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NEWS: Frozen Has Japan's 1st Animated Film Soundtrack to Rank #1 for 3 Straight Weeks Since Galaxy E


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mdo7



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2014 11:31 pm Reply with quote
That's really amazing. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:07 am Reply with quote
Frozen #1.

Cemented
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RestLessone



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:12 am Reply with quote
Does the soundtrack contain the English and Japanese vocal tracks, or just the latter?

Either way, it's a great feat. Good job, Frozen!
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:22 am Reply with quote
I haven't seen the movie but the song is played often in Japan, and you hear it all the time on TV too.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:31 am Reply with quote
RestlessOne wrote:
Does the soundtrack contain the English and Japanese vocal tracks, or just the latter?


It's a double CD set with both English and Japanese tracks.
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RestLessone



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:31 am Reply with quote
Tenchi wrote:
RestlessOne wrote:
Does the soundtrack contain the English and Japanese vocal tracks, or just the latter?


It's a double CD set with both English and Japanese tracks.

Thanks! Makes this news even more awesome~
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:38 am Reply with quote
I've held off buying the Frozen CD for financial reasons, but, once I have a little cash, I may actually go for the Japanese import just because I legitimately do like the Japanese performances in the song videos Disney Japan's offically uploaded to Youtube.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 3:42 am Reply with quote
To give ya guys an idea for the latest week:

Top 20 of Japan Billboard Hot 100 (2014/05/19)

5. Let It Go - Matsu Takako

7. Let It Go - May J.

13. Let It Go - Idina Menzel

27. First Time in My Life - Sayaka Kanda, Matsu Takako
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 6:03 am Reply with quote
Frozen's kicking ass everywhere it goes.
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:21 am Reply with quote
And now I'm headcanon'ing Idina Menzel singing:

"The Galaxy Express three nine
will take you on a journey
a never-ending journey…
A journey to the stars!"
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:31 am Reply with quote
I really like the Japanese version, but I felt Idina really blew it away in the English version. Glad to see Frozen become so popular though.
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Lycosyncer



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:38 am Reply with quote
Yeah, the Frozen soundtrack is still holding onto the top spot on the Billboard charts and has already beaten The Lion King Soundtrack's record for longest animated film soundtrack staying #1 for 12 consecutive weeks I think and now I believe the Frozen soundtrack is already on its way to beat the Titanic soundtrack as well!

Once again, congrats to Frozen's unbelievably huge success in Japan! With the film being a huge pop culture phenomenon there, what will also help cement it is if Disney decided to green light an anime series to Frozen and hey, they already did that with Lilo & Stitch so why not Frozen as well?

Whoever decided to release the film very late on March 14th deserves to get a raise! It's still topping the box office in Japan and it still shows no signs of slowing even after 2 months of release!
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:57 am Reply with quote
Be interesting to see the Japanese audio to this. I wouldn't mind hearing the songs and see what they come up with.
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TsunaReborn!



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:20 pm Reply with quote
It really is that good Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2014 1:16 pm Reply with quote
Ok I have to sneak off the the library and borrow this movie. Because the Galaxy Express 999 movie and Farewell Space Battleship Yamato have really memorable scores.
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