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Review by Lizzie-Chan

Escaflowne Original Movie Soundtrack

What is Escaflowne?

Please go to the Escaflowne:The Movie review if you would like this information.

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Overall Review on Whole CD

I thought this was one of the best buys I have found! It is excellant! Yoko Kanno has really put her back into the music for Escaflowne, with an operatic and classical score! I personaly think that she is the new Mozart for Anime! She has some real talent there and it takes quite a bit to compose a whole score for a whole orchestra (yes, they used a real orchestra!) and her piano playing is wonderful! One of my favourite instruments in the CD, apart from the piano, is the Chinese flute, adds a really suttle touch to some of the music.

Colors (Instrumental Track)

I really like this track, as it has a lovely calm beginging to it, then goes into a really cool tune.

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Bird Song

You can do Tai Chi (Chinese martial art) to this! It is a very Chinese track (especialy when it uses the Chinese flute!) and is soothing and calm.

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Sora (Vocal Track)

If you would like to find out the meaning of Sora, please go to the Vocbulary page.

This is my favourite track, as it has a smooth, placid tune to it, and Sora (also a character) can sing really well and the piano run throughout it is beautiful.

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Sora's Folktale (Vocal Track)

Another interpretation of Sora (there is an operatic one as well-I think it is in "First Vision"-theme track for Escaflowne. Also a placid and smooth tune with a lovely synthisized echo at the back.

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Tree of Hearts (Instrumental Track)

A lovely piano track accompanied with a string selection from the Warsaw Symphonic Orchestra. I think the end of it is slightly cute off though, I personaly think they should have repeated the piano introduction at the begining.

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Call Your Name-English Version (Vocal Track)

A duet with Sora and Hitomi, this is excellent. I like the meaning of the song aswell, about how two people still have each other in a lonely place. I think Hitomi's voice is the best on this track.

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