The Red Violin (soundtrack)

The Red Violin
Soundtrack album by
John Corigliano
Released1999
GenreClassical
Length65:33
LabelSony Classical
ProducerJohn Corigliano
John Corigliano chronology
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(1985) 		The Red Violin
(1999)
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The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album, on the Sony Classical label, of the 1999 film The Red Violin (original title: Le violon rouge), starring Carlo Cecchi, Sandra Oh and Samuel L. Jackson. The original score and songs were composed by John Corigliano[1] and performed by Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score[2] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost to the score of A Bug's Life.

  1. ^ Grove, Jeff (July–August 1999). "The Saga of The Red Violin". American Record Guide: 20.
  2. ^ "THE 72ND ACADEMY AWARDS 2000". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2017.