Dear Visitor, 

Unfortunately, the common ways of transferring money do not work for Cambodia, and I am still working with the service provider for this website (Bandzoogle) on alternative methods. For the time being the most efficient way to pay for music recordings and sheet music is to transfer to my bank account through MoneyGram. 

For the recordings shown at this page, please send -through MoneyGram-  the amounts of money to my account:

Name: Him Sophy
Number: 000364266 
Bank: Advanced Bank of Asia Limited, in Phnom Penh Cambodia 
(SWIFT number: ABAAKHPP)
 
If you inform me through email which recording you would like to receive, I will send it to you by email.
 
Thanking you for your interest in my music.

Digital Albums

Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia

Music by HIM Sophy; Libretto by Trent Walker

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Bangsokol is one of the first Cambodian compositions for a big orchestra. It portrays the tragedies that HIM Sophy has experienced, first during the civil war (1970-75) and then the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime (1975 - Read more

Bangsokol is one of the first Cambodian compositions for a big orchestra. It portrays the tragedies that HIM Sophy has experienced, first during the civil war (1970-75) and then the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime (1975 - 79). The first movement is about the people killed without a proper funeral, so the souls keep wandering without peace - utterly alone. The following movements takes the listener through different phases with the last one being optimistic with the chaiyam drum playing and all performers singing together among the audience. Even though this composition is based on Him Sophy's life experience, it also represent the phases that all people in war go through, and acts as a warning for the rest of the world.

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    Mov.1: Wandering souls : utterly alone 6:45
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    Mov.2. please come listen : the roots of wars 11:40
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    Mov.3. my dearest, my child they've snatched you away 5:24
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    Mov.4. keeping you is no gain : losing you is no loss 4:46
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    Mov.5. in the silence of the forest : you'll be thrown away 2:35
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    Mov.6. awaiting ambrosia : for all the souls 4:56
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    Mov.7. the white bangsokol shroud : once this skin is shed, bliss arises 11:09
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    Mov.8. this body is pain : let it all go 7:40
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    Mov.9. wandering souls : coming back to life 4:43
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Memory from Darkness, trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

Composer: HIM Sophy

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During the 1970s, civil war began to spread throughout Cambodia. My father often took me and my family away from the fighting, from one village to another neighboring village. During the day we were afraid of bombers and Read more

During the 1970s, civil war began to spread throughout Cambodia. My father often took me and my family away from the fighting, from one village to another neighboring village. During the day we were afraid of bombers and at night we were afraid of being kidnapped by Khmer Rouge guerrillas. Our life at that time was in a dead end and in fear all the time…. After April 17, 1975 The Khmer Rouge communists evacuated Phnom Penh, causing all sorts of devastation through famine, forced labor and brutal murders. In 1976, I was assigned to a mobile youth unit where the Khmer Rouge leaders only gave us each 18 kernels of boiled corn to eat. I witnessed the beating with a big and long stick. The Khmer Rouge invited people to study, but instead arrested those who showed interest. I saw these prisoners dragging carts with bodies, their skin covered their bones, starved and forced to work hard…. My oldest brother and his family was killed by the Khmer Rouge communists . My fifth brother was also brutally killed by them…. There are many stories that cannot be told during times of war and during the Pol Pot genocide. HIM Sophy

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    Prologue 3:26
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    Second movement 9:36
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    First Variation 1:28
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    Second Variation 0:55
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    Third Variation 0:56
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    Fourth Variation 1:34
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    Fifth Variation 2:13
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    Epilogue 5:26
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Where Elephants Weep - selected songs

Singer: Ieng Sithul (tenor); Music by Him Sophy

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    1. Prologue-1 2:38
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    2. Consulting Charts 1:46
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    3. Our Land Compassion 1:35
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    4. In Memory 1:06
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    5. Spiritual Dance (instrumental) 1:48
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