|| Main | Mailing List | Films | Search | Site Map | Feedback ||

Here is a list of terms commonly appear in our CD Guide, and their explanations.

Drama Album

Drama albums contain the audio track of the entire film, with all the dialogue, music and sound effects. Listening to a drama album is like watching the film with your eyes shut or listening to a radio "drama" version of the film.

---

Hi-tech Series

The hi-tech albums contain works that are performed with "hi-tech" synthesizers.

---

Image Song/Poem/Album

Image songs/music/poem of a film are created based on the themes inspired by "images" from the film's storyboard. They were composed before the film was complete. Some of the pieces are eventually used in the film.
An image album contains a collection of image songs/music.

---

Soundtrack Album

The soundtrack album contains the actual music used in the film. If you liked the music in the film, this is the album to buy. "Original Soundtrack" is sometimes shortened to "OST."

---

Symphonic Album

The symphonic albums contain works from the film performed by a full symphony orchestra. They are sometimes arranged differently than the works used in the film.