Taro Iwashiro - The Crossing OST on CD

Description

The Crossing is a Chinese-Hong Kong epic historical romance-war drama (part 1) and disaster film (part 2) directed by John Woo (Broken Arrow, Paycheck) and written by Hui-Ling Wang. The film is based on the sinking of the streamer “Taiping” in 1949. The incident led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and crew. Taro Iwashiro is a Japanese composer. He has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, and the Korean film Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and 2008 film Red Cliff. He composed for The Crossing an epic and moving score, which perfectly fits the historical plot of John Woo’ new masterpiece.