The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a successor to the "Daily Herald"; it became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owners. It is published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Since "The Sun on Sunday" was launched in February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. "The Sun" previously had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the
Empire of the Sun (soundtrack) Empire of the Sun (soundtrack) Empire of the Sun is the soundtrack, on Warner Bros. Records, of the 1987 film "Empire of the Sun", directed by Steven Spielberg. The original score was composed by John Williams and recorded in September-October 1987. The album is a 54-minute selection of music from "Empire of the Sun". The order of the track listing does not follow the chronology of the film. The album won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the