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House of Flying Daggers [Soundtrack] [Import]

~ Shigeru Umebayashi
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Orchestra: ARIGAT Orchestra
  • Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi
  • Audio CD (30 Nov 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack, Import
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B0006HC0R8
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 71,647 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Opening titleShigeru Umebayashi 1:00£0.69
Listen  2. Beauty Song (Jia Ren Qu)Shigeru Umebayashi 2:32£0.69
Listen  3. The Echo GameShigeru Umebayashi 1:17£0.69
Listen  4. The PeonyhouseShigeru Umebayashi 1:22£0.69
Listen  5. Battle in the ForestShigeru Umebayashi 3:26£0.69
Listen  6. Taking her handShigeru Umebayashi 1:14£0.69
Listen  7. Leo's EyesShigeru Umebayashi 1:51£0.69
Listen  8. Lovers - Flower GardenShigeru Umebayashi 2:19£0.69
Listen  9. No way outShigeru Umebayashi 3:59£0.69
Listen10. LoversShigeru Umebayashi 1:54£0.69
Listen11. Farewell No. 1Shigeru Umebayashi 2:42£0.69
Listen12. Bamboo ForestShigeru Umebayashi 2:36£0.69
Listen13. Ambush in 10 directions (Shi Mian Mai Fu)Shigeru Umebayashi 2:02£0.69
Listen14. Leo's ThemeShigeru Umebayashi 2:36£0.69
Listen15. Mei and LeoShigeru Umebayashi 3:06£0.69
Listen16. The House of Flying DaggersShigeru Umebayashi 1:27£0.69
Listen17. Lovers (Mei and Jin)Shigeru Umebayashi 4:21£0.69
Listen18. Farewell No. 2Shigeru Umebayashi 2:49£0.69
Listen19. Until the endShigeru Umebayashi 2:55£0.69
Listen20. Lovers (Title Song)Kathleen Battle;Shigeru Umebayashi 4:13£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The films of director Zhang Yimou have a panoramic sweep to them that deftly creates a fantastical vision of ancient Chinese culture for the screen. Yimou's eye for colour and sense of drama demands a score that conveys the emotion, tradition and action of his movies. Here, Shigeru Umebayashi tells each part of the story with a mix of traditional flute, drums, string instruments and, to a lesser degree, orchestra and moody-sounding synthesizers. The lilting melody of "Lovers" is particularly effective, simmering with a passion that leaves no doubt about the tone of the scene; it comes back to dramatic effect at other times in the film as well--the soundtrack closes with a soaring version of it by soprano Kathleen Battle. Similar to but not as heavy as Tan Dun's occasionally overbearing work on Yimou’s film Hero, Umebayashi leans toward the subtle for this love story, and the film is better for it. --Tad Hendrickson

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What a joy, 23 Jan 2005
By David Spanswick (Brighton United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House of the Flying Daggers (Audio CD)
There wasa time when the soundtrack to a movie was the most unheard music on the planet. But thanks to the recognition of this art form at Oscar time and even in the music charts it has taken on a life of its own. When I saw this film recently I was transported not only by the imagery in front of me but the feast of music my ears were enjoying. The love theme was on my lips for a long time after I left the cinema. As there will be a hiatus between the cinema performance and its release on DVD I am so glad that the soundtrack became so immediately available and thanks to the miracle of Amazon I had the music in my life very quickly. This is a great piece of music that evokes the cinematic piece as well as standing alone as an enjoyable entertainmnet
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack, 20 Jan 2005
By Victoria (London, UK) - See all my reviews
  
After watching the film (twice!!) at the cinema I decided I had to buy this. It is a beautiful mix of chinese music, depicting all the best bits of the film from battle scenes with drums to the tender pipes of the lovers tune. It includes the song sang by Mei at the Peony Pavillion and the closing song by Kathleen Battle has some haunting lyrics. If you loved the film and like the chinese culture of it, then this soundtrack is a must.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and passionate. , 19 May 2006
By Mr. C. Michael Douse "Passionate" (st albans, hertfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House of the Flying Daggers (Audio CD)
Uembayashi, being of Japanese origin himself is reason enough to believe this soundtrack is going to be a clearly passionate presentation of colour and life. For a Japanese musician to familiarise himself with Chinese instruments, he would have to have much drive and devotion. House of flying daggers was a beautiful love story. The soundtrack reflects this perfectly with a much more atmospheric and elegant flow of instruments than Tan Dun's "Hero" and "Crouching tiger hidden dragon" soundtracks. Although maybe unfair to compare to these, i beleive that for you to get a good picture of Uembayashi's work you could for instance imagine a much more melodic and string based flow of rythmical extacy. Mixing calm and relazing drum beat with slow flowing strings was a perfect way for the composer to blend he action witht the passion of Tai Chi martial arts. Many a time during this beautiful display you will hear very relaxing and thin textured instruments such as the chinese flute to add to the forest atmosphere and general relxaed tone to follow through with the playful metaphors of Kaneshiro's character. Like most musically brilliant peices, there is a defined melody running throughout the theme and the whole album itself. Although unlike a John Williams 4 note variation, this melody was a carefully crafted and beatuiful flowing river of music, almost grasping you and making you sing with the tune.

All in all this is a perfect aural repesentation of THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS. A fine example of beauty both in music and film.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pulses of Distant Thunder
I found Shigeru Umebayashi's soundtrack to Zhang Yimou's 2004 film haunting, and resolved to buy the soundtrack. I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Nicholas Casley

3.0 out of 5 stars Good without being excellent
I had high expectations for this soundtrack I love the movie and I really wanted to like the music. It contains some good music but overall it is too patchy. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Shola

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music from a great film
House of Flying Daggers is a great film with a good mixture of action and tender moments and this soundtrack is no exception. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2007 by T. R. Alexander

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful soundtrack to an amazing film.
I watched this film on DVD cause I missed it at the cinema when it first came out and was completely taken with the soundtrack. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2006 by film fan

3.0 out of 5 stars Another good soundtrack but doesn't quite live upto 'Hero's!
Like Hero, this is another good album which unfortunately does contain tracks that didn't appeal much to me and seemed 'tasteless'. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by chen_lung

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