Vinphonic
08-12-2018, 03:45 PM
Yoshihiro Ike's Rage of Bahamut
Presented and remastered by Vinphonic
It all started with this teaser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYdXomC4K-Q)
Part I: Genesis
Download (https://mega.nz/#!7zpiyCLK!B6JXodg2R5x3dpZEDg9BqimyU8b6a1xxr2sjxEMwXY0) / Remastered (https://mega.nz/#!uuwGxYTD!Wlw-gTtL8RfYB_tLSU7jSgSmZP6TWuzf5A1zX1w0aMU)
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/wqdwW/)
This also includes the OVA End Title and an action cue from Shadowverse straight out of Bahamut.
Rage of Bahamut is unique in the anime scoring world. The two shows for the franchise recieved true scored-to-picture Hollywood Fantasy scores with a massive budget for a TV show: A 60-Piece Orchestra, a 40-Piece Choir and in total over five hours of film score, 90% of it scored to picture. Ike recorded the respective scores not in a single session but across the show's runtime in various studios. The music uses his instantly recognizable style, from writing (he favors low brass and loves cimbasso) to sound (german gibberish choir) but he certainly found his spark with this franchise. It's just leaps and bounds above his other work, even including the symphonic score Crimson Sea 2. The music is highly energetic, thematic and emotional, especially in Virgin Soul.
Genesis also has perhaps the best soundtrack feature ever, a Blu-Ray with the (beautiful) show's key scenes just with the music, with reverb volumes turned up for maximum effect. I already elaborated on the scores strenghts. And this video is a good reminder:
Rage of Bahamut - Music to tell a story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Ce1q5SMiE)
As an alternative listen, I remastered with the greatest care the rather dry and thin Japanese studio sound to a Hollywood accoustic since it just feels "right" with a Hollywood sound (for obvious reasons).
Part II: Virgin Soul
Download (https://mega.nz/#!2V4ynSrI!cWiu9hD4KR3GuGwFtbo-qRcQAaSQs6KgA2Rq2Z8c26U) / Remastered (https://mega.nz/#!j6gg2KKb!RpaLNg2ed7cqpIGH7ecttEio5SDAsJQBJRXrT0ak0Ww)
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/wqdw5)
This includes the entire soundtrack plus outtakes. It has to be said this is not nearly all of the music from the show. A piece I personally missed (and included) was the descant horn piece heard in the first act. Other pieces escape my memory right now but I feel satisfied enough with the amount that's there.
I strongly recommend listening to the two scores in chronological order to get the most out of Virgin Soul. Comparing both, Genesis is more raw and presents the major character themes that carry over to Virgin Soul (Bahamut, Amira, Favaro, Jeanne d'Arc). It's kind of like Star Wars and Empire. Or to be more exact SEED and SEED Destiny. Virgin Soul is more sophisticated, more tragic and has the best theme of the franchise so far (Ike has sense of humor and models his theme for the Dragon Girl after Powell's HTTYD). In technical terms Virgin Souls cues are twice as long as Genesis on average, including some stellar four-five minute cues. The score also gets very operatic. The main villain's theme is presented from the very start, in a smashing opening, immidentally followed by the adorable Dragon Girl and these themes intertwine quite a lot later on, even including a love theme. Other highlights include everything about El and the Angels. The last act is pretty much a nonstop tour de force of choir and orchestra before leaving us with an emotional farewell.
Virgin Soul is without question Ike's best work to date. A shame there's no bonus Blu-Ray like the first soundtrack (then again, apart from the visuals and the music the show was a mess and destroyed any chance of a decent High Fantasy franchise). Considering Cygames prints money and their cardgames are selling like hotcakes, another series in the future is very likely.
In 2015, there was also a concert held in Tokyo, Ike recently shared the videos, boggles the mind why they never released it on Blu-Ray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVIxvPtCJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vql7t2RZNNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5bPOmTIQCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUCktslvNs
Wonky google translate so beware.
On May 5th and 6th, the "Bahamut GENESIS Orchestra Concert of Shintoism" was held at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall � Takemitsu Memorial. Here we will deliver the performance of the evening performance on the 6th, which is a thousand a day.
What surprised me when I got into the hall was that size. Although this work had become one of the features from the stage of recording a theater companion on the TV series, the number of chairs lined up on this day's stand was more than 70 seats. In addition, 16 people are added to the chorus group, even a classical concert can not readily see the luxurious stage. In addition to directing it, Ikihiro Pond who handled the composition of this work. Furthermore, a huge screen is prepared on the stage, and it is a preference to enjoy music along with the work image. The host of the concert served Hiroaki Hirata who appeared in the work as Lovarey and Risa Shimizu who appeared in the role of Armira.
The first show was the song "Rage of Bahamut" which can be said as a signboard of the work . Strings and Horn corps raise a groan with majestic chorus. In this work, at the time of TV broadcasting, a method called film scoring was adopted to make music according to the screen. Compared to the existing method, while making it possible to produce more in line with the intention of the musician, the hardship from music production to recording increases many times. It is a group of musicians who got over 12 episodes. This song was played with the length as it was recorded on the soundtrack, and showed the awesomeness that the image will also fit there, from the beginning. Even after that, it was expanded along the flow of the main part, and in the concert, Hirata narrates the synopsis of the story every time several songs are made up, and the audience will be able to get back into music while dancing in memories by playing back the story You can do. Songs played by big organization in the best circumstances will hear more precisely up to every single sound. Especially for percussion instruments, a stronger sound approached than when listening with a theater, and I could taste the music of this work again when I saw the hit repeatedly. The "Seeing Things" that takes place in the scenes surrounded by zombies makes the sound of the bus vibrantly eerie and tense, making it a completely new viewing experience. In the battle scenes such as "Instant Death" and "Raid" Kimono bravely played the main line and accompanied the string. The audience holds sweat in their hands and listens to it. On the way there is a scene where the moderator talks to the pond, and there is a comment that there is the first opening "happy" there. Over 90 songs were played, and all of them were featured in secret stories that Sato Keiichi, the director of the work, named it.
Starting from 'Sip of Passion' in the latter half of the work, Fabaro and Armira took a dance in a bar scene . This song is said to be the first song created in this work. Like acoustic image, we showed acoustic guitar and caj�n, and flamenco-like music by crap. The main job of Ota Oshii who sang this ethnic song was a violinist, and this lyric told the surprising secret story every time ad lib. "Visions of Mother" of the scene where Charios XIII who was poisoned by poison in the midst of seeing the illusion of mother resonates delicately and dubiously and dazzles the strings. As "Ancient Forest Dragon" has the theme of Dragon, it also gives the impression like the fantasy royal road and nobleness by the brass pipe. From here, the music for the final story takes intensive concentration one after another, and the concert goes toward the climax. In "Favaro", the chorus team is a big success, listening to the operetta's powerfulness, the strings and the horn with the regulation hurried . "God Killer" is a short but dramatic song that develops one after another, percussion and bass sounds a heavy sound, Horn bravely mellows melody. "Chorus of Despair" is beautiful viola, the harmony of the chorus and brass went further to the music. And at the end of the main volume Risa Shimizu appeared, the ending theme "Promised Land". This song was originally a very difficult song that the pond had made in the past, and Shimizu attached lyrics to it. On this day back with a luxurious full orchestra, I was listening carefully to innocent Armira 's voice with a long version with outstanding singing ability unique to vocal music. It was greeted with a huge applause and showed several songs in the encore, All - last closes the final songs of the three performances once again with the powerful "Rage of Bahamut" .
Finally, Director Sato Keiichi got up and handed the bouquet to the conductor, and the impression of the trumpet of the stage sounded. Then the letter of the decision of the second phase production of "Bahamut GENESIS of the Shogun" attached to the line drawings of Fabaro and Caesar was on the screen. From the venue, thunder clapping flew away, and the voices of the faint fans were heard. Sato said powerfully, "Let's do our best!", The pond responded "I will write a new song again and I will have a concert again", and I will leave the stage with a big big applause.
Concert program:
Act 1
1. Rage of Bahamut
2. A Friendly Chase
3. A Threat
4. Holy Angels
5. Ready to Kill
6. Seeing Things
7. The Horse and I
8. Morning in Ysmenport
9. Instant Death
10 The Swordsman and Magic and Betrayal
11. Orleans Knights
12. Heavenly Music
13. #06 M11
14. No Fooling Around!
15. Raid
16. Timeless Friendship
17. Good Morning Anatae
18. Preview
Second Act
19. Sip of Passion
20 Bahamut & Amira
21. Memories of the Cocoon
22. Visions of Mother
23. Ancient Forest Dragon
24. Investiture
25. An Existential Threat
26. Favaro
27. God Killer
28. Michael's Heart
29. Azazel Strikes Back
30. Chorus of Despair
31. Last Choice
32. Wings of Hope
33. Thinking of Amira
34. The Journey's End
35. Promised Land
Encore
36. Encounters
37. Escape by Night
38. Rage of Bahamut
� Cygames / MAPPA / Bahamut of Shintoism GENESIS
Finally, it has to be said that Ike, right now, after Bahamut, whenever he scores Fantasy, is a composer I love:
Rise of Bahamut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwbdENv8VA)
Tempest of the Gods (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Yz8aPUajE)
Wonderland Dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4-KdmbdnI)
Starfold Legends (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsn-rRUx3s)
Chronogenesis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jj-Y6czhus)
Tournament (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXZmgdk4NQ)
Dawnbreak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKgCO01HX8)
Brigade of the Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shIFh6ZSM2o)
They should really hurry up with a new soundtrack for Shadowverse.
Right now he is a composer I closely follow: CANZONE (http://picosong.com/wqUWU/)
Presented and remastered by Vinphonic
It all started with this teaser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYdXomC4K-Q)
Part I: Genesis
Download (https://mega.nz/#!7zpiyCLK!B6JXodg2R5x3dpZEDg9BqimyU8b6a1xxr2sjxEMwXY0) / Remastered (https://mega.nz/#!uuwGxYTD!Wlw-gTtL8RfYB_tLSU7jSgSmZP6TWuzf5A1zX1w0aMU)
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/wqdwW/)
This also includes the OVA End Title and an action cue from Shadowverse straight out of Bahamut.
Rage of Bahamut is unique in the anime scoring world. The two shows for the franchise recieved true scored-to-picture Hollywood Fantasy scores with a massive budget for a TV show: A 60-Piece Orchestra, a 40-Piece Choir and in total over five hours of film score, 90% of it scored to picture. Ike recorded the respective scores not in a single session but across the show's runtime in various studios. The music uses his instantly recognizable style, from writing (he favors low brass and loves cimbasso) to sound (german gibberish choir) but he certainly found his spark with this franchise. It's just leaps and bounds above his other work, even including the symphonic score Crimson Sea 2. The music is highly energetic, thematic and emotional, especially in Virgin Soul.
Genesis also has perhaps the best soundtrack feature ever, a Blu-Ray with the (beautiful) show's key scenes just with the music, with reverb volumes turned up for maximum effect. I already elaborated on the scores strenghts. And this video is a good reminder:
Rage of Bahamut - Music to tell a story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Ce1q5SMiE)
As an alternative listen, I remastered with the greatest care the rather dry and thin Japanese studio sound to a Hollywood accoustic since it just feels "right" with a Hollywood sound (for obvious reasons).
Part II: Virgin Soul
Download (https://mega.nz/#!2V4ynSrI!cWiu9hD4KR3GuGwFtbo-qRcQAaSQs6KgA2Rq2Z8c26U) / Remastered (https://mega.nz/#!j6gg2KKb!RpaLNg2ed7cqpIGH7ecttEio5SDAsJQBJRXrT0ak0Ww)
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/wqdw5)
This includes the entire soundtrack plus outtakes. It has to be said this is not nearly all of the music from the show. A piece I personally missed (and included) was the descant horn piece heard in the first act. Other pieces escape my memory right now but I feel satisfied enough with the amount that's there.
I strongly recommend listening to the two scores in chronological order to get the most out of Virgin Soul. Comparing both, Genesis is more raw and presents the major character themes that carry over to Virgin Soul (Bahamut, Amira, Favaro, Jeanne d'Arc). It's kind of like Star Wars and Empire. Or to be more exact SEED and SEED Destiny. Virgin Soul is more sophisticated, more tragic and has the best theme of the franchise so far (Ike has sense of humor and models his theme for the Dragon Girl after Powell's HTTYD). In technical terms Virgin Souls cues are twice as long as Genesis on average, including some stellar four-five minute cues. The score also gets very operatic. The main villain's theme is presented from the very start, in a smashing opening, immidentally followed by the adorable Dragon Girl and these themes intertwine quite a lot later on, even including a love theme. Other highlights include everything about El and the Angels. The last act is pretty much a nonstop tour de force of choir and orchestra before leaving us with an emotional farewell.
Virgin Soul is without question Ike's best work to date. A shame there's no bonus Blu-Ray like the first soundtrack (then again, apart from the visuals and the music the show was a mess and destroyed any chance of a decent High Fantasy franchise). Considering Cygames prints money and their cardgames are selling like hotcakes, another series in the future is very likely.
In 2015, there was also a concert held in Tokyo, Ike recently shared the videos, boggles the mind why they never released it on Blu-Ray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVIxvPtCJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vql7t2RZNNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5bPOmTIQCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUCktslvNs
Wonky google translate so beware.
On May 5th and 6th, the "Bahamut GENESIS Orchestra Concert of Shintoism" was held at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall � Takemitsu Memorial. Here we will deliver the performance of the evening performance on the 6th, which is a thousand a day.
What surprised me when I got into the hall was that size. Although this work had become one of the features from the stage of recording a theater companion on the TV series, the number of chairs lined up on this day's stand was more than 70 seats. In addition, 16 people are added to the chorus group, even a classical concert can not readily see the luxurious stage. In addition to directing it, Ikihiro Pond who handled the composition of this work. Furthermore, a huge screen is prepared on the stage, and it is a preference to enjoy music along with the work image. The host of the concert served Hiroaki Hirata who appeared in the work as Lovarey and Risa Shimizu who appeared in the role of Armira.
The first show was the song "Rage of Bahamut" which can be said as a signboard of the work . Strings and Horn corps raise a groan with majestic chorus. In this work, at the time of TV broadcasting, a method called film scoring was adopted to make music according to the screen. Compared to the existing method, while making it possible to produce more in line with the intention of the musician, the hardship from music production to recording increases many times. It is a group of musicians who got over 12 episodes. This song was played with the length as it was recorded on the soundtrack, and showed the awesomeness that the image will also fit there, from the beginning. Even after that, it was expanded along the flow of the main part, and in the concert, Hirata narrates the synopsis of the story every time several songs are made up, and the audience will be able to get back into music while dancing in memories by playing back the story You can do. Songs played by big organization in the best circumstances will hear more precisely up to every single sound. Especially for percussion instruments, a stronger sound approached than when listening with a theater, and I could taste the music of this work again when I saw the hit repeatedly. The "Seeing Things" that takes place in the scenes surrounded by zombies makes the sound of the bus vibrantly eerie and tense, making it a completely new viewing experience. In the battle scenes such as "Instant Death" and "Raid" Kimono bravely played the main line and accompanied the string. The audience holds sweat in their hands and listens to it. On the way there is a scene where the moderator talks to the pond, and there is a comment that there is the first opening "happy" there. Over 90 songs were played, and all of them were featured in secret stories that Sato Keiichi, the director of the work, named it.
Starting from 'Sip of Passion' in the latter half of the work, Fabaro and Armira took a dance in a bar scene . This song is said to be the first song created in this work. Like acoustic image, we showed acoustic guitar and caj�n, and flamenco-like music by crap. The main job of Ota Oshii who sang this ethnic song was a violinist, and this lyric told the surprising secret story every time ad lib. "Visions of Mother" of the scene where Charios XIII who was poisoned by poison in the midst of seeing the illusion of mother resonates delicately and dubiously and dazzles the strings. As "Ancient Forest Dragon" has the theme of Dragon, it also gives the impression like the fantasy royal road and nobleness by the brass pipe. From here, the music for the final story takes intensive concentration one after another, and the concert goes toward the climax. In "Favaro", the chorus team is a big success, listening to the operetta's powerfulness, the strings and the horn with the regulation hurried . "God Killer" is a short but dramatic song that develops one after another, percussion and bass sounds a heavy sound, Horn bravely mellows melody. "Chorus of Despair" is beautiful viola, the harmony of the chorus and brass went further to the music. And at the end of the main volume Risa Shimizu appeared, the ending theme "Promised Land". This song was originally a very difficult song that the pond had made in the past, and Shimizu attached lyrics to it. On this day back with a luxurious full orchestra, I was listening carefully to innocent Armira 's voice with a long version with outstanding singing ability unique to vocal music. It was greeted with a huge applause and showed several songs in the encore, All - last closes the final songs of the three performances once again with the powerful "Rage of Bahamut" .
Finally, Director Sato Keiichi got up and handed the bouquet to the conductor, and the impression of the trumpet of the stage sounded. Then the letter of the decision of the second phase production of "Bahamut GENESIS of the Shogun" attached to the line drawings of Fabaro and Caesar was on the screen. From the venue, thunder clapping flew away, and the voices of the faint fans were heard. Sato said powerfully, "Let's do our best!", The pond responded "I will write a new song again and I will have a concert again", and I will leave the stage with a big big applause.
Concert program:
Act 1
1. Rage of Bahamut
2. A Friendly Chase
3. A Threat
4. Holy Angels
5. Ready to Kill
6. Seeing Things
7. The Horse and I
8. Morning in Ysmenport
9. Instant Death
10 The Swordsman and Magic and Betrayal
11. Orleans Knights
12. Heavenly Music
13. #06 M11
14. No Fooling Around!
15. Raid
16. Timeless Friendship
17. Good Morning Anatae
18. Preview
Second Act
19. Sip of Passion
20 Bahamut & Amira
21. Memories of the Cocoon
22. Visions of Mother
23. Ancient Forest Dragon
24. Investiture
25. An Existential Threat
26. Favaro
27. God Killer
28. Michael's Heart
29. Azazel Strikes Back
30. Chorus of Despair
31. Last Choice
32. Wings of Hope
33. Thinking of Amira
34. The Journey's End
35. Promised Land
Encore
36. Encounters
37. Escape by Night
38. Rage of Bahamut
� Cygames / MAPPA / Bahamut of Shintoism GENESIS
Finally, it has to be said that Ike, right now, after Bahamut, whenever he scores Fantasy, is a composer I love:
Rise of Bahamut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwbdENv8VA)
Tempest of the Gods (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Yz8aPUajE)
Wonderland Dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4-KdmbdnI)
Starfold Legends (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsn-rRUx3s)
Chronogenesis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jj-Y6czhus)
Tournament (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXZmgdk4NQ)
Dawnbreak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKgCO01HX8)
Brigade of the Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shIFh6ZSM2o)
They should really hurry up with a new soundtrack for Shadowverse.
Right now he is a composer I closely follow: CANZONE (http://picosong.com/wqUWU/)