Hitoriga The Animation Soundtrack ((top)) -

The final shot: Ryo and his sister sitting side by side at the bar’s out-of-tune piano. Hitori (the violinist) watches from the doorway, her bow resting. The soundtrack fades not to silence, but to the sound of rain on a tin roof.

Do not listen to track 12, "The Last Sculpture," while driving. The combination of cello harmonics and silent drops has caused more than one listener to pull over and cry. hitoriga the animation soundtrack

The opening track is deceptively simple. A single, repeating C-major note on a felt piano. But over four minutes, that note slowly decays. By the end, you hear the mechanic thump of the hammer hitting the string without the resonance. It is the sound of a musician realizing she is going deaf. Critics called it "the loneliest piano solo ever recorded." The final shot: Ryo and his sister sitting