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Monday, 21 October 2024

School OZ Hologram Musical OST

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안녕하세요

(Annyeonghaseyo)

こんにちは

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你好

(Ni Hao)


School OZ Hologram Musical OST is the official release of SM's Hologram Musical, which was the first hologram musical in the world.
The musical starred TVXQ'S Max aka Changmin, EXO's Suho and Xiumin, SHINee's Key, f(x)'s Luna and Red Velvet's Seulgi.
The OST contains songs from SM artists including EXO, Girls' Generation, SHINee, TVXQ, f(x) and BoA.

On the 6th of January 2015, the Ticket Open: Hologram Musical "School OZ" Trailer 60 Sec Ver. was released.
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On the 8th of January 2015, the Ticket Open: Hologram Musical "School OZ" Trailer 30 Sec Ver. was released.
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On the 19th of January 2015, the School OZ Highlight Medley was released.
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On the 6th of February 2015, the One Day Once Chance (Original Ver.) M/V was released.
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School OZ Hologram Musical OST is set out in a hardback book style case and comes with the Cd and photo book.

Track List:
One Day One Chance - Original Ver.
One Fine Day
MAMA
소원을 말해봐 (Genie)
Intro - Destination
아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess)
Pretty Girl
Evil
Mr. Simple/I Got A Boy
Twinkle
Evil (Reprise)
셜록 (Sherlock (Clue + Note))
One Day One Chance - Original Soundtrack Ver.
One Dream
One Day One Chance (Reprise)
빛 (Hope)
으르렁 (Growl)/주문 (Mirotic)























I remember this musical being advertised and I wish I'd have been able to head off to South Korea to see it live, but I also hoped it took off so that it could head over to the UK, but I'm just glad they released an OST for it.
I love that the OST is mainly other SM artists songs as it was nice to hear them sung at times by the opposite sex.

I absolutely love One Day One Chance - Original Ver. This is one of my favourite songs from this OST, I've been in love with it since it's release. I love the melody and Changmin's vocals are stunning. Also the whole cast harmonising towards the end is perfect. I still think even 9 years later this song still sounds fresh and new.
One Day One Chance - Original Ver.

One Fine Day is a song that showcases each of the cast. It's a song that catches you off guard as it starts out as a ballad and speeds up at the chorus which I love.
One Fine Day

As an EXO-L, I was already familiar with MAMA. But adding these cast members to this track took it to another level.
MAMA

As a SONE, I absolutely loved 소원을 말해봐 (Genie). They all fit this song perfectly, it's definitely another of my favourite tracks that I listen to a lot from this OST. I never felt that the male voices shouldn't be there and I loved that they kept the original lyrics even for the guys.
소원을 말해봐 (Genie)

I feel I'll keep repeating myself with a lot of these songs but as  SHAWOL, I was already familiar with Intro - Destination. I love the build-up to the track and it still sounds so good sung by the cast.
Intro - Destination

While I'm not as a familiar with BoA's song's I knew 아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess) was one of hers. I feel that this track was perfect for Seulgi. It really allowed her to shine, especially as a rookie idol. At the time Red Velvet had only released digital singles, so I think it was perfect to bring Seulgi into this musical.
아틀란티스 소녀 (Atlantis Princess)

I wasn't as familiar with f(x)'s b-sides, but I knew Pretty Girl. I love the change up to the track and I love how Luna and Seulgi compliment each other on this track.
Pretty Girl

Evil is another SHINee track and it's one of my favourites. I love this version too, it fits Seulgi perfectly.
Evil

I love the Mr. Simple/I Got A Boy mashup, that also had the appearance of both Leeteuk from Super Junior and Yoona from Girls' Generation. The mashup works so well together.
Mr. Simple/I Got A Boy
Ghost _

Originally sung by Girls' Generation sub-unit TTS, I love hearing Twinkle being sung by the opposite sex. It shows that it works well sung in a lower key. This song suits both Key and Changmin perfectly.
Twinkle

We get another snippet of Seulgi with Evil (Reprise).
Evil (Reprise)

I love this version of 셜록 (Sherlock (Clue + Note)). Having the whole cast sing it, like with MAMA, takes it to another level.
셜록 (Sherlock (Clue + Note))

I love listening to One Day One Chance - Original Soundtrack Ver. As is includes the original audio from the musical too. I actually can't listen to the Original version without hearing this version along with it.
One Day One Chance - Original Soundtrack Ver.

Another of my favourites on the OST is One Dream. I love the melody and I love the vocals.
One Dream

I think One Day One Chance (Reprise) really establishes how good the melody for this track is. I love that they each seem to get a line to sing before harmonising again. You can tell this was the closer for the main musical.
One Day One Chance (Reprise)

I think all SM/SM Town fans know 빛 (Hope) as it's a song that's used a lot to end SM Town concerts, where all the artists come on to perform together. I love this song, I personally think it's a song that lives up to it's name.
빛 (Hope)

Concluding the album we have 으르렁 (Growl)/주문 (Mirotic), which at the time of the OST's release were probably 2 of the most iconic songs from SM. I have to say I love how they all harmonise singing these songs. They all fit the songs together perfectly.
으르렁 (Growl)/주문 (Mirotic)
Ghost _

I love how it's not a typical soundtrack of just the songs, and includes dialogue from the actual musical. And I have say that credit needs to be given to Jo Eun as even though she wasn't promoted alongside the rest of the cast, she does sing on the OST and she sounds amazing.
It's odd to think that this musical is nearly 10 years old, I think if something was done like this now it would blow up and hit new heights. 

What were your thoughts on School Oz Hologram Musical OST?
Do you have a physical copy?
Did you get the chance to go see the show in person?
What were your thoughts on One Day One Chance being the leading single?
Do you have a favourite track from the album?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

Saturday, 12 December 2020

A Musical Christmas Countdown: December 12th 2020

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こんにちは

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I've always enjoyed listening to this track, but I absolutely love listening to this version. It's festive and their vocals are just stunning.

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Today's song is TVXQ's version of 'Sleigh Ride'.
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안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

Sunday, 2 December 2018

A Musical Christmas Countdown: December 2nd 2018

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안녕하세요 
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは 
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)

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TVXQ - Sleigh Ride
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안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Christmas Week Special: 2011 SMTown Winter - The Warmest Gift

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An nyeoung
Konnichiwa
Ni hao


So today's K-pop Monday has a slight twist, this post is all K-pop idols singing in English. You're probably wondering what this has to do with being a Christmas Week Special post well it's an album of Christmas songs a few that you will recognise and some created especially for the album.
Created and released in 2011 SM Entertainment released the 8th winter album via SMTown (the artists under SM Entertainment), this album was the first winter album in 4 years and their first album to all be in English. There are 11 tracks on the album and each track is sung by a different artist, with 2 of these being used for the first time on an SMTown album.

The lead single from the album is Santa U Are The One by Super Junior including Super Junior-M members Zhoumi & Henry, the music video features the group singing in the studio and the other artists in behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot for the booklet. Check out the MV now.
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The CD was released with 2 separate versions, a gold version for the Korean release and a silver version for the Taiwan release, I have the Korean release because I thought it looked prettier in gold. In Korea 45,581+ copies were sold and 6,827+ copies sold in Japan making a combined sales of 52,408+ copies. I highly recommend this album and think it should be in every Christmas music lovers collection. The album is set out as the usual sized CD case in a book style with the booklet attached on the left as you open the case and the CD on the right. the booklet is full of Christmas colours with all the artists wearing items that are green & red, all the pictures are in the front of the booklet with the lyrics taking pride in the last few pages, just the layout of it give a Christmas feel.

Track List:
Santa U Are The One
Sleigh Ride
Distance
Last Christmas
Diamond
For The First Time
Like A Dream
The First Noel
1,2,3
Amazing
Happy X-mas (War Is Over)





Donghae (Super Junior)

L-R Leetuek & Kyuhyun (Super Junior)

L-R Siwon & Yesung (Super Junior)

L-R Sungmin & Ryeowook (Super Junior)

L-R Eumhyuk & Shindong (Super Junior)

L-R Henry & Zhoumi (Super Junior-M)

L-R U-Know & Max (TVXQ)

L-R BoA & Key(Shinee)

L-R Onew & Taemin (Shinee)

L-R Minho & Jonghyun (Shinee)

L-R YoonA & Jessica (Girls Generation)

L-R TaeYeon & YuRi (Girls Generation)

L-R Sunny & SeoHyun (Girls Generation)

L-R SooYoung & Tiffany (Girls Generation)

L-R HyoYeon (Girls Generation) & Kangta

L-R Jay & Jungmo (TRAX)

L-R Zhang Liyin & J-Min

L-R Dana & Sunday (The Grace)

L-R Sulli & Victoria (f(x))

L-R Luna & Amber (f(x))

Krystal (f(x))







Each song is as amazing as the last and to say for a lot of the artists English isn't their first language they do pretty amazing with their pronunciations, the original tracks are also just as amazing as the covers and I've found with this album that I wouldn't normally listen to The First Noel but I love the singers vocals on that song, it also makes a nice change being able to sing along to each song, lets check out the tracks now shall we?
Sleigh Ride sung by TVXQ
(By MinEunRi)

Distance sung by BoA
(By ilove2icesk82300)

Last Christmas sung by SHINee
(By julielee3595)


Diamond sung by Girls Generation
(By TV-People)

For The First Time sung by Kangta
(By LyricsVideo106)

Like A Dream sung by TRAX
(By MNBsubs05)

The First Noel sung by Zhang Liyin
(By Rikawendy)

1,2,3 sung by f(x)
(By 2NE1 Bang)

Amazing sung by The Grace - Dana & Sunday
(By Auroraslights6)


Happy X-mas (War Is Over)
(By Pastel Jenna FL)

Do any of these songs hit your Christmas spirit spot?
Can you guess the English speakers?
Did any of the covers make you like a song you disliked?
Have a favourite original track?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!



An nyeoung
Sayonara
Zai Jian
Bye