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Ancient dynasties enamored with a deep grace I could never once imagine amongst today’s jaded regimes.  Colossal, grey mountains acting as mantels for intricate walled-cities.  Swords, unsheathed, glistening even while under skies of misty charcoal.These are the cinematic visions I am able to discern through Shigeru Umebayashi’s score ...

All right. This is more like it. A movie soundtrack that is properly aimed at the film’s target demographic, filled with tunes that complement, and don’t distract, from the movie (which is a drama cum slasher flick), yet sounds great on its own. What’s not to like?Reviewed by J… Oh. I ...

Based on my past experiences with movie soundtracks, I usually find that there's only one or two songs I happen to like and the rest I couldn't care less about.  Or, they're just a sloppy compilation of crappy songs that happen to be considered popular at the time.  But I ...

The dry humor of the movie Year of the Dog is not portrayed in the twinkling sounds of its music. In fact, the Year of the Dog soundtrack is comprised of lots of brief, beautiful instrumental songs which I imagine were created to lighten up the mood of the movie ...