Yoko Kanno - Wolf's Rain Original Soundtrack 2
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Free Music Review: Wolf's Rain OST 2 da bomb!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
The series wasn't as good as I thought it would be; being that it was made by the same people responsible for Cowboy Beop (and music composed by the legendary Miss Yoko Kanno of Cowboy Bebop as well)... I guess they needed the same director (Watanabe) though to pull it off better... HOWEVER, the music and songs Miss Kanno composed for this series are just superb!!! She's got a Brazilian theme going on with this one (as Gregorian chanting in Escaflowne and jazz in Cowboy Bebop)...
1. Heaven's Not Enough - I love all of Steve Conte's works in everything Yoko Kanno's composed for any series... I don't consider this song one of THE best but it's still very nice... I particularly like the end-part of the song...
2. Shiro, Long Tail's - The piece plays almost exactly like Shiro (from OST 1, track 7) but it's a bit longer... This one still sounds different though than Shiro... Frankly, I can't figure out which one I like better of the two... Both are great pieces...
3. cycle - A Gabriela Robin piece with some eccentric lyrics... I can't quite put my finger to what this song really reminds me of... Otherwise, it's a great tune... Not a fave though...
4. Beyond Me - This one's a very peaceful guitar-based music with some strings... I like the transcending tune of the first part to the middle part as well the 'chorus' of the piece...
5. Mouth Of Fire - The track begins with some traditional-like folk music with clapping and drums... Then it shifts to a catchy tune played by a string instrument (violin perhaps?)... Makes my body move to the song whenever I hear it...
6. Hounds - A laid-back guitar piece... And guess what?... It captures a laid-back atmosphere too... The flute playing is a nice touch too...
7. Rain Of Blossoms - Starts with a lively combination of strings and wind instruments... Then calms down to the end...
Nicely put in the anime I should say...
08. Separated - A melancholy piece played mainly by guitar...
09. escape - Man, when I heard this piece in the anime, I was floored... Yoko Kanno, yes, she does it again!... I adore this piece very much... Gotta admit, it captures the atmosphere of a rooftop escape...
10. Face On - Not my fave... But I like how the music climaxes with strong violins...
11. tsume's sand - This one played when Kiba and Tsume first encountered each other as wolves (if I remember correctly)... This piece has a very futuristic sound to it...
12. Flying To You - Ilaria Graziano sung this somewhat melancholy piece that's also somewhat Bjork-esque as well sounding as a torch song...
13. Night Owl - Forboding music that pictures a dark and damp place... And HEY! I think it works!!!...
14. forest of death - This sounds more like a mech march to me... Maybe it's a connotation for a forest of death... I like how it feels like your running away from someone or something...
15. indiana - A Native American-like music... It's calm but not that repeatable to listen to...
16. Amore Amaro - Franco Sansalone provided his raspy voice to this drunkard music as I'd like to call it... Not my fave...
17. friends - A sad piano solo then blends with some strings and woodwind... I don't particuarly find myself listening to this; but I think it's a very nice piece...
18. Tell Me What The Rain Knows - I didn't quite like this song as much as other people... This is the season ending song for Wolf's Rain, mind you... I don't think it's bad at all, but I would've like Cloud 9 better to end the series (track 22)...
19. Float - One of those pieces I rarely listen to...
20. Tance - Another one I don't listen too often...
21. Sad Moon - Weird, but this one reminds me of Princess Mononoke (y'know, the Hayao Miyazaki film; buy the OST too!!!)
22. Cloud 9 - Yes sir, yes ma'am!... I sure do love this song (even though it's exactly the same as Laurent Voulzy's Une Heroine--which I recommend listenting too as well)... It starts great, has a fantastic chorus, and is sung by the angelic-voiced Maaya Sakamoto... This is, no doubt, my most favourite song Ms. Yoko Kanno composed for Wolf's Rain... And YES, I like this song better than Gravity (but only by a small margin)...
23. Go To "Rakuen" - A hidden track... I guess this is the recurring music for the series (as Adieu is for Cowboy Bebop and Ark for Brain Powerd).... I love this piece too... It builds up and builds up to a VERY nice climax... I like how there's some radio-like talkings in the middle of the piece... Nice touch!...
Free Music Review: Yoko Kanno has done it again!
Hit: 5 Stars
The songs on this album are gorgeous, the masterful Yoko Kanno has triumphed again. Ranging from simple and sweet to mystical to fast paced, this album is a work of art. "Heaven's Not Enough" is almost like a soft rock with some orchestra, the words are in English. It's one of my favorites. ^_^ "Shiro's Long Tail" is a beautiful and forbidding orchestral piece with plenty of violin, written in a minor key. "Cycle" is a cool jazz/pop song in Japanese, and "Beyond Me" is another orchestral piece, like a song you'd hear outside of an Italian restaraunt. Nice guitar in it. "Mouth On Fire" is one of the more fast paced ones, it reminds me most of an Irish jig, with a fiddle playing a lively tune. "Hounds" is awesome, the guitar gives it a soft rock/blues feel, and the flute instrument in the background makes it seem almost like a Renaissance song. Another one of my favorites. ^_^ The orchestral "Rain of Blossoms" is almost overdone at the beginning, but it is beutiful nonetheless. The harp and violins and flute really bring out it's delicate melody. "Separated" has it's melody plucked out by a guitar, and it is accompanied with orchestra. It is a simple and elegant piece. "Escape" has a fast beat, with a Spanish beat, including a Spanish guitar. The violins in the background also hold part of the melody, this is deffinitely a chase scene song, but it is very nicely done. "Face On" consists mostly of electric guitar and violins, it doesn't sound like it would be a good combination, but here Kanno works her magic. It is one of the most beautiful songs in the whole album, it pulls at your heart strings. "Tsumi no Suma" is one of my least favorite songs on this album. There's too much electric guitar and keyboard, in my opinion. It just doesn't come together very well. "Flying on You" is in Japanese, i believe, although at times it almost sounds like it's in French. It's a slow bluesy song, like one you'd hear in a classy restaraunt with a lady in a red dress singing atop a black grand piano. It ends on a more orchestral note. "Night Owl" is interesting to listen to, the random lilts of the piccolo deffinitely bring the image of an owl to mind. The harp and violins make me imagine a dark and almost ominous night. "Shi no Mori" is deffinitely an "in danger" type of song, i don't particulary like it, but it comes together very well as a song that tries to evoke a feeling of fear. "Indiana" starts out as a flute-like instrument playing a simple, lilting melody, and then branches out into many flutes coming together on different notes. It's uncanny how much they sound like a wind chime. "Amore Amaro" is... interesting. I can't tell what the man is singing, or saying. It sounds like it's in Italian... the only accompanyment is a piano, it's a rather morose song. "Friends" is another of my favorites. It's a very sweet piano piece, also very simple, like a music box. "Tell Me What The Rain Knows" is a song sung in English, with orchestral accomapanyment, the harps and violins are most prominent. There are several voices singing and they harmonize on occasion. It's a beautiful and haunting song. "Float" sounds like something from Escaflowne: much orchestra, but the wind instruments and violins are more prominent. "Trace" has nothing too memorable about it, simple orchestral background music. Mostly string instuments. "Sad Moon" is a beautiful and tragic sounding masterpiece. All orchestra in this one, and the melody is quite haunting and captivating. Another of my favorites. :-) The last song, "Cloud 9," is very cool. It's a j-pop song, (pop song sung in Japanese) and it's very catchy. Even if you don't know the words, it's fun to hum to. I enjoyed this song a lot. I enjoyed the whole album a lot. It's a great CD to add to anyone's collection! I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys Yoko Kanno's music, and has eclectic taste.Free Music Review: Beautiful songs, still soul-reaching
Hit: 5 Stars
Like the first OST, this is a great Yoko Kanno work. This album has a stronger range of songs than the first album. This could be because it contains more emotion. Where the first is mostly mood music and background stuff, this album has more for emotional building and climax.
"Tell Me What the Rain Knows" is bittersweet, Maaya Sakamoto's voice is a beautiful soprano and mixes with the harp and strings very well. It is the beginning of the emotional climax, sad but not a full sadness.
"Sad Moon" stands out as the instrumental high point of the album. The strings are sad and faintly evil or slightly depressed.
"Heaven's Not Enough" is the one song of the series that pulls you in fully emotionally. The music starts out soft and low and melancholy and the lyrics add in feelings of being lost. Then the drums kick in and the harmonizing and you're caught in a web of sadness. Steve Conte's voice is raw and beautifully melancholy. Call Me is a song from Cowboy Bebop where his voice pushes the song beyond average.
Free Music Review: Easily one of the best Anime soundtracks out there today.
Hit: 5 Stars
I cannot tell you how good this Anime soundtrack is. When I bought this soundtrack, I was really looking forward to just hearing the song "Tell me What the Rain Knows" but then I found out that all these other tracks are also unbelievable. "Cloud 9" is one of the greatest songs ever in this soundtrack, as it really gives you a weird feeling once you listen to it. I also really like Steve Conte's vocals in "Heaven's not Enough." That is truly a great song, yet also a sad song in a way as well. "Cycle" is also a very good song, and the vocals to go along with it are great. And you can't forget "Tell me what the Rain Knows" wither. That is also a great song, but also a very sad song as well. There are also many other tracks on this soundtrack that are truly unbelievable, and many of them will send chills down your spine.
Overall, I DEFINENTLY recommend this soundtrack to everyone, even if you're not a Wolf's Rain fan, because in my opinion, this is the greatest Anime soundtrack ever made.
Free Music Review: I love this music
Hit: 5 Stars
I simply cannot get enough of Yoko Kanno. So far, the Wolf's Rain soundtracks are my favorite works by Kanno, because they are diverse, like most of her stuff, and have so much drama and beauty to them, not much unlike the anime series they were written for. I liked the first one, but for some reason this one really blows me away. The orchestra is a little bit bigger, I think. If you don't like orchestra music some of this might bore you, but I think you should give it a chance, because the violins and such simply accentuate Yoko Kanno's song writing technique. This is very emotional music and some of the songs, like the "hidden" track at the end, just seem to hearten you with the passion that must have gone into preforming them.