Core Design - Eidos Interactive Tomb Raider
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A very good review that shares my thoughts, except for the fact that I don't really like this video game. I still give "Tomb Raider" 4 stars because honestly, I can recall fewer video games than can be counted on one hand that have had the same cultural impact, so strong that it even invaded the covers of national magazines that are not specialized (I remember that for YEARS the concept of video games was synonymous with "Tomb Raider" more than with "Space Invaders").
Tohru Iwatani Pacman
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A little tear was about to come down as I read the review. A game that needs no comments, being a conceptual work of art.
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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I'LL TRY TO WRITE IMPORTANT SENTENCES IN UPPERCASE, LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS. @MaTaCà: honestly, I don't care about Scandinavian languages, Japanese, Italian, or any other language (incidentally, the language with the most perfect grapheme-sound correspondence in the world is Korean); I was referring to the simplicity of understanding. NO PHONOLOGY, YES MEANING. Period. Regarding "Sailor Moon": for the reasons that Squall has exposed in his review and that I have mentioned in the comments to his review, I think it's an excellent cartoon; it has managed to combine many distinct types of audiences to create an immense fandom that, 15 years later, still considers this anime an unparalleled total cult. The reasons lie in the excellently characterized characters, the brilliant scripts, and the attention given to every detail of the production (music, costumes, colors, etc.). However, I don’t need to justify enjoying a certain cartoon, nor do I condemn others for not thinking like me. That said, I believe that if this CD had had a white cover, no writing, and no tracklist, if I had found it on the street by chance, and if Sailor Moon had never existed, well, I would have liked this OST all the same. I FIND THIS A SOUNDTRACK WORTHY REGARDLESS OF THE PRODUCT IT WAS WRITTEN FOR. Therefore, I invite anyone to think of this music without relating it to "Sailor Moon" if you find it so disgusting (which is a legitimate opinion). Was I clear this time??? Who knows. As for Philology: in the twentieth century, some fundamental questions about the practical and conceptual meaning of music emerged. Questions about musical practice are mainly related to instruments: playing a violin from the 1700s and playing one from the 1900s are not the same thing because different construction techniques, materials, wood cuts, and a thousand other aspects yield different sounds; keyboard instruments require even more attention because over a few centuries, there have been many forms of plucked instruments (like the harpsichord) and many forms of percussion instruments (like the piano), each different in tone and sound. The sound that Bach heard is still perceivable today? Is Glenn Gould a blasphemer for playing on piano music originally written for organ and/or harpsichord? Does it make sense to introduce electronic instruments into the orchestral ensemble? All these questions and many others are related to the very identifying concept of "classical music," whatever that means. In the 1800s, they didn't have the electric guitar, and so it wasn't in orchestras, but now that we have it, should we include it in the orchestra? Respect for tradition and the need for innovation are the basis for the philological clash within music. Conceptual questions about classical music are related to forms: in the 1800s, three-movement symphonies were in vogue, which we now recognize as one of the standard models, and if a composer writes a non-sung work in three movements, it magically becomes considered classical music. But certainly, even the songs of Josquin Desprez are classical music in the sense of learned music (a well-known example is the beautiful "El grillo": so is it right to consider singer Britney Spears a future classic? What Fedeee says, namely that Britney now has her own label and will have it until the end of days, I don't know how true that is. That’s what I meant: today we have hundreds of genres and nuances (how many types of rock are there?) and musical forms (from musicals to albums to recitals to whatever), but it was the same in the past, and yet today we tend to define everything as "classical music" or, at best, "learned music." The philological issue regarding the concept lies in whether or not to recognize dignity to a certain artist: that joker Giovanni Allevi, for example, makes learned music just as much as Britney Spears. @panNZZOone: is it possible that every time I write a review, someone accuses me
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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@MaTaCà: I was referring to the meaning of the words and the discourse, not to the phonetics. If I speak in Japanese, there are dozens of interpretations for each single sentence; if I speak in Italian, it’s hard to have more than one single interpretation (unless I intentionally want to make what I say obscure).
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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@MaTaCà: Oh really? English is better? Usually, Italian is not easily misunderstood; if there are other languages that are even less ambiguous, feel free to let me know, I'm genuinely interested (I'm not joking).
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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@nes: de gustibus, of course, as with all things in this world. What I’m interested in is not presenting this as the best OST ever, but simply as a worthy OST DESPITE the cartoon it was written for (which is beautiful, but that's a matter of taste too). @MaTaCà: Italian is probably the clearest and most crystalline language in the world. Just a few lines below the bold phrase you quoted, there’s another one that reads, “Soundtracks are the most glaring example of ‘contemporary classical music’ (a term LACKING any sense, but it conveys the idea) also because they are that type of music which more easily inspires itself from past models that, as now one must describe a feeling in a film scene, once described a feeling in a theater scene or abstractly.” I’m trying to explain the concept in even simpler words: Tchaikovsky’s "Swan Lake" is the background for the action on stage just as the soundtrack of "Sailor Moon SuperS" provides the background for the action on stage. Obviously, soundtracks are NOT the heirs of all classical music, but of that sector that accompanied the action on stage; current songs, for example, are the heirs of lieder and those of medieval songs and motets, etc. I don't understand why I find myself having to justify what I write every time.
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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@MaTaCà: I'm trying to rewrite it simply; evidently the moral of the story got lost in the excessive length of the review. This soundtrack is worth a lot REGARDLESS of the cartoon for which it was made. For those who are not familiar with this soundtrack: a recommended link features the entire soundtrack, enjoy listening.
Takanori Arisawa Bishoujo senshi Sailor Moon SuperS -Ongaku shuu-
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First of all, thanks to everyone for the comments, both negative and positive. It took me a while to decide to write a review like this because, as pointed out by some comments, it’s very dangerous to write about the soundtrack of an animated series on DeBaser (especially if that animated series is "Sailor Moon"); indeed, knowing the vibe of the site, I was expecting infinitely harsh comments, but instead, you’ve all been very polite, and I truly appreciate that. The fact is that, as I hope was clear from the review, I find this album to be really beautiful: even if I had never seen the cartoon and had randomly listened to this CD without knowing the context, I would have loved it just the same, or perhaps I would have loved it even more because now I connect all these tunes to specific scenes from the anime. Any contempt towards this OST is, however, legitimate because if someone cannot stand the product from which it originates, it’s hard to be objective about one aspect of it (like, say, the quality of the drawings or the photography, or in this case, the music); the main message I wanted to convey in the review is that this soundtrack is wonderful regardless of the product it comes from (which, in my opinion, is also wonderful, but preferences are preferences). A good samaritan has uploaded the entire massive soundtrack of Sailor Moon onto YouTube, and I have created a playlist that gathers the tracks from this fourth OST: I invite anyone to click on the recommended link "Playlist with the complete soundtrack," listen to track #04 or #06 or #10 or #11 with their eyes closed to avoid seeing the images, and then tell me if it is or isn’t good music. Let me clarify: I don't want to know if it’s music you like or not, but if it is music that deserves respect or if it’s just banal background music for a trivial cartoon. I (I repeat, I and I am not the Truth) believe that Arisawa’s work is truly deserving. @voodoomiles: I completely agree with you. The fact is that the moment you step outside the circle of musicians or music lovers, the ability to find differences between music composed even centuries apart magically disappears. My mother, for example, who is not stupid, doesn't find huge differences between Bach and Chopin, and to her, it’s all classical music, while she would be able to precisely identify which exact period a certain song by Gianni Morandi comes from, finding a huge difference between one album and another. I find this absurd, and even more absurd is considering cultured music boring by default (real conversation: friend C. “Hey Mario, where are you going?” me “To a concert of romantic music, do you want to come?” friend C. “No no, otherwise I’ll really fall asleep! HA HA HA”), a belief that is EXTREMELY COMMON... and I don’t think previous generations enjoyed being bored, right? They also wanted to have fun with entertaining music, didn't they? When I refer to "The Magic Flute," I mean an opera specifically created to be appreciated by any audience: it’s brilliant, fast, and fun, but how many non-music lovers know that? The assumption that classical music is all boring by nature (as my friend C. claims) is extraordinarily widespread... maybe it’s because I live in Ascoli Piceno, I don’t know. This also brings in the issue of ignorance, but let’s not get into that because the topic is subject to infinite variations (remember the Uto Ughi vs. Giovanni Allevi case?). @nes: don’t worry, you don’t have to justify yourself! I may seem ridiculous, and maybe I am, but honestly preferring one series over another is like saying you prefer one chapter of "Star Wars" over another, which doesn't seem illegitimate to me.
Damon Albarn Monkey
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The legend you’re talking about is the supermegafamous "Saiyuki", which also inspired "Dragon Ball". Well-written review, a musically and visually enjoyable record that could even get a 4 since I’m a long-time fan of both Blur and Jamie Hewlett, even before Gorillaz, but I share your criticisms and thus your rating.
Cristiano Malgioglio & M5 Pelame/Sbucciami
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I only have two songs from the fantastic album "Amore"!!! If someone has the whole album could you send it to me and/or link a download source and/or indicate where to get it (website or program)? I HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT!!! P.S.: his photo on Wikipedia is stunning. Here it is: Ingrandisci questa immagine