The Quiet American Soundtrack (2002)

Synopsis

British Thomas Fowler enjoys his life in Saigon working as a reporter for the London Times, covering the war in Vietnam between the colonial French powers and the Communists, who seem to be winning the war. In the later stages of his career, he takes his job lightly now, filing stories only on occasion, and no longer doing field work. But most importantly, this posting allows him to escape from what he considers a dreary life in London, including an unsatisfying marriage to a Catholic woman, who will never grant him a divorce, which in turn allows him to have an affair with a young Vietnamese ex-taxi dancer named Phuong, whom he loves and would marry if he were able. Phuong's sister doesn't much like Fowler, if only because he cannot provide a stable future for her.

His idyllic life is threatened when the head office suggests he go back to London. In this way, he decides to write a major story to prove to his superiors that he should stay in Saigon. In 1952, Fowler is called into the local Police Inspector's office to provide any information on his friend, thirty-ish American Alden Pyle, who has been found murdered. Fowler had met Pyle the previous year when he arrived in Vietnam to work as part of the American contingent in the Economic Aid Mission. Fowler and Pyle's relationship was not always harmonious, initially as Pyle admitted he too was in love with Phuong and wanted to marry her. That antagonistic relationship would extend to their professional lives, around Fowler believing that the story that would allow him to stay in Vietnam was the rise of a man named General Thé, and Pyle's belief that a third power should come in to take over Vietnam from both the French and the Communists.

The question becomes whether Fowler knows more about Pyle's demise than he lets on to the Inspector.

Download and play the Soundtrack list

Play	Title	Artist
	The Quiet American
	Mon Ange
	Mademoiselle de Paris
	J'ai Deux Amours
	Besame Mucho
	Our Love Affair
	Je suis Swing
	La Vie en Rose
	So Do I
	Song for Phuong
	June Light
	Mon Homme
	La Seine
	Insensiblement
	Exterior l'Arc en Ciel
	Suoi Mo
	Thien Thai
	11 Hours
	The Quiet American	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Saigon 1952	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Pyle's Best Friend / Asking for A Divorce	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Drive Up Holy Mountain / The General	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Brothers In Arms	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Escape from Watchtower / Dreams of Phuong	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Death In the Square	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Fowler's Temptation	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Quiet American (Piano Solo)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Ritual of Revenge	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Do You Still Miss Him?	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	End Titles (Nothing In This World)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Peter Pan - Flying	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Elf - Buddy's Journey	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium - Finale	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Taken - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Robots - Robots Overture	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Car Trouble	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - A Grand Day Out	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Flicka - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Racing Stripes - The Big Race	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	We Are Marshall - Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Being Julia - Curtain Up/The Real World	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Nicholas Nickleby - Main Titles	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	NannyMcPhee - Snow In August	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Shrek 2 - Prince Charming	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Ant Bully - Sweet Rock	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Astronaut Farmer - Opening Titles	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants - The Travelling Song	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Pursuit Of Happyness - Opening	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Holiday - Maestro	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Family Stone - It's Snowing	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Great Raid - Closing Titles	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Disc Time:	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Sea Of Dreams - Sea of Dreams	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Beat The Drum - The Village	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Duma - Xan and Duma Say Goodbye	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Blood Diamond - Solomon Vandy	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Quiet American - The Quiet American	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Gospel Of John - Follow Me	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Water - House of Windows	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Partition - Partition	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	As You Like It - Violin Romance	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Nomad - Kazakhstan 1710	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Lost - Parting Words	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	United 93 - Dedication	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Beyond Borders - Chechnya IV	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Goodbye Bafana - The Harbour	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Flight Of The Phoenix - Heat Dream	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Carnivale - Carnivale End Title (Ben's Theme)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Out Of Time - Out of Time Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Tears Of The Sun - The Journey / Kopano Part III	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Good German - Unrecht Oder Recht (Main Title)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Firewall - Firewall	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Rush Hour 3 - Parachute Down	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Annapolis - Showdown	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Flyboys - Heroes	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Stealth - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Bourne Supremacy - Bim Bam Smash	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Grindhouse: Planet Terror - Grindhouse (Main Title)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Hellboy - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Ghostrider - Ghostrider	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Serenity - End Credits	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Kingdom - Waiting	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Sin City - Sin City End Titles	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift - The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	S.W.A.T. - Bullet Frenzy II	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	M:i:III - Schifrin and Variations	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Fantastic Four - Main Titles	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Stargate: Atlantis - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Star Trek Nemesis - Final Fight	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Night At The Museum - Night at the Museum	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	X-Men: The Last Stand - The Last Stand	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Evan Almighty - The Flood	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Four Brothers - Four Brothers	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Inside Man - Good and Ready	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	24 - Main Title (Orchestral Videogame Version)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	American Gangster - Frank Lucas	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Zodiac - Graysmith's Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Breach - Dangerous World	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Million Dollar Baby - Blue Morgan (End Credits)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	An Unfinished Life - Main Title	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Lives Of Others - The Invisible Front	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	All The Kings Men - Give Me the Hammer and I'll Nail 'Em UP!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Lion For Lambs - Last Shift	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	House Of Sand And Fog - The Waves of the Caspian Sea	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Sylvia - Opening	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Hostel II - Suite	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Grudge 2 - Ju-On 2	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Reaping - The Boy	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Gothika - Miranda's Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	1408 - Fire!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	I Know Who Killed Me - Prelude / Reunited	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Day After Tomorrow - The Day After Tomorrow	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	I, Robot - I, Robot Theme (End Credits)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	O Verona - Romeo + Juliet	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Ascension - Moulin Rouge!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Cello Theme - World Trade Center	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	One Day I'll Fly Away - Moulin Rouge!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	New York City - The Bone Collector	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Main Theme - The Quiet American	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Main Theme - Orphans	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Do You Still Miss Him - The Quiet American	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Rebecca - Plunkett & Macleane	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Lissa's Theme - Best Laid Plans	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Balcony Scene - Romeo + Juliet	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Ethereal - World Trade Center	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Restaurant Proposal - Love Actually	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Piano Theme - World Trade Center	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Main Theme - The Clearing	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Ray & Della's Theme - Ray	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Hanging - Plunkett & Macleane	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Choral Theme - World Trade Center	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Pyle's Best Friend / Asking for A Divorce	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Fowler's Temptation	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Elf - Buddy's Journey	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium - Finale	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	The Family Stone - It's Snowing	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Carnivale - Carnivale End Title (Ben's Theme)	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Zodiac - Graysmith's Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	All The Kings Men - Give Me the Hammer and I'll Nail 'Em UP!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Gothika - Miranda's Theme	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	One Day I'll Fly Away - Moulin Rouge!	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Lissa's Theme - Best Laid Plans	Craig Armstrong: Performer
	Ray & Della's Theme - Ray	Craig Armstrong: Performer

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