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Like many soundtracks, the album is not a comprehensive record of all the Oldfield music used in the film. Most notably, the music accompanying the
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was re-released in a remastered edition format on 29 January 2016, as per all previous albums which were originally released on the Virgin label.
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Oldfield's work on the score was partially instigated by Virgin boss
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sequence does not feature on the album. The single from the album, "
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Though Oldfield's music had been used in films before (see
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All tracks written by Mike Oldfield, except where stated.
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In Canada, the album reached #90 in the Top Album charts.
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A rectangular slit on a grey background featuring a sunset photo of a work site. Yellow text is at the bottom of the image; "This is a story of war and friendship, anguish and honour. A ruined country and one man's will to live...". Two red squares at the top left and right say the album title The Killing Fields and Mike Oldfield Original Film Soundtrack.
Soundtrack album
Mike Oldfield
Genre
Neoclassical
Label
Virgin
Producer
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Discovery
Islands
Singles
Étude
Allmusic
record album
Mike Oldfield
Virgin Records
soundtrack
film of the same name
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
David Bedford
The Exorcist
The Space Movie
Fairlight CMI
darkroom
Étude
Francisco Tarrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra

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