Eminence Symphony's Project Promise: 10 Years of Makoto Shinkai and Tenmon
 

I just wanted to give people here who weren't aware of it a heads up: Eminence is working on Project Promise which aims to arrange some of the better known pieces from Makoto Shinkai's works ranging from Beyond the Clouds and 5 Centimeters Per Second.

Tracklist copied from here: http://xcomprandomness.co.uk/2009/10...hestral-album/

1. One More Chance, One More Time (Instrumental)
2. Omoide wa Tooku no Hibi [Memories are Distant Days]
3. Kanae no Kimochi [Kanae's Feelings]
4. The Place Promised in Our Early Days Theme
5. Futari no Keikaku / Kibou to Akogare [Their Plan / Hope and Aspiration]
6. Sayuri
7. The Place Promised in Our Early Days Theme (Piano Version)
8. Futari no Kattou [Their Differences]
9. Kimi no Koe (Instrumental) [Your Voice]
10. Through the Years and Far Away
11. Mikako kara no Tayori [News from Mikako]
12. She and Her Cat Theme
13. Bonus Track – She and Her Cat Theme (Piano Version)

Fans of Tenmon's work should get a decent amount of mileage out of this. I know I'll be looking forwards to it.

Very interesting news, but I'd have to listen to a sample or something before I can get excited about it. Tenmon's work in Shinkai's films were more on the simplistic side, so I dunno how well they'll make the transition to an orchestrated piece.

I think the big question, at least for me, is the length of the arrangements. Most of the original tracks clocked around 2 minutes, so it'd be nice if they were somehow able to stretch it out to maybe ~4 minutes without making it boring.

Most tracks are over 3 minutes, with only one track at 2:45.

Although we had to name the album to "performed by Eminence Symphony Orchestra", more of our ensemble unit is featured in this album.