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Review

Kiki's Delivery Service is a Japanese animated film. Its score consists of many different themes. The one recurring major theme is, unconventionally, a slow waltz, occurring in the tracks 1, 4, 8, and 15. Joe Hisaishi provides us with a great variety of musical styles and instruments. You can hear a full orchestra, a piano, and often two Japanese (?) instruments that sound similar to an accordion and a banjo, respectively. Track 3 is possibly the best piece in this score. It is particularly jolly, pure fun, with economical drum accompaniment. Track 5 is a tango, track 6 resembles a polka, track 7 is a ragtime.

The tracks 2, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 are more common for a movie score. 2 and 11 both are pleasant pieces, sounding sad yet encouraging. The tracks 17 and 18 contain accomplished fast-paced action cues, giving addititional variety. Track 9 is very lively as well. 

Unfortunately, the tracks are all quite short and do not show any real development. This CD does not provide a very coherent experience, but all compositions are fine and have been orchestrated and arranged very creatively.

Tracks 20 and 21 are Japanese pop songs, and are not bad at all.

Track Rating

	Title	Time
1	On A Clear Day	2:16
2	Departure	2:53
3	A Town Where You Can See The Ocean	3:00
4	Flying Delivery Service	2:09
5	Helping At The Bakery	1:04
6	Starting A Job	2:15
7	Impersonator Jiji	2:46
8	Jeff	2:30
9	Hectic Kiki	1:17
10	Late For The Party	1:07
11	Osono's Favor	3:01
12	Propeller Bicycle	1:42
13	I Can't Fly!	0:46
14	Heartbroken Kiki	1:11
15	To Ursula's Cottage	2:05
16	Mysterious Painting	2:20
17	Rough-flying Airship Free Adventure	1:06
18	The Old Man's Deck Brush	1:59
19	Deck Brush Rendezvous	1:02
20	Lipstick Message (song)	1:45	-
21	If Enveloped In Tenderness (song)	3:09	-
		41:45

Overall Rating

Subtract 1 if you do not like waltzes.

Related Links

http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/kiki/

Joe Hisaishi's Official Web Page