Once Upon A Time In China: The Best Of Chinese Film Music, Volume One [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - Anthologies, Various Artists - International - Far East - China

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1993)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014TV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #301,719 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Man Should Help Himself [From Once Upon a Time in China]

2. Out of Luck Hero [From Once Upon a Time in China]

3. Outcast [From Once Upon a Time in China]

4. Fighting the Assassins [From Once Upon a Time in China]

5. Desperate Battle [From Once Upon a Time in China]

6. Freedom [From The New China Woman]

7. Between Love and Hate [From The New China Woman]

8. Interception [From Supercop: Police Story III]

9. Aura of Passion [From Supercop: Police Story III]

10. Survival [From Supercop: Police Story III]

11. Night Attack [From Supercop: Police Story III]

12. Return [From Supercop: Police Story III]

13. Theatre Corridor [From Peach Blossom Land]

14. "Peach Blossom Land" Theme [From Peach Blossom Land]

15. Comeback [From The East Is Red]

16. Master of the World [From The East Is Red]

17. Search in the Snow [From The East Is Red]

18. Attack [From The East Is Red]

19. Devil's Deployment [From The Wicked City]

20. Lost Illusion [From The Wicked City]

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing selection of music, July 21, 2000

By	Patricia E Lin (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

I love the Once Upon a Time in China series, I love the Swordsman series, I love Jackie Chan's movies. But somehow this cd doesn't do it for me. The song selections are peculiarly slow, not at all the heart-pumping action-packed music of Hong Kong's most famous martial arts movies.

The best pieces are the selections from Once Upon a Time in China and The East is Red, but they're slower versions of the themes. It's as if someone bought the OUATIC soundtrack and chose only the slow songs off it to make a new compilation. Likewise, the selections from The East is Red don't even include the Hero of Heroes song that is the basic theme to the whole trilogy. If what you're looking for are the rousing themes from these movies, you'd better keep looking for the movie soundtracks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Once Upon a Time in China, September 4, 1998

By A Customer

If you want to feel the pulsating rhythm of a gloriously done Hong Kong movie, then this is the soundtrack to buy. The music is a great blend of percussion that makes you want to kick and punch something and tender string instrumentals for those tender moments. If you have seen the movie and are a fan of Hong Kong Martial Arts movies, then this is a must. Some of the best Chinese music artist do their finest.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD, May 31, 1999

By A Customer

It is a good instrumental version of theme from Jet Li's films. (I'm not sure if two versions are out or not, but there are no vocals as referenced in another review of this disk.) The other cuts are good, too. Nice mix. Hope there is a Volume Two.