The Red Violin (soundtrack)

The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1999 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 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).

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