StreamingSoundtracks.com - Wolf's Rain

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
02	Requiem Yoko Kanno	3:03	33
04	Renga Yoko Kanno	1:32	13
05	Pilgrim Snow Yoko Kanno	2:23	19
06	Leaving On Red Hill Yoko Kanno	2:59	51
07	Shiro Yoko Kanno	2:05	25
09	Strangers Yoko Kanno	5:04	28
10	Sleeping Wolves Yoko Kanno	2:07	13
11	Tip Toe Waltz Yoko Kanno	1:31	17
12	My Little Flower Yoko Kanno	2:43	13
14	Valse De La Lune Yoko Kanno	3:03	32
15	Hot Dog Wolf Yoko Kanno	2:23	19
16	Silver River Yoko Kanno	3:24	15
17	Sold Your Soul Yoko Kanno	2:25	8
18	Visions Of A Flame Yoko Kanno	1:34	8
19	Run, Wolf Warrior, Run Yoko Kanno	5:55	55
20	Gravity Yoko Kanno	3:23	110
21	Paradiso Yoko Kanno	3:48	28

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Wolf's Rain - Cry for the Wolves

By:	AdamR
Date:	26 Jun 2011
Rating:

Composer Yoko Kanno provided the background music for the unusual but popular nonetheless, anime story about four wolves who take on the appearance of young humans to survive a sort of gloomy reality while searching for paradise. I remember watching the show, not totally grasping the point on the first go, but like the music I heard, both have grown on me, and I've a greater appreciation for both.

The main song, Stray by Steve Conte (absent on SST as of this writing!) is raspy, but provides the basic idea of the show--I'll do things my way, by myself if I must. Conte also provides vocals on another song, Could You Bite the Hand, often referring to the theme of dismay, disobedience, and dishonesty found in the show. Brazillian jazz vocalist, Joyce provides vocals on two pieces, only one of which is available to listen here, Run Wolf Warrior, a theme of searching for something, you know not necessarily what, but to continue through all roadblocks.

As for the background score, Kanno provides an eclectic mix of instrumentation. The firm piano theme of despair heard in Requiem sets the mood for the depressing tale, and repeats in Paradiso. A similar sad theme is heard in the string-based piece, Shiro. A spattering of unusual percussion instrumentation is present in Silver River, and Visions of a Flame, and while I cannot piece where exactly these were heard in the series, first time listeners will likely find these tracks unusual.

Overall, this is not a bad album, though if you've never watched the show, you might find some tracks rather odd and "out there". Its a unique sound, different, but not in a bad way.

--Adam R.

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