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Slowing down? If you’ve paid even half attention to the prolific vocation of Haruomi Hosono you know it’s not in the cards. Long before shoplifters made waves at Cannes, composition work had long been a staple of the musician’s repertoire. Before full OST releases were easily accessible, earlier relics like 1985’s Incidental Music (released shortly after the dissolution of Yellow Magic Orchestra) served as a sampling of Hosono’s various cinematic soundscapes–multimedia projects ranging from film and television to gallery installations. With the last few years delivering a couple of Japanese documentaries on Hosono’s magnificent career, Music for Films compiles highlights from those, complemented with some recent obscure scores.

Speedstar Records delivers a vinyl pressing of Haruomi Hosono's Music for Films 2020-2021; a compilation of his soundtrack work spanning many films. The A side starts off with a cover of his own song, "Sayonara America, Sayonara Nippon" from the film 'No Smoking'; a song he originally recorded with Happy End.  It is followed by two more tracks from 'No Smoking', two mixes of "Indigo" from the film 'She and Gravity' from the short film +81 film. The B side is all tracks from the film 'Malu Yumeji'.  While not as a prolific soundtrack scorer as his YMO bandmate Ryuichi Sakamoto, these tracks show Hosono's unique ability to make images come alive with music; while also making music that stands alone. — via Label

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Label: Speedstar
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Released: 2021
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Score, Soundtrack

File under: Soundtrack
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