While it may lack the initial punch of Tim Eriksen's "I Wish My Baby Was Born" or either of the shape-note tunes provided by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church, Burnett clusters composer Gabriel Yared's understated score at the end of the record, delegating it as filler, which is unfair, as its quiet power mirrors the songs as well as the characters. Unfortunately, the orchestral work for the film is hastily assembled as if it were an afterthought. Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella and based on the novel by Charles Frazier. Recovering songwriter Sting contributes the record's only bad apple, the bland "You Will Be My Ain True Love." Krauss does her best to paint the tune in period colors, but Sting - who insists on singing harmony - keeps the piece firmly entrenched in the very nonsepia-toned world of adult-contemporary pop. That same bleeding heart pumps through Alison Krauss' delivery of Elvis Costello's powerful "Scarlet Tide," a ballad of devastating beauty that works almost like a spiritual. With its delicate front-porch picking and wistful lyrics, it manages to walk the line between heartache and puppy love with a sweetness that's genuinely moving. For the most part, the White Stripes frontman successfully transplants himself into the genre, utilizing his throaty warble on Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' on Top of the World" like a dust-bowl carny, and channeling fellow tenor Ralph Stanley on "Great High Mountain." However, it's the self-penned "Never Far Away" that elevates White above his garage rock trappings. Jack White opens the record with a stark rendition of "Wayfaring Stranger" featuring Nashville heavyweights Stuart Duncan, Norman Blake, and Dirk Powell. Like O Brother, Where Art Thou?'s dark, older sibling, the latest collection of blues, ballads, and laments from producer T-Bone Burnett is a veritable dictionary of traditional country and Americana, but with a weightier muse. Although both are deeply altered by the war, they manage to promise themselves to each other – but Teague is not done pursuing deserters.Miramax hops on the old-timey bandwagon with the release of the soundtrack for Anthony Minghella's Civil War epic Cold Mountain. Both men are shot and left for dead.Īda goes hunting deep in the woods, where she and Inman finally reunite. The next morning, Inman and Sara must react quickly when Union soldiers appear.Īt a campfire in the woods, Teague and his men confront Stobrod and Pangle. Ruby sees her father’s name, as Teague intended. He has brought a copy of the newspaper that lists the names of deserters. Inman helps her, gains her trust, and is invited to spend the night.Īt Black Cove Farm, Teague appears. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. Inman now happens upon Sara, a war widow, who is trying desperately to comfort her baby. In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Stobrod tries to convince Ruby that he is a new man, but she remains skeptical. She frees him, and Inman continues his journey.īack at Black Cove Farm, Stobrod and his travelling companion Pangle are still relying upon Ruby and Ada for sustenance. Lucinda, a runaway slave, is rifling through the pockets of the dead prisoners when Inman stirs and startles her. He relives the day he bid Ada farewell, but the memory dissolves to the gruesome reality of the war: Inman, chained to six dead men, loses consciousness. Meanwhile, Inman starts an insurrection, but the guards shoot the entire chain gang and leave. When Teague approaches, Ruby hides her father, but later orders him to stay away. She wants nothing to do with him, despite his assertions that he has changed. The men are put on a chain gang of deserters.īack at the farm, Ruby finds her estranged father Stobrod trying to steal food. Lila’s husband drugs Inman and Veasey before giving them up to the Home Guard. The next morning, Lila and her three sisters stumble upon the two men. Fate and weather conspire against the pair, who capsize and drift downriver. Inman reencounters Veasey near a river while fleeing the Home Guard, and bargains with him for passage across the water. Meanwhile, the once-privileged Ada lives a life of deprivation at Black Cove Farm until she meets Ruby, a mountain woman who teaches Ada about farming and surviving. On his journey, Inman meets Solomon Veasey, whom he stops from committing murder. Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to desert and return home to his beloved Ada. Teague, the leader of the local Home Guard, is hunting down Civil War deserters.
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