'Love’s a Cradle' by Hajime Mizoguchi From Jyu Oh Sei Soundtrack CD1 - Track 09 One of my favourite anime series soundtrack score to date, featuring Hajime Mizoguchi's compositing (Jin Roh, Escaflowne, Please Save My Earth, Macross Plus) with his typical cello and classical instrumentations, in an unforgettable and dark space opera mood. Well well, that's quite a lovely piano piece we have there, Hajime Mizoguchi can even talk (understand "compose") about love without breaking his teeth away. With this warm lullaby-like track, we are not only told about the naive bond of love between each orther, but also and espacially the deep pain that is really the fact of love. We love because we miss something in ourselves, because we arn't feeling complete, because of our harsh humanity. And that is the real point of this track : talking about these many bonds of affection that tie us all with pain, struggle and empathy, abandoning us at the solitude of carrying emotions by our shoulders alone. This is a piece of humanity rather than your classic sugar sweet love theme. Pleased with this sample ? Buy the full album on CDJapan : www.cdjapan.co.jp