Étude (instrumental)
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"Étude" | ||||
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Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
from the album The Killing Fields | ||||
B-side | "Evacuation" | |||
Released | 19 November 1984[1] | |||
Genre | Folktronica | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Francisco Tárrega | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Oldfield | |||
Mike Oldfield singles chronology | ||||
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"Étude" | ||||
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Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
B-side | "Gakkaen" (The Ono Gagaku Kai Society) | |||
Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | Folktronica | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Francisco Tárrega | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Oldfield | |||
Mike Oldfield singles chronology | ||||
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"Étude" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album The Killing Fields, the soundtrack album for the film of the same name . It was reissued in 1990, when it was used in a commercial for Nurofen. The 1990 release also featured a track called "Gakkaen" by The Ono Gagaku Kai Society.
"Étude" is taken from the Francisco Tárrega piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra".
Music video
[edit]The music video for "Étude" which appears on the Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield video shows a boy watching parts of The Killing Fields on a television from a reel-to-reel tape machine and looking through photographs. The boy also plays with a Fairlight CMI, which the soundtrack album was composed on.
Track listing
[edit]7-inch vinyl
[edit]- "Étude" (edit) – 3:07
- "Evacuation" (edit) – 4:11
12-inch vinyl
[edit]- "Étude" – 4:38
- "Evacuation" – 5:13
1990 release
[edit]- "Étude" – Mike Oldfield
- "Gakkaen" – The Ono Gagaku Kai Society
References
[edit]- "Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.