a geisha is devoted to entartain a client(a man) not in the sexual way,but singing,dancing,playing instruments..she has no right to love and live like a woman,she must live and be devoted like a geisha,a true geisha :) such an amazing story...once again they're not prostitutes or kurtisanes(prostitutes that goes only with powerfull and rich men)
@HipHopJun Actually, Geisha's don't sell their bodies in that sense. They're more used for conversation than sex. It's a common mistake people make :)
@DishwasherHero I think its because she was from the *mysterious north.... Very cold areas of maybe Manchuria? Genetic fluke or adaptation. But unusual, unique and stunning yes?? I think they did a good job of making the reality of how geishas became geishas real... girls were sold by their families.
the music was an emotional escapade... i'm imagining somebody struggling and trying very hard to get over it....just to be awaken in the realm that fighting has done nothing but painless bruises... the person then stops and it ends there, i don't know if she died or she simply stops....
LA BELLEZA DE ORIENTE SIEMPRE ME HA IMPRESIONADO....AUNQUE HAY QUE MATIZAR ENTRE SU ELITE Y LA NUESTRA...LA NUESTRA QUEDA MAL PARADA..EN CUANTO A ESTETICA Y PROTOCOLO....BELLEZA...POESIA Y ESE PUNTO DE TOTAL CONEXION CON ESA POSIBLE LUZ....LA DELICADEZA AL ESTADO SUMO.....Y ESTOY HABLANDO DE ESTETICA....NO DE QUIEN HIZO..MAS O MENOS...O FUE MAS ASI .O MAS DE OTRA MANERA...O MENOS.. CADA VES QUE DIGO ALGO SE ME TIRAN ENCIMA..EN ALGUNOS FOROS.PERO COMO QUEDO HIPNOTIZADO NO PUEDO DECIR OTRA COSA
a haunting melody. this piece would make the most optimistic person think of a long forgotten sadness. i love listening to this track during sunset or during rainy and gray days. this track expresses everything we keep inside that we can't simply tell anyone
I've seen several "The Music of John Williams" performances played by different orchestra's but they all play "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter". The problem is "Memoirs of a Geisha" has his best melodies. It's disappointing really.
I want to go to Japan! I'd like to be in the city part too, but I'd mostly like to be in the part where it was made before technology had been invented yet. I want to see the beautiful meadows and lakes! The sight would be breath-taking!
My husband introduced this movie way back the first time we met. He sent me a video of it and uploaded the song on the mp3 for me, We watched it at first on our special day and of course watched it over and over again after then. Look at what love can do! Oh, and he gave me book of it as well which till now I was not able to finished...LOL. *!*Ann-Drew*!*
The song matches the movie perfectly... the classic melody and the special sound of the violin seem to bring geishas' deepest sorrow back in front of our eyes...
So touching that I am right the character going through the very hardship through...
I see my life when i listen the song....it gives me a strange feeling of peace ,like i know it before.(the movie it's great but the book it's more than words...)
Who can understand the sorrows of life ? one human is your prison and to get away from it you have to go to another human only to get the exit.. thats a sacrifice in this life for those who can't reach the true happiness..
When I watched this movie and listen to the story,I had tears in my eyes.The movie is so touching and the music is too.This is the best movie ever in my life.
Beautiful piece by John Williams. The phrasing on Itzhak Perlman's violin just tucks on my heart. Bravo!
On the movie, it was disaster to have the two major characters, Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) and Hatsumomo (Gong Li), played by non-English speakers. They should have either casted English speaking actresses, or performed the film in Chinese. The latter would have been spectacularly international -- a book written by Arthur Golden (American White) about a part of Japanese society, acted in Chinese.
you might want to take a cinema appreciation class so that you might see that cinematically this movie is beautiful. it might be fictional about geisha but its breathtaking
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I did read it. Its fictional. Awesome book too. He did very good research on the subject. Its based on true events and people but its fictional not unlike the titanic movie
This is an amazing composition. I can't get enough of it. It gets right down to the very core your soul. Okay, maybe not that far, but it has the ability to affect emotion. You can't help but feel it when you listen to it.
Que hermosa es esta pelicula, es mi favorita, la música tan bella, la época, su historia, la plataforma elegida, la fotografía, el vestuario... todo, que incríble es este tema, como cada cosa se destaca de cada lugar en el mundo y John Williams supo poner un ruso que interprete el violín una maravilla sin palabras
Do you mean Erhu? It is a two stringed Chinese musical instrument, played in a vertical position. It has a mournful tone like the violin. It is even more inclined for the sombre tunes, which are savoured in the Eastern themes. It could be played for jolly tunes on occasions. But its real power is in the expression of longing, melancholy and sadness on a scale of cosmic sorrow (quest)
Awesome and so touch!
thoshi7 2 weeks ago 3
so so beutiful music ^-^
TheFaniable 4 weeks ago
I always think that the books are much better because you can create your one movie in your mind! But this movie is one of the best of the best!
amaliaardelian 1 month ago 4
YouTupe you really getting so freaking annoying with new layouts we need the old one
sorry john williams :) countiue
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a geisha is devoted to entartain a client(a man) not in the sexual way,but singing,dancing,playing instruments..she has no right to love and live like a woman,she must live and be devoted like a geisha,a true geisha :) such an amazing story...once again they're not prostitutes or kurtisanes(prostitutes that goes only with powerfull and rich men)
jp1989ism 2 months ago
.........Mi Cosita, mi inspiracion.......
caminodelasenda 2 months ago in playlist bso peliculas romanticas
@MrNeobeo it sounds like a cello or viola
busbar17 2 months ago
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HipHopJun 2 months ago
@HipHopJun Actually, Geisha's don't sell their bodies in that sense. They're more used for conversation than sex. It's a common mistake people make :)
YoAnimeYo 2 months ago 2
Man...zhang ziyi is so pretty...
cacaenboite 2 months ago 3
I like it sooo much :) soundtrack of this film is perfect, movie great, but the BOOK.. is the best one!! :) Love it!
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iDrawgirl 3 months ago
Slightly underestimated video if you ask me. Compared to the imdb rating that is (7.1 out of 10).
kledder2 3 months ago
Wow, so beautiful. What is the main instrument used in this?
MrNeobeo 3 months ago in playlist Instrument
@MrNeobeo violin
AashiyanaSecret 3 months ago
Super, super.
2010kilas 3 months ago
beautiful song, and the best movie !! :)
hihuize 4 months ago
I love the movie.. as well.. as the book :-)
.. and the soundtrack to the movie is just beautiful..
meczydusza1 4 months ago 6
IF YOU LIKE THIS MOVIE READ THE REAL TALE OF A GEISHA.
The book is called "Geisha, A Life" by Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown
wonzo9090 4 months ago 48
such a beautifully made film.
TheSchwarz1000 4 months ago
why does she have blue eyes
DishwasherHero 5 months ago
@DishwasherHero I think its because she was from the *mysterious north.... Very cold areas of maybe Manchuria? Genetic fluke or adaptation. But unusual, unique and stunning yes?? I think they did a good job of making the reality of how geishas became geishas real... girls were sold by their families.
TheSchwarz1000 4 months ago
@TheSchwarz1000 yeah :P
DishwasherHero 4 months ago
john williams is a god
this films lucky to have one of the best soundtracks a film can have.
croxzy1 5 months ago
Beatiful o.o i...i cry
Kagomecan 5 months ago
@Kagomecan seriously!!! :(
TheSchwarz1000 4 months ago
Another masterpiece by the great John Williams!
GhostPlanetFilms 5 months ago
the music was an emotional escapade... i'm imagining somebody struggling and trying very hard to get over it....just to be awaken in the realm that fighting has done nothing but painless bruises... the person then stops and it ends there, i don't know if she died or she simply stops....
888kimy 6 months ago
i lov diz movie 1 of ma fav...
sayraism 6 months ago
Love it
kabyluvnicole 6 months ago
Oh shit !!! I need a tissuebox !!!! It's so haunting and sad
MissNtotheA 7 months ago
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I saw this movie on opening day....alone, was so moved by it.
goldtoecowboy 7 months ago
when i go "i dont know what to listen to..nothing fits" i come to this song....and no matter how i was before, it sucks me in to beautiful calm
SirEwonJung 7 months ago
das trauriger lied gefahllt mich nicht aber der film scheint wie ein sehr gut film
Nach956 7 months ago
very good movie <3
pitchoune941 7 months ago
i love song -.-
AZKAforever16 7 months ago
It's a very deep human story. My specially favourite fim...a realy scorpio caracter...
somanyxxx 8 months ago
One of my favorite movies and books of all time. Very beautiful.
cmorrison1115 8 months ago 3
... this is so beautiful, in creepy way
97adele 8 months ago
Sublime chanson pour un film sublime également !!
à savourer tout simplement !
ufybmo 8 months ago 16
A good movie always have good music.
Zh0rik 8 months ago 3
now that's a masterpiece...
MarbellaCorfu 9 months ago
this song reminds me in someway of my childhood
Camerinal 9 months ago
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love this movie
solisabel1 9 months ago
i've fallen in love
mominaaaa 9 months ago
Awesome . I love it .
XxylonaX 9 months ago
@Bambooocha007, the violinist is Itzhak Perlman
ecmcniel 9 months ago
Who is a violinist?
Bambooocha007 9 months ago
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@Bambooocha007 The violinist is Itzhak Perlman
ecmcniel 9 months ago
Does anyone remind this of Bioshock?
Tychondrus 10 months ago
@Tychondrus This very much reminds me of bioshock....
Musicerthanyou 8 months ago
an amazing fruit of a master composers labour
hairyballsagna420 10 months ago 5
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I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!
calleigh31323 10 months ago
this is one of the most beatugil melodies i've heard
imkk110 10 months ago
Wow when I hear this, I almost want to start crying :(:(
MsLaraCroftx 10 months ago 5
@MsLaraCroftx am crying along with you...thinking about Japan :'(
webguy21 10 months ago
:)))))))
Maxx809 10 months ago
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ching chow ching ming where my rice!!!
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when i listen to this song my anus opens
UsaBoy91 11 months ago
@UsaBoy91 LOL
JimmyV2009 10 months ago
@UsaBoy91 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MENTAL PICTURE XO
lelouch391 10 months ago
@UsaBoy91 whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahhaaah!xD
MrsSoulRaspberryMate 5 months ago
@MrsSoulRaspberryMate what happened honey ?
UsaBoy91 5 months ago
uwielbiam to !! :)
Super film
Super książka
Super muzyka
:DDD
Maniek6206 11 months ago
I found It!!
isis483ify 11 months ago
Please, what's the name of the song?? Thanks!!
isis483ify 11 months ago
@isis483ify
read the description
cinigwiazdka 11 months ago
LA BELLEZA DE ORIENTE SIEMPRE ME HA IMPRESIONADO....AUNQUE HAY QUE MATIZAR ENTRE SU ELITE Y LA NUESTRA...LA NUESTRA QUEDA MAL PARADA..EN CUANTO A ESTETICA Y PROTOCOLO....BELLEZA...POESIA Y ESE PUNTO DE TOTAL CONEXION CON ESA POSIBLE LUZ....LA DELICADEZA AL ESTADO SUMO.....Y ESTOY HABLANDO DE ESTETICA....NO DE QUIEN HIZO..MAS O MENOS...O FUE MAS ASI .O MAS DE OTRA MANERA...O MENOS.. CADA VES QUE DIGO ALGO SE ME TIRAN ENCIMA..EN ALGUNOS FOROS.PERO COMO QUEDO HIPNOTIZADO NO PUEDO DECIR OTRA COSA
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a haunting melody. this piece would make the most optimistic person think of a long forgotten sadness. i love listening to this track during sunset or during rainy and gray days. this track expresses everything we keep inside that we can't simply tell anyone
MrGothicvampire 11 months ago
I love this song. <3
I also love Hans Zimmer and John Williams.... why do you guys have to compare them as if they are rivals. They are just two amazing composers.
46tearsforyou 11 months ago 3
@46tearsforyou Your so right :)
jeremyhen100 11 months ago
7 hans zimmer fans :P
zeeman321 11 months ago
I am reading the book...it is soooooo exciting!!!! i want to see the movie...i hope it is as good as the book!!!!
iceladyXD 1 year ago
@iceladyXD It really isn't, the book is waaay too good. It's very poetic which is difficult to capture in film....music is amazing though
flyeswatter 11 months ago
This music is fantastic, really beautiful. And the girl playing "the geisha" is stunning
Minella14 1 year ago 2
mmmh,.. Geisha..!!
Mslolocantik 1 year ago
one of the best movie ever but I like the book better.....thanks 4 posting.....
maty82gueye 1 year ago
@maty82gueye
I agree, there are many wonderful movies based on books but the books are always better :)
rannvagn 1 year ago
@rannvagn I read the book and its kinda crap...the film is much better :)
liketammysaids 1 year ago
@liketammysaids I read it too and think it's better than the movie :p
rannvagn 1 year ago
This is the most beautiful movie I've ever seen.
deskriptioteoria 1 year ago 153
@deskriptioteoria
frankly..I liked the book better
alexxx1836 3 months ago
@deskriptioteoria and the most beautiful book I've ever seen
AlbitaSmile 3 months ago
since i saw the movie...i fell in love with the music .......
switmel04 1 year ago 2
So touching. Reminiscent of the Angkor Wat theme in the movie 'In The Mood For Love'.
elixiress 1 year ago
magnifique vidéo, magnifiques photos, mais surtout magnifique musique.
piranhas9 1 year ago
Geisha's are inspiring.
I love this revenge,pain,sadness in their life's.
It's adorable how woman can try so hard to be the best, to get on the top!
leldux10 1 year ago
Just amazing what still shots can express...
apacheangel007 1 year ago
@MsGiftedStar thats three words :P;)
kennethdb91 1 year ago
nice song...too bad i can't say the same about the book/movie
j35530ku75u 1 year ago
Właśnie odkryłem ten soundtrack. Odsłuchałem go 20 razy. Nie mogę bez niego żyć. Williams+Perlman=PIĘKNO
MrSpandrell 1 year ago
I've seen several "The Music of John Williams" performances played by different orchestra's but they all play "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter". The problem is "Memoirs of a Geisha" has his best melodies. It's disappointing really.
StatuesBleedingGreen 1 year ago
I want to go to Japan! I'd like to be in the city part too, but I'd mostly like to be in the part where it was made before technology had been invented yet. I want to see the beautiful meadows and lakes! The sight would be breath-taking!
bobatrouble 1 year ago
Japan cool ☆
yahoogooglemixi 1 year ago
whos the brainless twats that disliked this song?
marnie123894 1 year ago 72
@marnie123894 deafs i presume
TheSitHamster 7 months ago
wow...i dont even know what to say. Beautiful is not even the word for this music =)
ChloeCurly 1 year ago
im in love with this song this movie and this country: japan i <3 u :'(
MrEmyzza 1 year ago 6
Beautiful song and Movie x
Leighann411 1 year ago 2
Let's not forget the beautiful cello by Yo-Yo Ma!
lafk52 1 year ago 4
One of the best films ever <3, but i prefer chinese movies better, not just coz imma chinese, this wud come 2nd best japanese movie after death note
kelkelly101 1 year ago
My husband introduced this movie way back the first time we met. He sent me a video of it and uploaded the song on the mp3 for me, We watched it at first on our special day and of course watched it over and over again after then. Look at what love can do! Oh, and he gave me book of it as well which till now I was not able to finished...LOL. *!*Ann-Drew*!*
stem68 1 year ago 4
I love the film !!!! But the book is just,WOW ! <3
toxik0cherry 1 year ago
prelepa glasba.....
fuksija64 1 year ago
heb de film gezien
poppeken1997 1 year ago
I've seen this movie a million times and I never EVER get sick of it.. man.. I love it's soundtrack.. so beautiful =x
IT NEEDS MORE PUBLICITY @@@@
It's amazing
and gorgeous
and breathtaking
and mysterious
and heartwrenching
and and
....
X_X JUST WATCH IT
LunaticCreations 1 year ago 4
the song is beautiful yet sad. Love it
catherineferjuste 1 year ago
wonderfull movie. beautyfull music
sorayish 1 year ago
The song matches the movie perfectly... the classic melody and the special sound of the violin seem to bring geishas' deepest sorrow back in front of our eyes...
So touching that I am right the character going through the very hardship through...
Imflyingfreeinthesky 1 year ago
@DianaBlaga Wow, so this beautiful melody, with the asian touch, is not SO Asian, but has a touch of "Jewishness" LOL
sandhedomsundhed 1 year ago
this song is mysterious,classy,love it!!
misceceiliafang 1 year ago
I love it!!!
alleviate1 1 year ago
Beautiful. I'd love go to Japan
moniaaa85 1 year ago 5
Hatsumomo is like Matsumoto . [x the name sound.
ilyxb00 1 year ago
I´m almost done with reading the book.. now with this song, I had the opportunity to feel it
ChangMinat0r 1 year ago
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. Oscar Wilde quotes
heartofsamar 1 year ago
i love this peace of music it is so graceful thats why i skate to it
sk8ersj 1 year ago 2
I see my life when i listen the song....it gives me a strange feeling of peace ,like i know it before.(the movie it's great but the book it's more than words...)
punksandra 1 year ago 5
From me to BUY BACK AND ALL TÜKSELTİYOR GETİRMIYOR in the world of
shemaleebru 1 year ago
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dezita27 1 year ago
Chairman's Waltz <333
aka866 1 year ago
very consoling.... nice
minasohma 1 year ago
i love these melodies..
QueenofdreaMerz 1 year ago
This movie is awesome and the soundtrack too ^_^
Hellbutterfly8 1 year ago 4
I haven't seen the movie, but this song is awesome! :)
1009en 1 year ago
Who can understand the sorrows of life ? one human is your prison and to get away from it you have to go to another human only to get the exit.. thats a sacrifice in this life for those who can't reach the true happiness..
Brownbuddy 1 year ago 2
Nicely put. Love is our prison... And once you escaped, you will not find happiness anyway for you will carry with you the memory of a killing...
DreamFairy0 1 year ago 3
I cried when I watched this movie.
rayhanah11 1 year ago 2
When I watched this movie and listen to the story,I had tears in my eyes.The movie is so touching and the music is too.This is the best movie ever in my life.
Mayakeber 1 year ago
no one cud have ever done this better than Zhang ziyi ^_^
graceestores 1 year ago 2
Beautiful piece by John Williams. The phrasing on Itzhak Perlman's violin just tucks on my heart. Bravo!
On the movie, it was disaster to have the two major characters, Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) and Hatsumomo (Gong Li), played by non-English speakers. They should have either casted English speaking actresses, or performed the film in Chinese. The latter would have been spectacularly international -- a book written by Arthur Golden (American White) about a part of Japanese society, acted in Chinese.
kitiany 2 years ago
a nice song and the movie is very awesome!!!!!1
BadRoey 2 years ago 2
this is one of my favorite movies
fleurgi 2 years ago 4
when i'm listen this song... my tears flowed
iuracikipok 2 years ago 101
@iuracikipok Yeah, its such a heart touching song...
deepakjindal070 1 year ago
I like John Williams, but I'm more of a Hans Zimmer girl, however this piece is so fantastic and captures the movie and its mood perfectly.
NCvla08 2 years ago 46
Mm, yeah ditto :) Hans Zimmer and Howard Shore. But this is beautiful music
SilaVendethiel 1 year ago
@NCvla08 John Williams E.T. Harry Potter Jurrasic park
benitovan 1 year ago
love the pic @ 0:11 of the three of them
Im reading the book page 360 of 460.. Almost done can wait to see the mov.
i Love Gong li.. in Curse of the golden flower.
benitovan 1 year ago
@NCvla08 I agree, it's exquisite. Like the movie itself, and Zhang Ziyi.
SilaVendethiel 11 months ago
wooooooooooow
am crying
whitefeather505 2 years ago 8
les recomiendo que mejor chequen el libro es mucho mas claro, aunque la pelicula esta hermosa
YUKIMARE6514 2 years ago 2
The perfect music for the perfect movie!!!
19ultima88 2 years ago 3
my good, this piece of music takes my mind away...it's more than beautiful!!!
yacruz11 2 years ago 7
I love the book also...
Sodacurtislover 2 years ago 4
I read it too and it is amazing!
1alexandra12 2 years ago 3
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just A HOLLYWOOD CRAP MOVIE. FAKE FAKE FAKE!!!!!!!
Xkiller921 2 years ago
you might want to take a cinema appreciation class so that you might see that cinematically this movie is beautiful. it might be fictional about geisha but its breathtaking
kharmaploy 2 years ago
@kharmaploy
Actually, this is a true story, if you bothered to read the book.
Kari727 2 years ago 7
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I did read it. Its fictional. Awesome book too. He did very good research on the subject. Its based on true events and people but its fictional not unlike the titanic movie
kharmaploy 2 years ago
@Kari727 lol it isnt actually a true story
michmellis 1 year ago
Bello il libro, bella la pellicola ed anche la musica...
ojosmasverdes 2 years ago
This is an amazing composition. I can't get enough of it. It gets right down to the very core your soul. Okay, maybe not that far, but it has the ability to affect emotion. You can't help but feel it when you listen to it.
pandachu 2 years ago 6
0:14 michelle yeoh??
IronXionn 2 years ago
of course she played the teacher in this movie^^
teh0tanr 2 years ago
ooh okkkaaay, thanks^^
IronXionn 2 years ago
i love the movie and this song so calm and sweet amazing =D
XxmusicXx4LiFe 2 years ago 2
Que hermosa es esta pelicula, es mi favorita, la música tan bella, la época, su historia, la plataforma elegida, la fotografía, el vestuario... todo, que incríble es este tema, como cada cosa se destaca de cada lugar en el mundo y John Williams supo poner un ruso que interprete el violín una maravilla sin palabras
Sarahdizada 2 years ago
This was a really beautiful instrumental
tanya14078 2 years ago 5
this is my fav track from the whole ost! I just can't get bored of it. Its too beautiful. <3
foongyee 2 years ago 3
this is such an amazing movie, its really touched me, this is my fav song from the movie, when chiyo meets the chairman and runs to make a prayer
beachballsify 2 years ago 3
goddess meets muse.
itzjoeymac 2 years ago
That movie brings all the beauty of the Japan's culture and Yo Yo Ma is wonderful in this music. love all
suzanb09 2 years ago 5
omg i didn't know this was yo yo ma's :D
louisezero31 2 years ago
after I posted, I'm wrong about it, couse Yo Yo Ma plays Cello. But there's another video that he plays Sayuri's Theme. Wonderful.
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this song is amazing
simplymusic4life 2 years ago
An utterly beautiful piece of art.
Right into my ipod.
tbkColiss 2 years ago 8
that makes me laugh.
Great video.
jonesstormy8 2 years ago
The Best music wallah....
justeyesonly 2 years ago 2
3anjad
atmhanna 2 years ago
WHT IS REHU?
JEMIMA7 2 years ago
ehru you mean ? its a chinese instrument , kind of resembling a violent.
shippouthefox 2 years ago
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Do you mean Erhu? It is a two stringed Chinese musical instrument, played in a vertical position. It has a mournful tone like the violin. It is even more inclined for the sombre tunes, which are savoured in the Eastern themes. It could be played for jolly tunes on occasions. But its real power is in the expression of longing, melancholy and sadness on a scale of cosmic sorrow (quest)
RHM741 2 years ago
god that movie is amazing.
SofijaDot 2 years ago 3
sigh...it's to beautiful
GraeyRibbon13CKS 2 years ago 2
I love it ...
StillbornedShalott 2 years ago
great soundtrack !! i love it it´s so sad but i like it ..!!
schenifa13 2 years ago
the muisc does go very well with the book and I read the book and saw the movie just because of John Williams lol I'm a huge fan
Rheesoman 2 years ago 2