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==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Out of Africa | type = soundtrack | artist = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] | cover = | alt = | released = 1985 (US) / 1986 (UK) | recorded = 1985 | venue = | studio = | genre = soundtrack | length = 12 at 33:27<br>18 at 38:42 | label = [[MCA Records]]<br>[[Varèse Sarabande]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} The music for ''Out of Africa'' was composed and conducted by veteran English composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]. The score included a number of outside pieces such as the second movement [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto]]'' and African traditional songs. The soundtrack garnered Barry an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and sits in fifteenth place in the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores|top 25 American film scores]].<ref>[http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/scores250.pdf?docID=221 ''AFI's 100 Years Of Film Scores''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071543/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/scores250.pdf?docID=221 |date=2011-07-16 }} at [http://www.afi.com AFI.com]</ref> The soundtrack was first released through [[MCA Records]] in 1985 and features 12 tracks of score at a running time of just over thirty-three minutes. In 1987, a Special Edition was issued that included the song "The Music of Goodbye (Love Theme)" by Melissa Manchester & Al Jarreau. A rerecording conducted by [[Joel McNeely]] and performed by the [[Royal Scottish National Orchestra]] was released in 1997 through [[Varèse Sarabande]] and features eighteen tracks of score at a running time just under thirty-nine minutes.<ref>[http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/out_africa.html ''Out of Africa''] soundtrack review at [http://www.filmtracks.com Filmtracks.com]</ref> In 2024 [[Intrada Records]] issued a 2-CD expansion containing the full score, alternates, source music and the 1985 soundtrack album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12772/.f|title=OUT OF AFRICA (2CD - EXPANDED)|website=store.intrada.com}}</ref> ===Charts=== {|class="wikitable |- !scope="col"| Chart (1986) !Peak<br/>position |- |Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=284}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 29 |} ===Certifications=== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Soundtrack|title=Out of Africa|award=Gold|relyear=1986|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=out+of+africa+soundtrack+billboard&pg=PA68|title=Majors|magazine=Billboard|page=A-10|date=15 November 1986|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=B.O.F|title=Out of Africa|award=Gold|certyear=1997|relyear=1991|access-date=6 May 2019}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Spain|artist=John Barry|title=Out of Africa (BSO De La Pelicula Memorias De Africa)|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|relyear=1986|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/7q55521w7go6vh6/Spanish+Certifications+for+2000-2002.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |page=961 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Original Soundtrack|title=Out of Africa|award=Silver|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|relyear=1986|access-date=6 May 2019|id=11298-1140-2}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=John Barry|title=Out of Africa|award=Gold|certyear=1991|relyear=1986}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
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