2046

I was introduced to this album by a friend; and it was love with the first song most of the original orchestral music is by Shigeru Umebayashi and is absolutely sublime. Incredible production and sound an all around great soundtrack.There is and extended version of this album that contains twenty songs and is worth looking for. Why this is not a better known piece of music I will never know .Listing of longer soundtrack:1) 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion)4:412) Siboney (Instrumental) 2:423)Sway 2:424)The Christmas Song (Fast Version, Instrumental) 4:015)Julien Et Barbara (Instrumental) 1:256) Siboney 2:517) Interlude Ⅰ (Instrumental) 0:338) Polonaise (Instrumental) 2:359) Casta Diva (With London Symphony Orchestra, Direction Evelino Pido, From The Opera "Norma") 3:2310) Perfidia (Instrumental) 2:5311) 2046 Main Theme (Rumba Version, Instrumental) 2:4112) Lost (Instrumental) 3:3713) Dark Chariot (Instrumental) 1:1814) Sysiphos At Work (Instrumental) 4:5215) Decision (Instrumental, From "A Short Film About Killing") 1:4816) Long Journey (Instrumental) 4:0117)Adagio (Instrumental, Featuring David Agnew) 2:5218)Interlude Ⅱ (Instrumental) 0:50 wong KAR WAI19)The Christmas Song 3:09 wong KAR WAI20) 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion~Train Remix, Instrumental) 5:02

Excellent soundtrack to a great film.

This music is the best ! Great unforgettable ! I received this c d later but the problems was for custom and selleria support ed me with kindness !

Great Soundtrack and very good service.

I brought this version of the CD because it seems to have more songs than the regular version. Furthermore this version of the CD is indeed a french import. It's enhanced due to the extra tracks and bonus images on the CD which can be viewed on PC I think. I have to say, overall I enjoyed this CD moreso than the 'In The Mood For Love' one, although it hasn't got that killer theme in the latter movie, the whole CD is a well balanced and extremely listenable one. The CD is notably made up of classical music, a bit of jazz, and some spanish sounding numbers. The later tracks reflect the '2046' future segment of the movie and has some interesting overlaying. Overall a great buy to an awesome movie

A few Japanese films have been released recently, claiming to be the most beautiful film ever. 2046 is one of those, but it makes a bigger claim by having a simply outstanding soundtrack. Entirely listenable in its own right, even if you never see the film, it intersperses jazz-marinated cello-laden symphonic music with perfect selections from classic big band such as Dean Martin and Nat King Cole - a very 'Western' selection indeed. From the Perez 'Prez' Prado-like Siboney to the very famous opera piece Casta Diva, the music is never less than wonderful. Umebayashi Shigeru also arranged the score for House of Flying Daggers, but this OST surpasses that for sheer excellence. An hour in which to lose yourself in fantasy.

No one who has watched 2046 can resist buying this OST, it is actually the music that make this film so beautiful and memorable.But I must say (particularly to the reviewer above) that 2046 is a film from Hong Kong rather than Japan. The diector, Wong Kar-wai, is really famous in Asia, not just in Hong Kong. In Europe, he and his films has been winners in Cannes in the past few years and I would regard "In the Mood for Love" as his masterpiece and the best Asian film I've ever seen.

It is as good as the film, that is to say, brilliant.