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08-12-2013, 10:55 PM
YŌKO KANNO
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION
Chronicles of Heaven
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Jacek Rogala
FLAC + SCANS* | 13 Tracks | 00:44:10 | 207 MB
Release Date: 19.12.1994
Published by: KOEI (distributed by PolyGram)
Catalog Number: KECH-1077
01. The Hawk of Turbulent Times
02. Distant Fields
03. Crescent Moon on the Lake
04. Summer Squall
05. Spring Waves
06. Supreme Ruler Suite -Warsaw Edition- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-q4Y_jNW1Q&t=38)
07. The Cloudy Road
08. Wind Orchid
09. Flowery Wind
10. Encampment Under the Moonlight
11. Shining Battlefield
12. Yonder Dreams
13. Distant Blue
Concert Master: Ewa Marczyk
Solo Cello: Hajime Mizoguchi (3, 9)
Track 3. "Distant Blue"
Vocals & Lyrics by Akino Arai
Guitar, Mandolin, Bongo: Koichiro Tashiro
Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/935)
Source: Thanks to the original Chinese uploader, and Akashi San!! (Thread 44707) / *Scans from VGMdb (Thanks to Myrkul, and realnabarl!!)
EDIT: I first posted the original APE image, but now there are links for splitted FLAC files
streichorchester:
Yoko Kanno Action Music, Analysis Part 1 (Source (Thread 57893)) - mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!vtYxwTzC!Nk90l_UGAmN5f-2-EJPjiCEvxN6ePor1-CoNyhWuTfE)
Yoko Kanno Action Music, Analysis Part 2 (Source (Thread 57893)) - mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!y1B0haIa!Rt2NA9UMR_oGmfbABBUt1n5KDF16yfoCdjOMjjWX-FI)
�Track 1 - The Hawk of Turbulent Times:
Prokofiev has his fingerprints all over Kanno's discography, and it seems with this soundtrack that his influence has been consistently strong. Though the opening 24 seconds resembles what one might hear in an NHK Taiga drama complete with a piccolo imitating a shakuhachi, the piece shifts to a steady ostinato with a Prokofiev-ian melody punctuated by stabs in the orchestra. Then suddenly the time signature shifts to a triple metre and the harmonies become more Ravel-like and flowing like waves. At 1:25 the piece recaps the Prokofiev-ian melody with typical Prokofiev-ian "wandering violin" accompaniment (see Alexander Nevsky) followed by descending chords bringing to mind the Symphony No. 5, and finally one of Kanno's first uses of the brass cluster.
Track 5 - Spring Waves:
There isn't really much to say about this one except it is so obviously modeled on Prokofiev's pop hit Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet that you wonder if either orchestra that's performed/recorded this asked any questions. Anyway, the melody is actually pretty original and somewhat clever if you consider how natural it sounds. The middle section (or is this a bridge?) seems kind of out of place harmonically as it can't decide if it's still menacing or an uplifting choral. The recap is in A minor instead of the opening D minor, and watch out for that deceptive cadence.
Track 6 - Supreme Ruler Suite:
I don't know how the music to this series fits together, but I think this piece is actually from a previous entry Kanno scored and Tenshouki is probably the sequel? This piece harkens back to the NHK drama sound that actually sound un-Kanno-ish and more like the kind of music you hear in Ys or even Dragon Quest. Like a lot of typical orchestral music from Japan it's melancholic and uses a lot of block harmonies and parallel 4ths. At 0:54 the rising motif rings of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony (as there seems to be a recurring theme of sea-faring ships on the waves.) Some signature moves from Kanno here includes the circle of fifths at 2:41 and the Wagner parody at 3:00 (see Ride of the Valkyries.) The counterpoint following that is very concise. The ending is typical of Kanno, first using quick brass chords in a dissonant major 7th from the bass, then ending with bell tones she will employ again in Brain Powerd and Macross Frontier.
Track 11 - Shining Battlefield:
If this piece reminds you of one composer, it would have to be Aaron Copland and his famous Appalachian Spring. If this piece reminds you of two composers, the second would be John Williams and his string/wind flourishes he (borrowed from Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2) used in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. This kind of piece is typical of Kanno: first starting off with an off-kilter and bouncy theme that is slightly modal, and it is carried forth into an ostinato where a more chordal foundation can be laid. You get the feeling that this might have been something Williams wrote for the Olympic Games or NBC News. Is it just really well written in Williams's style?�
FLAC - https://anon.click/runaf23
(MediaFire Behind Capcha)
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION
Chronicles of Heaven
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Jacek Rogala
FLAC + SCANS* | 13 Tracks | 00:44:10 | 207 MB
Release Date: 19.12.1994
Published by: KOEI (distributed by PolyGram)
Catalog Number: KECH-1077
01. The Hawk of Turbulent Times
02. Distant Fields
03. Crescent Moon on the Lake
04. Summer Squall
05. Spring Waves
06. Supreme Ruler Suite -Warsaw Edition- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-q4Y_jNW1Q&t=38)
07. The Cloudy Road
08. Wind Orchid
09. Flowery Wind
10. Encampment Under the Moonlight
11. Shining Battlefield
12. Yonder Dreams
13. Distant Blue
Concert Master: Ewa Marczyk
Solo Cello: Hajime Mizoguchi (3, 9)
Track 3. "Distant Blue"
Vocals & Lyrics by Akino Arai
Guitar, Mandolin, Bongo: Koichiro Tashiro
Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/935)
Source: Thanks to the original Chinese uploader, and Akashi San!! (Thread 44707) / *Scans from VGMdb (Thanks to Myrkul, and realnabarl!!)
EDIT: I first posted the original APE image, but now there are links for splitted FLAC files
streichorchester:
Yoko Kanno Action Music, Analysis Part 1 (Source (Thread 57893)) - mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!vtYxwTzC!Nk90l_UGAmN5f-2-EJPjiCEvxN6ePor1-CoNyhWuTfE)
Yoko Kanno Action Music, Analysis Part 2 (Source (Thread 57893)) - mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!y1B0haIa!Rt2NA9UMR_oGmfbABBUt1n5KDF16yfoCdjOMjjWX-FI)
�Track 1 - The Hawk of Turbulent Times:
Prokofiev has his fingerprints all over Kanno's discography, and it seems with this soundtrack that his influence has been consistently strong. Though the opening 24 seconds resembles what one might hear in an NHK Taiga drama complete with a piccolo imitating a shakuhachi, the piece shifts to a steady ostinato with a Prokofiev-ian melody punctuated by stabs in the orchestra. Then suddenly the time signature shifts to a triple metre and the harmonies become more Ravel-like and flowing like waves. At 1:25 the piece recaps the Prokofiev-ian melody with typical Prokofiev-ian "wandering violin" accompaniment (see Alexander Nevsky) followed by descending chords bringing to mind the Symphony No. 5, and finally one of Kanno's first uses of the brass cluster.
Track 5 - Spring Waves:
There isn't really much to say about this one except it is so obviously modeled on Prokofiev's pop hit Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet that you wonder if either orchestra that's performed/recorded this asked any questions. Anyway, the melody is actually pretty original and somewhat clever if you consider how natural it sounds. The middle section (or is this a bridge?) seems kind of out of place harmonically as it can't decide if it's still menacing or an uplifting choral. The recap is in A minor instead of the opening D minor, and watch out for that deceptive cadence.
Track 6 - Supreme Ruler Suite:
I don't know how the music to this series fits together, but I think this piece is actually from a previous entry Kanno scored and Tenshouki is probably the sequel? This piece harkens back to the NHK drama sound that actually sound un-Kanno-ish and more like the kind of music you hear in Ys or even Dragon Quest. Like a lot of typical orchestral music from Japan it's melancholic and uses a lot of block harmonies and parallel 4ths. At 0:54 the rising motif rings of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony (as there seems to be a recurring theme of sea-faring ships on the waves.) Some signature moves from Kanno here includes the circle of fifths at 2:41 and the Wagner parody at 3:00 (see Ride of the Valkyries.) The counterpoint following that is very concise. The ending is typical of Kanno, first using quick brass chords in a dissonant major 7th from the bass, then ending with bell tones she will employ again in Brain Powerd and Macross Frontier.
Track 11 - Shining Battlefield:
If this piece reminds you of one composer, it would have to be Aaron Copland and his famous Appalachian Spring. If this piece reminds you of two composers, the second would be John Williams and his string/wind flourishes he (borrowed from Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2) used in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. This kind of piece is typical of Kanno: first starting off with an off-kilter and bouncy theme that is slightly modal, and it is carried forth into an ostinato where a more chordal foundation can be laid. You get the feeling that this might have been something Williams wrote for the Olympic Games or NBC News. Is it just really well written in Williams's style?�
FLAC - https://anon.click/runaf23
(MediaFire Behind Capcha)