Music : Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture
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from: Milan Records
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731383569128
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Manufacturer: Milan Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Milan Records
Release Date: October 11, 1994
Sales Rank: 24229
Studio: Milan Records
Disc 1:- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Batavia
- Germination
- A Hearty Breakfast
- Before The War
- The Seed and The Sower
- A Brief Encounter
- Ride, Ride, Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sakamoto, Ryuichi
- The Fight
- Father Christmas
- Dismissed
- Assembly
- Beyond Reason
- Sowing The Seed
- 23rd Psalm - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Traditional
- Last Regrets
- Ride, Ride, Ride (Reprise) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, McCurdy, Stephen
- The Seed
- Forbidden Colours - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sakamoto, Ryuichi
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Album Description:
Actor and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is one of the world's best musicians. He creates music with a unique style that combines western, classical, symphonic composition, Japanese traditional sounds and experimental electronic music. Out of print for many years until now, the soundtrack also contains a vocal performance by David Sylvian, best remembered as leader of the popular U.K. rock band Japan.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Forbidden Colours
My college roommate bought this when it was released. I have always loved the Forbidden Colours version with David Sylvian's vocals. A real gem of a song.
Rating: - Brilliant!
This is the soundtrack to the 1983 feature film "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence". Sakamoto, who was in the now-legendary New Wave/synth group Yellow Magic Orchestra, composed and performed the entire evocative score. Addtionally, Sakamoto starred as a Japanese POW camp commandant, along with British POW's Tom Conti and David Bowie (as an Australian commando). The movie, while a disappointment at the box office, is quite an experience; a strange drama set in a Japanese-run POW camp in the Dutch East ... Read More
Rating: - Essential Sylvian / Sakamoto collaboration
This CD disappeared for some time, I remember hunting for years to find it again. This re-release gives fans of the movie and the two artists another chance to listen to a fine Sakamoto piece. Sakamoto was in Yellow Magic orchestra, Sylvian in Japan and then on his own. The collaboration with Sylvian is one of many: Bamboo Music/Bamboo Houses and Sylvian's first 3 solo albums -- all amazing when Sakamoto adds his unique keyboard touches. "Forbidden Colors" stands away from the rest of the album, ... Read More
Rating: - This is still No.1 in my list of favorite music
I watched the movie for the first time when I was 21.
I listened to the entire soundtrack for the first time when I was 18.
I have known the melody of the title theme....since I was in elementary school.
I always whistled this melody without knowing what the music was called or who it was by.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence was the soundtrack of my life.
PS.
I have recently noticed the track #2 on disc #2 of the compilation Clicks & Cuts ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful, complicated and haunting
close your eyes and enjoy this work of art
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