为影片《英国病人》担任配乐的是曾以《巴黎野玫瑰》而蜚声世界乐坛的法国著名电影配乐大师盖布瑞·雅德（Gabriel Yared）。他的音乐一向很讲究气氛，在表现手法上，喜欢采用管乐独奏加之行云流水般的弦乐配合来体现孤独之美。《英国病人》的配乐风格划分为具有复古气息的巴洛克音乐和展现北非风土人情的阿拉伯音乐两大类，这样的安排正符合导演的意愿。另外一处精彩之笔便是传统匈牙利民谣的选用。同时还安排了不少富有时代特征的既成音乐的歌曲，其中包括老牌爵士乐艺人 Ella Fizgerald、Benny Goodman、Fred Astaire 以及 The Shepherd''s Hotel 爵士乐团深情演绎的插曲。
Betrayals in war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace. New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything-for the heart is an organ of fire.
My darlingI’m waiting for you. How long is a day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone now and I’m horrible cold. I really ought to drag myself outsidebut then there’d be the sun. I’m afraid I waste the light on the paintings and on writing these words. We die. We die rich with lovers and tribestastes we have swallowedbodies we have entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we’ve hidden inlike this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. We’ve the real countries. Not the boundaries draw on mapsthe names of powerful men. I know you’ll come and carry me out into the palace of winds. That’s all I’ve wantedto walk in such a place with youwith friends. An Earth without maps. The lamp’s gone out and I’m writing in the darkness.