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Post by saad on Jul 29, 2013 2:59:56 GMT -8
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Post by chollman on Jul 29, 2013 6:19:52 GMT -8
Naoki Sato wrote the score to the live-action version of Rurouni Kenshin. While it was a decent score, I think it is the weakest music I have heard from him. Those clips you posted from the anime are decent.
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Post by Roman on Jul 29, 2013 7:39:24 GMT -8
Wow, "Kenshin", I haven't heard that name in a long time... a long time. Thanks for the flashback to my anime fan days. I ran into this score while writing reviews for DVD Verdict. It's from a movie called "Mozart's Sister" and the composer is the classically trained Marie-Jeanne Serero. She created some lovely period appropriate music for this film. Now, you have to love harpsichord to really enjoy this, but if that isn't a hurdle, then seek this one out. There are also some lovely vocal performances by Morgane Collomb on the score as well. When it comes to anime, one of my favorite score works is by Shinkichi Mitsumune for the series "Revolutionary Girl Utena". Most folks remember the 1970s style rock opera stuff. And while that really does stand out, his compositions for the score are really creative and lovely to listen to. Some of his best pieces are the variations he does on "Brightened Garden". It can get very sad and even sinister on occasion. Really a great series of soundtracks (and you can always skip the rock opera stuff which is always clustered together at the start or end of the soundtrack.
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Post by Jon Broxton on Jul 29, 2013 8:31:14 GMT -8
Roman pushed Revolutionary Girl Utena in my direction the first time we met, and I have to say I was very impressed. I really don't know enough about what's good in Japanese film music, neither anime or regular live-action cinema, so recommendations are always welcome from my point of view.
As for Sato, I really loved his score for the TV show PRICELESS from last year. Yes, it's over-the-top melodrama but, damn, it's so beautiful and heartfelt and sincere. It bowled me over immediately.
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Post by chollman on Jul 29, 2013 8:41:09 GMT -8
Here's a couple of other underrated/underdiscussed scores.
Two from Paolo Buonvino. He is an Italian composer that I don't know if anyone has ever mentioned. His two best scores are for "Ferrari" and "I Vicere". Both of those scores are gorgeous and well worth a purchase (and are both on iTunes). I don't think he has done anything else quite as good as these scores, but both are incredible.
I will also add The Crimson Wing by The Cinematic Orchestra. I truly think this is one of the best scores I have ever heard and it is easily in my top 5 of all-time. Something about it really resonated with me. This score is probably the most played entire album I own (after Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas).
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Post by christopher on Jul 29, 2013 11:07:56 GMT -8
I just discovered Sato last year. That man can write incredibly beautiful music! TSUNAGU was gorgeous! So was most of SPECIAL HUMAN NAZE... whatever the title was. I would really like to get my hands on that PRICELESS score. I'll have to look around for it.
And I just discovered THE CRIMSON WING this year! It's got some really lovely music in it. It's a very strong album.
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Post by Craig Richard Lysy on Jul 31, 2013 6:53:12 GMT -8
I just discovered Sato last year. That man can write incredibly beautiful music! TSUNAGU was gorgeous! So was most of SPECIAL HUMAN NAZE... whatever the title was. I would really like to get my hands on that PRICELESS score. I'll have to look around for it. And I just discovered THE CRIMSON WING this year! It's got some really lovely music in it. It's a very strong album. Last year Tsunagu and Priceless were priceless! ;D I have yet to hear The Crimson Wing, but now I am intrigued. All the best!
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Post by chollman on Jul 31, 2013 7:07:00 GMT -8
I am eager to hear your thoughts on The Crimson Wing. I adore the score, and I hope you do too!
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Post by Mike Skerritt on Aug 11, 2013 10:26:23 GMT -8
I don't know about "unknown," but one of my very favorite pieces of film music that rarely seems to get a mention from anyone is Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light," written for Dreyer's PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC. Perhaps because it's not a "proper" film score. I don't know. But it's an utterly stunning work that deserves to be in the discussion with the best scores of the past 20 years.
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Post by chollman on Aug 13, 2013 13:59:16 GMT -8
OK, so I just found a score to a video game called "Botanicula" which came out sometime in 2012 written by a group called DVA. This is an extremely strange score in that is is mainly made up of human voices. All I know is that it is strange, beautiful, creepy at times, and engrossing. I don't know why I like it so much, but I do. The first piece of music in this youtube playlist of the score is a track of pure and utter joy. I can also say that I will probably buy this game now, just to experience the score in game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGJ-_zfMtY&list=PLEDAA54AFAC6DBE9A
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Post by Roman on Aug 29, 2013 6:34:11 GMT -8
If you don't mind Vangelis style electronics in your scores, check out the work by Susumu Hirasawa. He has a pretty unique, and yet effective style. Some of his best work is for director Satoshi Kon for the films, "Millenium Actress", "Paprika" and the television series, "Paranoia Agent". I like the way he will take human voices (his own included) and modify edit and warp them into the music. I admit it won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I'm really digging his stuff. Thought I'd share.
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