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MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE SOUNDTRACK RYUICHI SAKAMOTO GERMAN LP DAVID BOWIE NM
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May 20, 2014
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Original Soundtrack "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"
1983 VIRGIN Records vinyl LP # 205 494-320
NEAR MINT
BONUS ISSUE: AMERICAN FILM magazine
September, 1983
w/ contemporary interview with David Bowie
Album Tracks Include:
"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" The film is notable for its soundtrack, by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The main score, which bears the same title as the movie, ranks among Sakamoto's most well-known songs and made him known to a broader public. The soundtrack also contains the vocal version of this title track, better known as "Forbidden Colours" with lyrics sung and composed by David Sylvian.
COMMENT: Wikipedia
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu), also known as Furyo in many European editions) is a 1983 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring Jack Thompson, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yuya Uchida, and Takeshi Kitano.
It was written by Oshima and Paul Mayersberg and based on Laurens van der Post's experiences during World War II as a prisoner of war as depicted in his works The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970). Sakamoto also wrote the musical score and the vocal theme "Forbidden Colours" featuring David Sylvian, which was a hit single in many territories.
