Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

merry christmas, mr. lawrence: soundtrack from the original motion picture [soundtrack]

On this CD:

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Batavia
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Germination
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score A Hearty Breakfast
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Before The War
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score The Seed and The Sower
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score A Brief Encounter
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Ride, Ride, Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song) (for the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
    Composed by Stephen McCurdy

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score The Fight
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Father Christmas
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Dismissed
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Assembly
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Beyond Reason
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Sowing The Seed
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Lord Is My Shepherd, for chorus
    Composed by J. Seymour Irvine

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score Last Regrets
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Ride, Ride, Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song) (for the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
    Composed by Stephen McCurdy

    Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, film score The Seed
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Forbidden Colours (for the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
    Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvain
    with David Sylvain

Editorial Reviews
Product 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.

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Forbidden Colours
  • Brilliant!
  • Essential Sylvian / Sakamoto collaboration
  • This is still No.1 in my list of favorite music
  • Beautiful, complicated and haunting
 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture

Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000015IO
Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

  1. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
  2. Batavia
  3. Germination
  4. A Hearty Breakfast
  5. Before The War
  6. The Seed And The Sower
  7. A Brief Encounter
  8. Ride, Ride, Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song)
  9. The Fight
  10. Father Christmas
  11. Dismissed
  12. Assembly
  13. Beyond Reason
  14. Sowing The Seed
  15. 23rd Psalm
  16. Last Regrets
  17. Ride, Ride, Ride (Reprise)
  18. The Seed
  19. Forbidden Colours

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:

3 out of 5 stars Forbidden Colours.......2004-10-19

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.

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!.......2004-05-20

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 Indies in World War II, but worth watching. The ending is emotional; you may shed a few tears at the end!

As good as the film is, the soundtrack is stunning, especially the title track; it's haunting, mesmorizing, and powerful. (The only clunker is the David Sylvian vocal on the "reprise" at the end, which was not on the film's soundtrack.)

At the very least, get this brilliant soundtrack!

5 out of 5 stars Essential Sylvian / Sakamoto collaboration.......2003-09-03

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, I think, a wonderful song, one of my favorites.

Buy the movie, it's still available, enjoy Bowie against Sakamoto and Tom Conti's fine performance. Then, you'll need this album.

5 out of 5 stars This is still No.1 in my list of favorite music.......2003-08-12

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 3 (on Mille Plateaux), by Antonelli Electr., starts with a melody that is very remniscent of one of the short tracks on Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. It made me really excited...

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, complicated and haunting.......2003-04-12

close your eyes and enjoy this work of art

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