Akira Ifukube: Film Composer Selection Shochiku (VPCD-81187) [WAV and MP3 320]

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NOTE: This album is a rare case where I hardly photographed it in any way.
Due to these circumstances, I had to use a photo from an auction of this album.

Description

In 1997, VAP released their Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works series. Mostly known by their secondary title, the Film Composer Selection series, it consists of six volumes overall. Each volume is dedicated to Ifukube’s music from films produced by a certain studio, with the exception of the sixth volume, which is music to a shadow puppet play by artist Seiji Fujishiro. While I do have them all, I will not be able to upload the first and last volumes here (or PM) at this time.

The following are the volumes in the series:

Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Daiei Edition: Zatoichi Series/Sleepy Eyes of Death Series (VPCD-81186)
Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Shochiku Edition: The Last Samurai (VPCD-81187)
Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Toei Edition: Shinran/Thirteen Assassins (VPCD-81188)
Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Nikkatsu Edition: The Burmese Harp/Scoundrels of the Sea (VPCD-81189)
Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Iwanami Films Edition: Sakuma Dam Trilogy (VPCD-81190)
Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Seiji Fujishiro Shadow Puppet Play: The Humpbacked Pony (VPCD-81191)

Secondary Titles:

Film Composer Selection Daiei (VPCD-81186)
Film Composer Selection Shochiku (VPCD-81187)
Film Composer Selection Toei (VPCD-81188)
Film Composer Selection Nikkatsu (VPCD-81189)
Film Composer Selection Iwanami Films (VPCD-81190)
Film Composer Selection Seiji Fujishiro Shadow Puppet Play (VPCD-81191)

This is the second volume, Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Shochiku Edition: The Last Samurai, or Film Composer Selection Shochiku. As the name suggests, this volume covers music Akira Ifukube composed for Shochiku produced films. The album features the score to "The Last Samurai" (1974). It also features selected cues from "The Woman Running on the Shore" (1964), "The Woman in the Typhoon Belt" (1948), "Free School" (1951) and "Crazy Uproar" (1950). In all, this release contains music from five films. All music is in mono. Released on March 1, 1997.

By the way, track 43, which is my favorite track, is absolutely beautiful, especially the last third of it.

Scans

Unfortunately, I am unable to provide scans of this album at this time. Sorry.

Track List

The track list on the files themselves are in English, translated by me. I’m pretty satisfied with the translations for the most part. Included with this post are both the original Japanese and translated English track lists. Included with the links is a simple PDF of both track lists.

Track List (Japanese):

「狼よ落日を斬れ」(‘74.9.21)

01. メインタイトル (M1)
02. 雨の夜 (M2)
03. 父の死 (M3)
04. 虎之助の過去 (M4)
05. 池本茂兵衛 (M5)
06. 修行時代 (M6)
07. お秀 (M7)
08. 伊庭道場 (M8)
09. 女剣士 (M9)
10. 箱根山中の戦い (M10)
11. 中村半次郎 (M11)
12. 密偵 (M12)
13. 次の時代とは (M13)
14. 法秀尼 (M15)
15. 西郷吉之助 (M16)
16. 礼子 (M17)
17. 夜襲 (M18)
18. 先生の仇！(M19)
19. 鳥羽伏見の戦い～江戸へ (M20)
20. 嵐の前 (M21)
21. 怒濤編タイトル (M22)
22. 将軍江戸を去る (M23)
23. 近藤の首 (M24)
24. 上野戦争 (M25)
25. 礼子の死 (M26)
26. 復讐鬼 (M27)
27. 沖田自決 (M28)
28. 函館へ (M29)
29. 東京明治六年 (M30)
30. 半次郎との再会 (M31)
31. お秀との再会 (M32)
32. 髭を剃る半次郎 (M33)
33. 敵討ち～鹿児島へ (M34)
34. 半次郎の回想 (M35)
35. 決闘 (M36)
36. 西南戦争 (M38)
37. エンディング (M39)

「渚を駈ける女」(‘64.9.12)

38. メインタイトル (M1)
39. 出征壮行会 (M3)
40. 波止場 (M4)
41. アトリエ (M5)
42. 波濤の中へ (M10)
43. 夕陽の教会 (M12)
44. エンディング (M13)

「颱風圏の女」(‘48.9.3)

45. メインタイトル (M1)
～海上の銃撃戦 (M2)

「自由学校」(‘51.5.5)

46. メインタイトル (M1)

「てんやわんや」(‘50.7.25)

47. メインタイトル (M1)

※Track 45~47=フィルム・サウンドトラックより

Track List (English):

"The Last Samurai" (09/21/1974)

01. Main Title (M1)
02. Rainy Night (M2)
03. Father’s Death (M3)
04. Toranosuke’s Past (M4)
05. Mohei Ikemoto (M5)
06. Apprenticeship (M6)
07. Ohide (M7)
08. Iba Dojo (M8)
09. Lady Swordsman (M9)
10. Battle in the Hakone Mountains (M10)
11. Hanjiro Nakamura (M11)
12. Spy (M12)
13. The Next Era (M13)
14. Hoshuni (M15)
15. Kichinosuke Saigo (M16)
16. Reiko (M17)
17. Night Raid (M18)
18. Master’s Foe! (M19)
19. Battle of Toba Fushimi ~ To Edo (M20)
20. Before the Storm (M21)
21. Angry Waves Chapter Title (M22)
22. The Shogun Leaves Edo (M23)
23. Kondo’s Neck (M24)
24. Ueno War (M25)
25. Reiko’s Death (M26)
26. Demon of Vengeance (M27)
27. Okita’s Self-determination (M28)
28. To Hakodate (M29)
29. Tokyo in the Sixth Year of the Meiji Era (M30)
30. Reunion with Hanjiro (M31)
31. Reunion with Ohide (M32)
32. Hanjiro Shaves (M33)
33. Revenge ~ To Kagoshima (M34)
34. Hanjiro’s Recollection (M35)
35. Duel (M36)
36. Southwest War (M38)
37. Ending (M39)

"The Woman Running on the Shore" (09/12/1964)

38. Main Title (M1)
39. Campaign Farewell Party (M3)
40. Wharf (M4)
41. Atelier (M5)
42. Into Rough Seas (M10)
43. The Church at Sunset (M12)
44. Ending (M13)

"The Woman in the Typhoon Belt" (09/03/1948)

45. Main Title (M1)
~ Shootout at Sea (M2)

"Free School" (05/05/1951)

46. Main Title (M1)

"Crazy Uproar" (07/25/1950)

47. Main Title (M1)

Tracks 45 – 47 are taken film the films.

Links

I made a link to MP3 rips at the Godzilla Scores (Sharebee) thread here on the forums long ago. I thought that not only should there be fresh rips, this album should get its own thread as well. There are two links for you to choose from, both are uncompressed RAR files. The first link is for the version in WAV, and the other is for the MP3 version. These are fresh rips that I made today. As I said above, included with the links is a simple PDF of both track lists.

The links are no longer available. Please do not request the links. All requests will be ignored.

Final Remarks

I hope that you will enjoy this album full of obscure Ifukube goodness. If you encounter any issues, please let me know. Enjoy this great release.

Whoa – let me be the 1st to say thanks for this interesting selection!

Whoa – let me be the 1st to say thanks for this interesting selection!

You’re welcome!

Thanks very much! And thanks for the lossless!

Thanks very much! And thanks for the lossless!

You’re welcome! Not only did I choose an uncompressed lossless format to preserve the album, I also made sure that the RAR files remained uncompressed as well.

Dumb question here… are these just the music tracks or are they music and effects?

Dumb question here… are these just the music tracks or are they music and effects?

Actually, that’s a good question. I’m positive VAP used the master tapes for everything here except for "The Woman in the Typhoon Belt" (1948), "Free School" (1951) and "Crazy Uproar" (1950). Those were taken from the films’ audio, since those recordings are most likely lost.

Once again, thank you Brandon!

🙂 Bill

Once again, thank you Brandon!

🙂 Bill

You’re welcome! Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing your Ifukube music. One of my favorite composers 🙂

Thanks for sharing your Ifukube music. One of my favorite composers 🙂

You’re welcome. He’s definitely my favorite composer.

These releases by VAP are definitely a real treat. I hope to get the others posted here soon.

Thank you

Thank you

You’re welcome!

Fantastic. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much, can not wait to hear this rare gem, much appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Fantastic. Thank you so much.

You’re welcome!

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Thank you so much, can not wait to hear this rare gem, much appreciated.

You’re welcome! Enjoy.

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Thanks very much.

You’re welcome.

Thank you!

Thank you!

You’re welcome.

Thanks a lot!!

Thanks a lot!!

You’re welcome! Enjoy!

Thank you very much, Brandon, for sharing theses largely unknown Ifukube works! I am not too familiar with Ifukube, and I’ve almost exclusively heard his Godzilla scores, so it’s a tremendous pleasure to acquaint myself with more of his work 🙂

Great 🙂
Thank you!!

NERD HYPE!

Thank you very much, Brandon, for sharing theses largely unknown Ifukube works! I am not too familiar with Ifukube, and I’ve almost exclusively heard his Godzilla scores, so it’s a tremendous pleasure to acquaint myself with more of his work 🙂

You’re welcome! I’m happy to introduce people into Ifukube’s music, especially his more obscure stuff. I plan to get the Toei volume ripped and uploaded some time next week, so keep a look out for it!

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Great 🙂
Thank you!!

You’re welcome!

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NERD HYPE!

xD

Thanks for the share…

Thanks for the share…

You’re welcome.

thanks!

thanks!

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Thanks

You’re welcome!

thanks

This is ABSOLUTELY Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many MANY Thanks Brandon 😀

thanks

You’re welcome.

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This is ABSOLUTELY Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many MANY Thanks Brandon 😀

You’re welcome! 😀

Many thanks Brandon O’Brian for sharing this second volume of Akira Ifukube’s Film Composer Selection Shochiku 😉

Many thanks Brandon O’Brian for sharing this second volume of Akira Ifukube’s Film Composer Selection Shochiku 😉

You’re welcome!

Thanks!

You’re welcome!