ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JAMES HORNER SCORES AND CONDUCTS
ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR THIS YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED DRAMA
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Film Stars Russell Crowe, Directed By Ron Howard
Soundtrack Released December 11, 2001 From Decca/UMG Soundtracks

(November 28, 2001 New York, NY) -- The highly anticipated film, A Beautiful Mind is a compelling human drama inspired by events in the life of Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr. Based in part on the biography A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, the gripping film is directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer. Starring Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (Pollock, Apollo 13), and Jennifer Connelly (Requiem For A Dream), the movie is already generating major Oscar buzz among critics nationwide. Released December 11, 2001 from Decca/UMG Soundtracks, the album features music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner, with vocals performed by 15 year old singing sensation Charlotte Church.

James Horner, whose acclaimed soundtracks to Braveheart and Titanic have sold millions of copies worldwide, has composed the music to several Ron Howard films, including Apollo 13, Willow and Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Horner’s emotional score for A Beautiful Mind features the angelic vocals of Charlotte Church, the platinum-selling Welsh soprano, who is the youngest artist ever to reach #1 on the Billboard’s Classical Chart. Church also adds her soaring vocals to "All Love Can Be," a new song played over the film's end credits. This beautiful new ballad was composed by Horner with lyrics by Will Jennings, who wrote "My Heart Will Go On" for Titanic.

In addition, the soundtrack album is an enhanced CD containing exclusive bonus materials including notes from the composer and director, the movie trailer and exclusive photos.

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over this tragedy, and finally – late in life – received the Nobel Prize.