This is a scoring project I’ve recently worked on for a Japanese hentai anime series. This song 「May I Kiss Your Feet」 is the theme song for the episode “Under the Sakura Tree”.
During the Tokugawa period of Japan, a deadly ninja squad was sent to assassinate the shogun. A guard samurai was defending the shogun but was badly wounded and fell into the river. He was later rescued by a village girl in the suburban of Edo who he fell in love with. The samurai must make a crucial decision whether to stay with the girl in the village, or to go back and investigate the mastermind behind several mysterious murders of ronins.
Beginning Guitar Solo In this scene, when the guitar solo starts to play, the samurai takes the village girl to a sakura tree, and takes her geta sandals off, begins to tickle her feet, and the village girl is laughing and feeling happy.
Second Guitar Solo In this scene, when the second guitar solo starts to play, the samurai takes the village girl’s white tabi socks off, begins to kiss her soles and toes, and the village girl falls in love with the samurai, wants to marry him.
Technical Specs Band in a Box MIDI Track Bank in a Box Super MIDI Track FL Studio Kontakt Guitar solo played and recorded by MusicVillain
The arrangement is good,as is the mix. Nice tone for the guitar. I prefer the 1st solo. The "shredding" part of the 2nd solo didn't offer much beyond a flurry of notes well chosen, well played but inexpressive. As program music, that is following a narrative outlined in writing and expressing/painting the scene with sound, I couldn't really say it was successful. I think I'd rather have heard the music and been left to interpret is myself.
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Very good arrangement and production in general. And there is some impressive guitar noodling, well done. It would be nice to hear/see it in the context of the film production.
MusicVillain, Very interesting usage. I have heard tunes in showcase made for theater, commercials, etc., but never for anime. Nice guitar playing! Very clear mix. Thank you for sharing.
Really great sound on this . . . impressive mix and overall solid production work. Engaging instrumental and could definitely see this as part of a film score. Both guitar solos worked fine for me, though I can see where a listener may find the second perhaps a bit too busy—but I liked it very much and thought it makes that slowed down outdo all the more effective. Good stuff!
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