A world apart. Hans Zimmer

1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth (Jodhi May), the eldest daughter of Gus (Jeroen Krabbé) and Diana Roth (Barbara Hershey), lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue for her as although, under apartheid, the Roths largely exist among other white people like them, she feels equally comfortable around the black people in her life, such as their servants and her parents' black friends. Beyond knowing that they are busy in their work, Molly is unaware of the full extent of what her parents do, Gus a leading member of the South African Communist Party and Ruth an anti-apartheid journalist who also secretly works for the underground in support of the outlawed African National Congress.

In terms of instrumentation the score is mostly electronic, featuring various different keyboards, sampled percussion effects, and electronic instruments that mimic woodwinds, strings, and even brass, although there does appear to be a real piano that makes itself heard in the cue’s final third. Stylistically there is nothing identifiably African about it – Zimmer plays the drama rather than the location – but some of the rhythmic ideas are clearly drawn from what we would now term ‘world music,’ and he does create several moods from his limited palette, ranging from softly introspective to bold and uplifting. The "End Credits,” revisits much of the same material as the "A world Apart Suite".