1987 Soundtrack – Empire Of The Sun
Empire Of The Sun is the soundtrack, on Warner Bros. Records, of the 1987 film Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg. The original score was composed by John Williams and recorded in September–October 1987.
The album is a 54-minute selection of music from Empire of the Sun. The order of the track listing does not follow the chronology of the film.
The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Tracks
Disc 1
1 Suo Gân (Extended Version) (John Williams) 03:30
2 Home And Hearth (John Williams) 03:48
3 Trip Through The Crowd (John Williams) 02:32
4 Imaginary Air Battle (John Williams) 02:39
5 Japanese Infantry (John Williams) 03:00
6 Lost In The Crowd (John Williams) 05:44
7 Alone At Home (John Williams) 02:40
8 The Empty Swimming Pool (John Williams) 03:15
9 The Streets Of Shanghai (John Williams) 05:16
10 The Plane (John Williams) 03:12
11 Jim’s New Life (John Williams) 02:36
12 The Pheasant Hunt (John Williams) 04:26
13 The British Grenadiers (Traditional) (John Williams) 02:30
14 Cadillac Of The Skies (John Williams) 03:53
15 Mrs. Victor And James (John Williams) 02:09
16 The Return To The City (John Williams) 07:50
17 Seeing The Bomb (John Williams) 04:47
18 Bringing Them Back (John Williams) 02:43
19 Liberation: Exsultate Justi (John Williams) 01:50
20 Suo Gân (John Williams) 02:23
21 Exsultate Justi (Extended Version) (John Williams) 05:12
Disc 1
1 Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 17 No. 4 (Excerpt) 02:14
2 Imaginary Air Battle (Alternate) (John Williams) 02:40
3 Alone At Home (Alternate) (John Williams) 02:41
4 The Streets Of Shanghai (Film Version Segment) (John Williams) 01:18
5 The Streets Of Shanghai (Alternate Segment) (John Williams) 02:15
6 Chopin Again (John Williams) 01:19
7 The Plane (Alternate) (John Williams) 03:06
8 Cadillac Of The Skies (Alternate) (John Williams) 03:49
9 The Return To The City (Alternate) (John Williams) 07:52
10 Exsultate Justi (John Williams) 05:05
Musicians
| Keyboards | Chet Swiatkowski |
| Keyboards | Ian Underwood |
| Keyboards | Mike Lang |
| Keyboards | Ralph Grierson |
| Bassoon | Dave Riddles |
| Bassoon | John Steinmetz |
| Bassoon | Ken Munday |
| Bassoon | Michael O’Donovan |
| Clarinet | Dominick Fera |
| Clarinet | Gary Gray |
| Clarinet | Jim Kanter |
| Clarinet | Ralph Williams |
| Clarinet | Roy D’Antonio |
| Flute | Jim Walker |
| Flute | Louise Di Tullio |
| Flute | Sheridon Stokes |
| Flute | Kazu Matsui |
| French Horn | Arthur Maebe |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | Henry Sigismonti |
| French Horn | James Decker |
| French Horn | James Thatcher |
| French Horn | Jim Atkinson |
| French Horn | Richard Perissi |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| French Horn | Vince DeRosa |
| Oboe | Barbara Northcutt |
| Oboe | Joan Elardo |
| Oboe | Joel Timm |
| Oboe | John Winter |
| Oboe | Tom Boyd |
| Trombone | Alan Kaplan |
| Trombone | Dick Nash |
| Trombone | Lloyd Ulyate |
| Trombone | Phil Teele |
| Trumpet | Chase Craig |
| Trumpet | George Dillon |
| Trumpet | Graham Young |
| Trumpet | Malcolm McNab |
| Trumpet | Mario Guarneri |
| Trumpet | Mike Artega |
| Trumpet | Robert Divall |
| Tuba | John Johnson |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
| Percussion | Donald Williams |
| Percussion | Emil Richards |
| Percussion | Jerry Williams |
| Percussion | Joe Porcaro |
| Percussion | Kenneth Watson |
| Percussion | Larry Bunker |
| Percussion | Peter Limonick |
Other Musicians
Bass – Arni Egilsson, Bruce Morgenthaler, David Young, Donald Hermanns, Jay Grauer, David Hackmann, Richard Feves, Robert Stone, Susan Ranney, Tim Barr
Cello – Armand Kaproff, Barbara Hunter, Christina Soule, David Shamban, David Speltz, Dennis Karmazyn, Douglas Davis, Frederick Seykora, Gloria Strassner, John Walz, Marie Fera, Michael Mathews, Ray Kramer, Robert L Adcock, Ronald Cooper
Harp – Dorothy Remsen
Viola – Alan De Veritch, Carrie Holzman Little, Denyse Buffum, Janet Lakatos, Kazi Pitelka, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Linda Lipsett, Linn Subotnick, Michael Nowak, Mihail Zinovyev, Milton Thomas, Myer Bello, Myra Kestenbaum, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Kato, Sam Boghossian
Violin – Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Bill Hybel, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Darius Campo, Debra Price, Diana Halprin, Dorothy Wade, Haim Shtrum, Harold Wolf, Harry Cykman, Herman Clebanoff, Irma Neumann, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Jennifer Small, Jennifer Woodward, Josef Shoenbrun, Joy Lyle, Kathleen Lenski, Kenneth Yerke, Marshall Sosson, Michael Markman, Miwako Watanabe, Nathan Kaproff, Paul Shure, Polly Sweeney, Ralph Morrison, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Spiro Stamos, Stanley Plummer, Stuart Canin
Choir – Aleta Braxton, Alyss Sanner, Amy Albani, Angie Jaree, Anna Christy, Anne Turner, Annie Kim, Barbara Castle Hancock, Barbara Vance Wilson, Brian Asawa, Brian Novy, Capri Darling, Carlin Andrus, Carole Keiser, Cathy Larsen, Claire Gordon, Darlene Lawrence, Darlene Romano, David C. Wilson, David Fessenden, David Novy, David Romano, Dennis Heath, Diane Thomas, Donna Ulmer, Edmond Kim, Edward Cansino, Elin Carlson, Eric Scott, Genevieve Thompson, George Sterne, Gloria Prosper, James Truher, Jeanne Davenport, Jeannine Wagner, Jed Whedon, Jennifer Williams, Jeremy Schoenberg, Joseph Golightly, Jon Hindman, Joshua Clark, Judith Harris Wolman, Kari Windingstad, Kevin Dalbey, Leanna Brand, Linda Harmon, Linda Sauer, Lori Truher, Mark Chatfield, Mary Rawcliffe, Maurita Phillips Thornburg, Melissa Mackay, Michael Goldberg, Michael Nelson, Michael Redman, Molly Wilhite, Myrna Matthews, Nancy Fontana, Nancy O’Brien, Pam Erven, Pamela Ann Maran, Pat Erickson, Patrice Bulber, Paula Mandros, Peter Meinet, Rhonda Dillon, Robert Hitchcock, Roger Birrell, Sally Stevens, Samela Aird Beasom, Sandy Galin, Scott Whitaker, Shinichiro Ohyama, Stephen Amerson, Steven Webster, Steven Jacek, Su Harmon, Susan McBride, Suzie Stevens, Thomas Hartman, Timothy Fain, Timothy High, Vivian Miller, Warren Hays
Performer – The Ambrosian Junior Choir, James Rainbird (Tracks 1-1, 1-20)
Liner Notes
Producer – John Williams, Michael Matessino
Arranged By – John McCarthy (Tracks 1-1, 1-20)
Directed By – John McCarthy (Tracks 1-1, 1-20)
Producer (Executive) – MV Gerhard, Matt Verboys
Conductor – John Williams
Contractor – Jeannie Wagner, Mike Rubin
Engineer (Recording) – Shawn Murphy
Mastered By – Michael Matessino, Jim Titus
Orchestrated By – Alexander Courage, Herb Spencer
Remix – Armin Steiner
Score Editor – Ken Wannberg
Art Direction – Jim Titus
Recorded At Lorimar Music Scoring
Remixed At Twentieth Century Fox Studios
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