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Drixorial Oscar® Winner	I recently picked up George Fenton's score to *Anna and the King* and I love the exotic instrumentation and has gotten me the craving to hear some more 'Oriental sounding' scores. I was thinking of Hans Zimmer's Beyond Rangoon but nothing else really comes to mind, you guys have any suggestions? NP: The Grinch Promo - James Horner [Message edited by Drixorial on 03-09-2001]
posted 03-09-2001 06:18 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	Heaven and Earth (Kitaro), The Soong Sisters (Kitaro), Amazing Panda Adventure (William Ross) Tai-Pan (Maurice Jarre), Arabian Nights (Richard Harvey), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun), Once Upon a Time in China (James Wong)
posted 03-09-2001 06:29 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Although it's not Oriental, Sakamoto's Little Buddha has a wonderful far eastern sound to it! Tim T, I discovered Kitaro through his score for The Silk Road...good stuff too! NP : Tourist - St.Germain
posted 03-09-2001 06:58 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Oscar® Winner	"Shogun" by Maurice Jarre "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" by (I can't spell his name) "The Challenge" by Jerry Goldsmith "The Seven Samurai" by (I don't know) "The Mysterians" by Ifukbe (Did I spell that right H?)
posted 03-09-2001 07:40 AM PT (US)

cine-sin Oscar® Winner	Hi, I think that there are two ways you can go here. First, there are those scores that are very Oriental. 'Electric Shadows' (Zhao Liping) music compilation from Zhang Yimou films. This is very Chinese and includes some Chinese opera which can take an acquired listening. 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' (Tan Dun). 'The Last Emperor' (Byrne/Sakamoto) Second, those scores that create hybrid forms of East meets West. 'Snow Falling on Cedars' (James Newton Howard). Japanese influence of taiko drums, flutes etc. Stunning score and one of my all-time faves. 'Red Corner' (Thomas Newman) 'Farewell My Concubine: Great Film Themes from Modern Chinese Cinema' (performed by Prague Philharmonic). This is a collection of themes with a big orchestra sound. Its a great starting point and the track from 'A City of Sadness' is stunning and full of grandeur. Its available on Silva. I think you would like this one. Regards, Rochelle
posted 03-09-2001 07:51 AM PT (US)

cine-sin Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Marc Flake: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" by (I can't spell his name) Ryuichi Sakamoto
posted 03-09-2001 07:53 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Kundun by Philip Glass, Seven Years in Tibet by John Williams and The Mummy and 13th Warrior by Jerry Goldsmith. NP: Sphere (Elliot Goldenthal)
posted 03-09-2001 07:57 AM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	Mulan (Jerry Goldsmith) Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story (Randy Edelman)
posted 03-09-2001 08:01 AM PT (US)

Anya_Angie Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith seems to be good at Oriental music lol think about it. The Mummy Mulan The 13th Warrior The Challenge impressive resume! I love The Last Emperor. Seven Years in Tibet is also fantastic.
posted 03-09-2001 08:20 AM PT (US)

Anya_Angie Oscar® Winner	Anna and The King is fantastic. I didn't know who composed it until now! what a beautiful score!
posted 03-09-2001 08:21 AM PT (US)

cine-sin Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by SBD: Mulan (Jerry Goldsmith) Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story (Randy Edelman) I don't know why I didn't think of 'Kundun', 'Seven Years in Tibet' which are great scores (Marian's post). I have a copy of 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story' arriving soon and hear wonderful comments about this. Interested to hear your comments SBD. Regards, Rochelle NP: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (North)
posted 03-09-2001 08:23 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I haven't heard ALL of their output, but Tan Dun and the late Toru Takemitsu are two composers I've found fascinating. I just haven't gotten around to getting much of their stuff as of yet. NP -- Before and After, Howard Shore
posted 03-09-2001 08:36 AM PT (US)

joan hue Oscar® Winner	I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Sand Pebbles by the very American Jerry Goldsmith. NP The Blue Max
posted 03-09-2001 09:01 AM PT (US)

JEC Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by joan hue: I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Sand Pebbles by the very American Jerry Goldsmith. Ditto TORA TORA TORA by Mr. Goldsmith.
posted 03-09-2001 09:20 AM PT (US)

Kross Oscar® Winner	Everyone go out and buy Masterpieces of Chinese Traditional Music off of Amazon.com. I looked for a very, very long time for an oriental esque CD and everything sucked, untill I found this gem! It is not a score but it is so damn good because it sounds like one, in fact the first track's theme sounds too close to the theme from The Prince of Egypt, making me think the composer to that film ripped of this! This cd is amazing since it is all instrumental and is beautiful yet with power. Track one, track 4, and track 7 are amazing. If you want soemthing Oriental, go with this. This is the ultimate Oriental cd, trust me for I have searched many many hours since I love such music. I hate fluffy cutsey music though, I want real orietnal music with emotion and power, hell, scores today are BASED on those origianl songs, this CD Masterpieces of Chinese Traditional Music is that, freaking amazing! GO BUY NOW!
posted 03-09-2001 09:21 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Joan, this same exact topic was discussed before (where's that damned search feature, eh?), and I mentioned Goldsmith's Sand Pebbles. I also mentioned Rachel Portman's ABSOLUTELY beautiful score for The Joy Luck Club. I'll mention it again: Rachel Portman's beautiful The Joy Luck Club. What a moving score from a VERY movie flick.
posted 03-09-2001 10:03 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	While we're on great films directed by Wayne Wang, check out Graeme Revell's award-winning score to Chinese Box from 1997 (CD on MetroBlue here in the US).
posted 03-09-2001 10:07 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	since I'm back with all my CDs for a short time, I need to dig around and find Joy Luck Club. must also recommend The Sand Pebbles. doesn't get much better than this score. It's not real flashy, but shows a nice restraint and touch that you don't find in many other scores. Seek the LP version for he best performance, but the Varese re-recording gives you the whole score and obviously better sound. NP -- Gormenghast, Richard Rodney Bennett and John Tavener
posted 03-09-2001 01:07 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Ah...listing. Well, i'll throw my two cents in: Black Rain - Hans Zimmer. Come See the Paradise - Randy Edelman. (And also for those of you who haven't heard "Home on the Rangoon" track on Randy Edelman's "Shanghai Noon", yet....it's quite a trip. I only add this as a fun "east-meets-west" arrangement....)
posted 03-09-2001 03:32 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	A number of Hong Kong scores sound obviously Old Chinese. If you can a find a copy of Green Snake by James Wong, it has both Asian and Indian influences. I just mentioned a few Oriental sounding anime scores at another topic. Marc--The 7 Samurai composer is Fumio Hayasaka (well, Fumio somebody). A number of Kurosawa films are scored with a traditional sound by Masaru Satoh. Don't forget Goldsmith's The Chairman. Even John Barry's You Only Live Twice. From the Golden Age there are plenty, but two that were recently bootlegged and might be easier to find are Blood on the Sun by Miklos Rozsa and Barbarian and The Geisha by Hugo Friedhofer. Although it's not a film score, Jean-Michel Jarre wrote some neat Chinese synth for his Concerts in China album. Lastly, while the CDs are expensive, like $27 each (available through Music Selection), the 4 Music for Theater CDs for plays scored by Akira Ifukube combine traditional Japanese instruments and vocals with symphony. A few of the play scores were based in part on previous film scores and they sound like film cues. And that's just the tip of the iceberg: (Macao by Anthony Collins, House of Bamboo by Leigh Harline, or Tokyo File 212 by Albert Glasser anyone?) NP: Frances (John Barry) [Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 03-09-2001]
posted 03-09-2001 08:15 PM PT (US)

mgh Oscar® Winner	There is also John Scott's Shogun Mayeda. [Message edited by mgh on 03-09-2001] [Message edited by mgh on 03-09-2001]
posted 03-09-2001 10:52 PM PT (US)

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