Analysis of the background music of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon":

The composer of this song was completed by Tan Dun, who came from China. He is also famous for the film soundtrack of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

1. National elements add color to film music

The soundtrack of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" consists of thirteen pieces of background music and a theme song, among which Thirteen pieces of background music are developed according to the plot of the story. Each piece has a theme, such as "Southbound", "Confrontation", "Crossing the Bamboo Forest", "Confrontation", "Strange Love in the Desert", "Silk Road" and " "Ye Dou" etc.

2. Use foreign materials for Chinese purposes to highlight the expressive power of film music

The main instrument of the soundtrack of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the cello. Throughout the film, whether it is the white walls and blue brick scenes in the misty Jiangnan, the sunset in the Gobi desert, or the fighting scenes in the bamboo forest, cello-based background music appears.

The cello-based background music runs throughout the entire film. Tan Dun gave full play to the performance of the cello instrument and creatively combined the performance of the instrument with the traditional Chinese instruments erhu and morinouqin to create a musical work with It has strong Chinese characteristics.

Extended information:

1. In the film music creation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Tan Dun interpreted the perfect combination of traditional Chinese music elements and Western music theory, using many Chinese Musical works composed of distinctive musical instruments are delivered to audiences around the world.

2. The theme music of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" created by Tan Dun based on Chinese musical elements was loved by the audience. In the work, he fully utilized the characteristics of Chinese national musical instruments and modes and arranged the music form reasonably. The structure promotes a pop song with Chinese characteristics to a higher stage in the world, spreading Chinese musical elements and Chinese culture to foreign audiences in the music.

3. He uses music as a bridge to integrate Western theoretical foundations, selects national elements with Chinese characteristics, and brings Chinese-characteristic music works to the world stage.