Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away
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Artist: Joe HisaishiEdition: Music CD
Audio: Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-09-10
Music Label: Milan Records
Soundtracks:
- One Summer's Day - Joe Hisaishi
- A Road to Somewhere - Joe Hisaishi
- The Empty Restaurant
- Nighttime Coming
- The Dragon Boy
- Sootballs
- Procession of the Spirits
- Yubaba
- Bathhouse Morning
- Day of the River
- It's Hard Work
- The Sink Spirit
- Sen's Courage
- The Bottomless Pit
- Kaonashi (No Face)
- The Sixth Station
- Yubaba's Panic
- The House at Swamp Bottom
- Reprise
- The Return
- Always With Me, song (for the film Spirited Away)
Free Music Notes for Spirited Away
Free Music Review: This soundtrack is nothing short of incredible
Hit: 5 Stars
Joe Hisaishi has written the soundtracks to many of Miyazaki's films, but of them all, this is the best. It may have something to do with the fact that this movie is the best of them all, but something about it all makes this simply the best soundtrack and score I have ever encountered, not only of Miyazaki's film scores.
The movie starts out with "One Summer's Day", a soft, beautiful little opening, gentle and sweet. Afterwards comes "A Road to Somewhere", and it is with this piece that the slight creepiness of the movie sets in. "The Empty Restaurant" is even creepier and spookier. In it you can imagine everything that is going on in t he movie. It gives off a feeling of urgency and fear, which is fits the movie perfectly.
"Nighttime Coming" continues the creepy theme with the consistent beat at the beginning and then a tumble of notes that begin to show fear and panic. "The Dragon Boy" is a dramatic little piece that is quick and proud at the same time, lovely at times, loud at other times, and even slightly scary at some moments. "Sootballs" is a cute little thing, amusing and adorable. It fits the cute image of the sootballs perfectly with their slightly strange personalities but their overall adorable aspects. "Procession of the Spirits" is very dramatic, but a little boring at the beginning, though it fits the movie wonderfully. "Yubaba" is commanding and tough. "Bathhouse Morning" is a short transition piece, taking on aspects from other parts of the score.
"Day of the River" contains a recurring theme in the score. It is a lovely, gentle piece full of emotion, piano, and a soft orchestra. This is one of the best parts of the score, and is simply wonderful. "It's Hard Work" is a bit less of the western orchestral type of song and more different and has a very different sort of rhythm. "The Stink Spirit" has a strong beat throughout most of the song, and the song indicates a bit of creepiness and fear again. "Sen's Courage" is like a continuation of the previous track, but a little more cautious and tentative. "The Bottomless Pit" is strong, loud, and almost frightening. "Kaonashi (No Face)" has several different themes in it, all describing the character and his rapid progression through the bathhouse.
The next part is without a doubt the best. "The Sixth Station" is a beautiful and sad piece. It follows Chihiro/Sen as she rides on the train through the flooded region. In the movie everything is beautiful and lovely, and the soundtrack matches that perfectly. It's soft with a wonderful piano and strings part. Even if it wasn't part of the movie it would be incredible, because it's a wonderful piece of music.
"Yubaba's Panic" describes precisely that. It is a panic-struck song with Yubaba's theme woven into it. "The House at Swamp Bottom" is another cute little transition piece. "Reprise" is a lovely almost-ending, dramatic orchestral piece summing up most of the score well. "The Return" also draws on many of the beginning themes again ("Day of the River" and "One Summer's Day"), though it has a bit of a stranger, less-orchestral beginning as well. The soundtrack ends with "Always With Me", a gentle song that is a very dreamy ending to the movie.
Unlike some of Hisaishi's other soundtracks ("Mononoke", "Laputa", for example), "Spirited Away" doesn't have many solid, strong themes recurring throughout the movie. It has individual pieces, with a few themes here and there, but all in all the music is meant to create a mood rather than explain what is happening in the movie. Each individual song is beautiful, charming, emotional, and a wonderful listen.
The score has very many different styles. It fits the movie wonderfully. If there is one soundtrack ever that one should buy, it's this incredible one.
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