Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Cues Rundown

     Below is a complete table of all of the cues as the appear in the film.  As can be seen, a complete score release would have over 50 tracks, but many cues are very short.

	Time	Film Sequence	Music element
1	1:44	Main Title Tapestry sequence, Nausicaä flies on a mehve (gull-flyer), lands and enters the poison forest	Main theme (1b)
2	4:15	Nausicaä explores the poison forest	Sea of Corruption Theme: Synth, with echoes (diff from 1c)
3	5:21	Nausicaä sees an abandoned ohmu shell	Sitar stinger
4	6:51	She marvels at how light the eye shell is	Triplet chiming melody (2a)
5	9:48	Nausicaä attempts to distract an enraged ohmu with an insect charm	Fast synth groove with descending chromatic line (2b)
6	13:43	Nausicaä befriends Teto and greets Yupa's animals	Ethnic hornpipe (arr. on "Nausicaä Symphony" Track 3)
7	15:06	Nausicaä takes off in her mehve, Yupa enters the village and is welcomed	Orchestral swell into flying theme (4a)
8	16:35	Nausicaä aids Mito in fixing a windmill, the villagers converse	Relaxed sitar/tabla/dulcimer? (3a)
9	18:10	Exterior view transition	Synth-based ethnic melodic phrase
10	19:54	Obaba describes the legend of the blue-robed savior	Atmospheric synth swells (3b)
11	23:03	Nausicaä tries to wave off the crashing airship carrying the God Warrior	Brief sitar groove (Ohmu Theme 4b) into fast synth rock
12	24:57	Nausicaä extracts Rasel from the crash but she dies	Mid-tempo spare melody on synth (more developed version in 5a Kushana's Theme)
13	26:57	Nausicaä leads an insect away from the forest with an insect call	Orchestral swell into Nausicaä flying theme (4a)
14	28:00	Nausicaä faces a lone ohmu in the distance	Brief synth vocal echoes (beginning of 8)
15	29:15	the villagers search for spores and discover a strange large object	Sea of Corruption Theme: Synth loops (version of 1c)
16	30:21	Yupa tells Mito about rumours of an exhumed God Warrior	Dark orchestral chords, God Warrior motif (slow version of 11b)
17	32:00	Kushana's Torumekian forces arrive.  Nausicaä races to save her father, but is too late	Tense orchestral figures
18	32:43	Nausicaä sees her dead father and attacks	Action sting
19	33:46	Yupa calms down the combatants, Kushana arrives and the villagers surrender	Walking synth melody over electronic bass (Kushana theme, middle section of 5a)
20	36:35	Obaba explains how fighting the insects expanded the toxic forestry	Tremolo string swells
21	38:15	The army and villagers transport the God Warrior, Kushana tells Kurotowa her plans	March (5b)
22	41:12	Yupa discovers N.'s secret garden	Synth loops (mid-tempo ver of Sea of Corruption Theme 1c, synth vocals surface at end)
23	43:42	3 little girls give Nausicaä chiko nuts and cry, Nausicaä promises she'll return	Sad piano, then cheering up, resolute
24	49:53	After their airship is destroyed, Nausicaä takes off in their gunship to save her friends	Fast electro-rock
25	51:38	Nausicaä lands the gunboat and signals her friends to follow suit	Synth bridge
26	52:02	The 2 ships descend past insects and into the toxic jungle and land	Sea of Corruption Theme (version of 1c)
27	54:52	Ohmu appear from beneath the floating ships	Brief sitar/synth figure (Ohmu Theme)
28	55:38	Nausicaä apologizes to the ohmu for disturbing them, they cover her in tendrils and see her in childhood memory	Swirling high figures, becoming child singing Nausicaä's Theme  (7)
29	58:57	Asbel flees from the angry insects, he is rescued by Nausicaä but they crash	Electro-rock
30	1:00:36	Asbel and Nausicaä sink into the sand	Falling synth swells (sound design)
31	1:01:35	In a memory, N.'s father takes away an insect friend	Child singing song, at first solo, then with percussion/mandolin/bass, etc (alt ver of 7, 12b)
32	1:03:24	Nausicaä wakes up beneath the forest	Synth vocals (8 intro)
33	1:05:28	Nausicaä explores the sand and realizes what's happening	Alt arr of main theme (1b, S1)
34	1:09:57	Nausicaä tells Asbel to get some rest and falls asleep	Organ bridge
35	1:12:05	Yupa goes to the abandoned spaceship to talk with the returned Mito	Organ/synth bridge extended
36	1:15:35	The villagers discover that spores have infected the forest and it must be burned, Kushana escapes from her bonds	Synth rhythm with winding melody line (Kushana Theme, 5a)
37	1:16:59	Nausicaä and Asbel arrive at Pejite ands see the destroyed city	Synth suspense into slow drum beat, then howling synth (discovery of dead ohmu) (9a/2c/9a)
38	1:20:12	Nausicaä talks with the Pejite soldiers, who are just as bad as Kushana	Kushana Theme, same as 5a but wo melody line
39	1:21:35	Asbel is knocked out and Nausicaä captured by the Pejite soldiers	Brief faster version of 9b (bridge)
40	1:22:47	The old men of the village capture a Torumekian tank	Electro-rock with synth chord accents
41	1:23:54	The villagers retreat to the old spaceship at the Acid Lake	Reprise of 5a
42	1:25:24	Nausicaä is aided by Asbel and Rastel's mother	Gentle electric piano
43	1:28:18	Nausicaä launches from the Pejite ship in her mehve, a Torumekian corvette pursues.  Nausicaä is saved by Mito in the Valley's gunship	Uptempo action rhythm on synth and winds (10)
44	1:32:26	The old man explains to Kushana how the Villagers respect the poison forest	Slow Kushana theme (5a) with low bells
45	1:36:38	Nausicaä spots the Pejite ship using the ohmu baby as a lure	Synth tension bridge
46	1:38:11	Kushana begins her attack on the Villagers	Dramatic orchestral brass and strings into march theme (5b)
47	1:40:53	The Pejite gunner sees Nausicaä can't shoot because she looks like Rastel	Fast, tense synth loop
48	1:43:50	After Nausicaä has saved the baby ohmu, it comforts the injured N.	Winds and strings, romantic using motifs from main theme
49	1:49:59	The stampeding ohmu begin to calm down	Synth vocal swells, brief sound from (8)
50	1:51:24	Nausicaä has apparently been killed by the stampede, the ohmu lift her with their tendrils	Orchestral, regal, resolute string rhythm with melody on winds, leading to sweeping strings, then back to regal textures (somewhat based on "Towards the Faraway Land" motifs?) (ending of 12a)
51	1:52:09	The ohmu revive N.	Nausicaä's theme (Insect song) on synth winds(12b)
52	1:53:50	The children describe to Obaba Nausicaä seemingly walking in a golden field, fulfilling the prophecy	Orchestral swell on Nausicaä B theme (4a)
53	1:54:49	The wind has returned, the ohmu return to the forest, the villagers rush to greet N.	Orchestral, somewhat regal fanfare (or procession-like) but with pastoral wind elements (13a)
54	1:55:06	Credits montage	Main title reprise and variation (on piano/orchestra) (13)