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A mostly orchestral and cinematic instrumental arc follows Zetian from grief and hard-won authority into the dangerous, shifting alliance required to challenge a power beyond her world. Chinese-inspired colors and bold, measured fantasy-score themes evoke Huaxia’s mythic setting, while quieter passages leave room for the characters’ private calculations and losses.
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20 songs
1
The Eternal Vow
Tan Dun · Martial Arts Trilogy: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Banquet & Hero (Music from the Soundtracks)
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Night Fight
Tan Dun · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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3
A Romantic Flight
John Powell · How to Train Your Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Fate And Destiny
Patrick Doyle · Brave (Original Soundtrack)
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The Kraken
Hans Zimmer · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Medallion Calls
Klaus Badelt · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Breaking of the Fellowship (feat. "In Dreams")
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings (Limited Edition)
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: I. Non allegro
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op.45; Intermezzo "Aleko"; Vocalise, Op.34
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The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
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The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: II. The Augurs of Spring
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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