FLOWER PLANET (rare promo score by David Newman for Japan’s Expo ’90) (lossless/flac)

The Japanese Expos were famous World’s Fairs, usually held in the city of Osaka. 1970 was the first Expo, and each had a theme. For Expo 1990 it was "Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Mankind." Various nations and large corporate sponsors built architecturally-stunning pavilions to showcase their culture and history. The Mitsui-Toshiba pavilion was no exception and featured an 11-minute IMAX animated film called Flower Planet, a fairytale whose story pitted harmony against chaos. 300 different artists worked on the film and it was given a special musical score by David Newman conducting the Munich Symphony Orchestra. This disc has the entire score, divided into 8 tracks.

Also included is the all-synth score for another short film presented at the Mitsui-Toshiba pavilion, Roboshow. Composed by Jim Lang and Larry Wright (not David Newman), the film depicted industrial robots dancing to music a la Disney’s Fantasia. Thus, tracks are titled "Robo Groove," "Mambo de Robo," etc.

FLOWER PLANET: 8 titled tracks totaling around 11 minutes.
ROBOSHOW: 4 titled tracks totaling around 10 minutes.
Stereo sound, with no dialog or sfx.
Tau and EAC indicated all tracks on this disc to be lossless.
Disc was ripped to FLAC using XLD.

Note: The same 8 tracks for "Flower Planet" also appeared on DNCD 025LR, that mysterious (and sought-after) series devoted to David Newman scores. In a close listening comparison I can tell you the music is exactly the same, right down to extraneous noises and tape hiss. Additionally, the DNCD version is sub-titled "original music for the short animated" which is not exactly correct English, so I would guess whoever created the DNCD version just borrowed the tracks off this Agency Promo and made their own artwork. Contrary to popular belief, this suggests that the DNCD releases did not pre-date all other versions, nor were they private releases by Newman himself.

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