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Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): The Composer: Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon not only won the Best Foreign Language Oscar but also gave Tan Dun an Academy Award for his brilliant soundtrack. The chinese born composer is also known for his score for the more recent Chinese hit film, Hero. Released: 2000 Director: Ang Lee Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh The Film: Li is a great warrior, famous throughout QING China for his adventurous life. He decides to give his powerful, ancient sword as a gift to an old friend, but...
Posted 16 January 2009 10:02 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: score, motion picture, soundtrack, crounching tiger hidden dragon, academy award, qing, ang lee, li, chinese, ancient sword, master, old friend, martial arts, yun fat chow, tan dun, best foreign language oscar, warrior, michelle yeoh, hero

Dr. Zhivago-Lara's Theme - Maurice Jarre: Composer: Maurice Jarre's moving and sweeping score largely lets the movie speak for itself but the memorable love theme, Lara's Theme, is a constant reference point throughout and netted it's composer an Academy Award. The Film: David Lean's screen version of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago was a sumptuous, sprawling, epic about the life of a Russian doctor-poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and struggles against all the odds to survive the...
Posted 09 January 2009 05:33 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: julie christie, omar sharif, academy award, david lean, dr zhivago, epic, composerer, doctor zhivago, maurice jarre, lara's theme, design, boris pasternaks, cinematopgraphy, russian doctor poet