"A Love Before Time" is a song for Ang Lee’s movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

It was sung by Chinese-American singer CoCo Lee[1] and featured Yo-Yo Ma on cello,[2] with music by Tan Dun and Jorge Calandrelli.

[3][4][5] The song was introduced by the actress Julia Stiles as an “evocative love ballad” that combined "the flavor and texture of Eastern music with the orchestral color and sensitive lyrics of Western culture" in the ceremony.

[1] Ang Lee also recorded a Chinese (Mandarin) version of the song, 月光愛人.

Performed by Coco Lee, the lyrics of this version were written by Kevin Yi during a flight to the US.