The Killing Fields (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Killing Fields
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Mike Oldfield


Released = start date|1984|11|26|df=yes
Recorded = England, Germany & Switzerland 1984
Genre = World Music
Length = 38:09
Label = Virgin
Producer = Mike Oldfield
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y48e4j270way link]
Last album = "Discovery"
(1984)
This album = "The Killing Fields"
(1984)
Next album = "Islands"
(1987)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Killing Fields
Type = soundtrack
Single 1 = Étude
Single 1 date = 26 November 1984

"The Killing Fields" is the 10th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It was the soundtrack album for the film of the same name. Though Oldfield's 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. The single from the album, "Étude", is taken from the Francisco Tarrega piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra".

Oldfield spent 6 months working on the score for "The Killing Fields" before going on tour, but when Oldfield returned the producers of the film asked for more music to be written, prompting Oldfield to ask for the use of an orchestra and a choir; three months later the score was finished [cite web |url=http://tubular.net/articles/99_06.shtml |title=Interview with Mike Oldfield |publisher=Roland Power-on magazine |date=1999-06-06 |accessdate=2008-07-12] .

Track listing

All tracks written by Mike Oldfield, except where stated
# "Pran's Theme" – 0:44
# "Requiem for a City" – 2:11
# "Evacuation" – 5:14
# "Pran's Theme 2" – 1:41
# "Capture" – 2:24
# "Execution" – 4:47
# "Bad News" – 1:14
# "Pran's Departure" – 2:08
# "Worksite" – 1:16
# "The Year Zero" – 0:28 (David Bedford)
# "Blood Sucking" – 1:19
# "The Year Zero 2" – 0:37
# "Pran's Escape / The Killing Fields" – 3:17
# "The Trek" – 2:02
# "The Boy's Burial / Pran Sees The Red Cross" – 2:24
# "Good News" – 1:46
# "Étude" (Francisco Tárrega, arranged by Mike Oldfield) – 4:37

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

References

External links

* [http://tubular.net/discography/TheKillingFields.shtml Mike Oldfield Discography - "The Killing Fields"] at Tubular.net