I've had this beautiful score for some time now but I was fortunate enough to see the film HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY recently. Of course I say 'see' but that might be an overstatement as i'm embarassed to say i was in floods of tears for a lot of it. If you connect with these kinds of moving animal tales then this is a killer! Normally I avoid these kind of films like the plague but i liked the score so much i thought i'd steel myself and try it. It's well acted and shot with Mr Kaczmarek's piano based score being very prominant through the whole film. I think the soundtrack is only available on a Japanese cd but i would urge any fans of Jan's music to check it out. It is truly moving stuff. Unfortunately, even though i was aware of the nature of the story, having now see the film i find it very hard to play the track 'Hachi - last trip to the station' without 6 boxes of hankies! Ah...the power of music.
I've had this beautiful score for some time now but I was fortunate enough to see the film HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY recently. Of course I say 'see' but that might be an overstatement as i'm embarassed to say i was in floods of tears for a lot of it. If you connect with these kinds of moving animal tales then this is a killer! Normally I avoid these kind of films like the plague but i liked the score so much i thought i'd steel myself and try it. It's well acted and shot with Mr Kaczmarek's piano based score being very prominant through the whole film. I think the soundtrack is only available on a Japanese cd but i would urge any fans of Jan's music to check it out. It is truly moving stuff. Unfortunately, even though i was aware of the nature of the story, having now see the film i find it very hard to play the track 'Hachi - last trip to the station' without 6 boxes of hankies! Ah...the power of music.
I've had this beautiful score for some time now but I was fortunate enough to see the film HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY recently. Of course I say 'see' but that might be an overstatement as i'm embarassed to say i was in floods of tears for a lot of it. If you connect with these kinds of moving animal tales then this is a killer! Normally I avoid these kind of films like the plague but i liked the score so much i thought i'd steel myself and try it. It's well acted and shot with Mr Kaczmarek's piano based score being very prominant through the whole film. I think the soundtrack is only available on a Japanese cd but i would urge any fans of Jan's music to check it out. It is truly moving stuff. Unfortunately, even though i was aware of the nature of the story, having now see the film i find it very hard to play the track 'Hachi - last trip to the station' without 6 boxes of hankies! Ah...the power of music.
I can't bear to watch a grown man cry...
yep...best done in the house with all the curtains drawn :-)
Thank you. I will give it a try, if I get the chance.
But could you please spell Jan's name right in the header? It's Kaczmarek, not Kazmarek!
Sorry for the mistake...i should have seen that as he's one of my favourite composers.I got in right within the text though
No problem. I love his music too. I am still trying to get some of his old music and the FYC CD of Evening. No luck so far...
Didn't know that there was aFYC version of Evening. He did some lovely stuff for that one. I have to say that the HACHI score really stays with you. I still can't get it out my head.It might be the film but its very moving stuff.
I saw this film recently. I found the score to be a bit repetitive, but it works very well within the film. As for the film itself, it left me in tears.
Considering the 'pedigree' of the film's director, I expected a much finer film than what was delivered. The Director's first name...notwithstanding, nor is the title of the film that earned him a 'Best Director' Oscar nomination, many years ago. This film was just...pedestrian in every level. Gere and Allen were out-acted by the dog. I prepared myself to cry...the film trailer which I viewed online was so well put together, but I didn't. I enjoy this composers other works, but this one was just piano pieces that sounded like an old Windham Hill music sampler from the 1980's, it sounded as though it was written for another film and didn't enhance the goings-on that were onscreen for this one. As another person mentioned, 'repetitive' was one of the words I'd use to describe it.
I enjoy Kaczmarek's score on disc, but I haven't seen the film yet. Personally, I'm much more interested in checking out the original 1987 Japanese version starring Tatsuya Nakadai. I'm especially interested in hearing how Tetsuji Hayashi's score compares to Kaczmarek's effort.
I have the EMI soundtrack, since Varese took forever to release their version. I am wondering if there are any differences with the tracks? The tracklisting appears to be the same, although the EMI one includes some audio clips. Is it mastered differently?
Just saw this film on TV and I really enjoyed it. I knew of this story and the Japanese film, but never saw it. Lasse Hallstrom did a fine job with this film and I really liked Kaczmarek's score so I think I'm going to nab it and watch the Japanese film.
