This thread is more or less in response to frequent (well, not that frequent, but still) requests for the OST of the anime Gunsmith Cats.

Problem is, the OST was never released. there is a vocal album, an ost called "Ost from radio", but it doesn't features anything from the anime (guess it was a drama OST), and an image album that doesn't feature music from the anime either. So I decided to see if it was possible to edit something based on the french DVD I have.

And here is the result. so far I've only done the first two episodes. The audio has been extracted from the french DVD for Ep.1 and from a demuxed MKV file that had a 5.1 sound for ep.2. FLAC has only been used to avoid further damages to the audio data, I don't claim anything here to be lossless.

the music was composed by Peter Erskine, who is, among jazz fans, considered as one of the best drummers in this music genre. Now, on with the show !

A little note, to anybody who would like to shoot down these files: this is a labor of love. My intent is neither to challenge copyright nor to make money, just to provide fans of "Gunsmith Cats" a mean to listen at the music from their favorite anime without having to pop in the DVD. And if anything, the sound is really not good enough to damage the sales of any official album that would appear in shops. not that this will happen, anyway :sad:.



To get the files: Send me a private message. you only need five posts in the forum to get access to the PM function. it can't be that hard. ANY request put in the thread will be ignored. sorry, but that's how it is . Please say if you want flac or mp3 in your PM, too :p.




Volume 1: Gunsmith Cats : Neutral Zone

covers:



Tracklist:
1. Peter Erskine - Catching Washington (0:58)
2. Peter Erskine - Gunsmith Cats Op Theme (1:33)
3. Peter Erskine - Arguing cats (0:20)
4. Peter Erskine - William Collins, ATF (0:31)
5. Peter Erskine - Blackmailing the Cats (0:57)
6. Peter Erskine - robbers (1:28)
7. Peter Erskine - musical bridge 1 (0:05)
8. Peter Erskine - Wait in the car (0:35)
9. Peter Erskine - Meeting Washington (1:13)
10. Peter Erskine - Freeing Collins (1:29)
11. Peter Erskine - Escaping the goons (0:34)
12. Peter Erskine - Crane fight part 1 (0:27)
13. Peter Erskine - Crane fight part 2 (0:25)
14. Peter Erskine - Tough guys meets May (and her grenades) (0:11)
15. Peter Erskine - After the fight (0:41)


Available as MP3 VBRV0 or as FLAC.


Volume 2: Gunsmith Cats : Swing High!

First things first: this one, even in its flac incarnation, is everything but lossless. Turns out the US dvds had a 5.1 audio track, and a DVD rip I found had it too, but encoded in 187kbps AAC. Flac has been used to avoid more degradation. for those with small connection, a VBR v0 version is up too, as it doesn't destroy "too much" data.


Covers (included in the 7z file):



Tracklist:
01 - Dosvidanya
02 - Who's the hit ?
03 - Gunsmith C ats Op theme
04 - We're the ones who caught you
05 - I won't be here anymore
06 - Washington's Demise
07 - Romanov's first report
08 - Working Hard
09 - Cracking the code
10 - The Motherload !
11 - The weapon cache
12 - May gets kidnapped
13 - Take me with you!
14 - Here we go!
15 - That was some good work!
16 - The Cats
17 - Next episode!

Total time: 16:39
Just a side note: Track 14 was left unaltered. If I took out the sound effects, a big part of the music went away too. so I decided to leave it be, with tires screeching and a little gunfire to reflect the big pursuit scene of the OVA. For the rest of the tracks, I've tried to muffle dialogs and SFX as much as possible, considering the base material.

Available as MP3 VBRV0 or as FLAC.

Criticism are welcome, as long as they are argumented and don't just consist in a "This sucks there still are a lot of SFX".

One last thing: please do not redistribute this, or at least gimme credit !;)

I'll get to do the last ep. promised ! :D

"Ost form radio" is the soundtrack from the Drama cds, yes

At least someone got willing and dedication enough in doing this. For that you are more then a GOD to me. !
Thank you :)

don't forget to tell me how it sounds ! :D

I'll start ep2 now :D

okidoki I will ;)

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I cant convert to mp3...
what can the reason be?

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gonna try download again

don't worry, I'll convert my version and up it too. I'm on it. I had forgotten you didn't like flac :D

I tried again. And it really gives me error of the files being corrupted somehow. I first thought it was because I used rar to take the files, but I used 7z and it is saying the same. Sorry about that. :/
Giving more work on it.

try this one: Gunsmith Cats as mp3 (VBR-V0) (http://www.mediafire.com/?ly4hl44t3l84uu6)

password is still CZ-75. Maybe that comes from the files being 24bits flac files and not 16 bits as I usually use.

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or that could come from the fact the files are 48000hrz instead of the usual 44100hrz, thought I doubt this is the source of the PB.

I hope it will work this time...

Otherwise I'm doing the whole thing again from scratch ! XD

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it would help if the other people who download tell whether this works or not. already 4 download on the FLAC, 4 on the MP3. Or are these all your, Orie ? :eye:

I downloaded 3 of flac. The first , the second my internet stopped the download by herself. The third flac was to see if it was my problem
I just got 1 download on the mp3.

The mp3 are working fine. :)
You made a nice job with enhancing the instruments (i think you did XD) . The voices do not bug me. In fact it is making me to get my VHS tape to see this ova :P
The opening theme it was the only around the web. and that I have. Curiously... there was a drama cd right after the OVA the worked like a Episode 4. And I think the soundtrack is the same. I remember Ova Opening theme being there. I will have to check my collection. :)
But hey. these rips... at least we have them. :D
"Crane fight part 2" I am sad you could not get it bigger. :( It really is my favorite track of episode 1


it would help if the other people who download tell whether this works or not. already 4 download on the FLAC, 4 on the MP3. Or are these all your, Orie ? :eye:

Welcome to my world! I have threads like this where I talk to myself.

check it here.
Thread 85616

I uploaded stuff and asked feedback. And I had 20 downloads and no feedback at all. No even a "FU** YOU"

DL'ed the flac. Unpack fine, but they don't play correctly. It plays in VLC like if I put the volume super low and sped it up alot.

crappy crapo. I don't know what causes this. I'll re-encode the flac files from Audacity and re-up them tomorrow. In the meantime people will have to do with the mp3.

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took down the flac link and replaced it by the mp3. will redo the flac.

FUUUUUUUU.

My first guess on Peter Erskine was that the soundtrack was a album of him. But a guy made a research for me, and I remember he found an interview with him about that. He claimed a soundtrack release was never in his mind.

I know. I asked him by email once. he was kind enough to answer my question. seems he doesn't think of this as one of his best works, so he didn't insist to get it released. for him it was just a "command". that and he didn't get much liberty on the composition. but he hinted that there probably wasn't much of a market for the OST either, as Jazzy OST were relatively rare in the 90s. before, in the past, there were a lot of these, afterward we got Kanno's works, and others, but in the nineties ? not so much.

Merci mec !

I've got good news and bad news.

good news: I've reuploaded the flac file, which should now work for everybody.
bad news: the audio for eps 2 and 3 hasn't been mixed in the same ways as for ep 1. In other words: No way to get rid of ANY vocal part or sound effects. So unless I can find a better audio source, I'm going to stick working on improving ep. 1 OST.

Sorry...:sad:

annoucement time - Again - :D

Found a 5.1 mix for the ep 2-3. Of course, the quality won't be as good as it come from an Mkv file, but still...At least it'll be easier to extract the music :).

Your dedication makes me think of me. :)
Really! ;)

added vol.2 plus covers. Hope the flac works correctly this time...

Here I saw and it was broadcasted as a movie. all 3 episodes in one. :)
A few years later, when I found some info, I thought there were 2 more movies. I was so hyped to see them. After all, this is all we have. :(
I really loved the animation, and the direction was gorgeous. The pursuit of this episode 2 is great. Another thing that got me into it, was the SHELBY COBRA. Damn, the car was draw in such a realistic way. You could almost feel that car was real. Yep, no anime like old days. Noting beat That!!

"Here we go!" even with sfx, is addictive. This is my favorite track of all the soundtrack. I love it. Thank you. ^.^

In some parts you could easily hide the voices and sfx, on others it looks like the sfx are higher then some tracks. But it is audible..
Covers are cool too. :)

Keep up the good job ;)

sorry for double post.....

Episode 3..... is there any news? XD

I've made a pause. I'm trying to locate a better source for the sound. Also have some small health problems that prevent me from working correctly on that.

But Vol.3 is started and will be done, be reassured.

Doc1

I hope you will get better. I just asked. Do not worry to have it done so quick ;)

Re-watched the show and now I must have it!
Thx for that.

Addictive isn't it? Both teh anime and the music? :p

Re-watched the show and now I must have it!
Thx for that.

hope you'll like it. Quality isn't really good, but it's better than nothing ;)

hope you'll like it. Quality isn't really good, but it's better than nothing ;)

It scratched the itch. The opening and ending themes are fantastic.

Looks like I was too late to this one. Mediafire blocked everything. :(

File Blocked for Violation.

????

what??? what kind of violation? this music was never released anywhere.....

File Blocked for Violation.

????

what??? what kind of violation? this music was never released anywhere.....

that's why it's blocked, unless the music is released via an OST, it's ... well considered more illegal than an OST floating around the net. Just rename the files something else... like GSCUS1; it won't know what to make of it.

Plus, since there was an English Dubbed release of the anime, it's technically considered copyrighted in the states.

It is a shame too. This is not the first time that the copyright owners have gone after and removed access to fan-created media. Even though the tracks themselves are copyrighted, the hard work and dedication that docrate1 has clearly put into this is not being sold nor paid for. Add to this that quite a few of these tracks were not released to any official OST and you have an interesting case for a "fair use" defense.

Regardless of the legalese, and being an avid fan of Sonoda's anime, I am hoping that someone in their kindness and convenience can provide access to these great collections once again. :D

Le zwuh... I go away for a bunch of day and MF block my things ? Imma go investigating.

And re-uploading.

Assholes.:mad:

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erm. I've just gone to MF, both being logged in and not logged out of MF.

I was STILL able to download the files. I don't know what's happening. but I've just downloaded vol.2 without problems. Are you people sure the thing is blocked ?

If that's the case I'm gonna modify some things and re-up these babies.

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Ok. checked again. these are blocked for anybody but me.

Nice. thanks MF.

Fuck'em, I'll re-up them next week, if you people can bear with these being unavailable for a while.

I really think it is interesting when some free music labels that I deal with use mediafire to spread their albums for free.
Now here comes the question....
where is the Blocked for Violation thing in there????
I know some labels even withtheir own accounts on mediafire, having their files deleted. They went nuts as hell!!!

re-uploaded.

Grab it while it's hot. If it falls down again, I'll see how to distribute this in an other way. maybe a pm to get the links, as in the film score forum. for now. go for it.

re-uploaded.

Grab it while it's hot. If it falls down again, I'll see how to distribute this in an other way. maybe a pm to get the links, as in the film score forum. for now. go for it.

Still blocked.

What turds those dips are.

fuck it. from now on, this'll be available through PM only. getting up to 5 post ain't that hard anyway. I'll reup next friday, but not on mediadickhead.

really strange.....

because of this I checked my files... thet look fine :(

really strange.....

because of this I checked my files... thet look fine :(

I checked mine too. only these are concerned.

I bet there's a dickhead that denounced these as illegal to MF. the second volume hasn't even been downloaded once.

assholes. I'll make a third attempt next week, on another host, and if it goes down again, sorry people, but it'll stay down.

the second volume hasn't even been downloaded once.

But I DL'ed the 2nd one? Unless you meant the new upload.

I have heard that Mediafire will "autoblock" uploads from people if they have already had complaints of uploading potentially copyrighted material. Oh well, I guess I will be PMing you soon :) Many thanks for all the hard work in putting these together! :D

But I DL'ed the 2nd one? Unless you meant the new upload.

I did mean the second upload. if mediafire autoblocks me, this is going to be problematic.

"File Blocked for Violation. "

Urk :(.

ok seriously.... this is starting to get annoying.
Whos the bitch reporting the links.

File have been Uploaded, I'm open to requests. :)

soo... can someone give me the link? or ill do it better, just send me the opening theme, and the theme during the car chase.
those are the only themes i liked (the most).

also, a constructive criticism: i disliked you keeping some of the SFX in the chase track. its a personal peeve of mine. if someone was simply going to rip the audio with sfx as is, then whats the point. ill rather watch the sequence.

like back when map pack 3 of cod WAW was announced, everyone (including myself) went crazy over the theme song, and then some people just took the audio, placed an image, and uploaded to YT. that was fucking stupid.

File have been Uploaded, I'm open to requests. :)

What kind of requests are you referring to?

soo... can someone give me the link? or ill do it better, just send me the opening theme, and the theme during the car chase.
those are the only themes i liked (the most).

also, a constructive criticism: i disliked you keeping some of the SFX in the chase track. its a personal peeve of mine. if someone was simply going to rip the audio with sfx as is, then whats the point. ill rather watch the sequence.

like back when map pack 3 of cod WAW was announced, everyone (including myself) went crazy over the theme song, and then some people just took the audio, placed an image, and uploaded to YT. that was fucking stupid.

Well, the answer is pretty simple: working from the source I was able to find, it's impossible for me (keep in mind, I'm not audio engineer) to suppress completely the SFX without mucking up the music. So I tried to keep as little SFX as possible. I was able to erase it or reduce its volume on places, but not everywhere.

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What kind of requests are you referring to?

well...as the file is available only by request through pm...if someone pm's me asking for the files...I can provide these.

any other request (including, but not limited to, marriage proposal, bridges to sell in brooklyn or "offers I can't refuse") will be politely, if firmly, ignored. :D

Can I get the links to these scores? I really love this anime! Thanks in advance oh and could I get it in mp3? Thanks

Do you still have those files?

Could I request the Mp3 of both volumes? Please and Thank you.

Dear Docrate1,

could you please share the links for both volumes on MP3? thanks in advance,

I am looking forward to a link, too.

Hi, I to would love a link. Thank you much!

Hi, I would be interested in this version
Can I have the link ???
Thank you

Really enjoyed the anime as a young person, great score.

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I do a soundtrack podcast that encompasses anime film music. Isn't that cool

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I've always wanted to do a podcast about Gunsmith Cats, It's super awesome.

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I'd like to say I really like this thread, the anime got the quirkiness of the show as well as the hard and brilliant anime.

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I hope that I can at least get into the pm so I can get the soundtrack to this fantastic anime. Chat later.

Would absolutely love a link to the FLAC version, please!