25 YEARS OF HK MOVIE THEME SONGS COLLECTION (2CD) (Various Artistes)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Artiste: Various
Label: Universal Music
Year Release: July 2006
Links: www.umg.com.hk

 

 


TRACK LISTING (CD1)
1
Theme Song from “Infernal Affairs II” (2003) - Beyond
2
Theme Song from “Infernal Affairs” (2002) – Tsai Chin
3
Theme Song from “July Rhapsody” (2002) – Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui
4
Theme Song from “He's a Woman, She's a Man” (1994) – Leslie Cheung
5
Theme Song from “Feel 100%... Once More” (1996) – Sammi Cheng
6
Theme Song from “Infernal Affairs III” (2003) – Hacken Lee
7
Theme Song from “Lavender” (2000) – Kelly Chen
8
Theme Song from “Young and Dangerous” (1996) - Beyond
9
Theme Song from “Once Upon a Time in China” (1991) – George Lam
10
Theme Song from “Dragon Loaded” (2003) – Ronald Cheng
11
Theme Song from “I Have a Date with Spring” (1994) – Alice Lau
12
Theme Song from “Lost in Time” (2003) – Cecilia Cheung
13
Theme Song from “Hold You Tight” (1998) – Anthony Wong
14
Theme Song from “Comrades, Almost a Love Story” (1996) – Leon Lai
15
 Theme Song from “Dances with the Dragon” (1991) – Cally Kwong
16
 Theme Song from “Next Station... Tin Hau” (2003) – Shawn Yue
CD2
1
Theme Song from “Encore” (1980) – Danny Chan
2
Theme Song from “A Chinese Ghost Story” (1987) – Leslie Cheung
3
Theme Song from “The Inside Story” (1989) – Chow Yun-Fat
4
Theme Song from “All About Ah-Lang” (1989) – Sam Hui
5
Theme Song from “Lonely Fifteen” (1982) – Peng Jian Xin and Lei Anna
6
Theme Song from “A Chinese Ghost Story” (1987) – Sally Yeh
7
Theme Song from “A Moment of Romance” (1990) – Yuen Feng Ying
8
Theme Song from “Esprit d'amour” (1983) – Alan Tam
9
Theme Song from “Let's Make Laugh II” (1985) – Kenny Bee and Peng Jian Xin
10
Theme Song from “Swordsman” (1990) – Sam Hui
11
Theme Song from “All the Wrong Clues” (1981) – George Lam
12
Theme Song from “Diary of a Big Man” (1988) – Chow Yun-Fat, Sally Yeh and Joey Wong
13
Theme Song from “Love Soldier of Fortune” (1988) – Alan Tam
14
Theme Song from “Shanghai Blues” (1984) – Sally Yeh
15
Theme Song from “Immortal Story” (1986) – Zhen Ni
16
Theme Song from “Aces Go Places II” (1983) – Sam Hui

REVIEW

You know age is catching up with you when you find the tunes on the second disc of this two-disc compilation more familiar than the first. A quick browse through the track listing will clearly tell you that the songs on the second disc are older by about a decade.

Not that this is a bad thing though, because this will please all fans of Hong Kong cinema, no matter how old they are.

The generous offering of 32 movie theme songs is spread over two discs. The first, running at 56 minutes, comprises of more recent hits from movies like Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs trilogy (2002-2003), Ann Hui’s July Rhapsody (2002) and Derek Yee’s Lost in Time (2003). The second, clocking an hour in length, is a gem for listeners who grew up watching Hong Kong classics in the 1980s. There are songs from old-school movies like Ching Siu Tung’s A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Eric Tsang’s Aces Goes Places II (1983).

Like the movies, you’d find the performers more familiar if you were born in the 1980s, or earlier.

Singers like the late Danny Chan, Sam Hui and Alan Tam have long been in the music business before younger singers like Kelly Chen and Shawn Yue came along.

Credit must go to the album producers who put in effort to gather all the copyrights to bring together these deluxe two-disc set which celebrates 25 years of Hong Kong cinema. While the lyrics booklet could have done with a bit more information about the films to make the nostalgic experience complete, we are not complaining.

Simply because this has been a wonderful trip down memory lane.  

SOUNDTRACK RATING:

Review by John Li

 
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