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Title |
| Howl's Moving Castle
- Image Symphonic Suite |
| International Title |
| Howl's
Moving Castle |
| Music By: Joe
Hisaishi |
| Record Label:
Tokuma Japan Communications |
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| Running Time: 48:49 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: January 2004 |
CD Number: TKCA-72620 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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I will make
it no secret that I don't tend to care for Image Albums.
For those unfamiliar with these types of releases, in
layman's terms they could be called outtakes, as they
are created from the storyboards and a lot of these early
takes are either changed or dropped altogether. In general,
they seem like very simplistic and much less interesting
versions of what ends up in the final product. However,
this disc is definitely an exception to the norm. I have
heard five Image albums to date, and Joe
Hisaishi's work on the early scoring for Howl's
Moving Castle is far and away the best. The greatest
aspect of this release is that Hisaishi had a good size
orchestra to bring this early scoring to life. The ending
result is a much more fleshed out effort, sounding more
akin to a final score then what one has come to expect
from earlier Image Albums. A couple of these themes sound
dramatically different in parts from anything used in
the film, such as "Mysterious World" and "The
Secret Garden", yet the arrangement still feels like
it would have made a natural addition to the final score
and really works wonders as a stand alone experience.
To be blunt, though, this CD still doesn't compare with
the final score. If it's a choice between this and the
full soundtrack, the choice should be obvious. However,
if one truly enjoyed the score for the film, than the
Image Album is more than worth checking out for its slightly
different take on the production's wonderful themes and
the interesting portions which didn't end up getting used.
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
- Mysterious World
- The Magician of the Moving Castle
- Sophie's Tomorrow
- Boy
- Moving Castle
- War, War, War
- The Magician's Waltz
- The Secret Garden
- Temptation of Dawn
- Cave of Mind
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