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Cold Mountain
Various Artists, Gabriel Yared, Alison Krauss, Jack White
Retail Price (not our price): $11.98
Release Date: 2003-12-16
Manufacturer: Sony
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Director Anthony Minghella's take on Charles Frazier's bestselling novel is powered by wistful romanticism and a dramatic structure that's been compared to Homer's Odyssey. That latter creative tack parallels the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou in crucial ways, and is further enhanced by another T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack of Appalachian-inflected folk traditionals, sympathetic originals by diverse songwriters (Elvis Costello and Sting), and a core of gritty performances (the White Stripe's Jack White and Alison Krauss) that rise above mere star appeal. White shows his traditional blues jones is no mere affectation on "Wayfaring Stranger" and a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' On Top of the World," then makes a rewarding turn into the wistfully romantic with his original "Never Far Away." Krauss gives a haunting performance of Costello's "The Scarlet Tide," but doesn't fare as well with Sting's plaintive, Celtic-tinged "You Will Be My True Love." The soundtrack's evocative sense of time and place is further underscored by traditionals performed by a slate of other bluegrass/country-folk heavyweights and a powerful pair of gospelized, almost ethereal performances by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church. A few of Gabriel Yared's gentle orchestral cues (crucial to the film's characters and dramatic continuity) are essentially tacked on as the coda to the remaining collection of earthy Americana. Dark, dusty, and ever bittersweet, Burnett's musical archaeology here is something considerably more than merely "O Brother Redux." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Cold Mountain CD   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
After seeing the video, I knew I wanted a copy of the music. I was pleased to find there is more to the audio than was included in the movie, and the music, as I expected, it outstanding.

2) Awesome Album   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
T-Bone Burnet ("O Brother Where Art Thou?") has done it again with another collection of folk and americana music. This album contains a good variety of civil-war and similar sounding music. I highly recommend it.

3) "Caterwauling" POS   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
The only appropriate place to put this CD is in the trash can. Sacred Harp Singers--puleeze. I'd rather listen to a dentist drill. There isn't one "song" on this thing that you can listen to and enjoy. I purchased this because T Bone Burnett produced it and thinking I'd get something like Oh Brother Where Art Thou.The S. Mack review nails it. Save your money.

4) I Love Good Mountain Music--And This Is Good!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I read the book Cold Mountain as required reading for a college class a few years ago. It was intriguing. I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky, and love visiting the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Mountains, as much as I have seen, are breathtaking. From my own childhood, as well as my visits to the Smokies, I have come to really appreciate and love good, simple mountain music. From the a capella gospel singing to the mournful cry of the fiddle and the steady rhythm of the guitar, urged along by the plucky voice of the banjo, it really touches me deeply. My favorites from this CD are I Wish My Baby Was Born, Am I Born To Die, Like A Songbird That Has Fallen, and the two gospel songs. Alison Krauss does a beautiful job on her two numbers, and the instrumentals are haunting. I am not as crazy about the bluesy sounding songs that are included, but I have to say that it is all good! There is an honest simplicity to the music that evokes my childhood memories in the mountains!

5) A good CD   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you liked the music in the movie then you'll enjoy this CD. Even my kids enjoy listening to it, then again, they like many different kinds of music and this isn't your typical kid type, but much of it is really upbeatish and they dance around being silly. Alison Krauss' songs were just beautiful too.