When OSV was yet in its infancy, I ran a quick post about how much I love this anime film and the music accompanying it. Today, we mark that “soundtrack” as soundtrack of the month.
This is about as close as I can get to the boundaries of OSV’s content coverage. What can I say? I like to flirt with boundaries.
You see, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem doesn’t have music made for film so much as it has a film made around the music. Now, granted, the album in question (Daft Punk’s seminal work, “Discovery”) was a concept album with this basic story in mind all along. So we could really get into a chicken/egg debate here if we wanted to.
But the basic details are as follows: Daft Punk releases “Discovery” in March 2001. Daft Punk traveled to Japan and found some partners to turn their concept album into a film: namely, Leiji Matsumoto (Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999) and Toei Animation. The first four “chapters” of the film (corresponding to the first four tracks of the album) were played on both MTV and Cartoon Network in late 2001. Then, in December 2003, the full film was released. In Japan, “Discovery” was reprinted with alternate packaging of the main characters in their blue alien form as well as their “human” Crescendolls form. Now, it could be properly understood as the soundtrack to an international collaborative effort and one of the most interesting anime films we’ve seen to date.
After the jump, you will find an in-depth, track-by-track review of “Discovery” as it applies to the story and scenery of Interstella 5555. (more…)
