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OccultHawk · 03-20-2018, 07:44 PM

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Ryuichi Sakamoto, 'Nagasaki: Memories Of My Son'

Sakamoto is one of the most respected Japanese composers and Yellow Magic Orchestra is an important band to know about. With this original soundtrack Sakamoto is tasked with providing the score for a film with painful and difficult subject matter. Most tracks have a traditionally tonal neo-classical form. He seems to borrow from Copland, Bartok, Shostakovich, and even John Williams’ less campy material. Other times uses the relatively recent 4th world tradition that he himself help pioneer. I have no complaints about this music as a stand-alone record by a Japanese composer. However, and this is a difficult criticism, but for the content of the film the sound almost ironically Western. While I respect that Europe does not hold a monopoly on traditional symphonic music there’s no hints at all of traditional Japanese music and it’s a film about the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Spoiler for album art: Ryuichi Sakamoto, 'Nagasaki: Memories Of My Son' Sakamoto is one of the most respected Japanese composers and Yellow Magic Orchestra is an important band to know about. With this original soundtrack Sakamoto is tasked with providing the score for a film with painful and difficult subject matter. Most tracks have a traditionally tonal neo-classical form. He seems to borrow from Copland, Bartok, Shostakovich, and even John Williams’ less campy material. Other times uses the relatively recent 4th world tradition that he himself help pioneer. I have no complaints about this music as a stand-alone record by a Japanese composer. However, and this is a difficult criticism, but for the content of the film the sound almost ironically Western. While I respect that Europe does not hold a monopoly on traditional symphonic music there’s no hints at all of traditional Japanese music and it’s a film about the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html Last edited by OccultHawk; 03-20-2018 at 08:29 PM.