AMG Review of Heaven & Earth

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All Music Guide

International recording artist and keyboardist Kitaro scored the music for Oliver Stone's film Heaven and Earth. This movie examines the life of a Vietnamese woman...Kitaro performs on many unusual Vietnamese instruments, ones that have a melodic Asian flavor due to the use of special Chinese instruments played by Yu Xiao Guang. This is the first time Kitaro has collaborated with Stone. He spent more than a year working on his compositions and says that the scope of the film has given him the opportunity to explore a new musical style. Kitaro feels this is his greatest endeavor to date...