Join Will & Wend for their 25th Score Guide! In this episode they happily explore a fave in the film music community, the 2016 Laika animation, Kubo and the Two Strings by composer Dario Marianelli.
Featuring the often-used Metro Voices and performing talents of Hibiki Ichikawa on the 3-stringed traditional Japanese instrument, the shamisen, your hosts pull back the composer’s curtain, to reveal the themes, leitmotifs, instrumentation, textures, colours, and craft, all of which this film composer excels at, guiding you through the soundtrack release track-by-track, and sharing all the reasons why Kubo is their favourite score of 2016 along the way!
Don’t mess with the monkey!
Release
Kubo and the Two Strings Warner Bros. Records (2016)
Timestamps
0:00 – Intro Tag: Spencer Creaghan
4:23 – 1. The Impossible Waves
08:02 – 2. Kubo Goes to Town
10:48 – 3. Story Time
15:18 – 4. Ancestors
18:31 – 5. Meet the Sisters!
23:32 – 6. Origami Birds
29:04 – 7. The Giant Skeleton
33:48 – 8. The Leafy Galleon
40:34 – 9. Above and Below
45:43 – 10. The Galleon Restored
48:00 – 11. Monkey’s Story
51:17 – 12. Hanzo’s Fortress
55:38 – 13. United-Divided
57:45 – 14. Showdown with Grandfather
1:01:49 – 15. Rebirth
1:03:38 – 16. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Composed by George Harrison/Performed by Regina Spektor)
This was my favorite 2016 score as well, along with James Newton Howard’s “Fantastic Beasts”. I love this music so much. Cool show!
Thank you so much for listening Lasse! So glad you enjoyed the show, Fantastic Beasts is another phenomenal score too which we can’t wait to talk about one day!
I would really like to be a guest on the show, I am a German Score-reviewer and would be honored to be a part of the podcast.
Thanks for reaching out to us Lasse! We really enjoy your content also and would love to connect with you further.