Shinsengumi!

Composed by Hattori Takayuki

1. With Lightning Speed...
2. Shinsengumi! - Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFZStztpRno)
3. Full Of Fighting Spirit
4. Daybreak
5. Impulse
6. Dashing Brave Soldier
7. People From Tama
8. Tension
9. Sing The Praises Of Youth
10. Despair
11. An Encounter
12. Shinsengumi! - Main Theme (Piano Version)
13. Mobilization
14. Turbulent Era
15. Regret
16. Loyal Friendship
17. Gekizan
18. Majestic Triumphant Return
19. Sincere Will
20. Responsibility
21. Defeated In War
22. Faithful Love
23. Shinsengumi! - Main Theme (Travelogue Version)

Total Time: 62:43

All Tracks @ MP3 CBR 256 Kbps
Sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/gs2zr5)

Many thanks to ShadowSong for the original rip (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/209.html#post1479499). Enjoy :)

Thanks again!

Thank you very much.

NHK's pretigious Taiga dramas are certainly known for their scores, and for their propensity to receive impeccable opening themes. I don't think there's ever been a bad one; but for me, 2004's Shinsengumi (composed by Takayuki Hattori) is unsurpassed.

For starters, let's mention a very important fact about the Taiga dramas; they have the world's longest, most intricate opening titles sequences - even by Japanese standards where a minute of opening credits and 90 seconds of closing credits are the norm, the Taiga dramas traditionally receive a full THREE MINUTE opening credits sequence: A magnificent blessing in this world obsessed with speed, ratings, and advertising revenue; that a Television station would allow three full minutes of rousing symphonic music accompanied by credits is surely a testament to the venerable, quality-driven NHK. Certainly another case of "Only in Japan"...

There's not a great deal I can really say about this piece that would do it justice; from my perspective, from start to finish it's a masterclass in melody, orchestration, and form - this, friends, is how it should be done. Structured like a mini-symphony, I don't know of another theme with quite the rousing power that Shinsengumi conjures - like the story it accompanies, it's a potent mixture of bravery, patriotism, pomp, and ceremony.

Thanks Salat for the V0, but i can't access to gamefront. I think it is blocked in my country :/

Mr. Herr Salat's upload re-uploaded to Mediafire: LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/?xy3vuu4gr9xx5ux). I didn't know GameFront blocks IPs from certain countries... :D

OST 2 (VBR / Japanese Tracknames)

Check post #12 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/shinsengumi-nhk-taiga-drama-2004-hattori-takayuki-124554/#post2372583).

Source: Xiami (http://www.xiami.com/album/325467)

Thank you Akashi for the new link and also thank you Salat for Vol. 2 :)

I never tire of listening this theme. Here is a life perfomance: Shinsengumi Main Theme NHK 2004 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9nEkdJWzPk) ..."that voice"

I was listening to both volumes and was awestruck by Track 24 in Vol. 2. The eerie feeling and the wonderful mixture of eastern sound and western post-romanticism makes it my favorite cue. It's somehow reminding me of Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande... Thank you again Mr. Herr Salat for uploading the second volume. :)

I love the chorus in the track 29 of Vol. 2. Of all the versions of the main theme, this is my favorite. It's sublime.

Thank you for OST 2, Herr Salat.

Since Sanico's link is down, here's a new one. Not CBR 256 kbps, but VBR -v0. Also included in the archive is OST 2 :'D

https://mega.co.nz/#!NoUnlRaC!OSH6FXnr82DBgMQY3qGW-lie27Ea2XUWw-XslqhOqA0

thanks!

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Thanks!

Thank you, Sanico & Herr Salat!

Thanks.

Thank you!