This soundtrack
for the 2000 horror movie Isola is, sadly, a
fairly forgettable release. To composer Takeo Miratsu's
credit, the first theme, "Meditation Part I",
is a very soothing and well done track, utilizing a lot
of choral work while violins play through out the cue.
Unfortunately, the rest of his score just isn't very engaging
at all and it's easy to lose interest when its removed
from the context of the film. In terms of the "bonus"
tracks, this disc has a cue from David Matthews (not the
one from Dave Matthews Band, but the US based Jazz singer
who started his career in the 1970's) called the "Love
Theme" for track 13. All in all, the track isn't
bad, but nothing to really praise either. The last track
on the disc is a vocal one sung by Kyosuke Himuro. Now
I'm not really familiar with Himuro's work, but wasn't
all that impressed with his performance here. His lyrics
on this track seems to have a slight electronic echo added
to them, which isn't a bad effect although seems a little
out of place on this song which is done more traditionally
than a lot of other pop singles that employ this technique.
It should be noted that this is the "movie version"
of the song, so it fades out fairly abruptly on this release.
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