Jarre in China is the first THX

THX

THX is a trade name of a high-fidelity audio/visual reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. The current THX was created in 2001 when it spun off from Lucasfilm Ltd...

 certified concert filmed in High Definition. The concert represents the beginning of China's "Year of France". Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

 returns to China after his 1981 concerts in China, where he was the first Western musician to perform since the revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

, and his Hong Kong concert in March 1994.

The concert was performed live in 5.1 Surround Sound and broadcast live to over 1 Billion Chinese viewers. Jean Michel Jarre was accompanied by 260 musicians, including The Beijing Symphony Orchestra, The Chinese National Orchestra, The Beijing Opera Chorus, and notable Chinese rock musicians.

The DVD

DVD

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 contains audio commentaries in French and in English by Jean Michel Jarre, 52 minute documentary Jean Michel Jarre in the Footsteps of the Last Emperor, 9 minute documentary Freedom of Speech featuring Cui Jian

Cui Jian

Cui Jian is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" , he is considered to be a pioneer in Chinese rock music and one of the first Chinese artists to write rock songs...

, photo gallery, and Jean Michel Jarre biography.

Track listing (DVD)

DVD 1 – Forbidden City

1. "Forbidden City"
2. "Aero"
3. "Oxygène
   Oxygene
   Oxygène is an album of instrumental electronic music composed, produced, and performed by the French composer Jean Michel Jarre. It was first released in France in December 1976, on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor. The album's international release was in summer 1977...
   
    2"
4. "Oxygène
   Oxygene
   Oxygène is an album of instrumental electronic music composed, produced, and performed by the French composer Jean Michel Jarre. It was first released in France in December 1976, on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor. The album's international release was in summer 1977...
   
    4"
5. "Geometry of Love"
6. "Equinoxe
   Equinoxe
   Équinoxe was the second major-label album release by French musician Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus in late 1978....
   
    8 - Band in the Rain"
7. "Equinoxe
   Equinoxe
   Équinoxe was the second major-label album release by French musician Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus in late 1978....
   
    4"
8. "Voyage to Beijing"
9. "Chronology
   Chronologie
   Chronologie is an album by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre, and was released on Disques Dreyfus in 1993. It is his eighth overall studio album. It is inspired by Stephen Hawking's book A Brief History of Time...
   
    6"
10. "Theremin Memories"
11. "Zoolook
    Zoolook
    Zoolook is the fourth overall mainstream studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, and released on Disques Dreyfus in 1984. It makes extensive use of digital recording techniques and sampling. It is considered by many fans as one of Jarre's most experimental albums to date...
    
    ology"
12. "Aerozone"
13. "Aerology"
14. "Chronology
    Chronologie
    Chronologie is an album by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre, and was released on Disques Dreyfus in 1993. It is his eighth overall studio album. It is inspired by Stephen Hawking's book A Brief History of Time...
    
     3"
15. "Vivaldi - Winter"
16. "The Concerts in China
    The Concerts in China
    The Concerts in China is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre, recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on Disques Dreyfus...
    
     Fishing Junks at Sunset"
17. "Rendez-vous 4"
18. "Souvenir of China
    The Concerts in China
    The Concerts in China is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre, recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on Disques Dreyfus...
    
    "
19. "Rendez-vous 2"

DVD 2 – Tian'Anmen Square

1. "Arrival"
2. "Aerology (Remix)"
3. "La Foule (Tribute to Edith Piaf)"
4. "Tian'Anmen"
5. "Oxygene 13"

Track listing (CD)

1. "Aero" – 3:26
2. "Oxygene 2" – 7:39
3. "Oxygene 4" – 4:12
4. "Geometry of Love" – 5:01
5. "Equinoxe 8" – 1:05
6. "Equinoxe 4" – 5:34
7. "Aerozone" – 5:00
8. "Chronologie 6" – 5:35
9. "Fishing Junks at Sunset" – 11:45
10. "Souvenir of China" – 4:38
11. "Aerology Remix" – 3:37