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Title: Great, but could have been better
Review: I've been a long-time fan of Miyazaki Hayao's movies, and also of Joe Hisaishi's accompanying music. All in all, the CD is great. My main critique is that the tracks are too short. The CD itself is only 40 minutes long. I had hoped that the music presented in the movie would be developed and expanded upon in the CD, but it was not. The CD is more like a collection of musical ideas. As good as the ideas were, I wish there was more of an effort to develop them fully. I suppose this problem is common with soundtracks, though. The one exception is the voice/pop arrangement of the main theme (track 14), which is the best track in the CD. Many of the ideas presented in the CD is blended in before settling on the main theme, and the singer has a clear voice that complements the hopeful innocence of the lyrics.
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