Yeah, I found the other version of the song when I Googled the girl (after finding out she was cute on the documentary included on The Cat Returns DVD...that documentary is actually better than the movie if you're a serious Ghibli fan).DisBeamer wrote:You may have already looked it up, but the song's by Tsuji Ayano, a j-pop artist known for her work with the ukulele. (Yes, ukulele).
The last person I asked said it sounded like an Olivia Newton John song, but she couldn't say which one.To me it just sounds generically pop/late disco era catchy, especially in the non-Cat Returns version.
It might be such a simple song structure that it sounds a lot like a whole bunch of songs, but doesn't directly steal from any of them...but I don't think so. I can almost hear the other song in my head when I listen to it, but I can't quite figure out what it is.
They should play that over and over at Guantanamo Bay. I have listen to old skool punk rock to purge it from my head.Aaand now I have the song stuck in my head.
Speaking of Ghibli music, was the music changed in the Disney release of Totoro? It sounded like they added more music and maybe even replaced some of the sparse electronic bits. I think in general the Fox dub was better, but the Disney version could have been worse.