"The 1984 Suite The 1984 Suite is a remix/compilation album by the British musician, Mike Oldfield released in 2016. The compilation pulls together tracks from his two 1984 studio albums; ""Discovery"" and ""The Killing Fields"". The album is available as part of the ""Discovery"" deluxe edition or as a standalone vinyl LP but not as a standalone CD. It has also been released in 5.1 Surround Sound as part of the ""Discovery"" deluxe set. The album features two previously unreleased tracks: ""The Royal Mile"", which is labelled as a newly rediscovered track from the 1984 period, but is in fact"
"Note, this does not appear on all versions of the soundtrack album for the movie. The only full film score which Oldfield has written, was for the 1984 film ""The Killing Fields"" (See ""The Killing Fields"" soundtrack album). In 1975 David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, ""Tubular Bells"" and ""Hergest Ridge"", for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, however only ""The Orchestral Tubular Bells"" was released to the public as an album, and reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart. Even though ""The Orchestral Hergest Ridge"" was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to ""The"
"lifetime achievement award for his composition in ""The Wild Bunch"" which celebrated its 40th anniversary. It was received by his daughter Claudia Fielding. Bibliography Jerry Fielding Joshua Itzhak Feldman (June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980), known professionally as Jerry Fielding, was an American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer who emerged in the 1960s after a decade on the blacklist to create boldly diverse and evocative Oscar-nominated scores, primarily for gritty, often brutally savage, films in western and crime action genres, including the Sam Peckinpah movies ""The Wild Bunch"" (1969) and ""Straw Dogs"" (1971). Jerry Fielding was"
"Jerry Fielding Joshua Itzhak Feldman (June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980), known professionally as Jerry Fielding, was an American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer who emerged in the 1960s after a decade on the blacklist to create boldly diverse and evocative Oscar-nominated scores, primarily for gritty, often brutally savage, films in western and crime action genres, including the Sam Peckinpah movies ""The Wild Bunch"" (1969) and ""Straw Dogs"" (1971). Jerry Fielding was born as Joshua Itzhak Feldman in Pittsburgh, to Hiram Harris Feldman and Esther Feldman, both American Jews. After trying the trombone, he took up"
"Benson Taylor Mark Davison, (born 10 September 1983), known professionally as Benson Taylor, is an English composer, record producer, electronic musician and humanitarian who is best known for producing music for film. His style of music has a British influence, often working a classic film score sound amongst electronics, and other musical settings. Taylor won the ""Best Original Music"" award at the 2014 Monaco International Film Festival. He scored and produced the music to Mathew Cullen's 2018 thriller adaptation of the Martin Amis novel, ""London Fields"", starring Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Theo James and Johnny Depp. In"
"Irving Fields Irving Fields (born Yitzhak Schwartz; August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include ""Miami Beach Rhumba""; ""Managua, Nicaragua""; and ""Chantez, Chantez,"" covered by Dinah Shore in 1957. From November 1, 1954 to January 3, 1955, he and his orchestra appeared on the DuMont Television Network series ""The Ilona Massey Show"", hosted by Ilona Massey. Fields' most famous album is ""Bagels & Bongos"" (1959), recorded for Decca Records with his trio, which sold two million copies. The next"
"Bulls filmed in Orchestral Studio 1 Abbey Road. Critic Simon Reynolds called it ""an avant-pop stampede of pounding percussion and deranged shrieks. During this period Heyman also played with the Tom Robinson Band on the album ""TRB Two"", produced by Todd Rundgren (1979), and Atomic Rooster on their sixth album ""Atomic Rooster"" (1980). 1984 and a recommendation from bass player friend Phil Spalding saw him in the studio with Mike Oldfield recording the soundtrack for Academy Award winning film ""The Killing Fields"" (1984) using unusual percussion instruments he had brought back from an extended trip to Indonesia after Kate Bush's"
"Anthony Field Anthony Donald Joseph Field, AM (born 8 May 1963) is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the children's group The Wiggles and the 1980s and 1990s pop band The Cockroaches. While still a teenager, he helped found The Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John. The Cockroaches recorded two albums and enjoyed moderate success, interrupted by Field's service in Australia's regular army, until they disbanded in the late 1980s. Field attended Macquarie University to receive training in early childhood education, and founded The Wiggles with fellow students Murray Cook,"
"Earle Hagen Earle Harry Hagen (July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008) was an American composer who created music for movies and television. His best-known TV themes include those for ""Make Room for Daddy"", ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", ""I Spy"", ""That Girl"" and ""The Mod Squad"". He is also remembered for co-writing and whistling ""The Fishin' Hole"", the melody of the main theme to ""The Andy Griffith Show""; writing the instrumental song ""Harlem Nocturne"" used as the theme to television's ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer""; and co-writing the theme song to Tim Conway's Western comedy ""Rango"". Born in Chicago, Illinois,"
"of his feature films. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, ""NBC Sunday Night Football"", ""The Mission"" theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia, the television series ""Lost in Space"" and ""Land of the Giants"", and the incidental music for the first season of ""Gilligan's Island"". Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. From 1980 to 1993 he served as the Boston Pops's principal conductor, and is currently the orchestra's laureate conductor. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film"
"Waterston has also appeared in print ads, and announced in television commercials, for the liberal magazine ""The Nation"". Waterston is a longtime friend and fan of the Mark Morris Dance Group and hosted the television presentation of ""Mozart Dances"" on PBS's ""Live from Lincoln Center"" on August 16, 2007. Waterston has a summer home in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Sam Waterston Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in ""The Killing Fields"" (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his"
"small role in the film as the American consul, created ""Swimming to Cambodia"", a monologue (later filmed by Jonathan Demme) based upon his experiences making ""The Killing Fields"". A book of the film was written by Christopher Hudson. The Killing Fields (film) The Killing Fields is a 1984 British biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg. It was directed by Roland Joffé and produced by David Puttnam for his company Goldcrest Films. Sam Waterston stars as Schanberg, Haing S. Ngor as"
"trophy for selling in excess of 2½ million records. Love died at the University College Hospital, Camden, London, on 8 July 1991 at the age of 73. Geoff Love Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes. He became famous in the late 1950s, playing under the pseudonym of Manuel and The Music of The Mountains. Love was born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son and younger of two surviving children (an elder sister Cornelia) of"
"music for the movies ""For Pete's Sake"" and ""The Love Machine"", sung by Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick, respectively, and for a 1982 documentary, ""The Killing of America"", as well as a song for the movie ""Savage Streets"". In 1980 he dubbed a voice and co-wrote the musical score (with W. Michael Lewis) for the American version of the Japanese movie ""Shogun Assassin"". Lindsay made some appearances in 1985 in conjunction with the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, the Legends for Liberty tour (backed by the sixties jazz/rock band Spirit, and began to tour on his own again. In"
"tracks. He is 69. Dransfield has composed music for several films for TV and the wide screen: ""S.O.S. Titanic"", ""Adelaide Harris"", ""Play Away"", ""Samson an Delilah"" (1985), ""Ballymena Opera House"" and ""The Wreck of the Julie Plante"" (1985). He acted the part of the blind fiddler in ""The Bounty"" (1984) (with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins). In 1986, he changed career to become a so-called ""Fiddle Doctor"", repairing violins and cellos. In 1994, he joined the Steeleye Span UK tour. Barry Dransfield Barry Dransfield, born Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, 1947, is an English folk singer, fiddler, cellist and guitarist."
"of Fame on September 29, 2005. Credits at AllMusic Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941, Buffalo, New York) is an American born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Elkie Brooks, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, and the Rolling Stones. Having emigrated to Australia in 1982 she took dual Australian-American citizenship. She recorded or toured as a backing singer for Australian artists, Richard Clapton, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, James Morrison and"
"Lindsay Field provided vocals for the score of the comedy feature film, """"Crocodile"" Dundee"" (April 1986), with music composed by Peter Best. Edwards sang ""Playing with Fire"", music by Frank Strangio and lyrics by Eve Dembowski, for the feature film, ""Dead End Drive-In"" (August 1986). Turbo Luv Nuns was a group, in 1987, with Edwards on backing vocals, Ronnie Charles (ex-The Groop) on lead vocals, Peter Coughlan on bass guitar, Mark Greig (ex-Australian Crawl) on lead guitar and Des McKenna on drums. They issued an album, ""They Don't Know"". She also provided vocals for Short Circuit's album, ""Waiting for the"
"Sydney Schanberg Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 – July 9, 2016) was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, and the Sigma Delta Chi prize for distinguished journalism. Schanberg was played by Sam Waterston in the 1984 film ""The Killing Fields"" based on the experiences of Schanberg and the Cambodian journalist Dith Pran in Cambodia. Sydney Schanberg was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, the son of Freda (Feinberg) and Louis Schanberg, a grocery store owner."
"Billy Hill (songwriter) Billy Hill (July 14, 1899 – December 24, 1940) was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as ""They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree"", ""The Last Round-Up"", ""Wagon Wheels"", and ""Empty Saddles"". Hill's most popular song was ""The Glory of Love"", recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, Count Basie in 1937, Peggy Lee in 1959, Dean Martin in 1966, Tom Rush in 1968, Eddy Arnold in 1969, Wizz Jones in 1970, Otis Redding, The Five Keys, Paul McCartney in 2012 and Bette Midler for the film ""Beaches"". William Joseph Hill"
"1970. In his latter years he suffered from Parkinson's Disease and nearly lost his voice. Peter Tevis Peter Tevis (born February 10, 1937, in Santa Barbara, California, USA, died September 13, 2006 in Mercer Island, Washington) was an American folk singer best remembered for his work on the soundtracks of composer Ennio Morricone. Tevis met Morricone while living in Italy in the 1960s, and suggested working together. A 1962 recording of the song ""Pastures of Plenty"" by Woody Guthrie became a small hit single (RCA PM45-3115). Morricone later reworked it into the title theme of the famous Spaghetti Western movie"
"of synthesizers and other keyboard instruments. In the 1980s, he composed the score for the film ""The Killing Fields"" on a Fairlight CMI. Some examples of keyboard and synthesised instruments which Oldfield has made use of include Sequential Circuits Prophet-5s (notably on ""Platinum"" and ""The Killing Fields""), Roland JV-1080/JV-2080 units (1990s), a Korg M1 (as seen in the ""Innocent"" video), a Clavia Nord Lead and Steinway pianos. In recent years, he has also made use of software synthesis products, such as Native Instruments. Oldfield has occasionally sung himself on his records and live performances, sometimes using a vocoder as a"
"Paul Field (musician) Paul Field (born 3 May 1961) is an Australian singer-songwriter and filmmaker. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Sydney pub rock band The Cockroaches and The Field Brothers and as Managing Director for the children's music group The Wiggles. Field was educated at St Joseph's College Hunters Hill, where he excelled as a rugby player and musician. Upon leaving school he attained his teaching qualification from Australian Catholic University and a diploma of religious education from Aquinas Academy in Sydney. In the late 1970s, while still at boarding school he and"
"Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941, Buffalo, New York) is an American born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Elkie Brooks, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, and the Rolling Stones. Having emigrated to Australia in 1982 she took dual Australian-American citizenship. She recorded or toured as a backing singer for Australian artists, Richard Clapton, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, James Morrison and John Farnham. Fields was born in Buffalo, New York"
"left behind hundreds of POWs being held by North Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War. He died on July 9, 2016, after suffering a heart attack in the previous week. Sydney Schanberg Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 – July 9, 2016) was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, and the Sigma Delta Chi prize for distinguished journalism. Schanberg was played by Sam Waterston in the 1984 film ""The Killing Fields"" based"
"album's third single, it hit the Top 10 during the spring of 1983 and was a hugely popular MTV music video. Oldfield later turned to film and video, writing the score for Roland Joffé's acclaimed film ""The Killing Fields"" and producing substantial video footage for his album ""Islands"". ""Islands"" continued what Oldfield had been doing on the past couple of albums, with an instrumental piece on one side and rock/pop singles on the other. Of these, ""Islands"", sung by Bonnie Tyler and ""Magic Touch"", with vocals by Max Bacon (in the US version) and Glasgow vocalist Jim Price (Southside Jimmy)"
"Fields conducting his Ripppling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra and John Serry Sr. (Italian-American concert accordionist). In addition to the Academy Award for Best Original Song (1938), the film earned an ASCAP Film and Television Award (1989) for Bob Hope's signature song ""Thanks for the Memory. During the late 1940s and into the early 1950s, a production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer headed by Arthur Freed made the transition from old-fashioned musical films, whose formula had become repetitive, to something new. (However, they also produced Technicolor remakes of such musicals as ""Show Boat"", which had previously been filmed in the 1930s.) In 1939, Freed"
"Danny Fields Danny Fields (born Daniel Feinberg; November 13, 1939) is an American music manager, publicist, journalist and author. As a music industry executive in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, he was one of the most influential figures in the history of punk rock. He signed and managed Iggy and the Stooges, signed the MC5 and managed the Ramones, and worked in various roles with Jim Morrison, the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers. In 2014 ""The New York Times"" said, ""You could make a convincing case that without Danny Fields, punk rock would not have happened."" Fields grew up"
"the television industry, Hairston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Blvd. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California. Jester Hairston Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on Negro spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include ""Amen,"" a gospel-tinged theme from the film ""Lilies of the Field"" and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song ""Mary's Boy Child"". Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community"
"death from cancer in 1996. Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was an English arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams (""Days of Pearly Spencer""), Gary Glitter, the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Andrew Loog Oldham, Joe Cocker, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Ben E. King, the Drifters, and Gene Pitney. Leander also wrote the score for the films, ""Privilege"" and ""Run a Crooked Mile"". Born"
"Arthur B. Rubinstein Arthur B. Rubinstein (March 31, 1938 – April 23, 2018) was an American composer. He composed several TV series soundtracks and songs for film scores, including ""Video Fever"" and ""Edge of the World"" in the 1983 film ""WarGames"". During the making of these soundtracks, he was a member of the band The Beepers. He has frequently been hired by film director John Badham, and the majority of his movie soundtracks are found in Badham's work, including ""Whose Life Is It Anyway?"" (1981), ""Blue Thunder"" (1983), ""Stakeout"" (1987), ""The Hard Way"" (1991), ""Another Stakeout"" (1993), and ""Nick of"
"Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include ""The Way You Look Tonight"" (1936), ""A Fine Romance"" (1936), ""On the Sunny Side of the Street"" (1930), ""Don't Blame Me"" (1948), ""Pick Yourself Up"" (1936), ""I'm in the Mood for Love"" (1935) and ""You Couldn't Be Cuter"" (1938). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse,"
"film starring Mamie Smith. All songs were written in collaboration with Porter Grainger unless otherwise noted. Bob Ricketts Robert Williams (Bob) Ricketts (March 15, 1885, Springfield, Ohio—November 25, 1936, New York City) was an American musician, composer, lyricist, bandleader, song arranger and music publisher. Bob Ricketts was associated with fellow musician and songwriter Porter Grainger and together they produced a number of musical works. Ricketts was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1918, where he led the pit band at the Standard Theater in South Philadelphia. Upon his arrival in New York City, he had joined forces with Porter Grainger; together"
"Arthur Fields Arthur Fields (August 6, 1884 – March 29, 1953) was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter. He was born Abraham Finkelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up mainly in Utica, New York. He became a professional singer as a youngster. Around 1908, he toured with Guy Brother's Minstrel Show, and helped form a vaudeville act ""Weston, Fields and Carroll"". His first hit as a songwriter was ""On the Mississippi"" (1912), which he wrote the music for with Harry Carroll and Ballard MacDonald supplied the lyrics. In 1914 he wrote the lyrics to ""Aba Daba Honeymoon"", which was revived"