Music from Juuni Kokki stolen or stolen from?
Before I start, I must say I have the utmost respect for the composer of Juuni Kokki for what I believe is an utterly beautiful instrumental score to the series. The series itself, I believe to be one of the truly best Anime ever produced.
Now, I have heard a rumour about a theme from Juuni Kokki being heard in a computer game.
About a year ago, I caught the last ten minutes of a (horrible) movie on tv called "The Void" (starring Amanda Tapping, at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289605/ ), and produced in 2001. Imagine my surprise, when the last few minutes of the film leading into the credits (the scene in the cemetary) feature a track of instrumental music from Juuni Kokki, exactly as heard in 12 Kingdoms! Now, Juuni Kokki came out in 2002, so I wonder who originally came up with the track?
The composer for The Void is Ross Vannelli (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889227/).
The composer for Juuni Kokki is Yang Bang Ern (aka Kunihiko Ryo).
The instrumental track in question, I believe, is the one entitled "Ko Shinkyou" for those of you who have the soundtracks to the series. It's been a few years, so I could be wrong about which track it was: the track could also be "Ruika" or "Fuushun", but I'm fairly certain the one I heard in "The Void" is "Ko Shinkyou".
I love the music in this series, and it is rather disappointing to find out some of it might have been lifted from some horrible low-budget tv show (or vice versa).
Anyone?