Sunday, June 13, 2010

It's World Cup South Africa 2010! Whether it's the African's vuvuzela horn or Korean's taepyongso, nothing beats the excitement of watching the soccer matches held in the Rainbow Nation. It's hot, sizzling, and exotic. Supporting South Korea, Japan, and Brazil ~

Just watched the dvd movie, Tenshi No Koi (My Rainy Days). While the movie is the normal romantic plot of girl meets boy, falls in love, discovers that the boy (or rather, the girl's sensei) has a brain tumor, and finally their tragic yet sweet get-together, the music from this motion picture is splendid!


The original soundtrack (OST) accompanying this movie is so touching and soothing that it simply makes the or-else mediocre movie a magical and enthralling journey of true love between the female lead (Rio) and male lead (Kouki). I always enjoy OST for Japanese drama, movie, and anime because the composers usually manage to weave magical notes from the music pieces that evoke sufficient emotion to make you want to listen continuously and "brim your pair of ears with ear wax".

However, my hunt for this particular OST is as good as coming to naught. I love the tracks by Love Psychedelico's Beautiful Days, Zentaro Watanabe's My Rainy Days, and Indigo Blue's I'm The One. Ok, I managed to find the first 2, but not the latter. In fact, Indigo Blue's track is the true gem out of this whole OST. If someone can help me locate Indigo Blue track for this album, I will gladly reward you haha! Anyway, here's a short preview for some songs in this movie, the first (instrumental guitar from 0:00 to 0:48 mins) and last (vocal rendition of I'm the One from 3:21 to 4:25 mins) are just the songs I AM STILL LOOKING FOR.

Music Clip: Download Here or Watch It Here



Talking about Indigo Blue. This group consists of Rina and Kou. While both compose their own songs and lyrics, Rina is the vocalist and Kou is the guitarist. If I'm not wrong they had their first album in 2005? And they are still fairly unknown and new to any music market except Japan, of course. Do a quick google search with the "Indigo Blue" and they will give you crap! Unless you accompany the search with keywords like Rina, Kou, Japan Music, etc.

Anyway, recently 2 of my colleagues are commenting that I am turning into a gypsy. Can you believe it? With my mini obsession with aroma therapy, essential oils and tea, they feel that I am into the level of spiritual healing. The only thing that I am lacking of is - a taste or flair for bohemian fashion.

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