Music
- The film was scored by Tan Dun, a famous contemporary classical composer.
- The theme song Hero (英雄) by Zhang Yadong and Lin Xi is sung by Faye Wong. It is unavailable in the American version of both the film DVD and soundtrack album.
- Wind & Sand (風沙) is a theme song inspired by the film and sung by actor Tony Leung. It is only available in his album of that name.
- The musical instrument seen and played during the fight in the weiqi courtyard scene is a guqin, the Chinese seven-stringed zither. The music was performed by Liu Li on a guqin.
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My pleasures horror, music tragic notes,
Tears in mine eyes and sorrow at my heart.
If this be love, to live a living death,
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