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The Music of Japan.
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Now THIS is what I call maximalist wall of sound new age techno classical!
Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was apparently originally a Bread & Butter song arranged by Haruomi Hosono and with lyrics written by Yumi Matsutoya.
Huh. The more you know.
Huh. The more you know.
JediJoker
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I assume you're being facetious, because...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Just_Called_to_Say_I_Love_You
While we're at it, here's two songs sitting in the back of my mind recently.
(This one is on SACD, you can find it easily for 2000 or 3000 yen).
(This one is on DVD-A, you can easily find it for 1000 yen).
(This one is on SACD, you can find it easily for 2000 or 3000 yen).
(This one is on DVD-A, you can easily find it for 1000 yen).
JediJoker
Audio Engineer/Enthusiast
OK, I misunderstood you to mean that Stevie Wonder didn't write it.
I've been reading a bit about the new Studio Ghibli movie coming out, The Boy and the Heron. This one is helmed by Miyazaki himself, could be his last film. But then hes retired more than a few times already. Naturally I am curious about the music. The movie soundtrack is by Joe Hisaishi a prolific composer and you've probably have heard his music in other Ghibli films.
However the music theme song is composed/performed by Kenshi Yonezu that was new to me. At first I thought it was Yojiro Noda of the Radwimps their voices are so similar. It is is rather slow paced shall we say plaintive mostly piano & vocals. But it does pick up a bit about the 1:15 mark. Interestingly I liked it better the 2nd time I listened:
And of course the trailer is on YT in English. I strongly prefer subbed to dubbed but WOW! Look at the voice talent in the credits.
It's a must to see this in the theater and probably dubbed. OK, I'll see it more than once so both ways.
However the music theme song is composed/performed by Kenshi Yonezu that was new to me. At first I thought it was Yojiro Noda of the Radwimps their voices are so similar. It is is rather slow paced shall we say plaintive mostly piano & vocals. But it does pick up a bit about the 1:15 mark. Interestingly I liked it better the 2nd time I listened:
And of course the trailer is on YT in English. I strongly prefer subbed to dubbed but WOW! Look at the voice talent in the credits.
It's a must to see this in the theater and probably dubbed. OK, I'll see it more than once so both ways.
Apparently at a US film festival premiere the other month he’s already walked back the retirement thing again… claims he has ideas for another film.
Glad I moved within striking distance of an Alamo Drafthouse as I too will be seeing this in the theater ASAP
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No, I should probably get out more. LOL!
Has anybody ordered a package shipped by Japan Post as of recent? Just wondering how long it took to deliver...
Saw the movie today. WW 2 coming of age slice of life. I thought. So much fantasy magic. Adventure. Best Ghibli film in decades. Music from opening to end and in between was great.
Seeing it on Sunday at my nearby Alamo Drafthouse… seeing a *brunchtime* screening, with special menu
Just got back. Really dug it. Hard not to see it as a metaphor for what Miyazaki has said about what he thinks the future of Ghibli is
Per the clip from the documentary Alamo Drafthouse showed in the "pre-show": "The future is clear... it's going down the drain"
Wow I read your post on my phone out & about 9 days ago. Today I just remember it...
Glad you got to see it & enjoyed it too. I like some of the throwback character designs. If anything the visuals were even more detailed than usual Ghibli films. And the story was very good. Howl's & Arriety were phoned in adaptations but I see Miyazaki has his name on the screenplay.
Do I understand you saw it with additional interview or bonus material? Fathom Events frequently does that but my showing was just regular Cinemark. And about half $$ what Fathom would charge.
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Not… really. I saw it at an Alamo Drafthouse, my first time going. Instead of Maria Menunos or some other celebrity talking about upcoming movies before trailers, they curate their own 30 minute “pre-show” for each movie. Usually tangentially related shorts, clips etc. For example; any time they show a movie with Jack Black in it, that pre-show includes his first acting gig: a TV commercial for the Atari 2600 game Pitfall.
For Boy and the Heron it was original Japanese trailers for Miyazaki films, a Ghibli produced music video, a small featurette about the food shown in Ghibli films, another featurette about real life locations Ghibli drew inspiration from, and 2 clips from “The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness” (which I’ve been meaning to see…) a documentary about Miyazaki, which is where I got that quote from
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