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EMPIRE OF THE SUN<\/em> – Cue List and Additional Notes<\/strong>
\n by Mike Matessino<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following CD track list for Empire of the Sun<\/em> includes each cue\u2019s reel and part number, session slate numbers (in order of editorial usage), 1987 recording date, orchestrator and indicates, where applicable, the original manuscript titles. Additional notes are included regarding edits made for the film or for the original 1987 album and other points not discussed in the essay accompanying the La-La Land Records \u201cExpanded Archival Collection\u201d release.
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\nDISC 1 \u2022 The Film Score<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Suo G\u00e2n (extended version)<\/strong> 3:29
    \n1M1\/2 \u2022 Recorded in February 1987 \u2022 Arranged and Conducted by John McCarthy<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  2. Home and Hearth<\/strong> 3:50
    \n1M4 \u2022 S89 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orchestrator: Herbert Spencer
    \nOn the original album, this cue, starting with the Chopin Mazurka piano melody, was the second half of the track entitled \u201cToy Planes, Home and Hearth.\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  3. Trip Through the Crowd<\/strong> 2:33
    \n2M1 \u2022 S66, 67 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nThis cue is the first half of the track \u201cNo Road Home \/ Seeing the Bomb\u201d on the original album. A piano insert foreshadowing the later usage of Mozart\u2019s Sonata No. 5 in \u201cThe Return to the City\u201d was added for the film mix. An early version of this cue called \u201cJourney in Costumes\u201d was written but not recorded.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  4. Imaginary Air Battle<\/strong> 2:38
    \n2M3R \u2022 S153, 151 \u2022 10\/21 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  5. Japanese Infantry<\/strong> 3:00
    \n2M4 \u2022 S121 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  6. Lost in the Crowd<\/strong> 5:44
    \n3M1 \u2022 S11 \u2022 9\/30 \u2022 Orch: Alexander Courage
    \nManuscript title: \u201cPanic and the Crowd\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  7. Alone at Home<\/strong> 2:43
    \n4M1 \u2022 S25, 123 \u2022 9\/30 & 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nThe decision to add chorus to this cue was made after the orchestral component was recorded. The orchestra-only version can be found on disc 2, track 3.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  8. The Empty Swimming Pool<\/strong> 3:14
    \n4M2 \u2022 S29 \u2022 9\/30 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nFor the film, the final chord of \u201cAlone at Home\u201d is repeated briefly at the start of this cue.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  9. The Streets of Shanghai<\/strong> 5:15
    \n4M3\/5M1 \u2022 S111, 115, 48, 49, 20, 22 \u2022 9\/30 & 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS & AC
    \nFour separate cue sections combined together editorially create the planned scoring for this sequence, also presented on the original album.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  10. The Plane<\/strong> 3:15
    \n7M1 \u2022 S99, 97 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nThis was the first half of \u201cToy Planes, Home and Hearth\u201d on the original album.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  11. Jim\u2019s New Life<\/strong> 2:34
    \n8M1 \u2022 S8 \u2022 9\/30 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nManuscript title: \u201cJim\u2019s Activities\u201d
    \nThis was the first cue recorded at the scoring sessions. The composer later expanded this cue for a concert arrangement.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  12. The Pheasant Hunt<\/strong> 4:28
    \n10M1 \u2022 S58 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  13. The British Grenadiers<\/strong> [Traditional] 2:29
    \n10M2 \u2022 S52, 53 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: HS & JW
    \nManuscript titles: \u201cGrenadiers\u201d and \u201cJW\u2019s Grenadiers\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  14. Cadillac of the Skies<\/strong> 3:53
    \n12M3R \u2022 S102, 103 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: AC<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  15. Mrs. Victor and James<\/strong> 2:11
    \n12M3A\/13M1 \u2022 S132, 128 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nThe opening of the cue was not used in the film. Amusing anecdote: the handwritten manuscript title was misread when the studio cue sheet was compiled, resulting in it being entered as \u201cMrs. Victor and Jones.\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  16. The Return to the City<\/strong> 7:50
    \n13M2\/14M1R \u2022 S70 \u2022 10\/14 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nManuscript title: \u201cNew March\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  17. Seeing the Bomb<\/strong> 4:48
    \n14M2 \u2022 S80, 78 \u2022 10\/14 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nThis cue, with edits shortening the opening section, is the second half of the original album track entitled \u201cNo Road Home \/ Seeing the Bomb.\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  18. Bringing Them Back<\/strong> 2:41
    \n15M1\/15M2A \u2022 S107, 106 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nIn the film, a repeated section of \u201cCadillac of the Skies\u201d replaced the opening of the cue as recorded.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  19. Liberation: Exsultate Justi<\/strong> 1:53
    \n15M2 \u2022 S83, 84 \u2022 10\/14 \u2022 Orch: JW
    \nManuscript title: \u201cExsultate Justi\u201d<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  20. Suo G\u00e2n<\/strong> 2:23
    \n15M2X
    \nThis version of the track (with middle verse removed) was presented as the opening of the original album. At the end of the film, verses 1 and 2 are heard, but cutting to the final phrase of verse 3 as the picture ends.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  21. Exsultate Justi (film version)<\/strong> 5:14
    \n15M3 \u2022 S146, 147, 155 \u2022 10\/21 \u2022 Orch: HS
    \nManuscript title: \u201cEnd Credits \/ Exsultate Justi\u201d (and \u201cBrass insert\u201d)
    \nThe extended brass insert is unique to the film version of the cue. The original version, as heard on the original album, is presented on disc 2, track 10. The opening of the cue, combined with the ending of \u201cLiberation: Exsultate Justi,\u201d was editorially created for the film in order to extend the music over the length of the credits.<\/li>\n

    \n<\/ol>\n

     
    \n DISC 2 \u2022 Additional Music<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 17 No. 4 (excerpt)<\/strong> 2:14
      \n1M3 \u2022 S142 \u2022 10\/15<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    2. Imaginary Air Battle (alternate)<\/strong> 2:41
      \n2M3 \u2022 S75 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    3. Alone at Home (alternate)<\/strong> 2:40
      \n4M1 \u2022 S25 \u2022 9\/30 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    4. The Streets of Shanghai (film version segment)<\/strong> 1:18
      \n4M3\/5M1 \u2022 S164 \u2022 10\/21 \u2022 Orch: HS
      \nManuscript title: \u201cPercussion insert\u201d<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    5. The Streets of Shanghai (alternate segment)<\/strong> 2:17
      \n4M3\/5M1 \u2022 S15, 14 \u2022 9\/30 \u2022 Orch: JW<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    6. Chopin Again<\/strong> 1:19
      \n6M1 \u2022 S91 \u2022 10\/15 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    7. The Plane (alternate)<\/strong> 3:05
      \n7M1 \u2022 S30, 32, 31 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    8. Cadillac of the Skies (alternate)<\/strong> 3:51
      \n12M3 \u2022 S34, 37, 36, 39, 33, 42 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: AC<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    9. The Return to the City (alternate)<\/strong> 7:50
      \n13M2\/14M1 \u2022 S44 \u2022 10\/1 \u2022 Orch: HS
      \nManuscript title: \u201cDeath March\u201d<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    10. Exsultate Justi<\/strong> 5:09
      \n15M3 \u2022 S146, 147 \u2022 10\/21 \u2022 Orch: HS<\/li>\n

      \n<\/ol>\n

       
      \nSOURCE MUSIC AND SONGS<\/p>\n

      The following information addresses the existing tunes that are heard throughout Empire of the Sun<\/em> and provides their reel and part numbers.<\/p>\n

      Popular songs:<\/span> \u201cSwing Is in the Air\u201d (2M2), performed by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, a 1939 recording, is heard at the fancy dress party near the beginning of the film. It is an appropriate title to accompany the moment when Jim eyes a Japanese fighter flying overhead. On board the freighter where Jim first meets Basie, two songs play on the radio: \u201cSouth of the Border\u201d (5M2), sung by Al Bowlly, was composed in 1939, written by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr for a Gene Autry film of the same name. The medley \u201cThese Foolish Things\/A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square\u201d (5M3) is a fascinating selection in that the words for the first of these two songs by British-born Eric Maschwitz supposedly refer to his brief relationship, while in Hollywood, with a Chinese-American actress named Anna May Wong. Maschitz\u2019s biography states that he dictated the lyrics over the telephone to composer Jack Strachey and the melody was written the following day. Music for the second song is by Manning Sherwin. Both were written in 1939 and eventually became very popular, recorded by numerous artists over the decades. The renowned Elisabeth Welch sings on the medley heard in Empire of the Sun<\/em>. All three of these songs can be found for purchase as downloads.<\/p>\n

      Other Source Music:<\/span> Mr. Lockwood, host of the fancy dress party at the beginning of the film, is identified by singing Christmas carols: \u201cGod Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\u201d (2M2A) and \u201cGood King Wenceslas\u201d (6M3). Heard playing on harmonica in the American dorm at the prison camp are \u201cAmerican Patrol\u201d (8M2) and \u201cI Left My Love\u201d (8M3). Jack Dearlove, who was Harrison Ford\u2019s stand-in on the original Star Wars<\/em> trilogy and first three Indiana Jones<\/em> films, plays a camp prisoner who sings the World War I song \u201cIt\u2019s a Long Way to Tipperary\u201d (9M1) as the prisoners fight for food and again during the exodus from the camp (14M1A). The Japanese Imperial Navy Anthem, \u201cUmiyukaba,\u201d (12M1) is sung on the airfield as Jim begins singing \u201cSuo G\u00e2n\u201d (12M2).
      \n <\/p>\n

      See also:<\/p>\n