Cold Mountain Bande Originale du Film (2LP)
COMPILATION
Vocals - Jack White (A1, C4, B1, B5, C1, C4), Reeltime Travelers (A2), Tim Eriksen (A3, A5, B2, C4), Riley Baugus (A3), Tim O'Brien (A3), Alison Krauss (A4, B3), Riley Baugus (A5), Sting (B3), Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church (B4, D4), Dirk Powell (C2), Stuart Duncan (C2), Cassie Franklin (C3-4),
Mandolin – Norman Blake (A1, B5, C1), Mike Compton (B1, C4)
Banjo – Dirk Powell (A1, A3, A5, C1-2, C4)
Fiddle – Stuart Duncan (A1, A3, A5 to B2, C1-2, C4)
Cello – Martin Tillman (A4, B3)
Clarinet – Nick Bucknall (C5 to D3)
Cor Anglais – Sue Bohling (C5 to D3)
Oboe – David Theodore (C5 to D3)
Piano – Keefus Ciancia (A4), Keefus Ciancia (B3), Gabriel Yared (C5 to D3), Simon Chamberlain (C5 to D3)
Violin – Rolf Wilson (C5 to D3)
Conductor – Harry Rabinowitz (C5 to D3)
Written by Bobby Neuwirth (A2), Henry Burnett (A2, A4), Elvis Costello (A4), Lonnie Carter (B1), Walter Jacobs (B1), Sting (B3), Jack White (B5), Gabriel Yared (C5 to D3), Amzi Chapin (D4), Charles Wesley (D4)
Orchestrated by Gabriel Yared (C5 to D3), John Bell (C5 to D3), Kevin Townend (C5 to D3), Nick Ingman (C5 to D3)
2 LPs, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : ORG Music
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded at :
- Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, Tennessee A1 to A3, A5, B1, B2, C1 to C4
- Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville, Tennessee and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California (A4, B5)
- Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, Steer Pike Studio, Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California (B3)
- Liberty Baptist Church, Sand Mountain, Henagar, Alabama (B4, D4)
Mixed at Electromagnetic Studio, Los Angeles, California (A1, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5, C1, C2) and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California (A2, B3, B4, C3, C4, D4)
Engineered & mixed by Mike Piersante (A1 to C4, D4), John Richards (C5 to D3)
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Originally released in 2003
Reissued in 2015
Tracks:
Side A:
- Wayfaring Stranger (Jack White)
- Like A Songbird That Has Fallen (Reeltime Travelers)
- I Wish My Baby Was Born (Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus, Tim O'Brien)
- Scarlet Tide (Alison Krauss)
- The Cuckoo (Tim Eriksen and Riley Baugus)
Side B:
- Sittin' On Top Of the World (Jack White)
- Am I Born To Die? (Tim Eriksen)
- You Will Be My Ain True Love (Alison Krauss)
- I'm Going Home (Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church)
- Never Far Away (Jack White)
Side C:
- Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over (Jack White)
- Ruby With the Eyes That Sparkle (Stuart Duncan and Dirk Powell)
- Lady Margaret (Cassie Franklin)
- Great High Mountain (Jack White)
- Anthem (Gabriel Yared)
Side D:
- Ada Plays (Gabriel Yared)
- Ada and Inman (Gabriel Yared)
- Love theme (Gabriel Yared)
- Idumea (Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church)
Awards:
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score
Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
Reviews:
“Miramax hops on the old-timey bandwagon with the release of the soundtrack for Anthony Minghella's Civil War epic Cold Mountain. Like O Brother, Where Art Thou?'s dark, older sibling, the latest collection of blues, ballads, and laments from producer T-Bone Burnett is a veritable dictionary of traditional country and Americana, but with a weightier muse. Jack White opens the record with a stark rendition of "Wayfaring Stranger" featuring Nashville heavyweights Stuart Duncan, Norman Blake, and Dirk Powell. For the most part, the White Stripes frontman successfully transplants himself into the genre, utilizing his throaty warble on Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' on Top of the World" like a dust-bowl carny, and channeling fellow tenor Ralph Stanley on "Great High Mountain." However, it's the self-penned "Never Far Away" that elevates White above his garage rock trappings. With its delicate front-porch picking and wistful lyrics, it manages to walk the line between heartache and puppy love with a sweetness that's genuinely moving. That same bleeding heart pumps through Alison Krauss' delivery of Elvis Costello's powerful "Scarlet Tide," a ballad of devastating beauty that works almost like a spiritual. Recovering songwriter Sting contributes the record's only bad apple, the bland "You Will Be My Ain True Love." Krauss does her best to paint the tune in period colors, but Sting -- who insists on singing harmony -- keeps the piece firmly entrenched in the very nonsepia-toned world of adult-contemporary pop. Unfortunately, the orchestral work for the film is hastily assembled as if it were an afterthought. While it may lack the initial punch of Tim Eriksen's "I Wish My Baby Was Born" or either of the shape-note tunes provided by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church, Burnett clusters composer Gabriel Yared's understated score at the end of the record, delegating it as filler, which is unfair, as its quiet power mirrors the songs as well as the characters.” AllMusic Review by James Christopher Monger
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,33 / 5