2046

Overview

Composer Shigeru Umebayashi (Mood for Love, House of the Flying Daggers) paints director Wong Kar Wai's surreal sci-fi/drama/romance 2046 with such a sepia-toned brush that it's hard to think of it as a modern soundtrack. Like a tear in the fabric of the Silver Screen, Umebayashi somehow manages to evoke the romance of old Hollywood, the unpredictability of French cinema, and the sinewy world of David Lynch with both confidence and fluidity. Even the selections by other artists (Connie Francis, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole) sound as if they were coaxed out of the film as opposed to being inserted in it. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	09/23/2016
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0602488896863
Rank:	11136

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Connie Francis   Primary Artist
Zbigniew Preisner   Primary Artist
Xavier Cugat   Primary Artist
Angela Gheorghiu   Primary Artist
Peer Raben   Primary Artist
Shigeru Umebayashi   Primary Artist
Nat King Cole   Primary Artist
Secret Garden   Primary Artist
Dean Martin   Primary Artist
Georges Delerue   Primary Artist
Christopher Doyle   Director

Technical Credits

Dean Martin   Interpretation
Georges Delerue   Arranger,Composer
Zbigniew Preisner   Composer,Engineer
Carole Cole   Artwork
Pablo Beltran Ruiz   Composer
Vincenzo Bellini   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Peer Raben   Composer
Rolf Lovland   Composer
Shigeru Umebayashi   Composer
Angela Gheorghiu   Interpretation
Connie Francis   Interpretation
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Ernesto Lecuona   Composer