''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is the original

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 epic romantic drama wuxia martial arts film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Z ...

'' starring Yun-Fat Chow,

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, Ziyi Zhang and Chang Chen. The score was composed by

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, originally performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, and Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. It also features many solo passages for cello played by

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. The "last track" ('' A Love Before Time'') features

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. The music for the entire film was produced in two weeks. In addition to the awards won (see below) the score was also nominated for a

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but lost to the score of the film ''

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''. Tan Dun arranged portions of the film score into a concerto for cello and orchestra called the Crouching Tiger Concerto. Chen Yuanlin also collaborated in the project.

Track listing

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

References

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