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OMG I had no idea Hajime Chitose did a collab with Ryuichi Sakamoto:
The Dead Little Girl (song lyrics are translated from a Turkish poem about Hiroshima I think)
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(ftr after I found this, I also found a second collab, but it's not as nice.)
Also alan (Tibetan J-pop singer who did the Red Cliff theme songs [1, 2]) is a much better singer than I'd assumed (I tend to automatically write off cpop singers, srry2say) -- her voice is terrific for orchestral pop. <33 SO SAD that most of her non-movie stuff has boring/generic arrangement though -- it drives me NUTS when amazing voices are wasted on generic crap.
This song is my fave of hers over even the Red Cliff themes:
Ashita e no Sanka [a hymn for tomorrow]
Two of the more decent songs she's had:
Sakura Modern
Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta [untitled love song]
But in general her pre-J-pop stuff had a lot more character:
Ode to the Himalayas
Road to Heaven
comments at the original Dreamwidth post
The Dead Little Girl (song lyrics are translated from a Turkish poem about Hiroshima I think)
<333333
(ftr after I found this, I also found a second collab, but it's not as nice.)
Also alan (Tibetan J-pop singer who did the Red Cliff theme songs [1, 2]) is a much better singer than I'd assumed (I tend to automatically write off cpop singers, srry2say) -- her voice is terrific for orchestral pop. <33 SO SAD that most of her non-movie stuff has boring/generic arrangement though -- it drives me NUTS when amazing voices are wasted on generic crap.
This song is my fave of hers over even the Red Cliff themes:
Ashita e no Sanka [a hymn for tomorrow]
Two of the more decent songs she's had:
Sakura Modern
Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta [untitled love song]
But in general her pre-J-pop stuff had a lot more character:
Ode to the Himalayas
Road to Heaven
comments at the original Dreamwidth post