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  Soundtrack of the Month 06/2011: La Folia – Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

  June 1, 2011 | Jayson Napolitano | 1 Comment Share this Soundtrack of the Month 06/2011: La Folia – Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

  

  While I still have a large list of soundtracks I have in mind for Soundtrack of the Month, I wanted to take the special occasion of OSV’s third birthday to once again visit the work of the legendary Joe Hisaishi. Yes, it’s been three years to the day since we featured Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (my personal favorite Ghibli film) as our introductory Soundtrack of the Month.

  Just what is La Folia: Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess, and why haven’t you heard of it? As it turns out, the Ghibli Museum in Japan is home to a small theater where shorts by the studio are shown exclusively to guests. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess is one such short that started airing in November 2010 that I had the pleasure of seeing on a recent visit to Japan, and I was immediately impressed not only by the film, but by its classical soundtrack.

  Find out why I think it deserves to be Soundtrack of the Month after the jump! (more…)

• Game Music

  Soundtrack of the Month 01/2009: King’s Field original besttrack

  January 5, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 6 Comments Share this Soundtrack of the Month 01/2009: King’s Field original besttrack

  

  Oops, off to a bad start for the New Year. Completely forgot about Soundtrack of the Month! Well, sorry to those of you who expect consistency out of a group of unorganized slackers. I figured I’d pull out one of my favorite albums this month, and it’s an obscure one. Interestingly, I’ve always been a fan of this cult hit series, and when a soundtrack was released, I was unable to import it because I didn’t have a credit card (I was 16 years old)! Fortunately, Carl Larson came to my rescue and bought it for me after I mailed him cash. Good times!

  So, the music. Koji Endo at Soundkids is credited as the composer, and he’s even still around as a jazz guitarist and film composer. You’d never know it, as the music for King’s Field is all new age and Baroque in approach, but it’s damn good. Another interesting story is that this is the first album I ever reviewed! If you’re feeling particularly bored, you can head over to Chudah’s Corner and read my first review which won me second place in a review-writing contest.

  But if you have to pick one, I recommend reading my new-and-improved Soundtrack of the Month write-up after the jump! (more…)

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