Cold Mountain (soundtrack)

Cold Mountain
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	December 16, 2003
Genre	Country/Folk
Label	Sony Music
Producer	T Bone Burnett

Cold Mountain is the original soundtrack of the 2003 film Cold Mountain starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year in 2003. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The songs "The Scarlet Tide" and "You Will Be My Ain True Love" were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

In the wake of the success of this album, Back Roads to Cold Mountain, a collection of Appalachian Folk songs compiled by ethnomusicologist John Cohen, was released in 2004.

Production

Burnett worked for over a year on the soundtrack.^[1] Both Elvis Costello and Sting were commissioned to write tunes for the album. Musician and scholar Tim Eriksen served as consultant for the Sacred Harp portion of the film, and provided the singing voice for the character Stobrod.

Track listing

1. "Wayfaring Stranger" (performed by Jack White) – 4:25
2. "Like A Songbird That Has Fallen" - Reeltime Travelers – 3:13
3. "I Wish My Baby Was Born" - Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus and Tim O'Brien – 3:09
4. "Scarlet Tide" - Alison Krauss – 2:59
5. "The Cuckoo" - Tim Eriksen and Riley Baugus – 1:39
6. "Sittin' on Top of the World" — performed by Jack White (Walter Vinson, Sam Chatmon) – 3:48
7. "Am I Born To Die?" - Tim Eriksen – 2:32
8. "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - Alison Krauss and Sting – 2:31
9. "I'm Going Home" - Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church – 2:18
10. "Never Far Away" - performed by Jack White – 3:40
11. "Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over" - Jack White – 3:16
12. "Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle" - Stuart Duncan and Dirk Powell – 3:11
13. "Lady Margaret" - Cassie Franklin – 3:02
14. "Great High Mountain" - Jack White – 4:33
15. "Anthem" - Gabriel Yared – 3:24
16. "Ada Plays" - Gabriel Yared – 3:18
17. "Ada And Inman" - Gabriel Yared – 5:03
18. "Love Theme" - Gabriel Yared – 3:40
19. "Idumea" (1763 Methodist hymn, lyrics by Charles Wesley) - Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church – 3:18

Personnel

• Paul Ackling – Production Coordination
• Heidi Andrade – Group Member
• Roy Andrade – Group Member
• Riley Baugus – Harmony Vocals
• John Bell – Orchestration
• Norman Blake – Mandolin, Arranger
• Susan Bohling – Cor Anglais
• Fernand Bos – Music Editor
• Phil Bray – Photography
• Nick Bucknall – Clarinet
• Henry Burnett – Arranger
• T Bone Burnett – Producer
• Chad Carlson – Assistant Engineer
• Simon Chamberlain – Piano
• Keith Ciancia – Piano
• John Cohen – Voices, Music Consultant
• Dennis Crouch – Bass
• Nancy Donald – Art Direction
• Stuart Duncan – Fiddle, Violin
• Tim Eriksen – Arranger, Harmony Vocals
• Cassie Franklin – Harmony Vocals
• Steve Genewick – Assistant Engineer
• Brendan Gleeson – Harmony Vocals
• David Gould – Assistant Engineer
• Isobel Griffiths – Orchestra Contractor
• David Hartley – Arranger
• Roland Heap – Assistant Engineer
• Emil Hellman – Assistant Engineer
• Nick Ingman – Orchestration
• Erick Jaskowiak – Assistant Engineer
• Alan Jenkins – Editing
• Alison Krauss – Engineer
• Michael Lau Robles – Design
• Rachel Levy – Soundtrack Coordination
• Gavin Lurssen – Mastering
• Mary Maurer – Art Direction
• Jill Meyers – Music Consultant
• Anthony Minghella – Arranger, Score Producer, Executive Soundtrack Producer
• Stephane Moucha – Transcription
• Sydney Negley – Production Coordination
• Bob Neuwirth – Associate Music Producer
• Sam Okell – Assistant Engineer
• Simon Osborne – Engineer
• Charles Paakkari – Assistant Engineer
• Mike Piersante – Engineer, Mixing
• Dirk Powell – Banjo, Arranger
• Harry Rabinowitz – Conductor
• John Richards – Engineer, Mixing
• Martha Scanlan – Group Member
• David Schnaufer – Dulcimer
• Ivy Skoff – Production Coordination
• Thomas Sneed – Group Member
• Randy Spendlove – Executive in Charge of Music
• Ralph Stanley – Arranger
• Sting – Arranger, Harmony
• David Theodore – Oboe
• Martin Tillman – Cello
• Kevin Townend – Orchestration
• Patrick Warren – Harmonium
• Albert Watson – Photography
• Kirsty Whalley – Editing
• Cheryl White – Harmony
• Jack White – Guitar, Arranger
• Sandy Wilbur – Musicologist
• Rolf Wilson – Violin
• Gabriel Yared – Piano, Orchestration, Score Producer

Awards
Preceded by The Hours	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 2003	Succeeded by Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Preceded by Frida	World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack 2004	Succeeded by War of the Worlds

Big Three Film Music Awards (2003)
Academy Award The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Golden Globe The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	BAFTA Award Cold Mountain

References

1. ^ Stark, Phyllis (2003-04-05), "DMZ Ramps Up With A Diverse Release schedule". Billboard. 115 (14):34