Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School]
1988 · nato ZOG 2 · Paris, France
- Artist
- Tony Coe
- Title
- Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School]
- Release
- Mer de Chine
- Year
- 1988
- Label
- nato # ZOG 2
- Format
- LP · Soundtrack
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Paris, France
- Songwriter
- Tony Coe
- Genre
- Jazz · Film Score
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
A1 of the instrumental score (33 cues) to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988), Jacques Perrin's episode of the French TV series Medecins des hommes, starring Perrin and Jane Birkin - the story of a Vietnamese boy, Binh, and his family's escape from Vietnam by boat: arrest of the uncle, flight through the delta, the mother's death, pirates, rescue in international waters, arrival. Recorded 1987, D.H. Audio Engineering Studio; produced by Jean Rochard. French pressing; also on CD. Cue titles per Discogs (sleeve typos 'Recontre'/'Arivee' corrected).
About the artist
British jazz saxophonist and clarinettist, born 29 November 1934 in Canterbury, Kent, England; played the tenor saxophone solo on Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme and recorded extensively for the French nato label; died 16 March 2023. [Source: Wikipedia]