No Format! has released a soundtrack album for the French/Japanese/Belgian drama Yakushima’s Illusion (L’Illusion de Yakushima). The album features the film’s original music written by pianist/composer Koki Nakano who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from Nakano’s score after the jump. Yakushima’s Illusion is directed by Naomi Kawase and stars Vicky Krieps and Kanichirō. The movie follows a French coordinator of pediatric heart transplants who is sent to Japan where organ donation remains taboo. As she fights to save a young boy, her partner suddenly vanishes.
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‘True Mothers’ Soundtrack Released
Schole Records has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama True Mothers (Asa ga Kuru). The album features the film’s original music composed by Akira Kosemura (Love Is___, Meet Me After School). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. A limited edition CD and vinyl edition is available to order here. True Mothers is co-written and directed by Naomi Kawase and stars Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita and Miyoko Asada. The movie revolves around a Tokyo couple undergoing treatment for aspermia who come across a TV program advertising a non-profit association intended to match couples who cannot procreate with mothers who are unable to raise their natural children.