"String quartets performed by the Kronos Quartet" ; additional instrumentalists ; Michael Riesman, conductor
Nonesuch: 79113-2 (on container spine: 9 79113-2)
Music for the motion picture.
Compact disc.
Notes by Paul Schrader inserted in container.
Recorded at Greene St. Studios and the Living Room, New York.
Mishima : opening (2:46) -- November 25 : morning (4:08) -- 1934 : grandmother & Kimitake (3:37) -- Temple of the golden pavilion : "like some enormous music" (3:06) -- Osamu's theme : Kyoko's house (2:58) -- 1937 : Saint Sebastian (1:05) -- Kyoko's house : "stage blood is not enough" (5:00) -- November 25 : Ichigaya (2:11) -- 1957 : award montage (3:56) -- Runaway horses : "poetry written with a splash of blood" (9:09) -- 1962 : body building (1:29) -- November 25 : the last day (1:30) -- F-104 : epilogue from Sun and steel (1:59) -- Mishima : closing (2:57)