Warriors of Heaven and Earth - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Warriors of Heaven and Earth: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was composed by music director A. R. Rahman. It features 16 tracks, including the theme song, "Mirage (Warriors In Peace)", in three languages, Mandarin, English and Hindi. The Mandarin version of the theme song is sung by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, while the Hindi version is sung by Sadhana Sargam and English version by Sunitha Sarathy. Following the film's release, the score and soundtrack were released in one album separately, under the title Between Heaven and Earth.

Rahman signed the project after the head of Sony Classical Music suggested him to do a project for them in the Western Classical mode. While signing the project, Rahman was working with violinist Joshua Bell on compositions based on poems by the Persian poet Rumi. This project was later cancelled. Originally the music was supposed to be recorded in Beijing. But because of SARS, Rahman moved to Prague to record the score.

Rahman have mixed Chinese, Turkish and Indian sounds as the film is about the Silk Route. He says that he wanted to give the Chinese something they had not heard before, while retaining that international flavour. The score is completely acoustic with symphonic pieces and relatively little electronic sounds have been used. Performers of the score include The Czech Film Orchestra and Chinese soloists in Hong Kong. Other instruments, including the erhu, flute, duduk, dizi, taiko drums are featured.

Track listing

1. "The Golden Era" (3:56) – Instrumental
2. "Warriors in Peace (Chinese Version)" (4:31) – Jolin Tsai
3. "Lord An’s Empire" (3:31) – Instrumental
4. "Water" (3:52) – Instrumental
5. "Horses" (2:27) – Instrumental
6. "Mountains" (1:49) – Instrumental
7. "Dacoit Duel" (3:26) – Instrumental
8. "Lai Chi" (1:31) – Instrumental
9. "Buddha's Remains" (2:40) – Instrumental
10. "Blue Light" (2:23) – Instrumental
11. "The Monk and The Miracle" (4:05) – Instrumental
12. "Warriors in Peace (English Version)" (4:31) – Sunitha Sarathy
13. "Desert Storm" (5:19) – Instrumental
14. "Escape" (2:33) – Instrumental
15. "Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Instrumental)" (4:27) – Instrumental
16. "Warriors in Peace (Hindi Version)" (4:31) – Sadhana Sargam