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| Another gem from Joe Hisaishi |
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| By: | AdamR |
| Date: | 26 Jun 2011 |
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Joe Hisaishi's "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" represents the composers take on another well-told story from Hayao Miyazaki. This time we have Ponyo, a fish-girl, wishing to become human once she meets the young boy, Sosuke. This is another take on the Little Mermaid story of Hans Christian Andersen, and Hisaishi and Miyazaki hit another home run.
Like Hisaishi's previous works, he uses the orchestra to its fullest, and gives Ponyo's world, deep thematic material to live on. Starting with the choral passages in Deep Sea Ranch, all the way to Ponyo's theme heard in Flight of Ponyo and Ponyo of the Fish of the Wave, you get the feeling, this film is much lighter in material than something like Princess Mononoke, or even Spirited Away. The use of woodwind instruments throughout glorifies the childlike innocence of Sosuke and Ponyo as Sosuke tries to help Ponyo when it becomes apparent she cannot survive out of water.
The score as a whole is not as strong thematically as Princess Mononoke where main themes are revisted, and as such, what you have is a lot of underscore. It is fun, but not as memorable as other scores from Hisaishi. The score is excellent for the film and what is shown on screen, but less able to stand on its own.
--Adam R.
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