Kalafina 5th album "far on the water"

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sora; what about the One Light single? The main song didn't even have that many strings in it. (I love Konno, so I am the wrong person to talk to about that heh) But it sounded drowned out due to the guitar and drums, and even the bass. Even in the instrumental I did not hear very much strings in it.
 
I wouldn't mind strings so much if they didn't permeate every facet of Kajiura's current output. Whether it's soundtrack work, Kalafina, or FJ, you can bet that strings will dominate the majority of the tracks.
 
Yeah. As much as I love KnK, I really feel like it started this whole trend of strings, e. guitars and overabundant sfx tracks.

I can't help but wonder if Kajiura's music would be different if she had never done KnK.
 
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Well, she is a classical (I guess you would call it?) composer at heart, so strings are bound to happen. I really enjoyed the small string band that Konno had in the Budokan lives. She has always had strings. It's what started me on the violin. I guess it's one of my favorite instruments, sorry. But yeah, I get what you're saying, Believe and ring your bell had almost the same string beginning, and similar throughout. But the titles and some songs (moonfesta (I know there are some, but not as much as some songs, Mahiru) are really great without strings.
 
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Well, she is a classical (I guess you would call it?) composer at heart, so strings are bound to happen. I really enjoyed the small string band that Konno had in the Budokan lives. She has always had strings. It's what started me on the violin. I guess it's one of my favorite instruments, sorry. But yeah, I get what you're saying, Believe and ring your bell had almost the same string beginning, and similar throughout. But the titles and some songs (moonfesta (I know there are some, but not as much as some songs, Mahiru) are really great without strings.
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That's right, she always had some strings, but say before KnK there were many violin solos which are now completely replaced by strings quartet [to name a few, grandpa's violin, key of twilight, cyber slum (hack), taisetsuna hito (mai hime), talk to the rain (tsubasa), evocation (petite cossette) etc For song examples check Kouya Ruten Honooh no Tobira, Anna ni Isshou datta no ni (you can compare that one with the "new" strings ver), yasashii yoake, shinkai no kodoku (versus new ver again) ]. IMO, when she did violin solos the melody was more complex and touching, but with strings she doesnt manages this as much. Plus that with strings on songs, we rarely get to see them live and are mostly playback, while with violin she could just have Konno around.

Glad there's no flute quartet or something :XD:
 
Liana_Ilia said:
Well, she is a classical (I guess you would call it?) composer at heart, so strings are bound to happen. I really enjoyed the small string band that Konno had in the Budokan lives. She has always had strings. It's what started me on the violin. I guess it's one of my favorite instruments, sorry. But yeah, I get what you're saying, Believe and ring your bell had almost the same string beginning, and similar throughout. But the titles and some songs (moonfesta (I know there are some, but not as much as some songs, Mahiru) are really great without strings.
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Is she? She started out as a pop composer, and she didn't make a name for herself until she began mixing pop with world and classical.
 
Yes she started as pop but if you saw her interviews she said that first in Germany her father introduced her to classical music by learning her to play piano and letting her to accompany him in piano and they were also going to classical concerts and operas. Later her brother introduced her to pop with beetles etc and after it they made the 15-Sand and later See-Saw. You can tell she has classicial influences since in all See-Saw songs there's some sort of chorus, which is not common in pop in general.
 
beetle.jpg

the true source of her aspiration
 
Haha. Yes, I understand about the See-Saw. But as george said it seems like she always had that in her. Like it was her calling or something. I wish I had had something like that, like I could just pick up the violin and start playing. (Ugh, still not good yet and my teacher is retiring at the end of the year *sigh*)

But yes, I do remember at Anime Boston her saying the Beetles were her inspiration. Samidare actually reminded me of a Beetles type song. (I do not care for them that much, but do not mind them. Sang a lot of them in choir since the director loved them too. We went to an Italian restaurant and the were playing the Beetles and I was like "why are they playing them here?" lol)
 
lol Oh... gomen. I knew that... it was late and I had a long day yesterday, so I guess I was thinking of the bug picture. *shutters*
 
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