Empire of the Sun (soundtrack)

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Empire of the Sun
Film score by John Williams
Released 1987
Length 54:11
Label Warner Bros. Records

Empire of the Sun is the soundtrack, on Warner Bros. Records, of the 1987 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film Empire of the Sun starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers. The original score was composed by John Williams.

The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Score. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music - Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award.

[edit] Track listing

  • 1. Suo Gan 2:19
  • 2. Cadillac Of The Skies 3:48
  • 3. Jim's New Life 2:33
  • 4. Lost In The Crowd 5:39
  • 5. Imaginary Air Battle 2:35
  • 6. The Return To The City 7:45
  • 7. Liberation: Exsultate Justi 1:46
  • 8. The British Grenadiers (Traditional) 2:25
  • 9. Toy Planes, Home And Hearth (Chopin Mazurka Opus 17 No. 4) 4:37
  • 10. The Streets Of Shanghai 5:11
  • 11. The Pheasant Hunt 4:24
  • 12. No Road Home / Seeing The Bomb 6:10
  • 13. Exsultate Justi 4:59
  • Total Album Time: 54:11
Awards
Preceded by
The Untouchables
BAFTA Award for Best Score
1988
Succeeded by
Best Original Score:
Dead Poets Society
Big Three Film Music Awards (1988)
Academy Award
The Milagro Beanfield War
Golden Globe
Gorillas in the Mist
BAFTA Award
Empire of the Sun