The Red Violin (soundtrack)
1999 soundtrack album by John Corigliano
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The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album on the Sony Classical label of the 1999 film The Red Violin (original title: Le violon rouge), starring Carlo Cecchi, Sandra Oh and Samuel L. Jackson. The original score and songs were composed by John Corigliano[4] and performed by Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Classical | |||
| Length | 65:33 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
| Producer | John Corigliano | |||
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The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score[5] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost to the score of A Bug's Life.
Composition
Film director François Girard stated violinist Joshua Bell and Corigliano were involved from the outset and reviewed every version of the screenplay as it was in development.[6]
Much of the score had to be written before principal photography, which is rare in film.[4] After shooting completed, Corigliano finished "Anna's Theme".[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Anna's Theme" | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Main Title" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Death of Anna" | 1:44 |
| 4. | "Birth of the Red Violin" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "The Red Violin" | 1:34 |
| 6. | "The Monastery" | 1:06 |
| 7. | "Kaspar's Audition; Journey to Vienna" | 2:38 |
| 8. | "Etudes; Death of Kaspar" | 2:38 |
| 9. | "The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe" | 2:07 |
| 10. | "Pope's Gypsy Cadenza" | 1:37 |
| 11. | "Coitus Musicalis; Victoria's Departure" | 4:40 |
| 12. | "Pope's Concert" | 1:22 |
| 13. | "Pope's Betrayal" | 3:00 |
| 14. | "Journey to China" | 4:10 |
| 15. | "People's Revolution; Death of Chou Yuan" | 3:15 |
| 16. | "Morritz Discovers the Red Violin" | 3:38 |
| 17. | "Morritz's Theme" | 1:54 |
| 18. | "The Theft" | 2:10 |
| 19. | "End Titles" | 1:46 |
| 20. | ""The Red Violin" - Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra" | 17:37 |
| Total length: | 1:05:33 | |