Ai Yori Aoshi: Sakura

Ai Yori Aoshi: Sakura Artist: Akio Fujita , Kaoru Hagiwara , Hiroyuki Koike Strings , Masakazu Ishibashi , and Ayumi Kasahara
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 013023521124
EAN: 0013023521124
ASIN: B0000BWVCX


Release Date: 2003-10-07

Ai Yori Aoshi: Sakura


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Tracks:

  1. Eternal Flower (On Air Version)
  2. Fate
  3. Promise
  4. Loving Heart-Someday, For Sure
  5. Morning
  6. Cherry Blossoms
  7. Early Afternoon
  8. Parting
  9. Feel At Ease
  10. History
  11. Alone
  12. Early Evening
  13. Seasons Over The Glass
  14. Darkness...Part 1
  15. Darkness...Part 2
  16. Instant
  17. Midnight
  18. Noisy Heart
  19. Distance
  20. Cherished Memory
  21. Flower Of Words (Inst-Ver.)
  22. Going Far
  23. Clamor
  24. Be In A Mess
  25. Temptation...Mediation...Preseverance
  26. Temptation...Hesitation...Action
  27. Miyabi's Theme...Part 1
  28. Tina's Theme
  29. Taeko's Theme
  30. Ususal Party
  31. Wild Joy Wild Dance
  32. Miyabi's Theme...Part 2
  33. Flower Of Words (Anime Ver.)
  34. Dream Talk
  35. A Flower Without A Name (On Air Ver)
  36. Aio's Dairy 'Spring'

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars 36 songs...omigosh! This is a pretty cute CD!.......2006-10-13

Yo peoples! This CD has 36 songs, 3 on-air versions, 2 with words. To tell you the best ones, they are song #1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 18, 20, 29, 33, and 35! yay yay! Me luv anime music! I'm a colllector!!!!!!!!!!! Buy it, it really is pretty cute! I luv #1!

5 out of 5 stars Mostly tender music to a sweet anime series.......2005-08-18

One of the things that made Ai Yori Aoshi my favourite anime series was the accompanying musical soundtrack, which helped carry through much of the tender feelings exuded by its lead characters, Aoi Sakuraba and her fiancé, Kaoru Hanabishi. Of the two soundtracks, Sakura has the music from AYA's first season.

Both opening and closing theme songs are presented in their bite-sized on-air versions, Yoko Ishida's lovely ballad "Towa no Hana" or "Eternal Flower" and The Indigo's pleasant mid-paced "Na Mo Shirenu Hana," or "A Flower Without A Name." Both are available in full length versions on the artists' respective albums Sweets and Indigo Suite.

The instrumental material veers from heart-tugging to zany and upbeat. Decidely falling in the former category is "Fate" made all tender with the slow and melancholy violin accompanied by the Hiroyuki Koike strings and piano. "Promise" is the reflective tune playing while Aoi is riding the train to find Kaoru in the very first episode, with a prominent clarinet and piano playing. A sad piccolo introduces "Loving Heart" before the some Narada-style keyboard synths and violin take over. The same melancholy violin starts off "Cherry Blossoms" before giving way to the same Narada-like keys.

There is some more cheerful stuff, such as "Early Evening" which sports some calypso-like keyboards, and "Early Afternoon," whose opening rhythm could fit into Petula Clark-style pop, and which also sports a nice brisk "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" type rhythm in the middle.

The stark piano number "Parting" and oboe and strings number "Alone" account for the really melancholy material, along with the haunting keyboard synth tune "Distance."

Of the zany stuff, "Clamor," which is used when things go into an uproar, has the feeling of a western tune, featuring a fiddle that wouldn't be out of place in Hee Haw, while "Tina's Theme" is a poppy calypso tune reflecting the rowdiness of this character. "Be In A Mess" fits more into the 40's swing jazz category, also used when things get
chaotic, but there is room for a sax and sizzling guitar solo in the middle. "Wild Joy Wild Dance" mixes "Tequila"-type mambo rhythms with a clarinet solo.

Speaking of themes, both "Miyabi's Themes" are laid back jazzy numbers reflecting the stern Miyabi-san's belief in an quiet atmosphere needed for inner peace.
In the earlier episodes, Kaoru hears Aoi humming a tune and realizes it's the lullaby his mother sung him and that he taught Aoi. The instrumental version of that tune, which has a melody reminiscent of the reflective parts of the second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony, "Flower of Words," is included in two versions, once in a guitar and flute version, the second a quiet music box version.

Anyone thinking of playing this on their player using random play may want to burn a copy sans Track 36. That's because it's a spoken track, set to "Early Afternoon" and "Cherry Blossoms" recounting Aoi's spoken diary of the gang watching the cherry blossoms in a great spot. She recalls how Kaoru ate a lot, and how Tina, having drunken lots of sake, offered some to the underage Chika and Mayu. Taeko's super spicy omelette caused Mayu to fall over, and how Miyabi-san seemed to be the only one to be properly gazing at the cherry blossoms. It ends with Aoi recounting how she and Kaoru will be able to watch the blossoms year after year from now on.

The first Ai Yori Aoshi soundtrack is thus a nice sweet collection of instrumentals, some romantic, others relaxing, some bleak, others brisk, and others manic.

5 out of 5 stars A great way to spend an evening!.......2004-05-06

Easily one of the best Anime OST discs I have ever listened to. Very easy flowing songs, right from the start. The opening is incredible, as is the track titled "promise". Many genres can be felt on this disc and each suits the mood just right. This isnt only for fans of the Anime, but fans of music period.

4 out of 5 stars

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