The film was an official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of the popular hits of the event.
The film may have had an impact beyond movie screens, however. Only weeks into its European run, the Burmese military junta freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi (depicted in the film) after several years under strict house arrest. The celebrated democracy leader thanked the filmmakers in her first interview with the BBC. Suu Kyi was re-arrested a few years later, but Beyond Rangoon had already helped raise world attention on a previously "invisible" tragedy: the massacres of 1988 and the cruelty of her country's military rulers.
Beyond Rangoon is an original soundtrack album written by the German composer Hans Zimmer. The film Beyond Rangoon and the album were released in 1995. It features the nature of the Burmese background during and after the 8888 Uprising in Burma. In this ethnic tropes music, Hans Zimmer highlights on South-East Asia tradition where he employs pipes, wood flutes, and native rhythms with vivid effects to demonstrate the character of the students' strike in 1988, Burma and their fleeing Rangoon after martial law imposed.
Hans Zimmer - BEYOND RANGOON (1994) - Soundtrack Suite
Composing sublime film music in the late Eighties and early Nineties help put Hans Zimmer on the film music road map. With efforts such as Rain Man, A World Apart, and The Power of One, Zimmer carved out a unique space for himself and later his Media Venture partners. In 1994, the release of a small budget film chronicling the unanticipated adventures of a Westerner in the Far East. For Beyond Rangoon, Hans Zimmer triumphs in delivering a score that communicates the unfamiliar and beautiful land of Burma, the private tragedy of the central character and the political and economic tragedy the Burmese people suffer under.
The setting of the film is 1988, when a young doctor played by Patricia Arquette takes a vacation with her sister and is separated from her tour group as her passport h...
published: 14 Jul 2011
01 Waters of Irrawaddy - Beyond Rangoon Hans Zimmer
01 Waters of Irrawaddy Beyond Rangoon Hans Zimmer
published: 22 Aug 2014
08 Beyond Rangoon - Hans Zimmer
08 Beyond Rangoon - Hans Zimmer
published: 22 Aug 2014
Soundtrack: Beyond Rangoon full score - Hans Zimmer
Music : "Beyond Rangoon (suite)" by Hans Zimmer, Beyond Rangoon Soundtrack
Slideshow : "Asian Dream" (IV), made with Movie Maker
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"Asian Dream" (I) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqZ5x-KOhU
"Asian Dream" (II) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk17ZQxrJY
"Asian Dream" (III) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnKUSCo_lw
"Asian Dream" (V) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbEY8zZ--Q
"Kingdom of Asia" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSUaZCnSTs
NOTE : Music and images don't belong to me. This video is fan-made, it is done for entertainment purposes only.
published: 22 Dec 2012
Beyond Rangoon. Hans Zimmer
Burma, August 1988. Sisters Laura (Patricia Arquette) and Andy (Frances McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repressive regime spoil the holiday. Laura loses her passport and must flee from trigger-happy soldiers with a political dissident (Ko, a real-life exiled Burmese activist) who befriends her. The search for her passport soon becomes a imperiled trek of survival and self-discovery.
Hans Zimmer (Academy Award-winning composer of The Lion King) has asserted himself as one of the most sought after composers of film music today. His patented sound has inspired others and he proves this with the remarkable score for Beyond Rangoon. By skillfully mixing a cyclical theme on percussion instruments with breathtaking phrasings on ethnic flutes, and ...
published: 08 May 2021
Maksim performing Beyond Rangoon live
Maksim performing Beyond Rangoon live at Great Hall of the People, Beijing
published: 11 Apr 2018
Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy
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Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy · Maksim · Julian Kershaw · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Crouch End Festival Chorus
Electrik
℗ 2006 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Chorus: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Conductor, Vocals: Julian Kershaw
Piano, Vocals: Maksim
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Arranger: Matt Robertson
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Composing sublime film music in the late Eighties and early Nineties help put Hans Zimmer on the film music road map. With efforts such as Rain Man, A World Ap...
Composing sublime film music in the late Eighties and early Nineties help put Hans Zimmer on the film music road map. With efforts such as Rain Man, A World Apart, and The Power of One, Zimmer carved out a unique space for himself and later his Media Venture partners. In 1994, the release of a small budget film chronicling the unanticipated adventures of a Westerner in the Far East. For Beyond Rangoon, Hans Zimmer triumphs in delivering a score that communicates the unfamiliar and beautiful land of Burma, the private tragedy of the central character and the political and economic tragedy the Burmese people suffer under.
The setting of the film is 1988, when a young doctor played by Patricia Arquette takes a vacation with her sister and is separated from her tour group as her passport has been lost and she must stay behind as a new one is prepared. Having lost a loved one, Arquette travels to the Far East in hopes that it will help her to recover. Divorced from the official tour, she embarks on a private tour with one of the Burmese locals and in the course of her tour is exposed to the injustices of the repressive military regime. Arquettes character rediscovers her sense of purpose and belonging as a result of her exposure to the truth of Burmese plight. The real-life, oppressive climate of Burma existed even during the shooting of the Beyond Rangoon and so Malaysia was used instead of Burma, itself.
Zimmer's choice of instrumentation, themes and motifs accurately reflect these main elements of the film. Quite obviously the locale is reflected in the employment of wood flutes and ethnic percussion instruments. The loss and sense of mourning for the film's star and for the people of Burma are reflected in the solitary vocal theme used throughout the score. At the same time these same vocals cleverly dawn an air of hope and determination resident in both Arquette and the Burmese. Lastly, Zimmer utilizes the versatility of his synthesizers to communicate the sense of suspense, mystery, and the struggle for freedom from oppression.
The soundtrack begins with the infectious Waters of Irrawady (1). The main theme of Beyond Rangoon is introduced here and is played on the wood flute. The flute is used extensively throughout the score but never becomes tiresome. There are a number of secondary themes that, by the time one reaches the climatic track 8, Beyond Rangoon, mesh together to make this a thoroughly entertaining soundtrack. For the most part, one wind instrument or another lead these themes, while wordless vocals are the next most frequent choice. Of course, Zimmer's synthesized work is never too far off but rarely obtrusive.
Aside from his use of synthesizers, Zimmer foregoes mixing in too many blatantly Western motifs or themes. His work for Beyond Rangoon both reflects back to his earlier works such as A World Apart but also shares familiar moments from some of his most successful scores such as The Lion King and The Prince of Egypt. With 1995 being a pretty strong year for film music (Braveheart, Apollo 13, Nixon, Il Postino), the epic, yet fresh feel of Beyond Rangoon still warranted an Oscar nomination...even over Sense and Sensibility and over Il Postino, the eventual winner.
Fans of Zimmer's more exotic side will find Beyond Rangoon an addictive treat. It's eight tracks total just over 38 minutes of music. Being such an intriguing score, it certainly deserved a more complete release. Still, the concluding track Beyond Rangoon (8) being over ten minutes in length, makes for a satisfying summation of the score. Alone, it is worth the full price of the CD.
(http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/beyondrangoon.htm)
Composing sublime film music in the late Eighties and early Nineties help put Hans Zimmer on the film music road map. With efforts such as Rain Man, A World Apart, and The Power of One, Zimmer carved out a unique space for himself and later his Media Venture partners. In 1994, the release of a small budget film chronicling the unanticipated adventures of a Westerner in the Far East. For Beyond Rangoon, Hans Zimmer triumphs in delivering a score that communicates the unfamiliar and beautiful land of Burma, the private tragedy of the central character and the political and economic tragedy the Burmese people suffer under.
The setting of the film is 1988, when a young doctor played by Patricia Arquette takes a vacation with her sister and is separated from her tour group as her passport has been lost and she must stay behind as a new one is prepared. Having lost a loved one, Arquette travels to the Far East in hopes that it will help her to recover. Divorced from the official tour, she embarks on a private tour with one of the Burmese locals and in the course of her tour is exposed to the injustices of the repressive military regime. Arquettes character rediscovers her sense of purpose and belonging as a result of her exposure to the truth of Burmese plight. The real-life, oppressive climate of Burma existed even during the shooting of the Beyond Rangoon and so Malaysia was used instead of Burma, itself.
Zimmer's choice of instrumentation, themes and motifs accurately reflect these main elements of the film. Quite obviously the locale is reflected in the employment of wood flutes and ethnic percussion instruments. The loss and sense of mourning for the film's star and for the people of Burma are reflected in the solitary vocal theme used throughout the score. At the same time these same vocals cleverly dawn an air of hope and determination resident in both Arquette and the Burmese. Lastly, Zimmer utilizes the versatility of his synthesizers to communicate the sense of suspense, mystery, and the struggle for freedom from oppression.
The soundtrack begins with the infectious Waters of Irrawady (1). The main theme of Beyond Rangoon is introduced here and is played on the wood flute. The flute is used extensively throughout the score but never becomes tiresome. There are a number of secondary themes that, by the time one reaches the climatic track 8, Beyond Rangoon, mesh together to make this a thoroughly entertaining soundtrack. For the most part, one wind instrument or another lead these themes, while wordless vocals are the next most frequent choice. Of course, Zimmer's synthesized work is never too far off but rarely obtrusive.
Aside from his use of synthesizers, Zimmer foregoes mixing in too many blatantly Western motifs or themes. His work for Beyond Rangoon both reflects back to his earlier works such as A World Apart but also shares familiar moments from some of his most successful scores such as The Lion King and The Prince of Egypt. With 1995 being a pretty strong year for film music (Braveheart, Apollo 13, Nixon, Il Postino), the epic, yet fresh feel of Beyond Rangoon still warranted an Oscar nomination...even over Sense and Sensibility and over Il Postino, the eventual winner.
Fans of Zimmer's more exotic side will find Beyond Rangoon an addictive treat. It's eight tracks total just over 38 minutes of music. Being such an intriguing score, it certainly deserved a more complete release. Still, the concluding track Beyond Rangoon (8) being over ten minutes in length, makes for a satisfying summation of the score. Alone, it is worth the full price of the CD.
(http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/beyondrangoon.htm)
Music : "Beyond Rangoon (suite)" by Hans Zimmer, Beyond Rangoon Soundtrack
Slideshow : "Asian Dream" (IV), made with Movie Maker
Similar videos :
"Asian Drea...
Music : "Beyond Rangoon (suite)" by Hans Zimmer, Beyond Rangoon Soundtrack
Slideshow : "Asian Dream" (IV), made with Movie Maker
Similar videos :
"Asian Dream" (I) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqZ5x-KOhU
"Asian Dream" (II) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk17ZQxrJY
"Asian Dream" (III) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnKUSCo_lw
"Asian Dream" (V) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbEY8zZ--Q
"Kingdom of Asia" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSUaZCnSTs
NOTE : Music and images don't belong to me. This video is fan-made, it is done for entertainment purposes only.
Music : "Beyond Rangoon (suite)" by Hans Zimmer, Beyond Rangoon Soundtrack
Slideshow : "Asian Dream" (IV), made with Movie Maker
Similar videos :
"Asian Dream" (I) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqZ5x-KOhU
"Asian Dream" (II) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk17ZQxrJY
"Asian Dream" (III) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnKUSCo_lw
"Asian Dream" (V) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbEY8zZ--Q
"Kingdom of Asia" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSUaZCnSTs
NOTE : Music and images don't belong to me. This video is fan-made, it is done for entertainment purposes only.
Burma, August 1988. Sisters Laura (Patricia Arquette) and Andy (Frances McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repress...
Burma, August 1988. Sisters Laura (Patricia Arquette) and Andy (Frances McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repressive regime spoil the holiday. Laura loses her passport and must flee from trigger-happy soldiers with a political dissident (Ko, a real-life exiled Burmese activist) who befriends her. The search for her passport soon becomes a imperiled trek of survival and self-discovery.
Hans Zimmer (Academy Award-winning composer of The Lion King) has asserted himself as one of the most sought after composers of film music today. His patented sound has inspired others and he proves this with the remarkable score for Beyond Rangoon. By skillfully mixing a cyclical theme on percussion instruments with breathtaking phrasings on ethnic flutes, and livening it with an ethereal voice, Hans Zimmer has created yet another masterpiece. This is the main theme "Waters of Irrawaddy".
Burma, August 1988. Sisters Laura (Patricia Arquette) and Andy (Frances McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repressive regime spoil the holiday. Laura loses her passport and must flee from trigger-happy soldiers with a political dissident (Ko, a real-life exiled Burmese activist) who befriends her. The search for her passport soon becomes a imperiled trek of survival and self-discovery.
Hans Zimmer (Academy Award-winning composer of The Lion King) has asserted himself as one of the most sought after composers of film music today. His patented sound has inspired others and he proves this with the remarkable score for Beyond Rangoon. By skillfully mixing a cyclical theme on percussion instruments with breathtaking phrasings on ethnic flutes, and livening it with an ethereal voice, Hans Zimmer has created yet another masterpiece. This is the main theme "Waters of Irrawaddy".
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Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy · Maksim · Julian Kershaw · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Crouch End Festival Chorus...
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Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy · Maksim · Julian Kershaw · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Crouch End Festival Chorus
Electrik
℗ 2006 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Chorus: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Conductor, Vocals: Julian Kershaw
Piano, Vocals: Maksim
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Arranger: Matt Robertson
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Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy · Maksim · Julian Kershaw · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Crouch End Festival Chorus
Electrik
℗ 2006 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Chorus: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Conductor, Vocals: Julian Kershaw
Piano, Vocals: Maksim
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Arranger: Matt Robertson
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Composing sublime film music in the late Eighties and early Nineties help put Hans Zimmer on the film music road map. With efforts such as Rain Man, A World Apart, and The Power of One, Zimmer carved out a unique space for himself and later his Media Venture partners. In 1994, the release of a small budget film chronicling the unanticipated adventures of a Westerner in the Far East. For Beyond Rangoon, Hans Zimmer triumphs in delivering a score that communicates the unfamiliar and beautiful land of Burma, the private tragedy of the central character and the political and economic tragedy the Burmese people suffer under.
The setting of the film is 1988, when a young doctor played by Patricia Arquette takes a vacation with her sister and is separated from her tour group as her passport has been lost and she must stay behind as a new one is prepared. Having lost a loved one, Arquette travels to the Far East in hopes that it will help her to recover. Divorced from the official tour, she embarks on a private tour with one of the Burmese locals and in the course of her tour is exposed to the injustices of the repressive military regime. Arquettes character rediscovers her sense of purpose and belonging as a result of her exposure to the truth of Burmese plight. The real-life, oppressive climate of Burma existed even during the shooting of the Beyond Rangoon and so Malaysia was used instead of Burma, itself.
Zimmer's choice of instrumentation, themes and motifs accurately reflect these main elements of the film. Quite obviously the locale is reflected in the employment of wood flutes and ethnic percussion instruments. The loss and sense of mourning for the film's star and for the people of Burma are reflected in the solitary vocal theme used throughout the score. At the same time these same vocals cleverly dawn an air of hope and determination resident in both Arquette and the Burmese. Lastly, Zimmer utilizes the versatility of his synthesizers to communicate the sense of suspense, mystery, and the struggle for freedom from oppression.
The soundtrack begins with the infectious Waters of Irrawady (1). The main theme of Beyond Rangoon is introduced here and is played on the wood flute. The flute is used extensively throughout the score but never becomes tiresome. There are a number of secondary themes that, by the time one reaches the climatic track 8, Beyond Rangoon, mesh together to make this a thoroughly entertaining soundtrack. For the most part, one wind instrument or another lead these themes, while wordless vocals are the next most frequent choice. Of course, Zimmer's synthesized work is never too far off but rarely obtrusive.
Aside from his use of synthesizers, Zimmer foregoes mixing in too many blatantly Western motifs or themes. His work for Beyond Rangoon both reflects back to his earlier works such as A World Apart but also shares familiar moments from some of his most successful scores such as The Lion King and The Prince of Egypt. With 1995 being a pretty strong year for film music (Braveheart, Apollo 13, Nixon, Il Postino), the epic, yet fresh feel of Beyond Rangoon still warranted an Oscar nomination...even over Sense and Sensibility and over Il Postino, the eventual winner.
Fans of Zimmer's more exotic side will find Beyond Rangoon an addictive treat. It's eight tracks total just over 38 minutes of music. Being such an intriguing score, it certainly deserved a more complete release. Still, the concluding track Beyond Rangoon (8) being over ten minutes in length, makes for a satisfying summation of the score. Alone, it is worth the full price of the CD.
(http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/beyondrangoon.htm)
Music : "Beyond Rangoon (suite)" by Hans Zimmer, Beyond Rangoon Soundtrack
Slideshow : "Asian Dream" (IV), made with Movie Maker
Similar videos :
"Asian Dream" (I) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqZ5x-KOhU
"Asian Dream" (II) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk17ZQxrJY
"Asian Dream" (III) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnKUSCo_lw
"Asian Dream" (V) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbEY8zZ--Q
"Kingdom of Asia" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSUaZCnSTs
NOTE : Music and images don't belong to me. This video is fan-made, it is done for entertainment purposes only.
Burma, August 1988. Sisters Laura (Patricia Arquette) and Andy (Frances McDormand) Bowman travel to Burma to unwind, only to have political unrest and a repressive regime spoil the holiday. Laura loses her passport and must flee from trigger-happy soldiers with a political dissident (Ko, a real-life exiled Burmese activist) who befriends her. The search for her passport soon becomes a imperiled trek of survival and self-discovery.
Hans Zimmer (Academy Award-winning composer of The Lion King) has asserted himself as one of the most sought after composers of film music today. His patented sound has inspired others and he proves this with the remarkable score for Beyond Rangoon. By skillfully mixing a cyclical theme on percussion instruments with breathtaking phrasings on ethnic flutes, and livening it with an ethereal voice, Hans Zimmer has created yet another masterpiece. This is the main theme "Waters of Irrawaddy".
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics
Beyond Rangoon/Waters of Irrawaddy · Maksim · Julian Kershaw · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Crouch End Festival Chorus
Electrik
℗ 2006 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Chorus: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Conductor, Vocals: Julian Kershaw
Piano, Vocals: Maksim
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Arranger: Matt Robertson
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The film was an official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of the popular hits of the event.
The film may have had an impact beyond movie screens, however. Only weeks into its European run, the Burmese military junta freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi (depicted in the film) after several years under strict house arrest. The celebrated democracy leader thanked the filmmakers in her first interview with the BBC. Suu Kyi was re-arrested a few years later, but Beyond Rangoon had already helped raise world attention on a previously "invisible" tragedy: the massacres of 1988 and the cruelty of her country's military rulers.
TAMI SWEARINGEN Hemingford Ledger. Hi all! This week’s road trip found us heading for Chadron ... We began with hot and sour and egg drop soup...the hot n sour beyond excellent. Then added appetizers of egg rolls, and crab rangoons that were so super good.
Delicate in appearance, the egg rolls ($6.25) and crab Rangoon ($8.50) at Nikki’s Banh Mi in Portsmouth offer crunch and hearty fillings ... We also chose the crab rangoon (five for $8.25), which were the most substantial I have ever tasted.