Description
Mike Oldfield (Original Film Soundtrack) - The Killing Fields / This is a story of war and friendship, Anguish and Honour, a ruined country and one man's will to love... / Mercury Audio CD 2016 / 4746586
UPC 602547465863
Product details:
The Killing Fields is the 10th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 on Virgin Records. It was the soundtrack album for the British drama film of the same name based on the experiences of two journalists in the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It is the only full-length film score written by Oldfield.
The music was orchestrated by David Bedford. The Killing Fields was re-released in a remastered edition format on 29 January 2016, as per all previous albums which were originally released on the Virgin label.
Tracklist:
- Pran's Theme
- Requiem for a City
- Evacuation
- Pran's Theme 2
- Capture
- Execution
- Bad News
- Pran's Departure
- Worksite
- The Year Zero
- Blood Sucking
- The Year Zero 2
- Pran's Escape / The Killing Fields
- The Trek
- The Boy's Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross
- Good News
- Étude
- Evacuation (Single Edit) (Bonus Track)
- Étude (Single Edit) (Bonus Track)
| 1 | Pran's Theme | 0:44 |
| 2 | Requiem For A City | 2:11 |
| 3 | Evacuation | 5:14 |
| 4 | Pran's Theme 2 | 1:41 |
| 5 | Capture | 2:24 |
| 6 | Execution | 4:47 |
| 7 | Bad News | 1:14 |
| 8 | Pran's Departure | 2:07 |
| 9 | Worksite | 1:17 |
| 10 | The Year Zero | 0:28 |
| 11 | Blood Sucking | 1:18 |
| 12 | The Year Zero 2 | 0:38 |
| 13 | Pran's Escape / The Killing Fields | 3:17 |
| 14 | The Trek | 2:02 |
| 15 |
The Boy's Burial / Pran Sees The Red Cross |
2:44 |
| 16 | Good News | 1:46 |
| 17 | Étude | 4:37 |
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Bonus Tracks |
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| 18 | Evacuation (Single Edit) | 3:07 |
| 19 | Étude (Single Edit) | 4:11 |
More Details:
- Arranged By [Choral & Orchestral Arrangements] – David Bedford
- Artwork [Original Album Cover] – C-More-Tone-Studios
- Choir – Tölzer Boys Choir
- Conductor [Orchestra & Choir] – Eberhard Schoener
- Design [New Package], Artwork [New Package] – Phil Smee
- Engineer [Soundtrack] – Geoff Young
- Guitar, Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Fairlight] – Mike Oldfield
- Liner Notes – Mark Powell
- Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera
- Percussion – Morris Pert (tracks: 17, 19)
- Percussion [Oriental] – Preston Heyman (tracks: 11)
- Photography By – David Appleby
- Producer [The Killing Fields 2016 Project Directors] – Adam Barker (2), Daryl Easlea, Mike Oldfield
- Producer, Engineer – Mike Oldfield
- Remastered By [24-Bit Digital Remastering] – Paschal Byrne
- Transferred By [Analogue To Digital Transfers] – Ben Wiseman
- Written-By – Francisco Tárrega (tracks: 17, 19), Mike Oldfield (tracks: 1 to 9, 11 to 16, 18)
About the Artist:
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the horror film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow" and a rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo".
Oldfield has released 26 albums, most recently a sequel to his 1975 album Ommadawn titled Return to Ommadawn, on 20 January 2017.
