Israel Houghton - Others
Israel Houghton: a musician and songwriter who I respect like no other. I just heard this song for the first time today. I got it off the Love for Japan charity album ($4.97 of each album goes towards Japan relief).
I love this song for the following reasons: Israel Houghton can sing, the piano, and the strings. Adding a lush string section/quartet to songs in a manner such as this one makes me like a song approximately ~45% more right off the bat. Enough said.
Akihiko Matsumoto - Overture of the Summer Wars
I decided to include two tracks from the OST of the movie Summer Wars. I saw the movie last year. I recently purchased it on DVD and watched it yesterday. The movie is better than I remembered. Which is a good thing because I didn't recall being very impressed by it the first watch through. I also think the English voice acting is superb, which is a rarity.
The soundtrack is great as well. I selected two tracks from OST: the Overture which will get stuck in your head and Sekae In Action. I selected the latter because it's from a very significant scene in the movie in which the grandmother uses her influence to bring order to a chaotic situation.
Coincidentally, the track's strings and piano are also reminiscent of Others which I have posted above. Also coincidentally, one of the struggles the characters face in Summer Wars is having to choose between saving themselves and saving others. I feel this is an important theme to be discussing and taking action on given the dire situation some people in Japan find themselves in due to the recent natural disasters.
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