There is no instrument that has dominated the soundtrack scene quite like the pianoforte. If you think about it, it’s not really that surprising. Practically thinking, using a piano cuts labor costs – whereas it would normally take around five violinists (or ten piccoloists, but no one wants to listen to that many piccolos anyway) [...]
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Announcing a New Upcoming Post Series: Anime Composer Profiles
About a month ago, I had asked you all to come up with a list rank-ordering your favorite anime composers for a few reasons. First of all, I was curious as to how well people know the composers behind some of their favorite anime series and I was delighted to see that we got a [...]
Makoto Shinkai Image Album – Promise – Review
Album Title: Makoto Shinkai Image Album – Promise Anime Title: 5 Centimeters per Second, She and Her Cat, Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place, Voices of a Distant Star Artist: Eminence Symphony Orchestra, Shiro Hamaguchi, Akifumi Tada, Yasunori Iwasaki, Tenmon Catalog Number: CWCD-0003 Release Type: Arrangement Release Date: December 09, 2009 Purchase at: CDJapan, Eminence [...]
Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2004
In looking at a list of shows and movies released in 2004, the one thing that I notice is the huge gulf in the quantity of shows released during 2004 versus 2003. When I look at such lists, it becomes a constant reminder of what great shows I’ve missed out on. For instance, 2004 was [...]
Project Promise Update: The Arrangers’ Circle and Upcoming Q&A
UPDATE: We finally have a review up of the Makoto Shinkai Promise album. For people who have not read this post, the Eminence Symphony Orchestra, based out in Sydney, Australia, will be releasing a 13-track disc this December containing arrangements of Tenmon’s musical compositions in honor of Makoto Shinkai and his 10 years of work [...]





