The Killing Fields (album)

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The Killing Fields
Soundtrack by Mike Oldfield
Released	November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26)
Recorded	England, Germany & Switzerland 1984
Genre	World Music
Length	38:09
Label	Virgin
Producer	Mike Oldfield
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mike Oldfield chronology
Discovery (1984) The Killing Fields (1984) Islands (1987)
Singles from The Killing Fields
"Étude" Released: 26 November 1984

The Killing Fields is a record album and the soundtrack album for the film of the same name written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was his tenth new album, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music).

Though his music had been used in films before (see The Exorcist and The Space Movie), this was the first time he had written specifically for film, and so far the only time. Oldfield composed the album on a Fairlight CMI.

Like many movies, the album is not a comprehensive record of all the Oldfield soundtrack music used in the film. Most notably, the music accompanying the darkroom sequence does not feature on the album.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Mike Oldfield, except where stated

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" – 2:08
9. "Worksite" – 1:16
10. "The Year Zero" – 0:28 (David Bedford)
11. "Blood Sucking" – 1:19
12. "The Year Zero 2" – 0:37
13. "Pran's Escape / The Killing Fields" – 3:17
14. "The Trek" – 2:02
15. "The Boy's Burial / Pran Sees The Red Cross" – 2:24
16. "Good News" – 1:46
17. "Étude" (Francisco Tárrega, arranged by Mike Oldfield) – 4:37

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Oldfield - Guitars, Synthesizers, Fairlight computer, Producer, Engineer
• Preston Heyman - Oriental Percussion
• Morris Pert - Percussion
• Eberhard Schoener - Conductor
• Orchestra of the Bavarian state opera
• Tölzer Boys Choir

[edit] External links

• Mike Oldfield Discography - The Killing Fields at Tubular.net