Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Umibe no Étranger (Stranger by the Shore) is the wonderful anime adaptation of the "L'étranger" BL series. This was definitely one of the most pleasant of surprises when it came to same-sex relationship representation in anime, something that isn't usually done properly or maturely to me. This film was quite beautiful in every department, from visuals to storytelling beats to voice acting to presenting the characters, particularly the main 2 and their relationship, and what I am showing here in this video, the music, composed by Mina Kubota. Here's a quick synopsis of the film:
"Shun Hashimoto is an openly gay aspiring novelist living in Okinawa who was abandoned by his parents after coming out to them. Mio Chibana is a reserved, orphaned high school student, often found spending his time by the sea. One day, the two meet on the beach, and Shun is instantly captivated by Mio. The days fly by as they slowly begin to grow closer until Mio suddenly announces that he has to leave for the mainland. Three years pass before a 20-year-old Mio returns to Okinawa to confess his love to Shun. However, in those three years, Shun's life has changed. Will he be able to accept Mio's feelings and make such a commitment?"
COMPOSER: Mina Kubota
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - Bougainvillea
1:32 - I'm Back
3:48 - Allamanda
4:09 - Small Ripples
5:02 - Spilling Anxiety
5:22 - To You
8:31 - Nocturne Rain
10:19 - Childhood Promise
11:02 - Melancholic Valentine
12:21 - Lie
12:34 - Precious Person
15:45 - Shun and Sakurako
16:31 - Moonlit Night
19:34 - Seaside Stranger
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
Umibe no Étranger (Stranger by the Shore) is the wonderful anime adaptation of the "L'étranger" BL series. This was definitely one of the most pleasant of surprises when it came to same-sex relationship representation in anime, something that isn't usually done properly or maturely to me. This film was quite beautiful in every department, from visuals to storytelling beats to voice acting to presenting the characters, particularly the main 2 and their relationship, and what I am showing here in this video, the music, composed by Mina Kubota. Here's a quick synopsis of the film:
"Shun Hashimoto is an openly gay aspiring novelist living in Okinawa who was abandoned by his parents after coming out to them. Mio Chibana is a reserved, orphaned high school student, often found spending his time by the sea. One day, the two meet on the beach, and Shun is instantly captivated by Mio. The days fly by as they slowly begin to grow closer until Mio suddenly announces that he has to leave for the mainland. Three years pass before a 20-year-old Mio returns to Okinawa to confess his love to Shun. However, in those three years, Shun's life has changed. Will he be able to accept Mio's feelings and make such a commitment?"
COMPOSER: Mina Kubota
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - Bougainvillea
1:32 - I'm Back
3:48 - Allamanda
4:09 - Small Ripples
5:02 - Spilling Anxiety
5:22 - To You
8:31 - Nocturne Rain
10:19 - Childhood Promise
11:02 - Melancholic Valentine
12:21 - Lie
12:34 - Precious Person
15:45 - Shun and Sakurako
16:31 - Moonlit Night
19:34 - Seaside Stranger
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.








![Nick Bentz — Glimpse (2019) [w/ score]
Nick Bentz wrote about his chamber piece, Glimpse:
Glimpse is a piece that I wrote as I found myself fascinated at the way and speed at which our brains catalog information. The human brain is a complex machine that often works in ways that we’re unable to readily perceive – one of these subliminal processes being facial recognition. The brain constantly perceives and creates patterns among the faces that we encounter, even in passing, using information from all around us to infer how we might interact with one another. It’s through the repeating of similar stimuli that we’re able to quickly read emotions and situations in order to best ascertain how to act, or to unlock our own empathy towards each other. However, these same processes can yield implicit biases, shortchanging the very people we see. Glimpse is structured and derived from a five-pitch set which is constantly run through various processes. As these processes repeat, the material begins to ‘learn’ from bar-to-bar and gesture-to-gesture, playing with and sometimes against the very rules that it finds itself entrapped within.
COMPOSER: Nick Bentz
ENSEMBLE:
Melissa Lander, clarinet
Lauren Rausch, violin
Ismar Gomes, cello
Wan-Chi Su, piano
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
#scorefollower #contemporaryclassical #classicalmusic Nick Bentz — Glimpse (2019) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cGnjp68t0lk/mqdefault.jpg)
![Andrew Rindfleisch — In the Zone (2009) [w/ score]
Andrew Rindfleisch writes in the program notes for his wonderful brass quintet, In the Zone:
In the Zone is a reverent nod to the popular instrumental form of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, the canzone. Often associated with the early precursors of modern brass instruments, the instrumental canzone was a form often dominated by contrapuntal and imitative textures. In The Zone is a two-movement work exploring those aspects of counterpoint, imitation, and polyphony so often found in those late-Renaissance forms — here intensified, transformed, and woven into a virtuoso vehicle for brass quintet. In The Zone is dedicated to the Meridian Arts Ensemble.
COMPOSER: Andrew Rindfleisch
BRASS QUINTET: Meridian Arts Ensemble
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - Introduction
0:12 - I. Introitus
2:24 - II. Canons
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
#scorefollower #contemporaryclassical #classicalmusic Andrew Rindfleisch — In the Zone (2009) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cHgp_TPMzUk/mqdefault.jpg)
