The Leap Years

[kliang1380]

anyone know the overlapping violin starting from 3:20 ? sounds different from merry christmas mr lawrence, thanks a lot...

[couchpotato25]

and wong li lin is the worst actress ever, she's ugly, she can't act and she has a nasty accent. everingham on the other hand is cute, he's much too good for this lousy production team.

[theladykimmy]

where can i watch this movie online?? please help :)

[junievideos]

Is this seriously Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence? If so, they made a smart choice with the music.

[emcee2456]

Ananda is freaking hawtt *love*

[ogma999]

don't all music have to come from somewhere as inspiration?? then everything is plagiarism :S

[lzs93]

anyone knows the background music used for this trailer? thanks!

[ss2bb]

some part of them from Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence

[RonLarhz]

i think its "merry chirstmas mr lawrence"

[RonLarhz]

if u mean the starting background music.....

[smellyhippi]

i was born on a leap year :O

[bluelights1019]

Vernetta Lopez is pretty in this movie!!

[ClaraTOD]

what's the music piece called?

[hahaz85]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

[izzfi17]

is the dvd out already??any sites to watch it online cuz i badly wanna watch tis movie..!!!!!!!???

[sainthoung]

where can watch this movie online?

[hahahahaahaa]

will you ppl stop talking about the stupid music 'plagiarism' thing. for goodness sake this is mediacorp. do you think they will be so stupid to plagiarise something then show it to the whole nation? of course they had alr asked for permission. morever there are many variations of the song. this is just one of them.

[couchpotato25]

@hahahahaahaa god singapore's entertainment industry is ROCK BOTTOM. ryuichi sakamoto is legendary, if they're gonna build the atmosphere on sakamoto's tracks they might as well not have music at all. sure they didn't violate any copyright laws, but it says A LOT about their calibre *sigh*

[brokennlurbb]

any sites to watch the movie?

[SeaMountain33]

The movie theme music is great. It has great similarity with Merry X Mas Mr Lawrence

[christineks011]

Is there a way to watch the whole movie online?

[JustUNuSUal]

yeah.. esp for overseas singaporeans?? *points to self*

[Jenettwe]

i dated my girlfriend on the exact same day this movie was showing..brought a lot of memories..LOL

[LOTR26]

Is this a singaporean movie?

[ToiletnBowl]

yes it is.

[xSlayerette]

LOL? so what?

[xSlayerette]

too bad its their decision, not yours :)

[iamagirl17]

wad song is this?

its great (:

[The3Musketeers]

can i haf dis intrumental ,usic?.. wad is the title??

[meijidian]

i want watch this..but from where??

[ToiletnBowl]

its from singapore.

[uhmbrr]

I want to watch this, Ananda is love. Hehe.

[ALENHT]

i looking forward for this movie..who can tell me the story?

[braz0demercedes]

i saw this film in Sing, its about 2 lovers who gets to meet every 4 yrs only hehehe, i lot gets frustrated on this film, but I liked it.

watch it

[pinkXstrawberri]

ii love the movie and the songs in The Leap Years!!

anyone have the songs played in The Leap Years?? can send mii??

or at least tell mii the song tittles..

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­e

loads of thankxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[aquapixy]

The songs are sung by Singaporean, Corrinne May. She is based in the US. YOu can find her songs on Youtube

[weifang129]

this movie rox.. quite touching.. going to buy the vcd or dvd when it come out

[weifang129]

I think the song is superhero girl, the birthday song, let it go, the scars.. If you find the songs plz tell mii.. I cant find the song.. lolz

[63248916]

Thou I watched this show 4 times, I'm waiting for the vcd or dvd to come out.

One of my most favourite movie ever.

Kudos to the people who have put this movie together.

Such a love story to be kept.

[The3Musketeers]

i juz watched it today, finally! i really enjoyed it..

[iamjosephh]

there's another song in this movie. wats the title. another than merry christmas mr lawrence. please help. =)

[DiDiDa00]

which song is it? the one which is not sung by Corrine May, at the end of the movie? It is sung by one of our known composer/ musician Belinda Foo, called SEAL OF MY HEART

[GwenSilvz]

The published ratings are not doing justice for this show! Damn those critics! This will be one of those movies that will leave a deep impression for long. Love all the elements included; the love at first sight, the hidden feelings, those excruciating years, the sacrifices. <3

[JustUNuSUal]

Ratings are never accurate, all based on one person's opinion. The Straits Times gave the Japanese Story 4/5 and it totally wasted my time. Maybe the 1/5 and 5/5's are accurate but not everything in between.

[Lisa224]

i love ananda in this vid?

[melissasim]

anyone knows where to download this movie from?

[hi1000k]

it's quite sad to see Singaporeans criticising Singaporeans trying to make progress in the arts scene though. Totally sucks if you were a Singaporean artiste.

[hi1000k]

movie's great!

[lauchakyuen]

All the frames were so beautiful, and the music was perfectly matched. Longingto watch the completed movie.

[wiwiloveananda]

i love Ananda!!!!!!!

[oucie]

love this movie(:

[ro54nn3]

The movie's awesome!

[15O3MusicAddict]

chill people~ anyway this show was quite good & the theme song was indeed nice(:

[BruceWayne]

If u want to create a movie out of a novel,it would be better if it was an award winning novel,but again still its up to the individual.Thats what I think.U dont have to agree.

[chiagerald]

Hi! An official statement regarding The Leap Years movie trailer can be seen at Ricky Ho's website.

[cubicon]

is there an OST for this one ?

the songs in the movies are quite nice ... anyone know what are the titles ?

[hahahahaahaa]

most songs are by corrinne may

[bbpink09]

The song is :

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto

[yoonweijie2]

stop criticising singapore's movie.

so what if it is lousy?

I LOVE IT OK!!

ermm...the original sound track for this movie is merry christmas mr lawrence

[Lisa224]

Where can i watch the whole video or but this video?? PLease respond back.

[Lisa224]

Where can i watch the whole video or but this video?? PLease respond back.

[cockalogy]

The trailer's music isn't done by Ricky Ho, the original music composer for this Leap Years movie.

This trailer music was done by another guy.

[samansamomo]

who?

[actuallyi]

dunno if its gonna be nice

but the sound track is awesome

[madcowfun1]

oh and btw didn't u ppl copy the chinese show "The Eye" too?

and made the english version with jessica alba

[CAOCHEEBYE]

it's a somewhat different concept behind the seeing of ghosts though. USA version reasons it as cellular memory, whereas the original puts it as simply can see lor. USA version slightly more believeable but the similar hauntings turns me off.

[madcowfun1]

at least the movie the eye was better eh bt i 100/100 agree with xiaozxyz he talks sense

[asakurahaoyang]

Cmon fellas. Cut them some slack will ya. Yes, S'pore isn't there yet, far from Hollywood standard. But you gotta giv them some credit as well. It's a super small country, yet they came this far.

In terms of originality, lets face it, nth is new under the sun. What matters is they did pay the royalties. If Ryuichi Sakamoto has no problem about it, why should u? Lols.

[samansamomo]

what do you mean by they paid royalties? this isnt even Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. i know the damn song inside out and this OST is just a shameless copycat.

[BruceWayne]

The fact that this movie is taken out from a novel shows it lacks originality and the fact tht there was kissing scenes in it,it made it even worst.

[cys91]

It was supposed to be taken from the novel, not even a movie with a different story.

Shows the lack of understanding.

[imperialcereal]

I know a bad movie when i see the trailer. This peice of shit clearly lacks substance. Sure the actors look great but thats all that it seems to deliver. Even the straits times rated it 2 out of 5 stars. Singapore movies clearly lacks talent and depth they just put acotrs with looks in there and didnt even develop the story. This is a total waste of time, everyone should boycott this trash!

[UberTuberMe07]

Can't really comment on the fact that the trailer music, which I think is fantastic, may be copied, cos I have never heard of the other version. Likewise, hope that you guys out there who have never seen the movie, go watch it if you can, before you put it down.

The storyline looked rather weak in the trailer but having watched it, I found it quite compelling. But then again some people may not want to this "trash", but instead prefer "Meet the Spartans" for its originality and depth.

[XO2X]

At least this movie is way way way better than "Kongfu Dunk" where they rated them 3 stars on lianhezhaobao. _L_

[nuranuara89]

yes i agree! its awesome. to me, its even better than ps i love you.atleast, something that s'poreans should be proud of.

as for the song. im sure they've already taken some measures and not just blindly 'plagiarise'.

[xiaozxyz]

.Actually this show look quite interesting. You guys r angry just because they copied the song . Perhaps they had already bought the copyright and it might b better than when someone writes out another song which totally does not fit into the movie.The song is very touching . Perhaps through this movie , the song's popularity will go higher . Causing this tune to be more popular like me , i didnt knew about this song , until i saw the trailer at de cinema . So we should see from another side:)

[andrewyee]

ya. u r rite. anyway they cant copy copyright things... there is a law abt it in singapore.

anyway i wanna find out abt wats the name of the music? i love it. and like xiaozxyz said tat we didn't know abt the music until we was the trailer. and when i say we, i mean tat i myself also didn't know abt tat music.

[xiaozxyz]

lol i m a girl :) thks for agreeing on what i say . this music is nice and would not have been known if it wasnt on the show :)

[nickasnack]

Hey what's the classical music at the last part of this trailer called? It's awesome! And also, its ingenious to make a movie on Feb 29th as well! Hope our local artistes do well!

[hahawalao]

the guy has to return to America. so they cant meet every time.

[ssweetberryy]

lol i born on 1 st march

[Benjabee7]

wads this movie about? i mean y meet evry feb 29? juz meet everyday and they wouldnt have such problems right?

[xiaozxyz]

lol if they ahd chosen to meet everyday . what is the story about then ? there would not story to write alreday right>? if things are so simple we wouldnt have so much problems we need to face in our life ?

the most romantic part about the story is meeting at 29th feb .if this is not in the story . this movie is totally a super duper bad one . this is what the storys is make of! :(

[hahahahaahaa]

to benjabee7: cos feb29 is the leap year day!?!!? and they are just fufilling the tradition

[winter88]

i love the song also... :)

[iluvuillkillu]

Ofcourse the music is similar to Forbidden Colours / Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.But i dont care both sounds good. I want to watch this movie just because of the music.

[syukyducky]

heck abt the copied music...is the movie good?

[ma0mav]

you people are strange... if u carefully listen to the 2 different versions... they are so obviously different. they're not the same at all.. how can u call it a "plagarised" version if it doesn't even sound like it? lol

[samansamomo]

well, thats how copycats come about. they think they're not really plagiarising.

[tb6636]

the title is "Forbidden Colours" by Ryuichi Sakamoto in the movie "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence". (piano version)

[samansamomo]

please stop spreading misinformation. this is NOT by Ryuichi Sakamoto. this is a plagiarised version of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence by sound designer Ricky Ho.

[baht64]

Ricky Ho did not do the trailer music. Trailer done by a different team.

[tottoro28]

If one does not know the difference in the terms Sound Designer & Film Composer....Hmmm...I wonder how the 'one' can come out with so much comments & fuss re the movie & music??? Cheeze...

[samansamomo]

well, thats simply not the crux of the matter. whether it was the sound designer or film composer who did the very shameless trailer music, it is plagiarism all the same. i am only glad to hear that the trailer music was not used in the film itself. because if this movie gets successful and is screened overseas, raintree pictures will have alot to answer for.

[tottoro28]

Precisely. Am sure tat RainTree, being in this business long enough, KNOWS how to take the responsibilities of their work ! But linking name (s) to matters ( without verifying ) is somewhat "irresponsible". Talking, gossiping is fun & easy for anyone....cos one does not have to take responsibility...but spreading info Tat is UNTRUE can have detrimental impact on those who are falsely accused. Let's just be GRACIOUS...basic thumbrule.

[samansamomo]

it's not fun nor easy to hear your favourite music score (written in 1983) being ripped off by local comrades. and it is not an untrue info that this trailer music is indeed a ripoff. the person who did the trailer (thankfully not Mr Ricky Ho) knows himself how HIGHLY inspired he was by Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. there is nothing else i can say to netizens here sharing the narrowminded view that such plagiarism is okay, and i shall leave this matter to rest.

[elemental323]

The narrow minded one is YOU. Go search YouTube for your favourite song, and you'll see several variations of it. I listened to the guitar version performed by someone and loved it. So why aren't you whining that it was a ripoff? Because you think music in a movie trailer should be credited? Like where? Which trailer you saw did that? How do you know permission wasn't given to do adapt? By the way, I happen to prefer this version, it brings out more drama and tension, but to each his own.

[samansamomo]

don't you know the difference between doing a COVER version and making a total rip-off out of it, right down to the very last banging note? im unhappy because im disappointed with the lack of artistic integrity here. i could also copy the score of The Last Emperor (another award-winning Sakamoto work) for the next big local film, and people like you would think im brilliant. you would then also say that my version would be better than the original.

[stallberry]

MAN !!! pls tell me the name of this song ... i saw this adv on tv moble today ... n i heard this song ..! anybody knw the name of the song ..? pls post the name ..! many many thx ..!~

[novacaineforthesoul]

Ahhh two protagonists from the movie, "Home Song Stories" are acting as well. Must be great!

[jesperzgc87]

Wah lao,

Total rip off from Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.

You can hear almost the Chord Progressions, scales and turnarounds' similarity.

Total Disappointment for the soundtrack. Lack of originality which is a complete turn off for me. other than that, the movie trailer looks good.

[Wyzzkyd]

Most of the time the music in trailers isn't used for the film itself, so we'll have to see if it really is part of the soundtrack...

And is this a rip off or really from MCML? Sounds a bit diff from forbidden colours

[samansamomo]

of course its a blatant rip-off!!!

[angelatow]

My sentiments exactly! The sequence of the song is exactly the same! From the high notes at the start to the banging of chords in the end. What the hell. Singapore lack in originality! And for goodness sake CREDIT THE RIGHT PERSON!

[axbeul]

Yeah, anybody know the song behind this? OH yah, anybody from Singapore knew the song behind the 'the day after tomorrow' trailer by channel 5? anyone? I really like that piano part. DO HELP

[jjoeeyy]

look. the movie isnt out yet. how can all of u judge the movie through the trailer? i mean c'mon, only comment AFTER U WATCH THIS MOVIE.

[imperialcereal]

You wanna know why there are no good english shows or movies from singapore, its because only chinese are given lead roles.

[zzajizz]

with the exception of gurmit singh i suppose. but seriously, that's not the problem, its just a symptom. the lack of substance, heart n talent is the crux of it.

[CAOCHEEBYE]

here's the title... a song bitten off Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.

Seriously you'd get a better song out of the actual one. go search for it.

[no2personnel]

Anyone know what is the title of the song?