Love		 Academy Award for Best Original Score
1999		 Succeeded by
Wo hu cang long
(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Big Three Film Music Awards (1999)
Academy Award
Le violon rouge		 Golden Globe
The Legend of 1900		 BAFTA Award
American Beauty