Every once in a while there comes a musical piece that just makes you pause whatever you are doing and just purely enjoy the beauty of the composition and appreciate music to its fullest extent. It's the acoustic equivalent of love at first sight, and happened to me with John Williams' "Journey to the Island" from the album "Jurassic Park", Alan Menken's "Colors of the Wind" from the "Pocahontas" (yes, I know it's a kid flic, but it sure is a beautiful musical piece) as well as Phan Van Hung's arrangement to "Bai Ca Dai Viet".
Well, after hearing "Going out" for the past months for almost every day, I've finally decided to shell out $30 to import Joe Hisaishi's entire album "Kikujiro no Natsu" directly from Japan. The CD arrived yesterday and I've been listening to it all day.... and here it happens again. I am "falling in love" with this new piece on the CD called "The Rain"---another amazing, nostalgic and quite romantic piece by Joe Hisaishi. It's a slow, sentimental violin piece that is accompanied by the piano, and just sounds sooooooo-so beautiful. It’s just pure, romantic beauty. Piano and violin always go together very well, and this piece exemplifies how powerful film music can be and how well it can evoke one's emotions. Enjoy!