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Kajiura and Kara no Kyoukai chapter 1
illusion_85
5/25/08 07:26 pm
I worked out how to extract the OST and booklet from the [Q-R] release of Kara no Kyoukai chapter 1 (thanks to Nyaa Torrents ^^), and found that this particular Kajiura composition is a little different from usual. First of all, the CD is released alongside the limited edition of the DVD, and contains all the music/sound effects featured in the first chapter of this series only. Also, none of the 18 tracks have titles, they are just called M01, M02, M03a+b, etc. I was a bit curious about it, so I checked Kajiura's blog, and thankfully she wrote a long, detailed explanation of the release. <3
Because I have some time, and am a hopeless Kajiura fan, here's a rough translation of some of what she wrote:
This CD was recorded in the exact order the BGM was played during the show. It includes everything, even short sound effect pieces which I'm not sure you can call Music. In a certain sense, I guess it carries the nuance of a production release. I composed Kara no Kyoukai's BGM to perfectly match the scenes, so it also includes short pieces which are only seconds long. Chapter 1 has a total of 18 tracks.
Normally, when a CD is released separately, there's no way all the pieces can fit on one or two CDs, so it's common for a number of pieces to get cut in the release. So to release a CD like this, where all the pieces are included on the CD, is probably a first for me personally. This time, as a challenge I did not even give the pieces titles, I recorded them "as M-number, just as they were when I composed them, in the order they were used". The reason why occasionally, one number is broken up, like M08a, M08b, or two pieces are stuck together like M12+13, is usually (though not always) because composers thought it would be better to break up a piece when it was originally supposed to be one piece as arranged, or it would be better to put two pieces together to keep the music going. It's in a form where you can probably catch a glimpse of the conflicts(?) at the point of production, at that time.
Especially for chapter 1, with M01 "Shiki's Theme", by changing the melody, it appears here and there. Because this melody is treated as the main theme for the whole production, it's a piece that's going to be used repeatedly in the upcoming chapters. There are also these sort of pieces.
Kara no Kyoukai's BGM has the concept of "as much as possible, don't make the melody loud", and [the show] has a lot of complicated dialogue, so in any case the music shouldn't interfere with the dialogue + picture. In chapter 1, there are only a few places where the music is really prominent, in the other scenes it fills in where sound is absent, and it's a composition where I thought, this is probably the first time where I had to make so few tracks in the soundtrack of each chapter. In that sense, to present an "entire composition" in this form is a bit exciting for me as a composer (laugh). But, because it's released with the DVD, more than thinking how each piece is individually, it conveys the "mood/atmosphere of the music" through the entire production, and in that way I think it's in an extremely interesting form.
That's pretty much the important bits. She writes a bit more about the CD recording technicalities (5.1ch vs. 2ch), and recommends the show, etc., but am too tired to translate anymore, lol. XD There might also be some small errors in translation, feel free to correct me if you spot any.
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<3 thank you!!! I can delete it if you want this post removed T_T
Kajiura and Kara no Kyoukai chapter 1
illusion_85
5/25/08 07:26 pm
I worked out how to extract the OST and booklet from the [Q-R] release of Kara no Kyoukai chapter 1 (thanks to Nyaa Torrents ^^), and found that this particular Kajiura composition is a little different from usual. First of all, the CD is released alongside the limited edition of the DVD, and contains all the music/sound effects featured in the first chapter of this series only. Also, none of the 18 tracks have titles, they are just called M01, M02, M03a+b, etc. I was a bit curious about it, so I checked Kajiura's blog, and thankfully she wrote a long, detailed explanation of the release. <3
Because I have some time, and am a hopeless Kajiura fan, here's a rough translation of some of what she wrote:
This CD was recorded in the exact order the BGM was played during the show. It includes everything, even short sound effect pieces which I'm not sure you can call Music. In a certain sense, I guess it carries the nuance of a production release. I composed Kara no Kyoukai's BGM to perfectly match the scenes, so it also includes short pieces which are only seconds long. Chapter 1 has a total of 18 tracks.
Normally, when a CD is released separately, there's no way all the pieces can fit on one or two CDs, so it's common for a number of pieces to get cut in the release. So to release a CD like this, where all the pieces are included on the CD, is probably a first for me personally. This time, as a challenge I did not even give the pieces titles, I recorded them "as M-number, just as they were when I composed them, in the order they were used". The reason why occasionally, one number is broken up, like M08a, M08b, or two pieces are stuck together like M12+13, is usually (though not always) because composers thought it would be better to break up a piece when it was originally supposed to be one piece as arranged, or it would be better to put two pieces together to keep the music going. It's in a form where you can probably catch a glimpse of the conflicts(?) at the point of production, at that time.
Especially for chapter 1, with M01 "Shiki's Theme", by changing the melody, it appears here and there. Because this melody is treated as the main theme for the whole production, it's a piece that's going to be used repeatedly in the upcoming chapters. There are also these sort of pieces.
Kara no Kyoukai's BGM has the concept of "as much as possible, don't make the melody loud", and [the show] has a lot of complicated dialogue, so in any case the music shouldn't interfere with the dialogue + picture. In chapter 1, there are only a few places where the music is really prominent, in the other scenes it fills in where sound is absent, and it's a composition where I thought, this is probably the first time where I had to make so few tracks in the soundtrack of each chapter. In that sense, to present an "entire composition" in this form is a bit exciting for me as a composer (laugh). But, because it's released with the DVD, more than thinking how each piece is individually, it conveys the "mood/atmosphere of the music" through the entire production, and in that way I think it's in an extremely interesting form.
That's pretty much the important bits. She writes a bit more about the CD recording technicalities (5.1ch vs. 2ch), and recommends the show, etc., but am too tired to translate anymore, lol. XD There might also be some small errors in translation, feel free to correct me if you spot any.
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