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Title |
| Porco Rosso |
| International Title |
| Porco
Rosso |
| Music By:
Joe Hisaishi |
| Record Label:
Tokuma Japan Communications |
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| Running Time: 49:02 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: May 1997 |
CD Number: TKCA-71156 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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This
is a reissue of an older soundtrack, TKCA-30596, likely
done to capitalize on the then upcoming Princess
Mononoke (1997). For those familiar with the
score, this 1992 entry from maestro Joe
Hisaishi is a wonderful body of work. It conveys
both a sense of energy, with fun and light-hearted
themes, while also bringing forth several more soothing
pieces as well.
On the light-hearted side, there are cues such as
the wonderful, tuba-led "Flying Boatmen".
A very memorable theme, which perfectly conveys the
rather klutzy nature of the air pirates its meant
to represent. "Winds of Time: When a Person Could
be a Person" is another great theme, working
well as both a carefree piece and one that is more
action oriented as well. "Piccolo Women",
which successfully captures a sense of the Italian
local without doing so in a clichéd manner,
is also a remarkable and enduring cue from this release.
On the soothing side, there are themes such as "Lost
Spirit", "The Bygone Days", and "Porco
e Bella". Despite sounding very different from
the more bubbly cues that profligate this soundtrack,
they still somehow feel at home amongst them. All
of these are also piano heavy pieces, playing up to
Hisaishi's incredible strength in regards to the instrument.
"Crazy - Flight", yet another wonderful
cue, is also worth mentioning. This one does sound
a bit out of place, which is probably because it's
stock. It's an incredible theme, mostly comprised
of piano work, and comes from an album Hisaishi released
earlier in 1992 called My Lost City.
Overall, this is another solid release by Hisaishi.
Anyone who is a fan of his work, or the movie, owes
it to themselves to hunt down this release, or the
earlier one done in 1992.
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| Tracks |
- Winds of Time: When a Person Could be a Person
- Mamma Auito
- Addio!
- The Bygone Days
- Sepia Photos
- Serbia march
- Flying Boatmen
- Doom: Cloud Trap
- Porco e Bella
- Fio-Seventeen
- Piccolo Women
- Friend
- Partnership
- Crazy - Flight
- To the Adriatic Sea
- In Search of a Distant Era
- Love at the First Sight of Wildness
- At the End of Summer
- Lost Spirit
- Dog Fight
- Porco e Bella - Ending
- The Time of Cherries
By: Tokiko Kato
- Sometimes, Talk of Yesterday
By: Tokiko Kato
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