Green Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Mychael Danna (Artist), Jeff Danna (Artist), Barry Taylor (Artist), Brice Martin (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000639BY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title - Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna

2. Dragon Disappears - Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna

3. Awakening

4. America

5. Wedding Night

6. New Arrivals

7. I Will Endure

8. Green Dragon

9. Farewell Saigon

10. Addie's Family

11. Dark Room

12. Painting

13. Dear Unknown Grace

14. Drops of Water

15. Goodbye

16. Mother's Arms

Editorial Reviews

2002 RELEASE WITH 16 SCORE TRACKS.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emerald CD, March 30, 2002

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Andrew Hill (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

Jeff and Mychael Danna's numinous score for "Green Dragon" mixes it up gorgeously between Eastern soul and Western heart. Lush but tastefully orchestral strings cascade like a silk curtain behind an ensemble of Asian instruments, creating an exotic blend which hasn't been heard much since Maurice Jarre scored "The Year Of Living Dangerously" for Peter Weir. The themes are clearly stated and artfully interpolated. The reflective, wistful effect of hearing "Oriental" modes on Western instruments and vice-versa recalls just how groundbreaking was Elmer Bernstein's classic score for "To Kill A Mockingbird", to which this lovely piece has a distinct kinship.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS CD ENOUGH, October 16, 2002

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Phoebe Strathclyde - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

This music is well worth the careful listen. It is haunting and enigmatic, and true spirit lay behind it. "Farewell Saigon (Track 9) for example starts in at a gentle lilt, then, at about thirty seconds in, the sky quietly opens and you are briefly pulled up to your feet. Then, just as subtly, it settles you back down in your chair. The melodies here are the strongest anywhere - they are like in music what the expression of Herman Melville or Karen Blixen is to language. This is the score to film. I can only imagine what this artist could create if he were given the freedom.

4.0 out of 5 stars Last track is very nice too., November 10, 2006

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A. K. Smith "buddyroo" (Lawrenceville, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

I agree with the other reviewers, this is a very nice, and probably underappreciated, soundtrack. Most of the tracks have an Asian sound, somewhat exotic, but also very sentimental and it is good mood music to relax to. But personally, my favorite track is the last one "Mother's Arms" and, in fact, it was the main reason I bought the soundtrack (I saw the movie and they played this song at the end during the credits and I thought it was very nice, touching). So I just thought I'd point that out.