The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990

1990 in film

The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....

 film The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky (film)

The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel by Paul Bowles about a couple who journey to northern Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the...

(based on a novel

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner...

 by Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles

Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...

) starring Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Mary Debra Winger is an American actress. Three-times an Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival...

 and John Malkovich

John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...

. The original score was composed mainly by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...

. For the complete list of composers see below.

The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is one of several categories presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947...

 and the LAFCA Award for Best Music

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January...

.

Track listing

All compositions by Ryuichi Sakamoto, except where noted.

1. "The Sacred Koran" (Ibrahim Canakkeleli, Fevsi Misir, Yusuf Gebzeli, Aziz Bahriyeli) 0:40
2. "The Sheltering Sky Theme" 5:19
3. "Belly" 1:27
4. "Port's Composition" 1:23
5. "On The Bed (Dream)" 1:37
6. "Loneliness" 1:30
7. "On The Hill" 6:10
8. "Kyoto" 1:04
9. "Cemetery" 1:25
10. "Dying" 3:30
11. "Market" 1:42
12. "Grand Hotel" 2:06
13. "The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)" 4:16
14. "Je Chante" (Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
    
    ) 2:44
15. "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer)3:14
16. "Fever Ride" (Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz is a composer, producer, arranger, and musician .He is best known for his work on The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, which was awarded the 1990 Golden Globe and LA Film Critics Music Awards; Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, which was awarded the 2000...
    
    )(Nizar Ismael) 3:50
17. "Chant Avec Cithare" (Burundi traditional) 0:44
18. "Marnia's Tent" (Horowitz) 3:02
19. "Goulov Limma" (Chaba Zahouania) 5:47
20. "Happy Bus Ride" (Zarzis) 1:41
21. "Night Train" (Horowitz/women's voices recorded by Paul Bowles in 1955) 1:57

The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990

1990 in film

The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....

 film The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky (film)

The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel by Paul Bowles about a couple who journey to northern Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the...

(based on a novel

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner...

 by Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles

Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...

) starring Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Mary Debra Winger is an American actress. Three-times an Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival...

 and John Malkovich

John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...

. The original score was composed mainly by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...

. For the complete list of composers see below.

The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is one of several categories presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947...

 and the LAFCA Award for Best Music

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January...

.

Track listing

All compositions by Ryuichi Sakamoto, except where noted.

1. "The Sacred Koran" (Ibrahim Canakkeleli, Fevsi Misir, Yusuf Gebzeli, Aziz Bahriyeli) 0:40
2. "The Sheltering Sky Theme" 5:19
3. "Belly" 1:27
4. "Port's Composition" 1:23
5. "On The Bed (Dream)" 1:37
6. "Loneliness" 1:30
7. "On The Hill" 6:10
8. "Kyoto" 1:04
9. "Cemetery" 1:25
10. "Dying" 3:30
11. "Market" 1:42
12. "Grand Hotel" 2:06
13. "The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)" 4:16
14. "Je Chante" (Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
    
    ) 2:44
15. "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer)3:14
16. "Fever Ride" (Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz is a composer, producer, arranger, and musician .He is best known for his work on The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, which was awarded the 1990 Golden Globe and LA Film Critics Music Awards; Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, which was awarded the 2000...
    
    )(Nizar Ismael) 3:50
17. "Chant Avec Cithare" (Burundi traditional) 0:44
18. "Marnia's Tent" (Horowitz) 3:02
19. "Goulov Limma" (Chaba Zahouania) 5:47
20. "Happy Bus Ride" (Zarzis) 1:41
21. "Night Train" (Horowitz/women's voices recorded by Paul Bowles in 1955) 1:57

The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990

1990 in film

The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....

 film The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky (film)

The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel by Paul Bowles about a couple who journey to northern Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the...

(based on a novel

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner...

 by Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles

Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...

) starring Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Mary Debra Winger is an American actress. Three-times an Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival...

 and John Malkovich

John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...

. The original score was composed mainly by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...

. For the complete list of composers see below.

The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is one of several categories presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947...

 and the LAFCA Award for Best Music

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January...

.

Track listing

All compositions by Ryuichi Sakamoto, except where noted.

1. "The Sacred Koran" (Ibrahim Canakkeleli, Fevsi Misir, Yusuf Gebzeli, Aziz Bahriyeli) 0:40
2. "The Sheltering Sky Theme" 5:19
3. "Belly" 1:27
4. "Port's Composition" 1:23
5. "On The Bed (Dream)" 1:37
6. "Loneliness" 1:30
7. "On The Hill" 6:10
8. "Kyoto" 1:04
9. "Cemetery" 1:25
10. "Dying" 3:30
11. "Market" 1:42
12. "Grand Hotel" 2:06
13. "The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)" 4:16
14. "Je Chante" (Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
    
    ) 2:44
15. "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer)3:14
16. "Fever Ride" (Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz
    Richard Horowitz is a composer, producer, arranger, and musician .He is best known for his work on The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, which was awarded the 1990 Golden Globe and LA Film Critics Music Awards; Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, which was awarded the 2000...
    
    )(Nizar Ismael) 3:50
17. "Chant Avec Cithare" (Burundi traditional) 0:44
18. "Marnia's Tent" (Horowitz) 3:02
19. "Goulov Limma" (Chaba Zahouania) 5:47
20. "Happy Bus Ride" (Zarzis) 1:41
21. "Night Train" (Horowitz/women's voices recorded by Paul Bowles in 1955) 1:57