Slayers: The Motion Picture (Original Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Takayuki Hattori (Composer), Akira Odakura (Composer), Hidetoshi Sato (Composer), Hidetoshi / Goshima, Sho Sato (Composer), Maria Kawamura (Performer), Megumi Hayashibara (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Maria Kawamura, Megumi Hayashibara
• Composer: Takayuki Hattori, Akira Odakura, Hidetoshi Sato, Hidetoshi / Goshima, Sho Sato
• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Adv Films
• ASIN: B000092Q7Q
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Musical Suite "Slayers SP"

2. Shining Girl

3. The Brilliant, Beautiful Sorceress Appears

4. Meliroon

5. Zeras Gohto Vs. Cume-Cume Spin!!

6. Hot Spring Sisters

7. Laughing in the Dark

8. The Promised Land

9. Nahga the Serpent

10. A Truly Talented Rival Doesn't Need to Show Off

11. Illusion Master

12. Ruins of Elngaush

13. Evil-doer

14. Explode! Dragon Slave!

15. Feelings Across Time and Space

16. Joyrock

17. May All the Fools Before Us Be Destroyed By the Power You and I Possess

18. Ending

19. Midnight Blue

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars As fun to listen to as the movie is to watch., August 5, 2003

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"iso_allen" (Irving, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slayers: The Motion Picture (Original Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

This is a rich collection of music ranging from classical motifs to modern pop with a dash of what could be called theme park music. The vocal tracks are all in Japanese and are all great pieces in my opinion.
The tracks are put together in an odd way in that almost half of the tracks seem to be divided into two songs each. They start off as one thing and switch to something else after a few seconds pause in the middle of the track. The result is you end up with more music pieces as these breaks only occur in the non-vocal tracks.
Another thing to note is that a lot of the music pieces revisit the first track in feel. This helps hold the overall album together as one piece with many parts as opposed to just a collection that feels thrown together.
The overall collection is very easy to listen to and ranges from fun and light to moving and emotionally charged.
I don't have the track listings in front of me but I am listening to it as I write this.
Of note (in my opinion) are the following tracks:

#1 is a moving piece in the classical genre with both fast and slow movements.
#2 is a great vocal song more in the pop genre with a engaging chorus.
#6 and #11 are what I would call a theme park tunes - they are short and fun.
#8 is a revisit to #1 but breaks away into something soft and light.
#10 is an electric pop vocal mix.
#19 is the closing theme to the movie and another great vocal track.