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The sounds of Johnnie To

The soundtrack collection that movie buffs and music lovers have been waiting for is finally here. The Milkyway Image 10th Anniversary CD Collection is an 18-track sampler of the soundtracks to Johnnie To Kei-fung's best romantic comedies and action thrillers.

The double-disc album features eight catchy Canto-pop songs and 10 instrumental tracks from the popular movies produced by To's production house Milkyway Image from 1996 to 2005.

Half the Canto-pop numbers are performed by singer-actress Sammi Cheng Sau-man, who is the female lead in To's most successful romantic comedies including Needing You, My Left Eye Sees Ghosts, Wu Yen and Love On A Diet.

Other highlights include the theme song of Election composed by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lo Ta-yau and My Big Fat Partner performed by Andy Lau Tak-wah, whose screen career was boosted by To.

But it's the theme music from films such as The Mission, Expected the Unexpected, PTU, Fulltime Killer and A Hero Never Dies that make this collection so exciting to movie fans. Each number has a unique style, and whether it's the New Age melody from the love-at-first-sight sequence in Running Out of Time or the haunting string music from Election 2, each track vividly brings the scene to mind.

One more reason to add this album to your CD rack: the box-set, designed to look like a film slate, includes a plastic film reel with a real film strip.

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