One of my favorite presents from this past Christmas is
the soundtrack to the movie
Hero,
given to me by my little girl
(though I think her mommy helped a bit).
In short, if you liked
the soundtrack to
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
then you are going to
love Hero.
Since both scores were composed by
Tan Dun,
this is good news for fans,
as is the continued use of Asian instruments in addition to the
"Western" orchestra
(which is actually the China Philharmonic Orchestra).
The featured soloist this time is
Itzhak Perlman,
his violin replacing
Yo-Yo Ma's cello,
but the more significant change is the addition of
voices accompanying the orchestra.
Solo or choral, the wordless singing does more than simply add to the orchestra,
it is positively moving.
Give a listen to
Gone With Leaves,
Farewell, Hero,
or
Above Water
and just try to keep from being swept away to another place.
And don't worry, to enjoy the score it is not necessary to have seen
the film
(though I highly recommend doing exactly that--in fact, another one of
my Christmas presents was
the DVD).
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