姫ちゃんのリボン音楽編 Victor VICL-371 3000 yen released 1993.01.31

[comments and information by Pascal Janin]

This CD contains the most prominent and famous OP/ED and early BGM.

25 tracks : 2 vocals/10 instrumentals/3 mini-drama, 45:22

All tracks seem to have been mostly performed on synthesizers, yet very well done, with lots of violins, piano and other classical instruments. This creates a very good and very lively mood, just like Hime-chan herself.

Since all BGM tracks have been composed and arranged by Kawai Kenji himself (Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 + DoCo, Kyuuketsuki Miyu..), no wonder why this CD is waaay enjoyable!

1. Egao no GENKI (SMAP) 4:31 [OP]

[the liveliness of a smiling face]

2. PURORO-GU 1:20

[prologue]

3. Omatase! Himechan to Pokota (aru asa no fuukei 1) 2:15

[here we are! Hime-chan and Pokota (a morning's scenery 1) ]
in 2 parts:
* BGM: epilogue played at the end of every episode, during which Pokota introduces briefly the next episode
* mini-drama: Pokota wakes up Hime-chan at 9AM; she first goes mad, thinking she's late for school, but today's Sunday; Pokota then thinks he had never expected to be able to talk to Hime-chan one day, nor did she; Pokota doesn't want to think 1 year in the future, when Hime-chan will have to return the ribbon to Erika; Hime-chan scolds him for having such sad thoughts this early in the morning, and swears they'll always be friends till the end.

4. Himeko - tsuugakuro 3:56

[Himeko - on her way to school]

Hime-chan at her liveliest: very catchy, fast-paced tune, with violins and xylophone.

5. Haioku no himitsu 1:57

[the secret of the unused room]

6. RI - BO - N 1:02

[ribbon]

7. Koi no yokan 1:46

[a presentiment of love]
well-known melancholic tune; violins, piano and guitar.

8. Daichi 1:32

9. Zutto aitakatta 1:21

[I wanted to meet you so badly]

10. Kataomoi 1:49

[unrequited love]

sad theme, such as when Hime-chan cries; violins and piano, same melody as track 4, but played much sadder/slower.

11. Himechan to Pokota (aru asa no fuukei 2) 1:36

[Hime-chan and Pokota (a morning's scenery 2) ]
Hime-chan remembers what she wrote in her diary, about what happened on Friday, April 27: "at last! I spoke to senpai!! (==Hasekura) We kept talking for a while, it was so good! He was alone in the bus " She thought she had forgotten all about it, then asks Pokota what, according to him, a "girl's way" is. She wonders if all boys prefer girls like her elder sister Aiko, beautiful and skilled. Pokota agrees, but also thinks that Hime-chan, with her natural kindness and cheerfulness, is even more like a girl. He has seen her growing for 13 years, and can't be wrong! He abrs that Hime-chan will soon meet someone who will find her charming, and that day won't be long to come.

12. Tomodachi 1:28

[friends]
well-known theme, when Hime-chan is among friends (mostly with Manami and Icchan); violins and clarinet.

13. Hontou no kimochi 1:28

[true feelings]

14. Pokota 1:14

15. SUKIPPU 0:57

[skip]

16. An'un - Jinsei saidai no PINCHI 1:51

[dark clouds - life's biggest pinch]

17. Tsuiseki 0:54

[chase]

18. Ikken rakuchaku - genki no GENKI 1:51

[the affair's settlement - more lively than ever]

19. Utatane 1:04

[taking a nap]

20. Nekketsu 1:20

[hot blooded - Hime-chan's teacher Gori-sensei]

21. Mukau tokoro teki nashi 0:43

[nothing can stand in her way - Hime-chan's classmate and rival]

22. Himechan to Pokota (aru asa no fuukei 3) 0:52

[Hime-chan and Pokota (a morning's scenery 3) ]
Pokota teases Hime-chan for having been bothered by both Hibino Hikaru and Daichi; since Pokota gets mad at Daichi for bothering "her" Hime-chan everyday, she thinks he might be jealous; but she swears she loves Pokota; then the door rings; Hime-chan remembers she had asked Manami to go out with her; she dashes to the entrance door, but bumps into something and falls down the stairs; Pokota thinks to himself that Hime-chan is lost without him, and decides to follow them.

23. EPIRO-GU 0:49

[epilogue]

24. Henshin - Mahou no kuni he 2:47

[trasformation - to the Land of Magic]
1st transformation's theme.

25. BURABURA sasete (SMAP) 4:23 [ED1]

[make me swing]

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