Cold Mountain is the original soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 of the 2003 film

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier...

 starring Jude Law

Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

, Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...

 and Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...

.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

The WS Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks.-Winners and nominees:...

 in 2003. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...

 and the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

. 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

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

.

In the wake of the success of this album, Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a 2004 compilation album released by Smithsonian Folkways. The album was released in the wake of the award winning soundtrack to the film Cold Mountain, and is composed of Appalachian folk music recordings compiled by musicologist John Cohen in Appalachia.The album...

, 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. 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"
   The Wayfaring Stranger (song)
   "The Wayfaring Stranger" , Roud 3339, is a well-known American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. It became one of Burl Ives's signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger...
   
    (performed by Jack White
   Jack White (musician)
   Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
   
   ) – 4:25
2. "Like A Songbird That Has Fallen" - Reeltime Travelers – 3:13
3. "I Wish My Baby Was Born" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
   , Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    and Tim O'Brien
   Tim O'Brien (musician)
   Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
   
    – 3:09
4. "Scarlet Tide" - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    – 2:59
5. "The Cuckoo
   The Cuckoo (song)
   "The Cuckoo" is a traditional English folk song. It has been covered by many musicians in several different styles. An early notable recorded version was performed by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with a unique banjo tuning....
   
   " - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    and Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    – 1:39
6. "Sittin' on Top of the World
   Sitting on Top of the World
   "Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...
   
   " — performed by Jack White (Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...
   
   , Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon was a Delta blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks and may have been Charlie Patton's half brother.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 3:48
7. "Am I Born To Die?" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    – 2:32
8. "You Will Be My Ain True Love
   You Will Be My Ain True Love
   "You Will Be My Ain True Love" is a song written and performed by Sting and Alison Krauss from the 2003 film Cold Mountain. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song....
   
   " - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    and Sting – 2:31
9. "I'm Going Home" - Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
   
    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
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 3:16
12. "Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle" - Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
    
     and Dirk Powell – 3:11
13. "Lady Margaret
    Fair Margaret and Sweet William
    "Fair Margaret and Sweet William" or Lady Margaret or Lady Margaret and Sweet William is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad number 74...
    
    " - Cassie Franklin – 3:02
14. "Great High Mountain" - Jack White
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 4:33
15. "Anthem" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:24
16. "Ada Plays" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:18
17. "Ada And Inman" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 5:03
18. "Love Theme" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:40
19. "Idumea" (1763 Methodist hymn, lyrics by Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
    
    ) - Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
    
     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

Cold Mountain is the original soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 of the 2003 film

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier...

 starring Jude Law

Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

, Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...

 and Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...

.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

The WS Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks.-Winners and nominees:...

 in 2003. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...

 and the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

. 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

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

.

In the wake of the success of this album, Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a 2004 compilation album released by Smithsonian Folkways. The album was released in the wake of the award winning soundtrack to the film Cold Mountain, and is composed of Appalachian folk music recordings compiled by musicologist John Cohen in Appalachia.The album...

, 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. 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"
   The Wayfaring Stranger (song)
   "The Wayfaring Stranger" , Roud 3339, is a well-known American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. It became one of Burl Ives's signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger...
   
    (performed by Jack White
   Jack White (musician)
   Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
   
   ) – 4:25
2. "Like A Songbird That Has Fallen" - Reeltime Travelers – 3:13
3. "I Wish My Baby Was Born" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
   , Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    and Tim O'Brien
   Tim O'Brien (musician)
   Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
   
    – 3:09
4. "Scarlet Tide" - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    – 2:59
5. "The Cuckoo
   The Cuckoo (song)
   "The Cuckoo" is a traditional English folk song. It has been covered by many musicians in several different styles. An early notable recorded version was performed by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with a unique banjo tuning....
   
   " - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    and Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    – 1:39
6. "Sittin' on Top of the World
   Sitting on Top of the World
   "Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...
   
   " — performed by Jack White (Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...
   
   , Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon was a Delta blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks and may have been Charlie Patton's half brother.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 3:48
7. "Am I Born To Die?" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    – 2:32
8. "You Will Be My Ain True Love
   You Will Be My Ain True Love
   "You Will Be My Ain True Love" is a song written and performed by Sting and Alison Krauss from the 2003 film Cold Mountain. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song....
   
   " - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    and Sting – 2:31
9. "I'm Going Home" - Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
   
    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
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 3:16
12. "Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle" - Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
    
     and Dirk Powell – 3:11
13. "Lady Margaret
    Fair Margaret and Sweet William
    "Fair Margaret and Sweet William" or Lady Margaret or Lady Margaret and Sweet William is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad number 74...
    
    " - Cassie Franklin – 3:02
14. "Great High Mountain" - Jack White
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 4:33
15. "Anthem" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:24
16. "Ada Plays" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:18
17. "Ada And Inman" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 5:03
18. "Love Theme" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:40
19. "Idumea" (1763 Methodist hymn, lyrics by Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
    
    ) - Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
    
     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

Cold Mountain is the original soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 of the 2003 film

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier...

 starring Jude Law

Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

, Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...

 and Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...

.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

The WS Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks.-Winners and nominees:...

 in 2003. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...

 and the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

. 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

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

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In the wake of the success of this album, Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain

Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a 2004 compilation album released by Smithsonian Folkways. The album was released in the wake of the award winning soundtrack to the film Cold Mountain, and is composed of Appalachian folk music recordings compiled by musicologist John Cohen in Appalachia.The album...

, 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. 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"
   The Wayfaring Stranger (song)
   "The Wayfaring Stranger" , Roud 3339, is a well-known American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. It became one of Burl Ives's signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger...
   
    (performed by Jack White
   Jack White (musician)
   Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
   
   ) – 4:25
2. "Like A Songbird That Has Fallen" - Reeltime Travelers – 3:13
3. "I Wish My Baby Was Born" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
   , Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    and Tim O'Brien
   Tim O'Brien (musician)
   Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
   
    – 3:09
4. "Scarlet Tide" - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    – 2:59
5. "The Cuckoo
   The Cuckoo (song)
   "The Cuckoo" is a traditional English folk song. It has been covered by many musicians in several different styles. An early notable recorded version was performed by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with a unique banjo tuning....
   
   " - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    and Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus
   Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.-Background and Career:...
   
    – 1:39
6. "Sittin' on Top of the World
   Sitting on Top of the World
   "Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...
   
   " — performed by Jack White (Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson
   Walter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...
   
   , Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon
   Sam Chatmon was a Delta blues guitarist and singer. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks and may have been Charlie Patton's half brother.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 3:48
7. "Am I Born To Die?" - Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen
   Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.-Cordelia's Dad:...
   
    – 2:32
8. "You Will Be My Ain True Love
   You Will Be My Ain True Love
   "You Will Be My Ain True Love" is a song written and performed by Sting and Alison Krauss from the 2003 film Cold Mountain. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song....
   
   " - Alison Krauss
   Alison Krauss
   Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
   
    and Sting – 2:31
9. "I'm Going Home" - Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp
   Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
   
    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
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 3:16
12. "Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle" - Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan
    Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
    
     and Dirk Powell – 3:11
13. "Lady Margaret
    Fair Margaret and Sweet William
    "Fair Margaret and Sweet William" or Lady Margaret or Lady Margaret and Sweet William is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad number 74...
    
    " - Cassie Franklin – 3:02
14. "Great High Mountain" - Jack White
    Jack White (musician)
    Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
    
     – 4:33
15. "Anthem" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:24
16. "Ada Plays" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:18
17. "Ada And Inman" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 5:03
18. "Love Theme" - Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared
    Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
    
     – 3:40
19. "Idumea" (1763 Methodist hymn, lyrics by Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
    
    ) - Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp
    Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music.- The music and its notation :...
    
     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

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