The score for The Last Emperor was created by an unlikely trio: Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su. The film tells the life story of Pu Yi, the last monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty prior to the republican revolution in 1911. The Last Emperor is a lavish historical epic directed by the great Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen, and Peter O'Toole. Performed by The Girld Red Guard Dancers.Music On Vinyl presents the black vinyl edition soundtrack for The Last Emperor by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su a.o. Performed by The Ball Orchestra of Vienna conducted by Leopold Schnell. Publisher: Halemount ltd/Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Ltd and Screenframe Ltd Trad/Arr by The Red Guard: Performed by The Red Guard Accordion Band. Mastered by Greg Calbi at STerlind Sound, New York
Mixed at Sigma Sound, New York by Glen Rosenstein and David Byrne, assisted by Mark Roule except “Paper Emperor” mixed by Clive Martin and David Byrne. *Songs arranged by Brian Gulland and David Byrne and recorded at Odyssey Studios and Lillie Yard Studio, London Engineer: Clive Martin The Red Guard Dance ( The Girls Red Guard Dancers)Īll Titles: Written by Ryuichi Sakamoto – Copyright Control Produced by Ryuichi Rakamoto – Associate Producer: Aki Ikuta – Mixed by Steve Nye – Engineers: Shigeru Takise, Shinichi Tanaka, Mike Jarratt, Haydn Bendall – Studios: Onkio Haus, Kato Studio, Aoyama Studio, CBS Sony Soppongi Studios, Abbey Rad, CTS, Lillie Yard and Electric Lady – A&R Coordination/Tokyo: Keiko Shinozaki – A&R Coordination/London: Ray Williams – A&R Coordination/New York: Christian Dalbavie – Production Secretary/Tokyo: Kayo Itose – Fairlight Programming: Hiro Sugawara – Fairlight Programming and More: Hans Zimmer