7 tracks – 16 minutes
Orchestral|Choral|Action

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A fantastic polyphonic theme, which shows yet again that Hirano has a wholly convincing command of classical music syntax and development – and yet on top he effortlessly blends and shifts gears into modernism, suspense, and keeps it all so dramatic.
If it’s now rather obvious to say that Hirano is knows his stuff, it’s also worth saying that he has BALLS. There’s real conviction and flamboyance here, lacking today in both the cinema and the concert hall. It’s a simple thing, I know, but listen about 30 seconds into the first track the way he pushes up a diminished 7th in a series of sweeping gestures – this is how to create tension and excitement with shape and harmony. It’s also not in the least throwaway, and has echoes throughout. Absolutely wonderful.
The guitar arpeggios in ‘Hard Tactics’ put me in mind of Howard Shores Crash (one of my favourites by Shore). The only slight negative overall is that the recording is rather unflattering to the choir. But who cares, right? 😉
‘Towards Resolution’ is such a cliffhanger! More please! 😀
Also, there appears to be missing music on OST 1… I think there will be a proper release of this, probably in a two-disc set, when the final movie has been released… *puts crystal ball away*
It’s a common Japanese freelance orchestra; ie, they hire fifty players, they sit down, play the score, and go home. Soundtrack albums are usually quite detailed as regards who play – they will usually credit every musician individually with the exception of the string players, who are credited under their umbrella name. You’ll hear names like Konno Strings, Kato Group, Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings, etc – these are collective string orchestras to which producers will add X brass, woodwind, percussion, etc, etc as required to make up the ensemble they require. 🙂