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Product description 【Album tracks】 01 Moon River *Theme song from the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Lyrics: John Mercer / Composition: Henry Mancini / Translation: Akira Yoshida 02 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes *Insert song from the movie "Always" Lyrics: Otto Harbach / Composition: Jerome Kern 03 Mr. Sandman *Insert song from the movie "Back to the Future" Lyrics & Composition: Pat Ballard 04 Ben's Theme *Theme song from the movie "Ben" Lyrics: Don Black / Composition: Walter Scharf / Translation: Naoko Masunaga 05 Tea For Two *Theme song from the movie "Having Tea" Lyrics: Irving Caesar / Composition: Vincent Youmans 06 Cavatina *Theme from the movie "The Deer Hunter" Lyrics: Cleo Laine / Composition: Stanley Myers 07 Tomorrow *Insert song from the movie "Annie" Lyrics: Martin Charnin / Composition: Charles Strouse / Translation: Kazuko Katagiri 08 Reminiscence *Theme song from the movie "Reminiscence" Lyrics & Composition: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch / Translation: Tokiko Iwaya 09 Call *Theme song from the movie "Nurse Call" Lyrics: Akira Sudo / Composition: Koji Tamaki 10 Love Ballad *Theme from the movie "The Inugami Family" Lyrics: Yoko Yamaguchi / Composition: Yuji Ono 11 Warrior's Rest *Theme song from the movie "The Proof of the Wild" Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa / Composition: Yuji Ono ― Bonus track ― 12 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun ～Anniversary Version～ *Theme song from the movie "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" Lyrics: Etsuko Raikyo / Composition: Takao Raikyo All songs arranged by Ryo Yoshimata (except M-12: Gen-Ittetsu) 【Work commentary】 Hiroko Yakushimaru's debut as a singer was in 1981. She starred in the movie "The Inugami Family" and sang the theme song of the same name. It had been three years since her striking debut as an actress in "The Proof of the Wild." Of course, even before that, there were many voices wishing for her to become a singer, and stages were prepared, progressing under the hands of adults, but she voluntarily requested to cancel. Her current path as a singer was greatly influenced by encounters with directors she met through movies, who create things face-to-face. Through encounters with Eiichi Ohtaki, Takao Matsumoto, and even Yumi Matsutoya, whom she admired since childhood, as well as Yosui Inoue and Miyuki Nakajima, singing became an important place for her. "Including Yuming-san, everyone creates songs as if giving birth, entrusting their precious children to me." Recently, she has felt an equal sense of gratitude and responsibility. "My insistence on the original key somewhere in my heart might be my way of feeling and offering the songs, as a responsibility I receive from those who provide the music." Her sincerity toward singing probably resonates not only with the great predecessors in the music world but also with listeners. People who wait for her singing have never waned, no matter the era, even if she is far from singing. And she, in response to such people, has increased opportunities to show her presence as a singer in recent years. This "Cinema Songs" album was produced to commemorate her 35th anniversary of debut as a singer. It features music that left an impression on movies, regardless of country or era, and she sings them. For example, "Moon River" is very famous as sung by Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's." She hesitated, wondering if she needed to sing such a strongly associated song with her voice, but thought, "Maybe those who don't know it will realize there was such a song, that it is such a song," and challenged this representative song of movie music. Moreover, including "Moon River," "Ben's Theme," and "Reminiscence," some are sung with Japanese lyrics, and some were originally instrumental numbers used in movies that have been reborn as songs with lyrics. "Without being bound by old images, I want you to be aware of the 2016 versions of 'Moon River' and 'Reminiscence'," and entrusted the arrangement to Yoshiharu Yoshimata, who added creative ingenuity. "There are many wonderful works in both foreign and Japanese films, but hearing Japanese language might be comforting, and some soundtracks had no lyrics, so I thought singing them could create a different worldview." However, she is not trying to be eccentric or overly modern. Rather, by removing even the past or future, the song, in the present era, sounds beautifully, sometimes gently, sometimes painfully, and powerfully. How fresh and comfortable that is! Each song, and more deeply, the spirit hidden within each song, makes her sincerity toward singing so evident that one might want to use the word "plain" to describe it. Perhaps this is a kind of gratitude and responsibility she feels as an actress toward movies. Still, I wonder where such power resides in her transparent singing voice, and I can't help but feel the strength of her core as a human being, Hiroko Yakushimaru as a singer. Lastly, she expressed her feelings about this album with such wonderful words. Let me share them: "I think this album might be like a love letter, or my own love for movies." Media reviews and others Hiroko Yakushimaru, a leading Japanese actress and singer, releases her first movie music cover selection to celebrate her 35th anniversary as a singer! It includes songs she selected from both foreign and Japanese movies. She sings favorite Western movie music such as "Warrior's Rest" from her debut film "The Proof of the Wild" (1978, co-starring Ken Takakura) with the original singer Yoshito Machida, as well as "Moon River," "Ben's Theme," "Tomorrow," "Reminiscence," and others. (C)RS
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