The Princess and the Warrior [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist), Johnny Klimek (Composer), Reinhold Heil (Composer), Tom Tykwer (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Trauma
• ASIN: B00005KJ16
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,349 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #98 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > Movie Soundtracks

Track Listings

1. You Can't Find Peace

2. Escape (Afraid of No One)

3. Fly With Me

4. The Tunnel

5. Bodo

6. Just Another Day

7. Four Days

8. Opening (Sissi Search)

9. The Letter

10. Truck Attack

11. Straw

12. Padded Room

13. The Roof

14. The Escape

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Pale 3 are Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil and the director of the film Tom Tykwer, the same trio behind the score for "Run Lola Run". Not only did Pale 3 compose the score, they then took portions of the music and developed them into songs much like they did with two of the tracks for "Run Lola Run". With the "Princess and the Warrior" they took their creative process a step further by developing the ambient pieces into songs, then giving the songs to the talent along with film footage inviting them to write their own lyrics to each of the songs. The end result is an amazing companion to the film providing an audio journey to the dark future of finding the wrong person at the right time.

Product Description

Soundtrack to the brand new film directed by Tom Tykwer who brought us Run Lola Run. To name some of the eclectic artists featured: Alison Goldfrapp, Anita Lane, Louise Rhodes of Lamb, Beth Hirsch and Skin of Skunk Anansie. This CD release features 7 songs and 7 tracks of score. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Fans Of The Film Only!, November 20, 2002

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Mr G Bowden (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Princess and the Warrior (Audio CD)

Anyone who has seen Tom Tykwer's epic third film, "The Princess & The Warrior", knows that there must have been a lot of money floating around when it was being made. The same can be said of the soundtrack also, as the co-composing team of Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek, under the newfound moniker Pale 3, have struck gold after cooking up a storm with their rave-flavoured accompaniment to "Run Lola Run". And like the film, the follow-up could not be anymore different, as the thumping beats of "Lola" are exchanged for heartbreaking strings and slow-burning stunners that add to the film's emotional texture unlike most plop-pop soundtracks that are geared to make money.

One nice little subversion is that Pale 3 have taken various score sections from the film itself and have transformed them into stirring pop songs that interlink with various moments and characters within the film. On the whole, it works, but will leave curious listeners who either haven't seen the film or didn't like it cold, as you're not going to feel moved when Louise Rhodes trills to chilling effect "I knew I'd find you there / Now our story can really start" unless you adored the film, not to mention Sissi and Bodo. That said, the best songs are Skin's "You Can't Find Peace" (singing as though she's in unspeakable pain), Rhodes' "Escape (Afraid Of No One)" (amazing ending!) and Beth Hirsch's "The Tunnel" (sampling one of the best score pieces from the film). And Franka Potente continues to follow Marianne Faithful in the name of spoken word with "Fly With Me", which again soars or falls judging on how much you enjoyed the film.

The other half of the CD is score cues taken from the film itself, and again highlights the amazing versatility of Pale 3. Combining low-fi electronica with some stirring string arrangements (recorded in California - classy!), the talented troika masterfully crank up the tension (hear "The Roof") as well as absorb the listener with soothing melody (hear "Opening (Sissi Search)"). But the humdinger here is "The Escape", which sounds exactly the opposite of what the title suggests. My advice: watch the film, be amazed, then blast this as loud as you can from your CD players! Truly wonderful.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful soundtrack, mediocre pop songs, August 28, 2001

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Jens Alfke (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Princess and the Warrior (Audio CD)

As other reviews have noted, only half of this CD (about 35 minutes) contains actual music from the movie soundtrack. The rest is songs "inspired by" it, and although they're co-composed by Tykwer / Klimek / Heil themselves and the guest singers are fairly respectable, I just wasn't impressed. "Mediocre cookie-cutter trip-hop", say I (and I do like good trip-hop, e.g. Portishead or Laika, but this isn't it.) Now, the good news is that the bona fide soundtrack is very, very good. Like the movie itself, it's recognizably similar to "Run Lola Run" but very different in mood. Only "Truck Attack" has a driving beat; the rest pulses and hums, but only enough to make you nervous (in a good way). In particular, "The Roof" cranks up the tension steadily for seven minutes until it breaks into a flurry of piano arpeggios -- the big jump of course -- and dissolves. So five stars for the soundtrack, two stars for the songs, but I'll put my thumb on the scale and average it at four stars because the soundtrack itself is indispensable.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captures the dreamlike quality of the film, June 19, 2001

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T. Morrison "bluedevilsf" (Eagan, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Princess and the Warrior (Audio CD)

If only more movie soundtrack CDs were like this...

We see a lot of soundtracks to American films claiming the content is "Music from and inspired by..." In most cases, at least to me, the "inspired by" portion couldn't be more inaccurate. They seem to serve no other purpose than a marketing tool to clutter up the overstock bins in discount chain stores once the movie leaves the theatres.

The content of this particular CD can lay truthfully claim to contain "Music from and inspired by" the film. And what terrific content it is.

Composed by director Tom Tykwer's musical co-horts, Pale 3, about half of the CD contains the material from the score. It works much the same way music did for "Run Lola Run": it complemented the story and moved it along. The difference here is that the music for "The Princess and the Warrior" is much subtler. Like "Lola" it is largely electronic, but softer. The closest it gets to "Lola" is the "Truck Attack" piece, which dr!ives an important plot element in the film.

The other half of this CD contains songs taken from the score's arrangements, with lyrics provided by the various special guests brought in to lend their vocals to the work. The lyrics stay close to the themes and events of the movie. With the exception of the film's theme song, "You Can't Find Peace" (featuring Skin, formerly of Skunk Anansie), none of these pieces appear in the film. Snippets of "Fly with Me", featuring Franka Potente, the film's star, can be heard in the film's trailer.

The best thing about this soundtrack (and, indeed, the "Run Lola Run" soundtrack) is that it lets the listener take home some of the experience of the movie. I think that's a pretty cool thing indeed.

Recommended.