Main Title (01:39)2. Attack of the Tatari-Gami (03:51)3.

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The release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke in the United States in 1997, dubbed in English by a cast of American actors such as Claire Danes and Minnie Driver, helped to make Japanese anime widely known in America. The film - an epic tale of the struggle between nature and the encroaching modern world - features a score by acclaimed Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi, who has formerly.

Departure to the West (02:32)4. The Demon Power (00:36)5. Meet Jiko-bō (02:59)6. First Sight with San (00:52)7. Kodamas (02:27)8.

The Forest of the Gods (00:40)9. Arrival at the Ironworks (00:39)10. The Lost Mountain (00:56)11. Lady Eboshi (02:48)12. The Tatara Women Work Song (01:29)13. The Furies (01:28)14. Young Man from the East (01:25)15.

Ashitaka's Requiem (02:21)16. The Will to Live (00:31)17. The Nightwalker (01:39)18. Princess Mononoke's Theme (02:08)19.

Okkoto the Wise (02:14)20. Princess Mononoke's Theme (Vocal) (03:32)21. Battle Drums (02:47)22. Battle in Front of the Ironworks (01:25)23. Ambush to the Forest (02:29)24. The Samurai and the Villagers (00:55)25.

The Retreat (01:30)26. San Trapped by the Tatari-Gami (Bootleg Track) (01:10)27.

Ashitaka to the Rescue (01:14)28. Eboshi Shots the Deer God (02:08)29.

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The Nightwalker Meltdown (Part I) (01:27)30. The Nightwalker Meltdown (Part II) (01:32)31. The Deer God Resurrection (01:07)32. Epilogue (03:12)33. Princess Mononoke's Theme (Japanese Ending) (01:23)34.

Princess Mononoke's Theme (USA Ending) (01:19)35. End Credits (05:01)Image Album tracklisting. What's the difference between the Soundtrack, the Image Album and the Symphonic Suite? Anyone knows?They're actually different arrangements & orchestrations like re-recordings:- The Image Album was the first to be released (a year before the movie release in Japan).- The Symphonic Suite is a special arrangement for concerts and live performances,following the tradition of Joe Hisaishi to release both the soundtrack album and a symphonic arrangement for the same music (like 'Castle in the Sky', etc).- The Soundtrack is just the original motion picture sountrack composed for the movie.Here is the link to the Wikipedia article (in French) which explain all of this: Hidden link. To see links.Hope it helps answering to your question.:). They're actually different arrangements & orchestrations like re-recordings:- The Image Album was the first to be released (a year before the movie release in Japan).- The Symphonic Suite is a special arrangement for concerts and live performances,following the tradition of Joe Hisaishi to release both the soundtrack album and a symphonic arrangement for the same music (like 'Castle in the Sky', etc).- The Soundtrack is just the original motion picture sountrack composed for the movie.Here is the link to the Wikipedia article (in French) which explain all of this: Hidden link.

To see links.Hope it helps answering to your question.

You are reading the older HTML sitePositive FeedbackISSUE31may/june 2007Film Music from Pragueby Roger S. GordonPrague is not a city that oneusually thinks of when one thinks of film music. While theCzech Philharmonic has been know for the last century as oneof Europe's finest orchestras, with associations with suchfamous conductors as Antonin Dvorak, Gustav Mahler, andRichard Strauss, film music as not been synonymous withPrague. That started to change in the early 1990s as theorchestras of Eastern Europe struggled to find ways to earnmoney to replace the subsidies that were no longer comingfrom the Communist State. The classically trained musiciansof Prague discovered that recording music for films offeredone such money earning opportunity.

Rerecording film musicfor reissue turned out to be another money earningopportunity. Since the orchestra used to record a film scoreis usually smaller than a full classical orchestra, the Cityof Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1994. This 40member chamber orchestra, whose members are drawn from theCzech Philharmonic Orchestra and other local ensembles,specializes in 20 th century classical music andthe recording of film scores, both for the originalsoundtrack and for rerecording and reissue. The three CDsreviewed here are a sample of the type of film music beingrecorded in Prague.Princess Mononoke SymphonicSuite - If you are familiar with Japanese anime you haveseen Princess Mononoke.

It is a full length feature cartoonfrom Studio Ghibli, which is Japan's version of DisneyStudios. While Studio Ghibli, like Disney, usually produceschildren's cartoons, Princess Mononoke was more for adultsthan children.

The film dealt with the question of whetherman and his technology could coexist with Nature. With acompelling story and incredibly gorgeous drawing, the moviebroke all box office records in Japan when it was released.Like most great Japanese films, it did less well overseas.The film score for Princess Mononoke was written by JoeHisaishi, a very popular Japanese pianist and composer withover 100 soundtracks and albums to his credit. Hisaishitook his film score and rewrote it as an eight movementsymphonic suite.

The CD liner notes quote Mr. Hisaishi assaying 'The reason why I asked the Czech PhilharmonicOrchestra to perform was simple.

I wished to hear the piece‘The Legend of Ashitaka' (the first movement) played by afirst-rate professional orchestra that would perform thepiece with a deeply Slavic feeling.' Japanese music with adeeply Slavic feeling—that is a good description of themusic. The music is dark in feeling and mood. Quiet andpeaceful one moment and driving, thrusting forward the next.The music is classic romanticism with hints here and thereof early Stravinsky (Le Sacre du Printemps). But what itreminds me most of, is Dvorak. Dvorak had a incredible waywith bringing the folk tunes of his native land to life.Imagine if Dvorak had grown up outside Tokyo instead ofoutside Prague.

I think this is the type of music he wouldhave written.Both the original soundtrack andsymphonic suite, which is being reviewed here, are currentlyavailable on CD. If you think you might be interested inthis music I would go toand listen to the tracks from both thesoundtrack and the symphonic suite. While I enjoy both, theclassical music lover in me finds the symphonic suite to bethe preferred version. The soundtrack CD consists of 32short tracks,which if listened to in order, sort of tellsthe story from the film. The symphonic suite, however, is anorganic whole which stands on its own. Think symphonic poem.If you are a classical music lover, do yourself a favor andgive the symphonic suite a listen.

Oh, by the way, the musicis well recorded and mastered. So, you can play it for youraudiophile friends. However, buy it for the music.The Greatest Cinema ChoralClassics Vol 1 and 2 - Normally I avoid 'The GreatestHits' type of recordings, particularly for soundtracks. WhenI watch a movie I want to see the whole movie, not justhighlights. I feel the same way about the soundtrack.

I wantto hear the entire film score since each separate cue ispart of a whole and really can't be separated from the othercues without losing something. It was with great trepidationthat I bought this 2 CD set.

However, I have learned that ifyou keep buying albums, you eventually find a few needles inthe haystack. This album is one of those rare finds.Audiophile sound quality. First-rate orchestral playing.Superb choral and soloist singing. Stunning performances.There are 26 tracks on these two CDs. There is not a singlebad track amongst the 26 tracks. The selection of music isbrilliant.

The only track that most people will recognizewill be the first track, O Fortuna from Carl Orff'sCarmina Burana. (1) O Fortuna, which wasused in the movie Excalibur to great effect, is such a crowdpleaser, the producers really could not have left it off ofthe CD. Besides the Orff, there is one other classical trackincluded amongst the 26 tracks—Samuel Barber's Agnus Deiwhich was used in The Scarlet Letter.

Agnus Deiis Barber's Adagio for Strings sung with words by amale chorus and a boy's choir.