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| InuYasha the Movie: The Crimson Horai Island |
| International Title |
| InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island |
| Music By:
Kaoru Wada |
| Record Label:
Avex Trax |
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| Running Time: 55:47 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: December 2004 |
CD Number: AVCA-22160 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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If you've heard one InuYasha soundtrack, you've heard them all. While the final theatrical score in the series does contain a few new original motifs, it still uses past work as a crutch far too often. The fact that Kaoru Wada's style is often more miss than hit as well gives very little to recommend about this CD.
The disc starts off with “The Door of Time” to set the mode with overdone chorus work, which while it felt like something that Wada might improve on when it first happened for InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (AVCA-14258)... it's quite clear nothing has changed. After new themes, Wada quickly dives into reusing the familiar, although this time in the form of his best theme for a four minute performance of the “Main Title”. Just in case one missed out on hearing it over and over again, the trouble motif wastes no time in showing up as well for “Gora and Ryura”. To his credit, he actually refrains from using the motif as much as in scores past, although it does still show up as “The Stolen Jewel Box” and later for “Gora’s Defeat”. A version that actually sounds notably different is also used for “Revived Shitoshin”, which just points out it’s a shame Wada didn’t go to the trouble to make it always sound a little different.
The disc also contains a vocal song in the form of “Song of Parting”, which isn't particularly good but does stand out amongst the series for being a change of pace. Actually, the disc has a few themes that break away from the repeated styling of the past three films. For example, “Sango and Miroku's Strategy” is a lively track featuring drum and trumpet work that, while not stellar, is different from other themes Wada has composed for the franchise.
Bottom line, in trying to think about the best of the four scores, I draw a blank. They reuse so much of the same motifs and in the same style that they really blend together, making it hard from memory to recall which is which. Ultimately, if the music as a whole was grand, the repetition across not only the series but individual scores might be more tolerable… in its current state, however, there are four scores with very little to recommend outside of the main title motif.
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| Tracks |
- The Door of Time
- The Shitoshin
- Main Title
- The Children of Horai Island
- Gora and Ryura
- Back Wound
- Horai Island, the Ominous Isle
- Kyora's Attack
- Fire-Spitting Seitenho
- Sesshoumaru vs. Kyora I
- Destiny
- Song of Parting
- Mystery of the Seal
- Asagi's Decision
- Cauldron of Resonance
- For Everyone's Sake
- Firefly Light
- History of the Song
- Poisonous Insects Loom
- Guarding Lady Kanade
- Returning from the Cauldron
- The Stolen Jewel Box
- Sulking Kagome
- Revived Shitoshin
- Sango vs. Jura
- Desperate Wind Hole
- Sword's Hesitation
- Sesshoumaru vs. Kyora II
- Ryura's Murderous Intent
- Sango and Miroku's Strategy
- The Children Make a Stand
- Undaunted Fighting Spirit
- Gora's Defeat
- Grotesque Ryura
- The Children's Strength
- Final Battle
- Escape from Horai Island
- The Journey Continues
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