A Study on the Elements of “Integration of China and the West” in Tandun's ‘Martial arts Movie Trilogy’

Tan Dun, a representative composer of modern Chinese music, has been producing the most notable achievements in the field of Chinese film music by working on “Three Trilogy of Martial Arts” such as “Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon”, “The Heroes” and “The Banquet”. He is famous for his characteristics of actively giving traditional Chinese ideas by exquisitely converging Chinese and Western music elements. These works need to be emphasized in that they can explore strategies to communicate with the international community through Chinese culture. Tandun, who composed three film music, represents consistency in creative style in terms of composition technique, while showing some difference in specific music arrangement depending on the content and form of the film narrative. Therefore, this research focuses on the music theme design of “Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon”, “The Heroes” and “The Banquet”, which are referred to as “Musical Movie Trilogy”, analyzes and compares the film's narrative and music harmony firstly, then discusses how Western music was fused and embodied with the elements of traditional Chinese music.