Track Listing

1. Sayuri's Theme
2. The Journey To The Hanamachi
3. Going To School
4. Brush On Silk
5. Chiyo's Prayer
6. Becoming A Geisha
7. Finding Satsu
8. The Chairman's Waltz
9. The Rooftops Of The Hanamachi
10. The Garden Meeting
11. Dr. Crab's Prize
12. Destiny's Path
13. A New Name... A New Life
14. Ogi No Mato (The Folding Fan As A Target)
15. The Fire Scene And The Coming Of War
16. The Fire Scene And The Coming Of War Medley
17. As The Water...
18. Confluence
19. A Dream Discarded
20. Sayuri's Theme And End Credits

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37173 in Music
• Released on: 2006-01-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

An outstanding score from an outstanding movie
John Williams (Stars Wars composer) once again demonstrates his ability to create meaningful music which can stand alone from the movie script that inspired it. The CD is beautifully performed and recorded with outstanding instrumental solos from Yo Yo Ma (cello) and Itzhak Perlman (violin). John Williams has created a musical atmosphere which almost imperceptibly evokes the orient without becoming pastiche. What I like particularly is the music's understatement and avoidance of high drama relying instead on a gently changing, orchestral landscape to convey subtle changes of mood. A CD which would be worth buying for the haunting Sayuri's theme which opens and closes the score. But there is much more here than 'one good tune'.