The Sheltering Sky (soundtrack)

The Sheltering Sky
Soundtrack album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	1990
Studio	Abbey Road Studios and Metropolis Studios; (London);
Genre	Film score, spoken word
Length	55:08
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990 film The Sheltering Sky (based on a novel by Paul Bowles) starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The original score was composed primarily by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the LAFCA Award for Best Music.[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"The Sacred Koran"	Ibrahim Canakkeleli, Fevsi Misir, Yusuf Gebzeli, Aziz Bahriyeli	0:40
2.	"The Sheltering Sky Theme"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	5:19
3.	"Belly"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:27
4.	"Port's Composition"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:23
5.	"On The Bed (Dream)"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:37
6.	"Loneliness"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:30
7.	"On The Hill"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	6:10
8.	"Kyoto"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:04
9.	"Cemetery"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:25
10.	"Dying"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	3:30
11.	"Market"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:42
12.	"Grand Hotel"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	2:06
13.	"The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	4:16
14.	"Je Chante"	Charles Trenet	2:44
15.	"Midnight Sun"	Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer	3:14
16.	"Fever Ride"	Richard Horowitz Avec Nizar Ismael	3:50
17.	"Chant Avec Cithare"	Burundi traditional	0:44
18.	"Marnia's Tent"	Richard Horowitz	3:02
19.	"Goulov Limma"	Cheba Zahouania	5:47
20.	"Happy Bus Ride" (Features Tunisian song "Nari ala Zarzis")	Naama	1:41
21.	"Night Train" (Features Moroccan woman's voices recorded in 1955 by Paul Bowles)	Richard Horowitz	1:57

LP edition

Vinyl edition has two additional tracks which are not included in CD release:

Side B; 1. "Louange Au Prophete" (performed by Houria Aichi. Flute: Said Missia)
Side B; 10. "Guedra" (performed by The Awash of Ouarzazate. Composed by Lanchen Zinoun)

Personnel

Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, producer
David Arch – conductor, arranger
John Altman – conductor, arranger
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
James Cullam – keyboards, programmer, engineer
Matt Howe – engineer
Chris Ludwinski – engineer
Spencer May – engineer
Ray Staff – mastering

References

McDonald, Steven. "The Sheltering Sky (Original Soundtrack)". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
"Winners & Nominees 1991". Golden Globes. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
"16th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". LAFCA. Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

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[1] McDonald, Steven. "The Sheltering Sky (Original Soundtrack)". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[2] "Winners & Nominees 1991". Golden Globes. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[3] "16th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". LAFCA. Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1940s	Life with Father – Max Steiner (1947) The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (1948) The Inspector General – Johnny Green (1949)
1950s	Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman (1950) September Affair – Victor Young (1951) High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (1952) On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959)
1960s	The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin (1960) The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin (1961) To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein (1962) (1963) The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin (1964) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1965) Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein (1966) Camelot – Frederick Loewe (1967) The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)
1970s	Love Story – Francis Lai (1970) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973) The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974) Jaws – John Williams (1975) A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976) Star Wars – John Williams (1977) Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978) Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
1980s	The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere (1980) No Award (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982) Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder (1983) A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre (1984) Out of Africa – John Barry (1985) The Mission – Ennio Morricone (1986) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987) Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre (1988) The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (1989)
1990s	The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992) Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993) The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994) A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996) Titanic – James Horner (1997) The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998) The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)
2000s	Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer (2000) Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001) Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003) The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005) The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006) Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007) Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008) Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s	The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) The Artist – Ludovic Bource (2011) Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2012) All Is Lost – Alex Ebert (2013) The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014) The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (2015) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2016) The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (2017) First Man – Justin Hurwitz (2018) Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)