Castle In The Sky (Score)

Castle In The Sky (Score) Artist: Joe Hisaishi
Label: Tokuma
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988008687538
ASIN: B00006G8ZD


Release Date: 2002-10-10

Castle In The Sky (Score)


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Tracks:

  1. Prologue - Flaptors Attack
  2. The Girl Who Fell From The Sky (Main Theme)
  3. The Levitation Crystal
  4. Morning In The Mining Village
  5. Pazus Fanfare
  6. The Legend Of Laputa
  7. A Street Brawl
  8. The Chase
  9. Floating With The Crystal
  10. Memories Of Gondoa
  11. Stones Glowing In The Darkness
  12. Disheartened Pazu
  13. Robot Soldiers - Resurrection - Rescue
  14. Dola & The Pirates
  15. Confessions In The Moonlight
  16. The Dragons Nest
  17. The Lost Paradise
  18. The Forgotten Robot Soldier
  19. The Invasion Of Goliath
  20. Pazu Fights Back
  21. The Final Showdown
  22. The Destruction Of Laputa (Choral Version)
  23. The Eternal Tree Of Life

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Album Description

Japanese soundtrack album to the U.S. version of the Ghibli 1986 film, 'Laputa - Castle In The Sky', music by Joe Hisaishi. 23 tracks. 2002.

Album Details

Composed and Arranged by Joe Hisaishi.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music.......2006-04-05

Joe Hisaishi's score fit perfectly with the movie by Miyazaki. The music provides wonderment, excitement and even comedy and really highlights what is going on in the movie. The score can take you to another land and raise spirits. It is truely inspiring and makes you want to get up and go on an adventure. The way Hisaishi uses strings and percussion to puncuate the mood is amazing. This music rivals that of "Spirited Away" and makes the band nerd in me want to get out the horn and play. From one that loves music, I would recommend this score to anyone.

5 out of 5 stars A Spectacular Musical Journey!.......2005-10-18

I just bought this soundtrack as used and new for only twenty bucks and I was glad I did. I found the score mystical and glorious, a perfect addition to the Princess Mononoke CD I also have. Joe Hisaishi is most certainly among the masters of movie scoring. His simple melodies and breathtaking arrangements get me every time!
I have never listened to any other additions of this music and have only seen the english movie But as far as I'm concerned, I basically the entire score and I enjoy it constantly.
It was so fun for my brother and I to go and listen to the music, while picking out what part of the movie they were from and quoting the lines with gusto (We absolutely LOOOOVE the movie).
SOme of the songs I have to say, swept me away with grand style. These included "The FOrgotten Robot SOldier", "The Lost Paradise", and of course the main theme, "THe GIrl who Fell from the SKy".
Other themes such as "Dola and the PIrates" and the prologue "Flaptors Attack", had me laughing because I could easily envision the parts of the movie that they were from. And that is the magic of Hisaishi's music. Usually I have to listen to a score many times and THEN watch the movie before I can pick out all the themes from my CD. THis was quite the opposite. After seeing the movie about ten times throughout the past year and a half, I came to know all the music so well, than almost none of the music on the CD came as a surprise.
BUt most certainly, nothing compares to the heartwrenching piece right before the finale, "THe Destruction of Laputa (CHoral Version)". SOmetimes when I listen to this song, it is all I can do not to cry.
Over all a musical masterpiece. NO collection is complete without this work of genius!

4 out of 5 stars Great rearrangement but still prefer the original.......2005-08-22

I've been a great fan of Joe Hisaishi/Hayao Miyazaki ever since the original Laputa movie came out in 1986. I used to have the original soundtrack on tape back then and always wanted to get it on CD. Recently, I bought this US version by mistake. The music is still great. But maybe I'm too attached to the original scores, I still prefer the original. Also it feels incomplete without the closing theme sung by Azumi Inoue.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent OST.......2003-10-03

I first saw Castle In The Sky over a decade ago, and then unfortunately only about half of it but the memorable images and scenes (e.g. the robots laid against the giant tree) immediately came back when I clapped eyes on the US import DVD last april. Ive been a big Miyazaki/Hisaishi fan ever since.
I'm disappointed that I had to import this from Japan, but it was worth it. The music is very majestic and reminds you of the scenes nicely, especially track 8 (on the train being chased by Dola's gang) which is my favourite.
Ive bought several soundtracks since for the miyazaki movies, and would put them in the following order of purchase:
1. Castle in the Sky
2. Princess Mononoke OST (US)
3. Spirited Away (No-Faces' theme is used too often in the later tracks, but otherwise great)
4. Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite (some of the tunes in the middle of the CD are plain noisy)

There is really only one problem with CITS, and that is the closing theme, sung by Azumi Inoue, is missing! I was looking forward to that..

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful, impressive (and grossly undervalued) reworking of Hisaishi's classic score........2003-03-16

Back in 1998, when Disney released Miyazaki's wonderful KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE on video, they announced that their next video release would be LAPUTA: THE CASTLE IN THE SKY (changed to CASTLE IN THE SKY since Laputa is an offensive word in Spanish) in 1999. That was before PRINCESS MONONOKE received a rather limited (and too little seen) release in the US. Disney had at one time considered releasing this movie to theaters, but that idea fell by the wayside. Since then, however, Disney has finally unveiled its much gossiped English track to DVD; introducing newcomers to this rollicking adventure classic.

For the production of the dub, Disney suggested for composer Joe Hisaishi to rerecord his much loved score for the film with the Seattle Music Orchestra. This caused a bit of controversy from some Anime purists, but Hisaishi went ahead and did it, since he has an understanding of Hollywood's style of scoring for films. Naysayers attacked this ambitious reworking (sometimes unfairly, too), claiming that it tarnishes the film, but Miyazaki is said to have praised Hisaishi's efforts, which probably renders such arguments moot. The new score was eventually released on CD in October 2002 in celebration of the film's DVD premiere in Japan.

Like many, I hold the score of LAPUTA close to my heart (as I do for any score Joe Hisaishi writes!), but, unlike those who said nay beforehand, I had faith that Hisaishi could churn out a gem that doesn't have to top the original score for LAPUTA, but would be spectacular enough to hold its own ground. I understand that there will be those who will object to what you're about to read, but I stand behind my review: this album didn't just meet my expectations, it surpassed them... and then some. From start to end, I got what I was hoping to hear - a masterfully arranged orchestral suite of Hisaishi's marvelous score. (It's similar to listening to the GAME MUSIC CONCERTs... the joy of hearing your favorite game tunes played by an orchestra.) For those of you who are worried that this is a butchering of one your favorite scores, don't. The orchestrated pieces follow their original compositions closely and are performed with pure beauty and power by the orchestra. Even better yet, there are piano solos (and some of the same synthesizer sounds from the original score) tucked in more than one track from Joe Hisaishi. The result is nothing less than breathtaking.

There are some minor embellishments for several tracks, though. The trumpet fanfare for Pazu, for example, is no longer trumpet only, but accompanied by a lyre. In addition, the tearjerking choral hymn for the apocalypse of Laputa starts out acapella, then is accompanied by the orchestra. Such alterations infuriated purists, but I'm going to take a different stand and say that, while these changes are noticeable in comparison to the original versions, by no means do they detract from the listening experience. Neither does it hamper the movie in any way.

My one real complaint is that this album is much too short - 61 minutes just doesn't feel like enough. After hearing a wonderful arrangement of the "Laputa" motif, I was both missing the original version and crying for more!

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