New Yasunori Mitsuda album announced... featuring Masashi Hamauzu!

As a Mitsuda fan, I rejoice. As someone who finds Hamauzu very hit and miss, I deplore.

I can see this being excellent--Sailing to the World is, after all, a stellar composition. On the other hand, I can see it being tiresome if Hamauzu decides to do his virtuoso thing and do the piano equivalent of a wailing guitar interlude.

Official Outlook: Cautious Optomism

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Thank you for the news.
As Mitsuda-mad, I'm definately going to check this out, although I don't think it will turn out as something big, like Kirite.

Blech, I *hope* it's not like Kirite. If there's any Japanese singing on *this* album, heads will roll.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'd have to agree that Hako no Niwa is one of the finest Mitsuda albums; my review pretty much sums it up.

Sailing to the World is too eclectic for some people, I think; aside from the horrible song, it actually has a lot of melodic content and was just about the only original stuff from Mitsuda for some time. And it was better than Kirite by default, since it has less singing.

I do wonder, reading all these posts, why Mitsude doesn't do, well, *more*. Most of his recent work has been obscure if it's original. The man really needs to attach himself to a franchise and ride it for awhile, if only to generate more gåmëmüsîk.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.