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Kagaribi no Hanabira said:
I love the way that Fairytale melody was used in M06+07 and M18, and M15+16+17 is exactly the highlight of this OST!!!
I like Yuki's intuition on this one. She probably knew she would have to combine theme songs and bgm as far back as Movie 2 or 3 (tho 2 was quite different from the original theme) (no, i never really remembered the titles right)
She wrote them in the same key or in compatible ones, i suppose.
What i really hated and was disappointed with is the lack of huge epic choirs in the battle theme.
I mean, yea sure, it sounds cool and all, it even gave me a few chills, (I especially loved the very dynamic violins ) but just dubbing a vocalist a few times (2-3?) or using 2 vocalists in stead of choirs AT LEAST as imposing as the 5th movie's battle theme had quite a "turn-off" effect. For me, at least.
Also, real latin could have sounded waaay more epic than the weird impro she did with her kajiuran. Or she could have used both. Like the vocalist till 4:50 and the the huge epic choir. (because i liked the climax at 4:49-5:00)
The song had great potential but ..i dunno..,she ruined the potential i had in mind.
The new melody of the battle theme i really liked. Melancholic and powerful. But it somehow gives me the feeling of being transported in some of those old movies of the 50s or of some of the greatest bands of the 70s' works...You know..ABBA, BZN and such... But that might have been partially the fault of the bass ...and the singing style....
Overall it was an good ost, a very good one, in Yuki terms (as opposed to the not-so-awesome-but-ok OST of PH )...At least that's solely my opinion.
Key points:
1) Choirs in the battle theme would have been divine.
2) Real Latin or a better immitation of it would have been more epic for me
3)Weird feeling given by the vocals
4) Less money on lives and more on real choirs and the sort. Altho i suppose lives gather a bit of income too. (Seeing as we're going to Kajiura Live 10 )
5) I hope she does epic in the real sense of the word with movie 7. EPIC it must be!
Choirs Yuki, Choirs, you used to like them, as i recall.
Anyways, i've written a novel, so i'll stop.
Edit: This REALLY got me in a composing mood. Malheureuxement, i can't do anything yet -_-...