Beyond Rangoon (soundtrack)

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Beyond Rangoon
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Soundtrack album by
Hans Zimmer
Released15 August 1995 [1]
Genre Film score, new-age, ancient
Length38:44
Label Milan Records, RCA Records
Producer Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin

Beyond Rangoon is an original soundtrack album written by the German composer Hans Zimmer. The film Beyond Rangoon and the album were released in 1995. It features the nature of the Burmese background during and after the 8888 Uprising in Burma. Hans Zimmer highlights on South-East Asia tradition where he employs pipes, wood flutes, and native rhythms with vivid effects to demonstrate the character of the students' strike in 1988, Burma and their fleeing Rangoon after martial law imposed.

Contents

Soundtrack titles

Waters of Irrawaddy3:48 minutes
Memories of the Dead1:45
I Dreamt I Woke up8:41
Freedom from Fear1:06
Brother Morphine1:49
Our Ways Will Part7:11
Village Under Siege4:10
Beyond Rangoon10:09

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References

  1. http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/beyond_rangoon.html – Christian Clemmensen, Beyond Rangoon, FilmTracks.com, 9.08.1996