RAHXEPHON O.S.T. 2

'''RahXephon O.S.T. 2''' is the second soundtrack album from the anime series ''RahXephon''. All music and lyrics are by Ichiko Hashimoto and performed by her. She is again joined by her sister Mayumi Hashimoto on the song "Yume no Tamago (Egg of the Dream)". Houko Kuwashima, the voice of Quon, also sings on this album.
Hashimoto described this as "more organic" than the first soundtrack, and it contains some music that was recorded after the series had begun airing.^[1]
The theme of "La, la Maladie du Sommeil" is from from Polovetsian Dances. This track is featured on the album (VICL-61796).
The cover features a painting of the character Reika.

Contents

Content and use

Track listing

Notes and references

External links

Content and use

The track "Huge Suites" () features a melody played in turn by different instruments, over a snare drum rhythm and a counter-melody, beginning quietly and rising in a crescendo. This track thus shares some of its structure with Maurice Ravel's ''Boléro''. The initial rhythmic pattern in "Huge Suites" is simpler than that in ''Boléro'', consisting of only 6 beats. The track as a whole is more ornate, however, with transitions in melody theme and rhythmic pattern. While the main melody of ''Boléro'' transitions back and forth between two themes ( ), this track transitions back and forth between four themes. The first rhythmic change is at 1:23, coinciding with the third theme transition. At 2:00, the string section returns to the original rhythmic pattern while the percussion does not; the previous rhythm thus becomes a counter-rhythm. In contrast, ''Boléro'' keeps the same rhythmic pattern going all the way until the end. "Huge Suites" has its final transition at 2:18, where the counter melodies end and both the rhythm and theme dive into a crescendo that builds for the last 40 seconds of the track. The main theme from this track is also used for the song "Brave" on the next album.

Track listing

# "Runnin'"
# "l'Aile"
# "Their Secret"
# "A Few Memories"
# "Protocols"
# "La, la Maladie du Sommeil" Vocals: Houko Kuwashima and Ichiko Hashimoto.
# "Adolescent"
# "Quantum Corridor"
# "TERRA"
# "Huge Suites"
# "Her Hatching"
# "Orchestra Stalls"
# "Synchronic Brake Down"
# "Vanishing Jupiter"
# "Flying Fighter"
# "Ramblin'"
# "Phantom of Theatre"
# "Perfect Noise"
# "The Other Stranger"
# "Yume no Tamago" (Egg of the Dream) (English version)

Notes and references

1. RahXephon Bible, Izubuchi Yutaka, , , ADV Manga, 2003, ISBN 1-4139-0026-7

External links

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