Cold Mountain (soundtrack)
| Cold Mountain | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | December 9, 2003 |
| Genre | Americana, folk |
| Length | 62:59 |
| Label | DMZ/Columbia |
| Producer | T Bone Burnett |
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.
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.
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