Composed
by Kensaku Tanikawa, this soundtrack for the 1987 Kon
Ichikawa movie is, sadly, a fairly forgettable affair.
A lot of this stuff is pretty somber in tone or utilizes
heavy flute work and other techniques one would expect
to find in "spiritual" albums. Some tracks,
such as "Crater", go for an odd combination
of flute work with a more jazz type feel, although it
simply doesn't work and sounds fairly chaotic as the two
styles don't mesh well on this and other themes. This
disc isn't a total bust, or anything, as at least "Departure"
is a nice and vigorous track that fits the title description
well; "Space Ship" also falls into this category,
at least past the halfway mark, as the track becomes faster
paced than a lot of the slower cues on this CD. Overall,
though, this disc is really hard to recommend on account
of the listener easily losing interest in the music selection
even during the first exposure to Tanikawa's themes. As
for the closing song, done by the band Chicago's Peter
Cetera, it's an okay theme and is very reminiscent of
other popular music done at this point in time and by
the band itself.
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