Cold Mountain - Various Artists

If you want music that fits perfectly with the theme of Cold Moutain and is featured in the movie, then this is for you.

Produced by T Bone Burnett, of 'O Brother Where Art Thou?' fame, the 'Cold Mountain' soundtrack is nothing short of amazing. The songs selected and artists singing them are wonderful and they fit the Civil-War era perfectly.

Alison Krauss sings softly about a man she loves that will never return from the war in "The Scarlet Tide," and in "You Will Be My Ain True Love," written by Sting, she hauntingly sings (with Dan Tyminksi singing harmony) a Celtic-tinged tune about how war will not mark the fate of a couple in love. Jack White sings a total of five tracks including "Wayfaring Stranger," "Never Far Away," and Great High Mountain."

"Lady Margret" is a stand out because Cassie Franklin sings unaccompanied and does a fantastic job even though the subject matter of death is as dark as the night. Tim Eriksen & Riley Baugus take turns singing lines of uptempo "The Cuckoo," a song about journeys.

Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus, along with Tim O'Brien sing such old-time lyrics such as "The owl is a lonely bird. It chills my heart with dread until someone's blood was there on his wings" in "I Wish My Baby Was Born." "Sitting On Top Of The World," by Jack White, has a bluesy sound to it while maintaining a base of bluegrass to it. Picking up the mood a little bit is Stuart Duncan & Dirk Powell with an instrumental, "Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle." Closing the album are five Gabriel Yared scores and then "Idumea," by the Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church.