Speaking of "Azumi Inoue", she is famous for singing several theme songs for Hayao Miyazaki's animated films, and she sang "Sakura, Dance" in NHK Minna no Uta. It's a sad love song about someone who can't forget a chance encounter and will carry that feeling with her for the rest of her life...
♪ It's sad because I was young
A burning face deep in my eyes
The short story "The Surgery Room" is very similar to the situation in this song. It is the work of Kyoka Izumi. It's a love story that can be described as horrific. The main character is afflicted with an intractable disease and is brought to the hospital in such a state that she will not survive unless she undergoes a surgical operation. She is "Countess Kibune" and her surgeon is Takamine Medical Doctor. However, during this period, there were people who could never marry, even if they were medical students, and those were the people of the upper class.
She refuses an anesthetic procedure. If she was anesthetized, she was afraid to say the wrong thing. It was because she loved Takamine. She wishes to die in Takamine's arms and plunges deep into her body as if inviting Takamine's hand to operate on her.
"In the first place, these two have only met once in the past." At first glance, even though they only passed each other on the road, they left a deep impression on each other. Mrs.Kibune asks, "You don't remember me, do you?" Takamine replies,” Never forget.” She hears it, and in a sense ``joyful'' and ``obediently'' she follows the path of her death. This tragic pure love even though they saw each other's faces only once. And Takamine commits suicide on the same day, just like going after the deceased “wife”.
A Lost Child is the sound of pain to me. It holds a special place in the svntax musical zeitgeist; its emotional weight is destructive in the right time and place. I find myself transported back to the first time I heard it in high school, driving back home at 7pm after a long and stressful work day preparing for the theatre production. On nights like these (I currently write to you at 3am), it can even wring out a few tears from me. It's a song about a mother searching for her child, from a movie about forest creatures in the country villages of Japan. It's yearning, sorrowful, and melancholy, Inoue's voice a soulful stream of light, a beacon for her loved one to search for and return to. And of course, we can't overlook Joe "Pitchfork's Greatest Composer of the 21st Century" Hisaishi, a title well-deserved as he employs flutes, ocarinas, and harps to give Inoue's voice a bed of clouds to drift on top of. Everyone else shut up from this point on; this is officially one of the best songs of all time.
red valley season 3 prediction: A few weeks into being awake, Warren in a while you were hypersleeping-esque segment starts looking into some of Gordon's life with what knowledge and audio logs/diaries he has on hand. He manages to scrounge together a list of some of Gordon's favorite movies, and when documenting his finds, Warren explains that he's watched just about all of them already. That is, except for one specific movie he's only heard of once or twice. He turns off the tape dramatically, claiming he's going to watch it.
The tape comes back on and he sounds as if he's been crying, and it leads the audience to believe like oh shit, has he come to some tragic conclusion? what couldve happened to him? and then he talks for a bit longer and it becomes clear he just watched my neighbor totoro for the first time
Put you on; Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Azumi Inoue) J-pop
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Animator Hayao Miyazaki's favorite pattern. A girl falling from the sky, a boy trying to rescue the girl... You saw it in "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro". Azumi Inoue suited the Miyazaki anime of this period. However, she is not a singer that can be described only by that.
Joe Hisaishi was in charge of most of the music for Studio Ghibli works such as Miyazaki animation and Takahata animation. He's a music craftsman, and it's no surprise that he's producing solid, high-level movie music.
musical tag game! thank you to @prettydangrotten for the tag 🖤
rules: shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and list the first ten songs, then tag some people
Eye of the Tiger, Survivor - a perfect song to belt in the car in the summer with the windows down. no notes
Washing Machine Heart, Mitski - every time this comes on my younger kiddo is like "she puts SHOES in her WASHING MACHINE?" in tones of marvelling disbelief. yes child: mitski is that bitch
Time of the Season, Zombies - a very sexy song. who IS my daddy. makes u think
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side, Smiths - behind the hatred there lies / a murderous desire for love!
Reno Dakota, Magnetic Fields - still am not sure if reno dakota is a real person or just a character tbh
My Neighbour Totoro Ending Theme Song, Azumi Inoue - bc if u only let your kids listen to mitski they call social services
California Stars, Billy Bragg & Wilco - at heart im just a chill dad
Lazy Line Painter Jane, Belle & Sebastian - reminds me of being in high school
Dreaming of You, Coral - i still need you but / i don't want you now !
Maybe This Time, 2021 London Cast of Cabaret - jessie buckley IS my wife!!! so pleased i got to see her in this. we will not speak of eddie redmayne as the MC
tagging @missyourflight @elskanellis @sea-shelly @leclercenjoyer @magicalrocketships, if u want to!