Movie List Monster Bios Aliens & SDF Staff of Toho Actors DVDs Blu-rays Soundtracks Video Games Books Comic Books Toys Animation Television Box Office Posters Concept Art Pictures Cutting Room News Release Dates Articles Interviews Media Reviews Forums Search Site Staff Credits Updates	Title  Last Christmas - Original Soundtrack International Title  Last Christmas Music By: Takashi Kako Record Label: Sony Music   Running Time: 61:40 Discs: 1 Release: August 1992 CD Number: ESCA-5602 Comments Anthony Romero This is the soundtrack to writer/director Yoshimitsu Morita's early 1990's film Last Christmas. Despite what the movie's title might suggest, this CD doesn't really have a holiday vibe to it. In fact, it's kind of a mish-mash of styles from the 1980's and 1990's, ranging from Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" to Julio Iglesias' "Volver A Empezar". So not only is there a multitude of genres present, but also an assortment of different languages. Unfortunately, the breadth of musical styles make this disc hard to suggest, since it's so unlikely that everything will be appeal to the same listener. There is a slight tilt toward American pop from the 1980's, though, with "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire and the already mentioned Lauper song, so it might find an audience there. As for the Japanese vocal tracks, they are decent. "Ihojin", by Saki Kubota, would definitely be one of the better ones, as it does have a light hearted quality to it that makes it an enjoyable listen. In fact, it's not so much that there is a bad song here from the Japanese artists, save the fairly lackluster "Machikado Twilight", but that none of them truly standout as an exceptional experience. In terms of the non-vocal tracks, there really isn't much to this release. There is eleven minutes of music present from Takashi Kako's score, but this is divided amongst only two tracks, with the second being a synthesized take of the first. To be fair, the theme, "Souvenirs Du Future", isn't bad, it does have a nice soothing quality to it, but it's not very memorable all the same. Overall, this disc is a pretty mixed bag, but it does grow on the listener with time. In fact, I sat down to write this with the intention of giving it a 1.5, before continued listens gradually changed that to a more mediocre 2.5 in the end. Again, this CD is going to be a tough sell with its "shotgun blast" like focus on different styles, but tracks like "Ihojin" do grant it some redeemable qualities. Rating: Tracks Last Christmas By: Wham! Souvenirs Du Future (Strings Version) Ihojin By: Saki Kubota Machikado Twilight By: Shanels Volver A Empezar (Begin the Beguine) By: Julio Iglesias Let's Groove By: Earth, Wind & Fire Who Can it Be Now? By: Men At Work Time After Time By: Cyndi Lauper Standard Number By: Yoshitaka Minami Soshite Boku Wa, Toho Ni Kureru By: Yoshiyuki Ohsawa Words Get in the Way By: Miami Sound Machine Roman Hiko By: Kome Kome Club Souvenirs Du Future (Synthesizer Version) Last Christmas (Music Box Version) By: Linze
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