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A friend just saw the new Digimon movie and really liked the soundtrack, apparently it’s full of cool trippy synth sounds and big chords. I skimmed through a bunch of the composer’s other anime soundtracks to investigate her and that kind of stuff does not appear to be her general style, but it does figure into her music occasionally. The soundtrack to this film stood out to me as the synthiest when I skimmed through it, so I listened to the whole thing, and I thought it was pretty decent.
Harumi Fuuki is a pianist and composer who works for music production company Inspire Holdings. She mainly does scores for live action films and TV series, but she sometimes does animated films and series as well. Unsurprisingly, as a pianist, a lot of her music features the piano, with a tendency toward softer, more intimate compositions, and there’s a good amount of that here. She does also write in a variety of other styles like orchestra, jazz, and rock, some of which feature a bit into the soundtrack of Tunnel to Summer too.
But as mentioned, what got me interested in her is her synth music, and that was for sure the highlight for me of this soundtrack. I’m especially keen on her sound design as it pertains to spookier music with metallic noises in it, but she does incorporate warmer, friendlier textures into her music too, which you can also find in this soundtrack. Makes sense, as this film is apparently a sci-fi love story!
Recommended tracks:
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“Urashima Tunnel” is a mysterious, percussion-led piece
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“Where Are We?” starts off ambient disquiet before turning ambient warm and then back to ambient disquiet
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“108 Seconds” is a scary mix of metallic figures and orchestra noises
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“The Last Date” has a bunch of piano chords zipping around the stereo space
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“Omelette Rice” is some pleasant electric guitar noodling
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“Follow Your Heart” is your big inspirational climax cue with some nice synth accents
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