Today I've picked the soundtrack of Memoirs of a Geisha as the "song" of the day. I've highlighted four tracks from the soundtrack although every single piece of music on the soundtrack is beautiful. Any cello piece you hear is the work of Yo-Yo Ma and is hauntingly beautiful. The music for this movie complimented the movie so well, I believe it is one of the reasons you watch the movie and feel it so deeply. The music pours into the feelings and when combined they make for a powerful experience.
Haven't seen the movie yet? Don't worry, I hadn't either until this morning! I literally watched it for the first time ever today after reading the book for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago. Hey cut me some slack. When the book came out I was busy having babies and when the movie came out I, well, I just wasn't interested, due in part to my ignorance of the movie and the book and what a Geisha really is. Reading the book and seeing the care that Arthur Golden put into making it true to the culture of Geisha and not our assumptions made me love the book even more than I already was. I highly recommend both and I don't do that often. I'm not a fan of books being made into movies due to the alterations the book goes through to become a movie. You watch it and you wonder where in the world they got the storyline because it usually barely resembles the book at all! It is not the case with Memoirs of a Geisha. The movie was a pleasure to watch, they kept it as true to the book as they could.
So today enjoy some deeply emotional, hauntingly beautiful music created to compliment a wonderful story!
Sayuri's Theme
Snow Dance
The Chairman's Waltz
A New Name...A New Life
Haven't seen the movie yet? Don't worry, I hadn't either until this morning! I literally watched it for the first time ever today after reading the book for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago. Hey cut me some slack. When the book came out I was busy having babies and when the movie came out I, well, I just wasn't interested, due in part to my ignorance of the movie and the book and what a Geisha really is. Reading the book and seeing the care that Arthur Golden put into making it true to the culture of Geisha and not our assumptions made me love the book even more than I already was. I highly recommend both and I don't do that often. I'm not a fan of books being made into movies due to the alterations the book goes through to become a movie. You watch it and you wonder where in the world they got the storyline because it usually barely resembles the book at all! It is not the case with Memoirs of a Geisha. The movie was a pleasure to watch, they kept it as true to the book as they could.
So today enjoy some deeply emotional, hauntingly beautiful music created to compliment a wonderful story!
Sayuri's Theme
Snow Dance
The Chairman's Waltz
A New Name...A New Life
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