Album Title: Chihayafuru Original Soundtrack & Character Song Album 1 Anime Title: Chihayafuru Artist: Kousuke Yamashita, Ko-ta, Ko-hey, hidehiro kawai, SADA, Yutaka Shinya, 99RadioService, Asami Seto, Tooru Nara, Yoshimasa Hosoya Catalog Number: VPCG-84916 Release Type: Soundtrack Release Date: January 18, 2012 Purchase at: CDJapan, Play-Asia
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Chihayafuru Original Soundtrack & Character Song Album 1 – Review
Posted in Soundtrack Reviews Tagged 99RadioService, Asami Seto, Chihayafuru, hidehiro kawai, Ko-hey, Ko-ta, Kousuke Yamashita, orchestral, Piano, SADA, Soundtrack, Tooru Nara, Yutaka Shinya 18 Comments
Monday Melodic Musings: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei – Itoshiki Nozomu
This week’s track was one of many that I’d been considering, but chaostangent’s music post effectively made it go to the top of my mind. Back when I compiled my list of 20 noteworthy anime titles from the previous decade for Behind the Nihon Review, I had this to say about Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: Stretch [...]
Monday Melodic Musings: Martian Successor Nadesico – Ima wa Oyasumi Wo…
Satomi Arimori’s immortal eponymous line penned for Martian Successor Nadesico’s OP “You Get To Burning” will always give me a chuckle or two because of its engrishy nature, but that doesn’t hide the fact that Toshiyuki Omori’s composition is catchy and engaging and that Yumi Matsuzawa’s vocals deliver the necessary urgency and inspiration that captures [...]
Monday Melodic Musings: Only Yesterday (Omohide Poro Poro) – Theme and Variation Abe-kun
This is the inaugural post for a new post series where Anime Instrumentality staff gush or prattle over a piece of anime music. There’s no set structure or format here: it can range from a melodic dissection to random musings about the emotions flowing within the piece. Either way, we hope you enjoy this change [...]
Monday Melodic Musings: Mouryou no Hako – Mouryou no Hako ~main theme~
The convoluted chronology. The discussion of spirits that lasted one and a half episodes. And, of course, Kyougokudou’s (Akihiko Chuuzenji) dramatic reveal at the end as the disparate components of the mystery finally flow together into a coherent, engrossing narrative. Those were the three things that stood out to me most when I watched Mouryou [...]