Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Soundtrack From The Original Motion Picture | 
 enlarge | Creators: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Stephen Mccurdy, Ryuichi / Sylvain, David Sakamoto, David Sylvian
Label: Milan Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 137235
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731383569128
EAN: 0731383569128
ASIN: B0000015IO
Release Date: October 11, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | 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) | | • | The Fight | | • | Father Christmas | | • | Dismissed | | • | Assembly | | • | Beyond Reason | | • | Sowing The Seed | | • | 23rd Psalm | | • | Last Regrets | | • | Ride, Ride, Ride (Reprise) | | • | The Seed | | • | Forbidden Colours |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Forbidden Colours October 18, 2004
Christopher Bushman (Portland, OR USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
Brilliant! May 20, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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!
Essential Sylvian / Sakamoto collaboration September 3, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
This is still No.1 in my list of favorite music August 12, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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...
Beautiful, complicated and haunting April 12, 2003
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
close your eyes and enjoy this work of art
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