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Mike Oldfield ‎(Original Film Soundtrack) - The Killing Fields

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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:

Label: Mercury ‎– 474 658-6
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 29 Jan 2016
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Abstract, Soundtrack, Ambient, Downtempo, Modern Classical, Experimental
 
 
Description:

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.

 
 
Editorial review:
Crack all the jokes you want about Mike Oldfield and his Tubular Bells becoming the hit theme song for The Exorcist. While Oldfield is an amazing guitarist who could play with the best of them, with a lithe synth touch that became a trademark, the bottom line is that the man is a serious composer. All the proof one needs apart from his own records like Incantations and Hergest Ridge is this killer movie score. While Oldfield used a purely Western and neo-classical formal approach to write the music for Roland Joffé's dramatization of true events, his musical mates were among the best in the business at helping him to bring it off: David Bedford wrote arrangements and directed the choir, while Eberhard Schoener helped to conduct and direct another choir (!) and master percussionist Morris Pert lent his talents to the mix as well. While many scores written during the 1980s come off as laughable fluff in the 21st century, Oldfield's score for The Killing Fields is in many ways far more memorable than the film itself. The music here is full of drama, dynamic, textures, and unexpected twists and turns even in the smallest of the incidental pieces, and carries within it a certain majesty that lacks pomp and remains graceful throughout.
 
 

Tracklist:

  1. Pran's Theme
  2. Requiem for a City
  3. Evacuation
  4. Pran's Theme 2
  5. Capture
  6. Execution
  7. Bad News
  8. Pran's Departure
  9. Worksite
  10. The Year Zero
  11. Blood Sucking
  12. The Year Zero 2
  13. Pran's Escape / The Killing Fields
  14. The Trek
  15. The Boy's Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross
  16. Good News
  17. Étude
  18. Evacuation (Single Edit) (Bonus Track)
  19. 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
 

 

Bonus Tracks

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.

 

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