- Audio CD (Mar 28 1988)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Warner Bros
- Run Time: 152 minutes
- ASIN: B000002LDC
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #25,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Suo Gan |
| 2. Cadillac Of The Skies |
| 3. Jim's New Life |
| 4. Lost In The Crowd |
| 5. Imaginary Air Battle |
| 6. The Return To the City |
| 7. Liberation: Exsultate Justi |
| 8. The British Grenadiers |
| 9. "Toy Planes, Home and Hearth" |
| 10. The Streets Of Shanghai |
| 11. The Pheasant Hunt |
| 12. No Road Home/ Seeing The Bomb |
| 13. Exsultate Justi |
Product Description
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Grand spécialiste de B.O.F orchestrales majeures (La Guerre des étoiles), John Williams retrouve avec Empire Of The Sun son fidèle complice Steven Spielberg sur ce film poignant et émouvant narrant les mésaventures d'un jeune garçon durant l'occupation de Shanghaï par les japonais lors de la guerre dans le Pacifique. D'inspiration classique - Benjamin Britten, Alban Berg... John Williams confère à sa partition un lyrisme soutenu et permanent dont le meilleur exemple fut "Cadillac Of The Sky", qui avec ses choeurs élégiaques transforme les mélodies en recueillement. Ultime gratification, le disque se clôture par le somptueux morceau de résonance liturgique, "Exsultate Justi", lequel nous transporte quelques siècles en arrière. Au total, 54 minutes d'harmonie où la poésie de son auteur se manifeste à chaque instant. Didier Leprêtre
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful.,
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This review is from: Empire of the Sun (Audio CD)
Emipre of the Sun is certainly one of the lesser known scores by John Williams, but don't let that fool you -- it very much has the high quality his music is known for.The score starts off with a wonderful choral arrangement of the Welsh folk tune, 'Suo Gan'. This melody is a favortie of mine, this this is probably my favortie version. The other non-Williams music, the patriotic British march 'The British Grenadiers', is another favortie in yet another wonderful arrangement. Williams's own music is quite a mixed grabbag. 'Jim's New Life' is a happy "bustling town" town type piece, while 'The Streets of Shanghai' is a rousing action piece. There are two more choral tracks as well, 'Liberation: Exsultate Justi', and 'Exsultate Justi'. Both are basically the same, but are extrememly wonderful, and prove that Williams is as much a master of choral writing as he is of fanfares and sweet themes. This theme is easily one of the great ones. !But no review of this soundtrack could exist without mention of 'Toy Planes, Home And Hearth'. This piece is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. It's simple and elegent, yet masterful, and worth the price of the album alone. Overall, I feel this is a must have for all score fans. It's easily on the same level as Williams's other masterworks. Just get it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
a mixed bag,
By DocTodd (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Empire of the Sun (Audio CD)
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 13 are wonderful. Suo Gan is a beautiful song. Of Williams' underscore, "Cadillac of the Skies" soars to truly majestic heights and is definitely one of the composer's finer moments. "Jim's New Life" is a highly enjoyable, jaunty piece. "Toyplanes, Home, and Hearth" introduces a subtler theme, very touching, but it doesn't really get the development it deserves. The choral piece, "Exultate Justi," is really entertaining if not entirely stylistically original. You don't get to hear too many full blown Williams choral pieces like this. The rest of the CD, sadly, fails to live up to the potential hinted at by the cues I've pointed out. The rest consists of some really boring, unmemorable dramatic underscore that isn't as thematic or exciting. On the whole, it all adds up to only an average John Williams album. It's certainly not as great as some of the other scores for Spielberg films.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Movie Soundtrack,
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This review is from: Empire of the Sun (Audio CD)
I enjoyed this soundtrack which contains some excellent instrumental music. I especially liked the song called Suo Gan sung by the Ambrosian Junior Choir.
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