

The best of the old themes is the one heard most famously in the first score’s “Oogway Ascends” and it gets an absolutely lovely treatment in the opening “Oogway’s Legacy”, with romantic piano (played by Lang Lang of all people) taking centre-stage, and it’s probably the best piece on the album.
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Zimmer and Powell’s main themes from the previous instalments return alongside some new ones and while the credits have changed, the music continues very much in the familiar vein from before, full of action and adventure and no shortage of fun.


Simmons) who returns to the mortal world after stealing Master Oogway’s chi from the spirit world, the bounder! The previous two scores in the franchise were credited to Hans Zimmer and John Powell, but Zimmer goes solo this time if you’re reading the front cover of the album – inside, Lorne Balfe gets co-billing and there’s additional music by Paul Mounsey. The third entry in the apparently six-part Kung Fu Panda series continues the telling of the true story of Po, who meets his biological father only after seeing his dumpling-eating record beaten by him and then battles a spirit warrior (J.K.
