Abstract

The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) directed by Ang Lee, known as one of the new era of Chinese martial arts films, is the first film in Chinese film history to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Tan Dun, a composer and conductor, won the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Original Music in 2001 by the music of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In 2002, he won the 44th Grammy Award for Best Original Film Music Album, and began to receive extensive attention. This paper explored Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with strong oriental color and traditional music and investigated the Chinese traditional color view and aesthetic thought of director Ang Lee by his pursuit of the costume color and modeling of the main characters in the film. At the same time, through the music of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that throughout the film, to show the music creation characteristics of the integration of eastern and western music of Tan Dun.

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