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Shigeru Umebayashi

Title: Absurdistan (OST)

Label: Colosseum

Cat No:CST8125
Format:CD

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Legend has it that when God split up all of his lands, there was one group of representatives that showed up late. But because they were a cheerful lot, God gave up the land he planned to keep for himself and retired to Heaven. He’s probably still laughing, because the arid wasteland he gave them is as dry as a bone.

Welcome to Absurdistan…

In this small nothing village in the middle of nowhere, a place where 14 families somehow manage to call home, the young Temelko and Aya have reached the age where their friendship has turned into love. But when Aya’s grandmother consults the stars and sets the ideal date for their “first time,” it comes with a catch – they have to wait four years - and both must bathe beforehand.

With the town’s ancient water pipe now producing only a dribble, the young men are shipped off to the city to learn how to fix the water problem. Just short of four years later, the young men solved their problem – they simply never came back. Temelko is the only one that returns…

Music by Shigeru Umebayashi, Lars Löhn and Tofiq GulievShigeru Umebayashi's ( aka UME) outstanding work has been recognized internationally by his famous film music. Once the leader of Japan's legendary new-wave rock band EX. In 1984 he had the opportunity to produce the song for Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda ( "Black Rain" - Ridley Scott ) this made him start his film music carrier. UME began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 40 Japanese and Chinese films to his credit. So far he is best known for scoring: In the Mood for Love (2001), to Zhang Yimou's masterpiece House of Flying Daggers (2004) Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 (2004) and Peter Webber's Hannibal Rising (2007).

Track Listing for Absurdistan (OST)
1 Absurdistan (Main Theme)
2 Aya
3 Early Love
4 Lazy Villagers
5 Kucelere Su Sepmisem (Traditional)
6 Horny Villagers
7 Awakening
8 Bathing In Moonlight
9 Temelko At The Pipe
10 The Strike
11 War
12 Seninle Bis Son Bahar
13 Flying Nightgown
14 Bullet
15 Temelko In The Cave
16 Temelko Underwater
17 Fountain
18 Parachute
19 Qizlar Mahnisi
20 Aya Waiting

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