HIM Sophy's compositions:
Pre – Khmer Rouge:
Small Piano Work (1971- 1972) All Black Keys
Post – Liberation:
Ancestor’s Words (1979): Song
Cambodian nationality (1979):Song
Spring in Phnom Penh (1979): Song Waltz
Cambodia Is My Heart (1980): Slow Song
At Tchaikovsky Conservatorium:
String Quartet for violins, viola and cello (1987)
Variations for violin and piano (1988)
Cambodian Dances Three pieces for piano four hands (1989)
Country’s Evening for piano (1989)
Hunter for piano (1989)
Memory from Darkness trio for violin, cello and piano (1990)
Concertino for flute and chamber orchestra (1991)
Decline of Angkor — for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello, harp and percussion (1992).
1999 - present
FILM MUSIC:
Blood and Life (1999), filmed Cheng Daravuth Kosal
No Home Too Far (2001), filmed by Banchong Kosal Wat
Cambodia Dream (2004- 2006), filmed by Stanley Harper
- Opening Film
- In Memory
- Grand Pa Tells The Story
- Grand Ma 1
- Grand Ma 2
- Nostalgy (Tha in Hammock)
- Rice Field 1
- Rice Field 2
- Grand Ma 3
- End Title
- Grand Ma Talks
The Scale Without Shadow (2009) filmed by Chheang Kosal :
- Big Hope
- Big Nostalgy
- Scary
- Regret
- Slow Scary
- The Loss of Mother
SONGS:
Cambodia: Kingdom of Wonder (2011): A special Khmer song, for International Tourism Day (commissioned by Ministry of Tourism)
The Charming of Cambodia (2011): A special Khmer song, for International Tourism Day (commissioned by Ministry of Tourism)
A Song Dedicated to John Burt (2013)
Bowing & Praying (2016): Song for King of Cambodia
Chea Sim song (2017)
Water of Cambodia (2018): Song for Lim Kean Hor
Princess Indradevy (2019): Song for the Royal Academy of Cambodia
Super living Gods- our parent (2019) A song for Vymala Yim & Family
Unforgettable Year 2020 for COVID-19 (2020)
Cambodians Can Do (2021) Big Song with symphony orchestra, a rock band and traditional Cambodia instruments
Human Nature (2022) a 1960s Cambodian Rock& Roll song for the theatre “What Are You Now”, by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation performed in the Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York (March 2022)
MUSIC for DANCE
A Bend in The River (2012)
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Crocodile Moha
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Lok Ta Dong No.1
- Lok Ta Dong No.2
- Family Traveling”
- Kaley Fight Back With Krama”
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Lok Ta Dong Dreams”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.1”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.2, Happy Kaley”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.3, Kaley Makes Power of Magic”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.4, Kaley Became As Human”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.5, Kaley Makes Magic”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.4, Kaley Became As Crocodile”
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Lok Ta Dong Coaxes Kaley No.5, “Kaley Makes Power of Magic”
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Kaley Swims”
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Loves Kaley And Moha”
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Dance of Kaley And Moha”
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Kaley Kills Moha”
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Kaley Feels A shame”
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Kaley Swims And See Her Fiance”
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Kaley Convinces Her Fiance”
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Fiance of Kaley Informed His Mother”
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Mother Gives Magic Flowers” ម្តាយឱ្យកម្រងផ្កាសិល្ប៍
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Mother And Team Investigate Her Son”
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Power of Magic, Kaley Became A Crocodile”
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Kaley Became A Crocodile”
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The Miracle of Lok Ta Dong”
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Kaley Go Back Home With Suffering”
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Lok Ta Dong Was Deathly Ill”
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Lok Ta Dong Is Dead”
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The Mob Chase Kaley, Kaley Loss Her Magic”
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Cremation of Lok Ta Dong, Kaley Crawls To Fire”
- The Spirit of Kaley and Lok Ta Dong Dance Together”
Symphony for large symphony orchestra (1993)
Cambodia Compassion for soprano, alto, flute, oboe, harp, piano and chamber orchestra (1994)
Apsara — Dancing Stone (1994):
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The Birth of Apsara
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Dedicated To the Sky, Earth and Cosmos
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Dedicated To the Temple
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Love of Apsara
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Vishnu
- The Banishment of Apsara
Upon Return to Cambodia:
The Mondolkiri Landscape — for Cello and recorder (Khmer traditional woodwind khloy) (October 1998).
I walk…and I cry on the island Poulouway for recorder (Khmer traditional woodwind instrument khloy) and flute, alto flute, bass flute (December 1998)
The onomatopoeia of rhythm of ensemble Pin Peat for recorder (Khmer traditional woodwind instrument khloy) and flute, alto flute, bass flute (December 1998)
ROCK OPERA
Where Elephants Weep, a Cambodian Rock Opera (2007)
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Prologue: The Birth of Sam and Bopha… “Chapey Singer”, Sam and Dara
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Where Your Country Is….. Sam and Dara
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Noble Path……. Sam, Bopha and Navy
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Khan is our Man ….. Bodyguards
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The Gate Will Shut: ..… Bopha
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Whoever Thought……Sam, Bopha and Dara
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Consulting The Charts……. Abbot
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What’s Another Wrong? …..Sam
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The Gate will Open….. Bopha and Sam
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All Night Long……. Miss Heineken and Beer Girls
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All Night Long – Reprise……. Miss Heineken
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Our Land’s Compassion …….. Flute Teacher
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Spirit Dance …….. Instrumental
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Our Land’s Compassion – Reprise… Sam and Company
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This Weddin’ … Lead Guard
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What Could I Tell Her? Navy and Sam
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Where Your Country Is – Reprise ... Dara and Sam
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Where the Elephants Weep … Sam
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Always Remember This …. Sam
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Between the Earth and Sky …. Bopha and Company
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That We Might Leave a Trace – Reprise … Company
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What Could I Tell Her? ……. Navy and Sam
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Where Your Country Is – Reprise ... Dara and Sam
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Where the Elephants Weep … Sam
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Always Remember This …. Sam
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Between the Earth and Sky …. Bopha and Company
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That We Might Leave a Trace – Reprise … Company
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Monk-Turned- To-Playboy…… Bodyguards
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No Mother.…Bopha and Sam
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Lost and Found…… Dara
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The Prince….. Bodyguards
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Duet of Tum Teav…… Bopha, Sam and Company
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A Strange Family ……..Navy, Khan and Bopha
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Spiritual Vows….. Sam and Bopha
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Forget…… Sam, Dara, Beer Girl, Khan, Company
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Just One Leaf…… Flute Teacher
MUSICALS
Kingdom of Desire, a musical (2015)
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In The Movie
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On The Other Side of The Ocean
- The Wedding
Pka Sla (2016): Music for Dance
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Chhao Pream & Flower Sla (ចៅព្រាហ្ម និង ផ្កាស្លា)
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Mony & Kesor Remembered about force married of them (មុនីនិងកេសរចងចាំពីការបង្ខំឱ្យរៀបការ)
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Difficult Life (អន្លុងជីវិត)
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Introduction Act 3 (សេចក្តីផ្តើម ឆាកទី៣)
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Pisey’s Life (ជីវិតពិសី)
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Chhorka Head of Khmer Rouge Officer (ចរកាមេឈ្លប)
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Aggressively invasion Dance (របាំរុករានទន្រ្ទាន)
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National Anthem of Khmer Rouge and Aggressively invasion Dance (ភ្លេងជាតិខ្មែរក្រហម និង របាំរុករានទន្រ្ទាន)
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I Missed Only Fishes (ខ្ញុំនឹកតែត្រី)
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Mony Meets Kesor (មុនីទទួលកេសរ)
- Never Spoke Badly to Her (ខ្ញុំមិននិយាយអ្វីឱ្យធ្ងន់ទៅលើនាងទេ)
- Epilogue (អវសានកថា)
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The Strike (O Cambodia) (2011): For Alto, piano, cello, violin and Cambodian traditional instruments , narrating one of HIM Sophy's traumatic experience during the Khmer Rouge Genocidal Regime.
Angkor Wat & Great Wall” For large symphony orchestra, 2 tenors and Kse Diev (Kse Muay) (2015).
Earth Requiem (2019) for symphony orchestra and choir, with traditional Cambodian instruments (version 1); and for a special ensemble (second version).