Cold Mountain (soundtrack)

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Length 62:59 Release date 9 December 2003 Movie Cold Mountain		Label DMZ/Columbia Producer T Bone Burnett

Released December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09) Genres Folk music, Country music, Americana Nominations Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Similar O Brother - Where Art Thou?, Walk the Line, Raising Sand, Songs From the Mountain, Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016

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Cold Mountain is the soundtrack for the Civil War film Cold Mountain (2003) starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger. The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards and was produced by T Bone Burnett. Two songs were nominated for Academy Awards: "You Will Be My Ain True Love", written by Sting, and "The Scarlet Tide", written by Burnett and Elvis Costello. Both songs were sung by Alison Krauss.

The music on the soundtrack consists of Americana, Appalachian music, roots music, and old country music to accompany the era of the movie. Jack White, of the rock band the White Stripes, performs five songs and appears as a troubadour in the movie.

The song "Idumea" is an example of Sacred Harp music, also known as shape note because the notes printed on the sheet music bear shapes, such as squares and triangles, to show changes in pitch.

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Awards and honors

BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, T Bone Burnett, Gabriel Yared

World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year, Gabriel Yared

Nomination, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Gabriel Yared

Nomination, Academy Award for Best Original Song, "The Scarlet Tide", written by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello, sung by Alison Krauss

Nomination, Academy Award for Best Original Song, "You Will Be My Ain True Love", written by Sting, sung by Alison Krauss

Nomination, Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Nomination, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, "You Will Be My Ain True Love", Sting, Alison Krauss

Production

Burnett worked for over a year on the soundtrack. Jack White, Sting, and Elvis Costello were commissioned to write tunes for the album. Musician and scholar Tim Eriksen served as consultant for the Sacred Harp portion of the film, and provided the singing voice for the character Stobrod.

Personnel

Heidi Andrade – group member

Roy Andrade – group member

Riley Baugus – primary artist, vocal harmony

Norman Blake – arranger, mandolin

Susan Bohling – Cor Anglais

Nick Bucknall – clarinet

T Bone Burnett – arranger, composer, producer

Simon Chamberlain – piano

Keith Ciancia – piano

Dennis Crouch – bass

Stuart Duncan – fiddle, primary artist, violin

Tim Eriksen – arranger, primary artist, vocal harmony

Cassie Franklin – primary artist, vocal harmony

Brendan Gleeson – vocal harmony

David Hartley – arranger

Alison Krauss – engineer, primary artist

Anthony Minghella – arranger, executive producer

Bob Neuwirth – associate producer

Tim O'Brien – primary artist

Dirk Powell – arranger, banjo, primary artist

Reeltime Travelers – primary artist

Sacred Harp Singers – primary artist

Martha Scanlan – group member

David Schnaufer – dulcimer

Thomas Sneed – group member

Ralph Stanley – arranger

Sting – arranger, composer, vocal harmony

Brandon Story – group member

David Theodore – oboe

Martin Tillman – cello

Patrick Warren – harmonium

Cheryl White – vocal harmony

Jack White – arranger, composer, guitar, primary artist

Rolf Wilson – violin

Gabriel Yared – composer, orchestration, piano, primary artist, producer

Songs

1Wayfaring StrangerJack White4:26
2Like a Songbird That Has FallenReeltime Travelers3:14
3I Wish My Baby Was BornTim Eriksen - Tim O'Brien - Riley Baugus3:09

References

Cold Mountain (soundtrack) Wikipedia

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