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  Porco Rosso International Title  Porco Rosso Music By: Joe Hisaishi Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications   Running Time: 49:02 Discs: 1 Release: May 1997 CD Number: TKCA-71156 Comments Anthony Romero 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. Rating: 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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