tangotreats
07-24-2013, 01:18 AM
JOE HISAISHI
NHK Special Giant Deep Sea Creatures (2013)
(aka NHK Shinkai Project)
MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!U9oCWZTZ!ahqds32-HT_Pa2BCpGxPki0QT-kflF7M6mzFtPZhwuY
A Drive mirror for Whining Idiots: http://www.adrive.com/public/DTe2QP
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MP3 -V0 at A Drive for Lazy Idiots: http://www.adrive.com/public/DTe2QP
Both A Drive links courtesy of Herr Salat
Orchestra conducted by The Composer
NOT MY RIP. FLAC. Many thanks indeed to a former member of FFshrine who doesn't post any more, but who has given me permission to share this with you. Track titles in English (a competent translation by a native Japanese speaker, not my usual wonky translation...) and unfortunately no booklet scans... If I find them, I'll update this post.
Joe Hisaishi scoring a prestigious nature documentary for NHK… surely this must be some fantastic dream? No dream! This is, for me, one of the rare occasions where my desires, my expectations, and the completed score, completely match up. So, what was I hoping for?
First of all, a Taiga Drama-style full length main theme – a nice, three minute chunk of music. Check. We have a delicious, fully symphonic main title theme, with a beginning, middle, and end – a concert suite tone-poem.
Secondly, a strong and romantic theme that didn’t just crop up once and then disappear forever; something that would function both as a full length theme and as a series of melodic and harmonic ideas that could be broken down into their constituent elements and peppered throughout the score. Check.
Thirdly, for Hisaishi to continue with his recent experimentation phase and try something a bit different. Check.
Finally, for Hisaishi to perhaps revisit and expand upon his “water” ideas from Ponyo. Check.
Essentially, this score is Joe Hisaishi – A Sea Symphony. If you’re looking for three descriptive words… elegant, passionate, warm. Also of interest… not even the mighty Hisaishi is above writing in what I’ve come to call the “NHK style” – there’s just something about these grand NHK scores… not for one moment do composers lose their unique voice (and certainly not Hisaishi) but there’s always *something* in there which sets the music apart from the composer’s usual style. Oshima did it in Planet Of Life and Data Map For 3.6 Billion People… Hattori Takayuki did it in Shinsengumi… Even Akira Senju did it in Furinkazan. Now, Joe Hisaishi joins the ranks and melds the NHK sound perfectly with his own technique.
Well, what can I say? I really liked Kiseki no Ringo… but I absolutely adore this one. It’s got a great theme, Hisaishi’s amazing (and STILL maturing) mastery of the modern symphony orchestra, and some cracking action - Strong Creature Of The Deep Sea, Bluntnose Sixgill Shark is just brutal; I’ve never heard Hisaishi so raw and so… dangerous – and he’s channelling Janacek! It’s funny how all over the world, documentaries consistently bring out the best in our treasured film composers… truly, there is nothing more fantastical than the natural world! Please enjoy this wonderful exercise in COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY IGNORING every single “development” modern film scoring techniques have undergone; absolutely timeless, a great score today that will still be a great score in 100 years.
Enjoy! :)
TT
NHK Special Giant Deep Sea Creatures (2013)
(aka NHK Shinkai Project)
MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!U9oCWZTZ!ahqds32-HT_Pa2BCpGxPki0QT-kflF7M6mzFtPZhwuY
A Drive mirror for Whining Idiots: http://www.adrive.com/public/DTe2QP
===
MP3 -V0 at A Drive for Lazy Idiots: http://www.adrive.com/public/DTe2QP
Both A Drive links courtesy of Herr Salat
Orchestra conducted by The Composer
NOT MY RIP. FLAC. Many thanks indeed to a former member of FFshrine who doesn't post any more, but who has given me permission to share this with you. Track titles in English (a competent translation by a native Japanese speaker, not my usual wonky translation...) and unfortunately no booklet scans... If I find them, I'll update this post.
Joe Hisaishi scoring a prestigious nature documentary for NHK… surely this must be some fantastic dream? No dream! This is, for me, one of the rare occasions where my desires, my expectations, and the completed score, completely match up. So, what was I hoping for?
First of all, a Taiga Drama-style full length main theme – a nice, three minute chunk of music. Check. We have a delicious, fully symphonic main title theme, with a beginning, middle, and end – a concert suite tone-poem.
Secondly, a strong and romantic theme that didn’t just crop up once and then disappear forever; something that would function both as a full length theme and as a series of melodic and harmonic ideas that could be broken down into their constituent elements and peppered throughout the score. Check.
Thirdly, for Hisaishi to continue with his recent experimentation phase and try something a bit different. Check.
Finally, for Hisaishi to perhaps revisit and expand upon his “water” ideas from Ponyo. Check.
Essentially, this score is Joe Hisaishi – A Sea Symphony. If you’re looking for three descriptive words… elegant, passionate, warm. Also of interest… not even the mighty Hisaishi is above writing in what I’ve come to call the “NHK style” – there’s just something about these grand NHK scores… not for one moment do composers lose their unique voice (and certainly not Hisaishi) but there’s always *something* in there which sets the music apart from the composer’s usual style. Oshima did it in Planet Of Life and Data Map For 3.6 Billion People… Hattori Takayuki did it in Shinsengumi… Even Akira Senju did it in Furinkazan. Now, Joe Hisaishi joins the ranks and melds the NHK sound perfectly with his own technique.
Well, what can I say? I really liked Kiseki no Ringo… but I absolutely adore this one. It’s got a great theme, Hisaishi’s amazing (and STILL maturing) mastery of the modern symphony orchestra, and some cracking action - Strong Creature Of The Deep Sea, Bluntnose Sixgill Shark is just brutal; I’ve never heard Hisaishi so raw and so… dangerous – and he’s channelling Janacek! It’s funny how all over the world, documentaries consistently bring out the best in our treasured film composers… truly, there is nothing more fantastical than the natural world! Please enjoy this wonderful exercise in COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY IGNORING every single “development” modern film scoring techniques have undergone; absolutely timeless, a great score today that will still be a great score in 100 years.
Enjoy! :)
TT