Hans Zimmer - Kung Fu Panda 3 (Music from the Motion Picture) (2016)

Kung Fu Panda 3 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by Hans Zimmer - featuring soloists including Lang Lang and The Vamps performing “Kung Fu Fighting”.

In 2016, one of the most successful animated franchises in the world returns with its biggest comedy adventure yet, KUNG FU PANDA 3. When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible -- learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas! Kung Fu Panda 3 features an all-star cast, including Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Seth Rogan, Bryan Cranston, and more.

The soundtrack for “Kung Fu Panda” features several prominent Chinese musicians, including piano solos by Lang Lang (on tracks 1, 12, 13), Jim Wang (Cello), Wu Man (Pipa), Guo Gan (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu) and Cynthia Hsiang (Guzheng). Moreover, the British boyband The Vamps performs the legendary Kung Fu Fighting song.

The music has been composed by Hans Zimmer. He has received nine Academy Award nominations for his scores for Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt, As Good As It Gets, The Preacher’s Wife, Rain Man and The Lion King, winning the Oscar for the last. His more recent film credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rango, Sherlock Holmes 2, Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises, Man Of Steel and Interstellar. He has composed music for over 100 films up to date.

Directors Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni have said the following about the soundtrack of “Kung Fu Panda 3”:

“Music is emotion. It reaches out to the audience and drives them to feel what the characters feel, and to be with those characters in every high and low of their journey. When done by a master like Hans Zimmer, it creates a presence all its own that can bring an audience to tears, or make them cheer in triumph. For many weeks we’d sit in Hans’ man lair, a carved Gothic library filled with art and musical instruments worthy of a museum, and watch him work. He and Lorne Balfe crafted something beautiful, ethnic, and epic. They make you feel the wonder of seeing pandas for the first time, and of Po getting to finally fly as the Dragon Warrior. They made the world bigger, funnier, and definitely more bad-ass. Thanks to them and we hope you enjoy”