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ULTRAMAN SYMPHONY
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Takayuki Hattori and Kaoru Wada

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=fglizd1icg

This is Gift From Shibuya #2! :)

1. ULTRAMAN NO UTA ~ JOKYOKU (ULTRAMAN'S SONG ~ PRELUDE)
2. ULTRAMAN TARO
3. ULTRAMAN DYNA
4. ULTRAMAN 80
5. ULTRAMAN LEO
6. THE ULTRAMAN
7. ULTRAMAN ACE
8. KAETE KITA ULTRAMAN (RETURN OF ULTRAMAN)
9. TAKE ME HIGHER (ULTRAMAN TIGA)
10. ULTRASEVEN'S SONG
11. ULTRAMAN GAIA!
12. ULTRAMAN'S SONG ~ Symphonic March

This has been posted in this thread already, but the only copy circulating online is an appalling rip, with some tracks at 128kbps and others at an even lower bitrate. This is a brand new rip, LAME -V0 of course, from my own copy of the disc as purchased in Japan.

Enjoy! :)

Thanks !!!

Here in Brazil we have many fans who enjoy watching the Ultraman Series.

And the music also !!!!

Muito obrigado !!!!

Sounds of Heaven - Drama IV (2CDs)
The Final Compilation



Thread 66475

The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
All tracks @ 320kbps
Out of Print
http://rapidshare.com/files/284616200/The_Day_Of_The_Dolphin.zip


I won't give many details about this because i'm not good at writing music reviews like any of you in this thread ;), but i must say that the dolphin theme is absolutely gorgeous and Delerue was a gifted composer for writing melodies.

FSM support.

Folks, I'm sorry to go off topic again, but as a result of the recent trouble on the forum, I am on the brink of leaving myself. I don't like what's happening and I forecast only trouble ahead... We're now being watched more than ever, and the shrine has a disgruntled former member who will presumably stop at nothing to blast this place to smithereens. Is anybody else planning on leaving, or curtailing their posting efforts, or otherwise modifying their forum behaviour as a result of this business? I don't mean to be a misery, but I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable here, and am on the brink of quietly deleting my posts and disappearing...

FSM support.

seconded.

there's no need for it to go private and no need for anyone to leave.

no one is in any danger here. worst case scenario, a company requests specific soundtracks not be posted. that's it.

Sarah: I know I speak for everyone when I say that we all trust you implicitly, and we have nothing but respect for the way you look after this forum and the (mostly!!!) good people who frequent it. You're dedicated and I don't think people know the hell you go through for the Shrine - and all this music sharing is not even really what your forum was for. And yet you support us all the same. THANK YOU from everybody affected.

of course you can. :-)

not that I think your name poses a risk to you, but if you'd feel more comfortable, by all means.

my name is publicly available and I'm a bigger target than every poster in the forum combined. O:]

Folks, I'm sorry to go off topic again, but as a result of the recent trouble on the forum, I am on the brink of leaving myself. I don't like what's happening and I forecast only trouble ahead... We're now being watched more than ever, and the shrine has a disgruntled former member who will presumably stop at nothing to blast this place to smithereens. Is anybody else planning on leaving, or curtailing their posting efforts, or otherwise modifying their forum behaviour as a result of this business? I don't mean to be a misery, but I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable here, and am on the brink of quietly deleting my posts and disappearing...

Come on, Tango! As long as we don't post music from these labels, it's pretty safe in here. As I said before, this thread contains mostly out-of-print movie scores, or game scores, or anime scores, or compilations: nothing really threatening I guess.

If you leave, the board will certainly loose quite an important member...

Don't leave. I'm not trying to sound clingy, but empowering. There's no reason or external necessity or outside threat forcing anyone to pack up and leave for their own safety.

Eddavi's an idiot and his threats are likewise idiotic. If you feel uncomfortable--I certainly understand--but I advise against feeling bullied, pressured or otherwise made to leave behind something you genuinely enjoy, on account of a wholly disingenuous nobody with a chip on his shoulder.

Stick around. We like you. As stated just above this post: Worst case scenario, a specific label will ask you to remove links. That's as bad as it can possibly get. Which is honestly not so bad, seeing as we've had limitations on what we can share in the past (trailer music, for example.)

If anyone thinks that Day of the Dolphin link i posted today is dangerous, then i will deleted it. Or some moderator could deleted it too.
I have searched the label that released it and on the site says it's sould out.

RE: arthierr's comment

Agreed, and that goes for all of you. I don't post in this thread often, but I love reading the discussions. The wealth of knowledge shared among you is inspiring. :)

If anyone thinks that Day of the Dolphin link i posted today is dangerous, then i will deleted it. Or some moderator could deleted it too.
I have searched the label that released it and on theyr site says it's sould out.

So I see absolutely no problem. :)

You should remove it only if someone asks you do so. Otherwise, it would be excessive prudence.

By the way, thanks for this rare gem. ;)

Thank you so much everybody. You're all true friends to me - it's at times like these that you realise who your friends really are... And who your enemies are. I think everybody is united with THAT thought this evening!

I'm sorry for getting panicky, and I'd seriously encourage everyone to not follow my example. Probably this will all blow over and a month from now everything will be fine - except that there won't be any public sharing of Varese albums on the forum! Fine, sod Varese - they barely put out anything decent nowadays and to be honest, the recent Silvestri lossless debacle has proven them obnoxious, elitist, incompetent bastards who don't give a damn about their customers. So, I say again - sod 'em, who cares?

As I say, normal service will resume...

Thanks guys, once again...

[Edit: NOBODY ever speak my name ever again! The man you knew is dead. I will answer only to tango or treats from now onward. ;)]

So I see absolutely no problem. :)

You should remove it only if someone asks you do so. Otherwise, it would be excessive prudence.

By the way, thanks for this rare gem. ;)

Ah ok Arthierr.
I'm just freaked out with all the latest things that is happening to the forum.
:puppydog:

That's very true. We should all be amazed that Sarah has allowed all the stuff that's posted here that has nothing to do with the origin of this forum. it would be well within her right to just kick anyone out that isn't even a FF fan let alone eat up all the bandwidth with unrelated material. Thank You. And are you still in need of donations for server cost? I'm just now getting back to normal after being sick for a while and I remember right before I left you were saying you might have to shut down. I would think that if it was still an issue that a $1 paypal donation from active members (and people who leech constantly) wouldn't be anywhere near too much to ask.

As we all are. :)

Second that - don't worry about your post. It's an absolutely gorgeous score... And it's out of print. And it's Delerue... A true genius.

Hi and welcome tangotreats :D
Please take a seat. This is a warm and friendly place to discuss music.

Thank you. It's lovely to be here. You sound like a thoroughly nice person. And everybody else seems really friendly. ;)

That's very true. We should all be amazed that Sarah has allowed all the stuff that's posted here that has nothing to do with the origin of this forum. it would be well within her right to just kick anyone out that isn't even a FF fan let alone eat up all the bandwidth with unrelated material. Thank You.

Well you know i'll be crucified and torn into pieces to say this, but i've never played any final fantasy game or listened any Uematsu music before in my life! :p

Well you know i'll be crucified and torn into pieces to say this, but i've never played any final fantasy game or listened any Uematsu music before in my life! :p

I can beat that! Don't like Final Fantasy, never played it, actully don't play any games at all, don't own any console, have a crappy graphics card in my PC, and with a handful of exceptions, don't particularly rate Uematsu either. ;)

Well you know i'll be crucified and torn into pieces to say this, but i've never played any final fantasy game or listened any Uematsu music before in my life! :p

Then you should totally listen to the numerous FF symphonic suites and arrangement albums. Maybe I'll try to relink here the ones already present in this board. So that orchestral music fans have one place to grab them. :)

I can beat that! Don't like Final Fantasy, never played it, actully don't play any games at all, don't own any console, have a crappy graphics card in my PC, and with a handful of exceptions, don't particularly rate Uematsu either. ;)

No no no. I dunno if you're serious or being ironic dan.. err tango, but i'm saying the truth that i've never heard Uematso or played the games before. :)
That's a fact!

No no no. I dunno if you're serious or being ironic dan.. err tango, but i'm saying the truth that i've never heard Uematso or played the games before. :)
That's a fact!

I'm being deadly serious! You really should give some of the FF music a try (as Arthierr says... the orchestral suites particularly) but by and large Uematsu leaves me cold. And the last time I played any games, Donkey Kong was in fashion... (and I was three.)

Well, well, well. If you have any interest, Sanico, I just posted five-song samplers from each of his major albums here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?groupid=20). These are YouTube links, by the way--not downloads. So lower quality, but also less commitment. :)

Also, Uematsu doesn't leave me cold.

Is this just an impression, or does it seem that this mini-crisis has tighten our bonds... ? :)

Who's the new kid strutting around hating on ma gamez? Thinks he’s bigger than Nobuo??

We don’t tolerate iconoclasts of your kind here bub.

FSM support.

Then you should totally listen to the numerous FF symphonic suites and arrangement albums. Maybe I'll try to relink here the ones already present in this board. So that orchestral music fans have one place to grab them. :)


That would be wonderful if you could locate them Arthierr.
I know that i've searched for final fantasy music before but i found so many topics in result that is quite frightening to see all of them, so i give up before listen to any music.



Well, well, well. If you have any interest, Sanico, I just posted five-song samplers from each of his major albums here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?groupid=20). These are YouTube links, by the way--not downloads. So lower quality, but also less commitment. :)

Also, Uematsu doesn't leave me cold.

Thank you Arthurgolden. I must listen to it.
Youtube is very useful to sample new music.


Is this just an impression, or does it seem that this mini-crisis has tighten our bonds... ? :)

Is the calm after the storm, i guess :)

Cool. I hope you find it useful. I should say the five songs for each album were chosen to reflect scope and aren't necessarily the best tracks on each album. So to help a little: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VIII, and Lost Odyssey are generally considered to be the best soundtracks that Nobuo worked on.

Now, since Tango touched on this in light of recent events, I would like to share a slightly unscientific survey.Since coming here last year, that number has multiplied by a factor of 8.

Amen to that. Let me share my own experience - a limited portion of it.

My CDJapan purchases since joining the Shrine total 74538 yen - at current exchange rates, that's �520, or $830. Easily 90% of those purchases were as a direct result of hearing something here - mostly in this very thread, but also scattered around the forum. I shudder to think how much more I've spent if you add in other sites (Play Asia, etc) and the ridiculous sums I paid out on eBay to get hold of rare Amano scores... And the �200 ($360) I spent in Tower Records in Tokyo a few weeks back... All of these scores, I would probably have completely missed had I not been led to them, or reminded of them, or given the opportunity to sample them, by the good people of this forum.

99% of the music I consume nowadays is from Japan, so I can't really comment on my Western purchases, because they're minimal - but FSM have at least $130 off me for the Blue Box, Intrada probably another $100 for various bits and pieces, and even Varese for that monstrosity of an album, GI Joe. And a few Tiltons as well. Let's add it all up and say I've spent maybe $2000 USD. Easily three quarters of that courtesy of this forum. (Just want to add to this - I'm not made of money. I have a job and it pays decent money, but I am not a rich man, and I work VERY VERY VERY HARD to be able to afford these things. I live in a crappy council flat with my mother, not in a mansion. I love music and that's why I spend money on it. People who argue that they love music but can't / won't pay for it to any extent are talking bollocks. When I was 14, I used to get �5 a week pocket money. I bought one Naxos CD every two weeks. The first week's �5 was my train fair to and from the record store, and the second week's �5 bought the CD. I did nothing and bought nothing - I just bought CDs and listened to music. That is commitment.)

Record companies - anti piracy folks - are you listening? The people who download from here and never buy... WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT ANYWAY. The people who download and buy as a direct result - are BONUS CUSTOMERS you would never have had if it weren't for the so-called evil piracy.

By all means go after the mass-marketing, profiteering mafia pirate rackets and arrogant torrent sites... But let places like this be - they are helping you, albeit indirectly.

Sanico - thank you for Day of the Dolphin! Really look forward to hearing it. Great to see Delerue getting so much love :)

I'm not much of a worshiper of Uematsu either, and the only FF game I’ve played was VI, and only because I thought I should.

In other news, have any of you seen the new game Ghibli have produced for the DS - Ninokuni? It looks absolutely entrancing and has a fully-blown orchestral score (on a 4gig card apparently!) by non other than Joe Hisaishi!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_-biN0vOGA

Argo1naut - thanks for sharing that. I'd like to echo all the apprecition thus far for this wonderful thread.

[Where's Billy when you need a group hug! :)]

GOOD LORD, that's for a DS game... God bless the Japanese for coming up with something like this, when just about every other human on the planet is cutting budgets and trying to cut costs...

And I am looking forward to this Hisaishi score immensely.

FSM support.

I know! How on earth did they muster the budget? Being on the DS it'll sell by the bucket load though, so they're probably on to a good thing. It'll be with us very soon. I think it's out in Japan in about a month.

This is an amazing thread of a great magnitude!

You have my utmost thanks!

FSM support.

Holy crap, that trailer is very enticing — new Hisaishi score = happiness. They better release a soundtrack for it and it better find its way over the ocean...:P

Everyone who is unfamiliar with Uematsu, for you I will upload MP3 versions of Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. If you still do not love him, I cry for your soul.

I'll go that far with Lost Odyssey, which I think may just be his best work.

Nobuo Uematsu - Lost Odyssey OST
|MP3|VBR|2cd|209MB|
|Orchestral|Piano|Mellow|Melodramatic|


http://linkanon.com/?r=http://www.sendspace.com/file/mpwlas
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Ever since I first heard this soundtrack, It has been one of my favorite Uematsu soundtracks of all time. There are various powerful and bombastic militaristic tracks that exude a power of extreme military might. On the other hand, there are numerous mellow piano tracks that exude a deep heart-felt sadness along with the stories they are meant to accompany. There are plenty of fantastic tracks in between and overall I suggest that everyone give this soundtrack a listen!

I especially like "Battlefield," "Neverending Journey," "Epsylon Range," "Saman Town of Merchants," "Ruins of the East," and "Main Theme," the last of which has a wonderful, shouldn't-work-but-does mixture of electronic and orchestral elements that merge together gloriously.

This is why I love this place.

"Oh God, it's all over" leads to "I'm leaving" leads to "Don't leave!" leads to "Some of us don't even like Final Fantasy" leads to "I don't even like Uematsu" leads to "You should really try x, y, and z!" leads to somebody posting some more wonderful music for us.

Whatever happens here ------ it ALWAYS comes back to friendship, sharing, and discovery.

Thank you Sirusjr - I don't believe I've ever heard the second disk of this one! :)

Wow a new DS score from Hisaishi :O !!
I didnt know about him for long, but a while back I found out about his score for Ponyo!! And he's really great!
I'm looking forward to it!

Sanico I wanted to say thanks so much for Day of the Dolphin! I really love it.
If you guys discover some uematsu scores and want uploads I have most of them so post a request and I will see what I can do. Blue Dragon will be up later today.

You guys seriously don't know what you are missing. There are a number of wonderful uematsu soundtracks although the reason I like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey the most is they are shorter and have less filler. Most of his soundtracks to the MAJOR games are 4Discs and have a ton of tracks that are not as good as the rest. I actually bought Blue Dragon twice (once for Japanese import and once when it was released by Sumthing Else Music Works over here).

for all of you recently talking about not knowing uematsu or not being able to get into his music i would highly recommend the Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec album (which i can upload if no one else has or does)

here are two sample songs
Love Grows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOd3Gv-IRHQ&fmt=18)
Liberi Fatali (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1s05gH-TZw&fmt=18)

Was Uematsu music for FF games all midi?
I have listened most of Arthurgolden youtube links, and they seem to be midi?

alot of FF music had to be synth yeah... but thats why you get the albums like Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec (shown in the post above) because they sound gorgeous
also the 20020220 concert cd and the distant worlds concert cd are good

Was Uematsu music for FF games all midi?
I have listened most of Arthurgolden youtube links, and they seem to be midi?
Pretty much. Even FFVIII and FFIX which are the later ones were midi. That is another reason why I love BD and LO. They both have some real instruments. There are plenty of amazing symphonic arrangements of Uematsu's music though so I'll post some of the ones I have after this as well as piano arrangements.

for all of you recently talking about not knowing uematsu or not being able to get into his music i would highly recommend Final Fantasy VIII: Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec album (which i can upload if no one else has or does)

here are two sample songs
Love Grows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOd3Gv-IRHQ&fmt=18)
Liberi Fatali (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1s05gH-TZw&fmt=18)

This is probably my favorite FF orchestral album. Ueamatsu's compositions are very inspired, and Shiro Hamagushi's arrangements are top-notch. Thanks for proposing an upload. I'll spare your time with this lossless version:



FLAC | SFV/MD5 | SCANS | 13 TRACKS | 354 MB

Final Fantasy VIII - Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec

Nobuo Uematsu, Shiro Hamaguchi

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1335093&postcount=1161

Thanks for your uploads, Sirusjr! More Uematsu / FF orchestral albums coming soon... :)

Come now arthierr you of all people should know not everyone wants lossless :P Thats why I'm posting lossy versions of the piano collections (recently converted from lossless :D)

alot of FF music had to be synth yeah... but thats why you get the albums like Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec (shown in the post above) because they sound gorgeous
also the 20020220 concert cd and the distant worlds concert cd are good

Oh yes. That's exactly the kind of music i'm looking for.
Also Arthierr, says there are some FF albums with orchestral music only, so i need to look for them too.

Edit: Thanks Arthierr :)

Here's one of my all time favourite film scores - or rather, a concert suite extracted from it. And, for added excitement factor, this is a video of the suite as performed at a live concert in the Royal Albert Hall in 2007!



http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=pdsgvkujdl

(15 mins, 80mb, H264 video, -V0 LAME 3.98.2 audio, MKV container)


Brian Easdale - The Red Shoes (1948)
The BBC Concert Orchestra
conducted by John Wilson
Cynthia Millar, ondes martinot




Recorded live at the BBC Proms on July 14th 2007.

This score was the first by a British composer to win an Oscar - and it's truly exceptional. It's about as far away from the traditional conception of "Golden Age" Hollywood film music as you can get, featuring the first film use of the Ondes Martinot - bathing it in delicious, sensuous harmonies. It's incredibly hard to describe. If you're on the wall about downloading this - trust your old friend Tango, and go for it. If anybody would like this just as an MP3, also please do let me know - though it really is worth watching the video.

Edit: Oops, I should probably mention that this is an MKV file, containing H264 video, and LAME -V0 encoded audio. KMPlayer and VLC Player will play it, as will a number of othe things. I tend to assume that most people here will be equipped to play MKVs already since we (mostly) all have an interest in anime and will therefore have watched fansubs in the past...? The container has several advantages over AVI.

Nobuo Uematsu - Blue Dragon
|MP3|VBR|2CD|219MB|
|Synth|Piano|Adventurous|Rock|


http://linkanon.com/?r=http://tinyurl.com/ybqar6f
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This is the first soundtrack composed by Nobuo Uematsu for a game not connected with Final Fantasy and for a Microsoft console. Blue Dragon has numerous tracks of the sort you would associate with an RPG and a specific rock track sung by Deep Purple's Ian Gillan that was used in boss battles. Again I highly recommend you guys listen to this as it is one of my favorite Uematsu soundtracks. If anyone wants lossless of this or Lost Odyssey, there should still be links on my Lossless Game Soundtracks Thread. (Thread 64743)
Next up - Piano Collections FROM: FFX, FFVII, FFVI, FFIV, FFV, FFVIII, FFX-2, FFIX, FFXI

Finally I present you my work on the Star Wars Soundtrack "Shadows of the Empire" and this is quite a shock for some of you but the soundtrack I find the most appealing from the new generation of Star Wars projects is not from John Williams but from his friend Joel McNeely who did score the Multimedia event "Shadows of the Empire". Truely a Masterpiece and a perfect example how a familiar score can be expanded and reimagened. Finally we get some fantastic variations of Darth Vader's Theme and it was also the first soundtrack in the history of star wars music that used choral elements throuhgout the score.
John Williams should be proud (and I bet he certainly is) with this interpretation of his work and it's by far the best Star Wars Soundtrack of the new Generation since I find all OSTs from Episode I, II, III (With a few exeptions like Duel of the Fates or the Love Theme of course) quite dissapointing compared to the fantastic musical journey of the Originals.
With that being said enjoy my edited and remastered version of the soundtrack (Which I liked even more than the original OST)
Took me almost a month to finish it and if you want I will upload it.
In the meantime I can give you a preview of the score since I've already uploaded it on youtube. If you already experienced the score you will notice several changes and certain differences between this version and the original, "Skyhook Battle" being the most noticable but the biggest change is the completly new track "Legacy of the Force" which is a mixed version between end credits (which were sadly abscent in the original ost) and a suite of the score. Enjoy

Main Theme (Opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-QK5LK83g
Fate of the Rebel Alliance (Dash Rendar and the Jedi Master): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBAKg9jwG1c
Imperial City (Underworld Palace): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Zd-Pf8hus
Xizor and the Skyhook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04AsAjE1Ys
Skyhook Battle and Escape from the Dark Lord: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bum35rOYVQ
Legacy of the Force (End Credits): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKM-OxbcfEs

Let me know if you enjoyed the score. I will be uploading it if you request it.
The download version of the score will be in high quality mp3, remastered with audio tools

Beside this work I've also worked on Ace Combat: Suites for Ochestra and have created dozens of suites for various media I will be presenting you soon so be eager for more ...

Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collection FFIX
|MP3|VBR|91MB|


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Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi - Piano Collection - FFX-2
|MP3|VBR|76MB|


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Like any arrangement of music it may be initially harder to enjoy these without being familiar with the source material. Still, after repeated listenings I think most of you will find that these are wonderful albums filled with beautiful arrangements of peaceful music. I am uploading the ones that aren't by Uematsu because they are great (FFX-2 and FFXI).

Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu - Piano Collections FFX
|MP3|VBR|103MB|


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Naoshi Mizuta - Piano Collections FFXI
|MP3|VBR|90MB|


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Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collections FFIV
|MP3|VBR|96MB|


http://linkanon.com/?r=http://tinyurl.com/y9h7jdu
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Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collections FFV
|MP3|VBR|94MB|


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Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collection FFVI
|MP3|VBR|


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Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collection FFVII
|MP3|VBR|


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Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collection FFVIII
|MP3|VBR|


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Sirusjr:

!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! :D :D

You are welcome Tango! More to come, I think I have all the other major orchestral/live recordings just need to check the bitrates :P
EDIT: Yeah got good bitrates of 2002.20.02 and More Friends. Uploading!

Nobuo Uematsu - 2002.20.02 LIVE
|MP3|VBR|2CD|
|Live Orchestral Performance of Final Fantasy Music|


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Nobuo Uematsu - More Friends Music From Final Fantasy
|MP3|VBR|
|Live Orchestral Performance of Final Fantasy Music|


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I actually had the wonderful privilege of attending the Dear Friends concert in LA when it came years ago. These live concerts are wonderful and really show off the amazing melodies of Uematsu. The only negative is that it seems they play the same freaking songs on every live and remix album because they are the favorites.

Sirusjr: Amazing uploads my friend! Thank you for these tasteful posts, you're quite a music enthusiast!

Although, even though I appreciate a lot your posts, I have to say, Piano Collections can't really be considered as orchestral music, which is the speciality of this thread. It's certainly good music (I guess, as I haven't tried this albums yet), but it doesn't really match the general purpose of this thread. But no big deal, there's been a lot of non-orchestral music posted here before, so it's not a problem. Thanks again for your dedication! :)

Tonight or tomorrow, I'll repost 2 of my favorite FF orchestral albums I recommend a lot to Sanico and other people interested in good symphonic arrangements. :)


klnerfan: How interesting. SOTE is a very nice score (just forget the rip-offs), so a new version of it is welcome. I'll try your youtube links and comment after. Thanks!

Guys, you’re on fire! Thank you! I had listened to some samples of Lost Odyssey on youtube, enticed by the stunning cover art – it sounded promising then, but god I’d loving it now. Good quality makes a big difference. The Main Theme is fabulous! Uematsu’s music has a ‘na�ve’ quality that I think can either work wonderfully (as here with the retro synths and that open-hearted soprano, and in most of his earlier FF scores) or crash and burn (I find his Smash Bros Brawl theme cloying, bloated and pretty hideous tbh). He reminds me of Morricone in this respect actually. The piano collections, esp 5+6, are very much appreciated too. Great upgrade from the badly encoded 128 versions I have (for some reason I find piano unbearable at such low bitrate).

Wish I could afford a 360. I'd love to try out some of the great rpgs like Odyssey, Vesperia and Eternal Sonata. It’s the art and the music that attracts me to rpgs in general, rather than the gameplay or the promise of some convoluted but ultimately inconsequential story. The reason I've remained cautious of Final Fantasy is the emo factor that it's been suffused with since FF7, and the increasingly unbearable amounts of zazz: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/finalfantasy/ff4/ff4-1.htm
(see Digression)





Brian Easdale - The Red Shoes (1948)
Wow! One of my favourite films of all time :D This is actually ‘The Red Shoes Ballet’, as played-out in one of the most glorious sequences in cinema. Don’t you love it when films have the balls to eliminate dialogue altogether? I do. Especially when instead you’re treated to gorgeous, lush, neo-impressionistic music like this. Easdale actually wrote at least one other quasi-ballet for the film, and, as far as I recall, the incidental score remains distinct from the motives in these pieces. It’s quite a few years since I watched it though - I’ve been saving it for when I buy the newly restored DVD (do you have this tango?). I was thoroughly disgusted with the hmv here in Liverpool only the other week for not bothering to stock it (we get screwed-over here completely on the arty front). So yes, a little odd that they refer to it as a ‘suite’ when it’s one continuous piece. A beautiful performance. I’ve never heard the Ondes Martinot so prominent, nor have I actually seen one being performed – I had no idea vibrato was applied in this way! Really rate John Wilson from what I’ve seen of him so far; he looks a bit awkward and stiff at first, but boy did he deliver on Walton and even Sullivan!

The amazing thing about this sequence is that it blends reality and fantasy, and layers performance and artifice in a way I find to be axiomatic of cinema. For a start, I have a thing for the frisson that takes place when you get a ‘play-within-a-play’ going on – like the Noh performances in some of Mizoguchi’s films, or indeed ‘Girl Hunt Ballet’ from The Band Wagon. It offers a space to reflect, expand and, perhaps more importantly, rhapsodise on the psyche of the characters, taking it to another level completely. And what can you say about Moira Shearer? And the surreal Technicolor? And THIS MUSIC?

..Sorry, I’m getting carried away :)

Thank you so much!!

Edit - For anyone that wants to see the scene from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slo5FZyPtfw

Arthierr you mean there are two other orchestral FF albums that are better than these 2? I'd be certainly intersted to hear them. If you mean Distant Worlds I believe it is the same as 20022002 but I may be wrong. I may have others but I can't seem to find them quite easily. And yes I know this isn't exactly orchestral but piano is pretty close and worthy of the tastes of people in this thread.

Lens - I'm glad you love lost odyssey. I can't say enough how wonderful it is, especially in-game. The best part is that the most emotional music in the soundtrack is used to accompany the fantastic dream sequences (which are presented as text with audio). The deeply emotional short stories are wonderful to read and made me cry more than once.

The reason I've remained cautious of Final Fantasy is the emo factor that it's been suffused with since FF7, and the increasingly unbearable amounts of zazz: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/finalfantasy/ff4/ff4-1.htm
(see Digression)

I love the SNK "progression of zazz saturation" and the explanations of why each character wouldn't work today.

Arthierr you mean there are two other orchestral FF albums that are better than these 2? I'd be certainly intersted to hear them. If you mean Distant Worlds I believe it is the same as 20022002 but I may be wrong. I may have others but I can't seem to find them quite easily. And yes I know this isn't exactly orchestral but piano is pretty close and worthy of the tastes of people in this thread.

Nope. Its not Distant Worlds. In fact these 2 I'll post are older and pretty much known by fans. Coming soon...



Uematsu’s music has a ‘na�ve’ quality that I think can either work wonderfully (as here with the retro synths and that open-hearted soprano, and in most of his earlier FF scores) or crash and burn (I find his Smash Bros Brawl theme cloying, bloated and pretty hideous tbh). He reminds me of Morricone in this respect actually.

How very, very true... Uematsu isn't the greatest maestro in the world indeed, but he has a talent for writing heartfelt and memorable melodies , which is why FF music has so many fans.


Tango: there's been so many posts lately that I forgot to reply to yours! Fascinating stuff, I didn't know this movie nor its music, so it'll be a nice discovery. Thanks!

Sirusjr, thank you very much. Beautiful, just beautiful.

My Uematsu favourite is absolutely the Symphonic Suite. It is one of the few japanese soundtracks that I have managed to get a physical copy.

Finally I present you my work on the Star Wars Soundtrack "Shadows of the Empire" and this is quite a shock for some of you but the soundtrack I find the most appealing from the new generation of Star Wars projects is not from John Williams but from his friend Joel McNeely who did score the Multimedia event "Shadows of the Empire". Truely a Masterpiece and a perfect example how a familiar score can be expanded and reimagened. Finally we get some fantastic variations of Darth Vader's Theme and it was also the first soundtrack in the history of star wars music that used choral elements throuhgout the score.
John Williams should be proud (and I bet he certainly is) with this interpretation of his work and it's by far the best Star Wars Soundtrack of the new Generation since I find all OSTs from Episode I, II, III (With a few exeptions like Duel of the Fates or the Love Theme of course) quite dissapointing compared to the fantastic musical journey of the Originals.


It's a great score, but it is 80-90% unoriginal.

It's a great score, but it is 80-90% unoriginal.
That's true but if I'm correct John Williams original score was not so original as one might expect. Just listen to Gustav Holst "Mars, Bringer of War" and "Battle of Yavin" and tell me they don't sound alike at some parts.

BEFORE I post the 2 FF orchestral albums I mentioned, here's something VERY interesting. ;) It's a fan-made symphonic suite based upon the music of FF7. The music is beautiful, dreamy and classically inspired. It often reminds of Jeremy Soule's Morrowind (composed later). Highly recommended.



Final Fantasy VII Philharmonic Suite

Composed by Jeremy Robson

http://www.jeremyrobson.com/





http://rapidshare.com/files/21635757/Final_Fantasy_VII_Philharmonic_Suite.zip

I think the good gentleman should take a bow...

I'll reveal who the composer is (and edit this post) after you've tried it. Two clues: 1) he's a member of this board, 2) he posted *very* recently. ;)



This sounds really good, but i don't dare guess who the composer is ;)

It is certainly a well done suite but the melodies are far too hidden in there to really enjoy it. Many of the melodies are played far slower than their in-game counterparts.

If this one is the same Philharmonic Suite that I came across in OCRemix, then it's relly awesome! =)

On what trailer does the song "Live Or Die - X-Ray Dog" used ?

Does anyone have some medieval themed music? If so then could someone upload, or recommend composers?

It seems that final fantasy music albums never end. They are so many that i don't know where to start. lol
Thanks for all the latest music, Sirusjr, arthierr, arthurgolden, ShadowOnTheSun, tangotreats and anyone of you if i've forgot to mention.

Another recording of the Red Shoes Ballet with the Philharmonia Orchestra from a compliation of British film music:
http://rapidshare.com/files/285672430/The_Red_Shoes_Ballet_-_The_Philharmonia_Orch..mp3

Is the offer still going of an mp3 Mr Treats? This Proms performance has so much passion and electricity, so much more appreciable detail. I think I caught the tail end of the concert on tv with Patrick Doyle's Much Ado and a few other things and rememebr kicking myself for not recording it. Were there any other notable items?

Edit: couldn't help including a pic of Moira :love: :) :love:



2nd Edit: just found it on youtube! Battle of Britain, Lawrence, 49th Parallel!!.. and.. Shakespeare in Love? Urgh. Oh well, perhaps now's the time to 'rediscover' it :) Also I've never heard Debbie's Wiseman's Wilde (or seen the film shockingly).

The whole concert was by and large excellent, although there were a couple of duds... Shakespeare in Love by Stephen Warbeck? Come on, guys...

That said, the evening was electric - and it was great to see Richard Attenborough in the flesh. He doesn't appear to have aged for twenty-odd years; he's looking amazing for a man of 86, and as a speaker, he had every single person in that hall hanging on every word... even though his speech was lengthy. Debbie Wiseman was in the audience too (not far from me) and she took a well deserved bow.

MP3 of Red Shoes as requested:

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=jhed6zm41u

(All details as before.)

Ha ha, I see you're no fan of S-in-L either. I'm still bitter about Jerry's missed oscar (like they mean anything).

I'm trying to remember what I was doing that summer and why I didn't go to this concert.. I think I went to Mozart and Bruckner 9 that year.. Sometimes the world just passes me by!

Thanks again!

Does anyone have some medieval themed music? If so then could someone upload, or recommend composers?
You should try Corvus Corax, it is a band that plays medieval music with ethnic instruments based on what I've heard.

BEFORE I post the 2 FF orchestral albums I mentioned, here's something VERY interesting. ;) It's a fan-made symphonic suite based upon the music of FF7. The music is beautiful, dreamy and classically inspired.

Thanks! :D


Just listen to Gustav Holst "Mars, Bringer of War"

Never heard of the guy.

BEFORE I post the 2 FF orchestral albums I mentioned, here's something VERY interesting. It's a fan-made symphonic suite based upon the music of FF7. The music is beautiful, dreamy and classically inspired.

I wish I knew who this was... I'd really like to tell the guy what exceptional work he did, and assure him that, for me, previous comments about hidden melodies and reimagined tempi are part of the appeal - how many times has somebody merely orchestrated Final Fantasy? Infinite? How many times has somebody penned a full symphony using Final Fantasy melodies as raw material? Only one. (Though Valtonen's FF suite comes very close...)

Bravo, mystery composer. ;)

Everybody guessed it already, it's our good friend streichorchester who composed the Final Fantasy VII Philharmonic Suite. ----> Post edited.


Thanks! :D

Hey, how about a reorchestration / resampling of it with your new tools? It makes a while you made it, and your equipment has improved since then.


Next orchestral FF album coming.

Here's an EXCELLENT album to start with FF orchestral arrangements. There are many beautiful themes, and the arrangements are tasteful, although a little straightforward, too close to the originals. Overall a quality album.



Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite (FLAC)





Soundtrack, Orchestra | Polis, 2001 | 39:48 | 172MB +5% recovery
Seperated FLAC files, No CUE, No LOG, Scans


Artist : Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged By : Katsuhisa & Takayuki Hattori (father & son)
Play time : 39:48
Year : 2001
Total size : 172176 kB

Tracklist
[01] Scene I - 04:19
[02] Scene II - 05:05
[03] Scene III - 06:08
[04] Scene IV - 05:25
[05] Scene V ~Prelude~ - 08:15
[06] Scene VI - 05:05
[07] Scene VII - 05:31


Rapidshare
http://rapidshare.com/files/25216***0920/FF_symphonic_suite.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25216***0856/FF_symphonic_suite.part2.rar

Hotfile
http://hotfile.com/dl/8034***106/67b2310/FF_symphonic_suite.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/8034***116/a791fcd/FF_symphonic_suite.part2.rar.html

Remove the *** in the URL

Credits go to the original uploader

Wikipedia

Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy is an arranged soundtrack album of music from Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II, composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Katsuhisa Hattori and his son Takayuki Hattori, and performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The music itself is a recording of a concert given by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in the Gohanda temporary hall in Tokyo.

(http://xs.to)


For archiving and completion purposes. distant worlds, the 20th anniversary re-recordings of the better Final Fantasy tracks by Arnie Roth in FLAC.

[FLAC - SCANS - CUE - M3U]
Thread 70011




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Uh-oh ! Uematsu pure joy over here...

Thxs guys !!!

I also just love Lost Odyssey... great orchestral music !

Never heard of the guy.

Yeah he is a relative unknown. Holst did do some big deal classical music in his time though.......

Yeah he is a relative unknown. Holst did do some big deal classical music in his time though.......

he wouldn't. that music was made during the turn of the 1900's and he died before completing it. other have made their own pluto tracks to complete it.

Yeah he is a relative unknown. Holst did do some big deal classical music in his time though.......

I looked up some of this Holst guy's stuff on youtube. It's kinda good but I dunno. I'm more into stuff like Hans Zimmer's Gladiator. Classical music just isn't as good, IMHO.

Hey, how about a reorchestration / resampling of it with your new tools? It makes a while you made it, and your equipment has improved since then.

I wish I had the time to reorchestrate everything I had already written, but life has its priorities. But if anyone wanted to do their own recordings, I can always supply the midis.

Wonderful Arthierr!
I almost posted that one but my files were TERRIBLE quality so I decided it was best to refrain. You have exceeded my expectations with FLAC that you should, or if you don't want to I could, repost in my game ost FLAC thread. I don't believe it has been posted previously.

On a side note, with what has gone on here recently, I think it may be best that we refrain from posting FULL albums of any new-release NON-Japanese soundtracks in this thread to avoid any further heat and possible attention.
In lieu of full soundtracks, a mention of "this soundtrack is awesome, super orchestral and worth checking out" along with 2 or 3 full tracks for the express purposes of providing members on this forum a chance to sample the quality of orchestrations and/or melodies present.
This would serve the purpose of providing us with ample notice of the release of such soundtracks that we could request it elsewhere or simply buy it if the samples wow.

Of course, with the price of imports being what it is (and the small amount of Anime soundtracks that get released by a domestic Anime company) and the significantly small likelihood that any Japanese publishers would care enough that we share their music, i see no reason to suggest any limitations on the posting of Japanese soundtracks.

Along with my recent aside, I do suggest that anyone who really likes blue dragon purchase a copy from Sumthing Else Music Works if they are still in print because they essentially released a 2CD release for the price of the average single-cd release. As of this posting it appears it is still in stock on amazon and other online retailers.

Feel free to suggest an alternative of you disagree with my proposition.

FSM support.

Thanks for the very sensible formulation Sirus. That sounds like a much better way of doing things. This thread is more discursive anyway, and less about 'what's hot NOW' - hence why only a tiny proportion of the forum have any time for it.

I wonder how much of a safe haven any one thread can be though, and perhaps it would be as well for the whole of the downloads section to bear this in mind (entirely unlikely I know). It's actually quite heartening that since the rapid-fire-posting-of-EVERYTHING died down, the forum seems to have settled unconsciously back into its roots a little - the recent and very pleasant Uematsu-fest here being a case in point.

Wonderful Arthierr!
I almost posted that one but my files were TERRIBLE quality so I decided it was best to refrain. You have exceeded my expectations with FLAC that you should, or if you don't want to I could, repost in my game ost FLAC thread. I don't believe it has been posted previously.

Done. ;)


On a side note, with what has gone on here recently, I think it may be best that we refrain from posting FULL albums of any new-release NON-Japanese soundtracks in this thread to avoid any further heat and possible attention.

This is already what I do. I never posted a brand new european or north-american release here. And so should everybody. There are many other places in the web to get your new stuff. *wink, wink*


Of course, with the price of imports being what it is (and the small amount of Anime soundtracks that get released by a domestic Anime company) and the significantly small likelihood that any Japanese publishers would care enough that we share their music, i see no reason to suggest any limitations on the posting of Japanese soundtracks.

Quite right. There's no problem to post Japanese stuff here - which is a great thing because MOST quality orchestral music nowadays comes from this place.


Along with my recent aside, I do suggest that anyone who really likes blue dragon purchase a copy from Sumthing Else Music Works if they are still in print because they essentially released a 2CD release for the price of the average single-cd release. As of this posting it appears it is still in stock on ...........
Feel free to suggest an alternative of you disagree with my proposition.

I don't recommend linking directly to an online store. Please put the url in code.

I completely agree, Sirusjr. Though I'm also with arthierr - by and large, that's the way this thread operates. Music released by Western labels features rarely around these parts, and when it does appear, it's nearly always in compilations - or else they're highly rare, out of print releases. Mostly, here you will find Japanese albums, rare albums, or recordings that were never released. (As a case in point, my recent Proms post.)

This thread isn't about the stuff you can buy in every record store, or the stuff that everybody knows. It's about those hidden gems that, when you discover one, give you that unique tingly feeling of... I can't describe it... But you all know it. I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to feel it more often in my entire life than I have in this thread, and LONG may that continue.


It's actually quite heartening that since the rapid-fire-posting-of-EVERYTHING died down, the forum seems to have settled unconsciously back into its roots a little - the recent and very pleasant Uematsu-fest here being a case in point.

A delightful irony, isn't it... Directly from the abject depression of just a few days ago, via friendly banter, grows a series of posts that are entirely appropriate to the forum, absolutely appropriate to this thread, and embody the spirit of friendship, discovery, and great music (in equal quantities, and truly they exceed the sum of their parts) that this thread represents.

Take that, naysayers. :)

I agree Sirusjr.
I think we should not post a new complete album after 6 months or 1 year after the release date or if it's sold out/out of print, and instead only post 2 or 3 track samples that represent the album and discuss about it.
In that way if some person liked what he heard and read it from the thread, then can always download the album on other sources and even buy the album if they like it.

what would be the point in that? your gonna get the ost from another place. the shrine will just be a place to get the odd game ost that's not available to buy. which now that i think of it is what the shrine was from day 1 anyway.

Yet another slightly-off-topic, I'm afraid... but DAMN YOU PEOPLE! As a direct result of this recent Uematsu flood, I threw away my strict "no games" policy last night and started playing Final Fantasy VII - and was absolutely captivated. And also completely shocked to find five hours disappear in the blink of an eye! So, now I'm sitting at work barely able to keep my eyes open...

Finally I am beginning to understand the magic that happens when Uematsu's music (yes, even the crappy MIDIs) is heard simultaneously with this beautiful game.


I looked up some of this Holst guy's stuff on youtube. It's kinda good but I dunno. I'm more into stuff like Hans Zimmer's Gladiator. Classical music just isn't as good, IMHO.

You know, I've missed you around these parts... you should post more often. ;)

Tango, is this really your first time playing Final Fantasy VII?! How interesting. Are you out of Midgar yet?

Yet another slightly-off-topic, I'm afraid... but DAMN YOU PEOPLE! As a direct result of this recent Uematsu flood, I threw away my strict "no games" policy last night and started playing Final Fantasy VII - and was absolutely captivated. And also completely shocked to find five hours disappear in the blink of an eye! So, now I'm sitting at work barely able to keep my eyes open...

Finally I am beginning to understand the magic that happens when Uematsu's music (yes, even the crappy MIDIs) is heard simultaneously with this beautiful game.
ONE OF US, ONE OF US, ONE OF US!

Seriously though yeah the Final Fantasy games are awesome. I believe I've beaten every one of them except for the ever hailed FFVI.

L'exp�dition Jules Verne: A Bord Du Trois-M�ts Belem





Artist: John Scott

Play Time: Disc 1 (56min 4sec) | Disc 2 (59min 47sec)
All tracks @ 320 Kbps

Disc 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/286314046/L_Exp__dition_Jules_Verne_A_Bord_Du_Trois-M__ts_Belem_-_Disc_1.zip) | Disc 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/286327102/L_Exp__dition_Jules_Verne_A_Bord_Du_Trois-M__ts_Belem_-_Disc_2.zip)




Tracklist and Samples





DISC 1


1. The Jules Verne's Legacy and Jules Verne Adventures Theme 2:13:50
2. Main Titles 1:31:41
3. Moonlight / Ghost Ships 2:56:56
4. Surviving Centuries 1:59:14
5. Wind 1:09:47
6. Mont Pel�e Explodes (http://www.zshare.net/audio/662961120ff355e2/) 1:11:44
7. Approaching 2:29:62
8. Souls 1:01:53
9. Raging Sea / Beneath the Surface 2:27:50
10. On the Beach / Painting the Voyage 2:44:20
11. Diving with him 1:14:74
12. Captain Falco (Grandioso) 3:35:32
13. Decompression / ''C'est L'Infini Vivant'' 3:16:41
14. The Belem Returns / Saint-Pierre Centennial 3:24:23
15. Deep 0:55:35
16. Discovering Treasures of the Past 2:23:59
17. Under the Hull 1:24:17
18. ''Rayon Vert'' and Night Diving 2:03:41
19. ''A Hundred Years After Jules Verne'' (narrated by Charlotte Rampling) 1:18:23
20. Farewell / Final message 1:39:74
21. Suite for the Belem and End Titles (Alternate) 15:13:35




DISC 2


1. Powerful Amazon 1:56:70
2. The Jules Verne Adventures Theme and Main Titles 2:39:64
3. The Maracas Legacy 1:15:64
4. Lost World 3:31:40
5. Dawn 0:39:54
6. Exploring the World in a New Light (http://www.zshare.net/audio/66295948541947c7/) 0:57:70
7. For Maufrais 1:14:56
8. Mountains of Atlantis? 1:48:57
9. ''They Say the Sea is Cold'' (narrated by Charlotte Rampling) / High Seas 1:26:36
10. The Jules Verne Adventures Theme (piano version) 2:44:52
11. The Hottest Blood of All 4:03:57
12. Boi Do Mar [Francisco Costa] 3:42:22
13. ''Olhos Negros'' (traditional Azorian) [Francisco Costa] 3:31:57
14. Racing / There She Blows! 1:50:44
15. Lira (traditional Azorian) [Francisco Costa] 3:37:56
16. The Search for Moby Dick 1:32:11
17. Screamshaws / Cello for a Sperm Whale 2:37:67
18. The Jules Verne Expedition Theme and Finale 3:16:65
19. End Titles 3:17:06
ADDITIONAL TRACKS
20. The Jules Verne Adventures Theme (piano / alternate version) 2:43:17
21. The Jules Verne Film Festival Overture 11:30:41


I haven't found many online information about this album, but it's John Scott (a brilliant but not so well known composer), so hope you can like it. The music is totally orchestral with only 2 or 3 vocal folk songs on disc 2.

Scott is one of the most underrated composers of all time - 78 years old and still going strong; he's currently president and artistic director of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra. Yet another example of a crusty Brit showing you Americans how it's done, eh? ;)

Sadly, his style - symphonic, sensitive, classically informed, artistically flawless - isn't as in demand today as it once was, hence his transition to a conductor and music director - but he still composes occasionally for British television and is still the composer of choice for the prestigious French Jules Verne documentaries (THANK YOU, France, for keeping this superlative musician "in work" when his own country has virtually abandoned him). He also notably provided a full orchestral score in 2007 for the 1922 silent movie "Robin Hood".

A great man, and a great composer. Thank you for this. :)

[Edit: This collection even has the Jules Verne Festival Overture! That is superbly difficult to come across! A wonderful, glittering ten minute showpiece for large orchestra - overflowing with triumphant brass and soaring string melodies. People will LOVE this.]

Thanks for the last uploads, specially this one by John Scott.

Speaking of underrated British composers, today I uploaded a beautiful, nostalgic and sad score by Christopher Gunninig.

Firelight (SILVA SCREEN)

(http://www.subirimagenes.com/otros-firelightfilmcd198-3293472.html)

Sample:
http://www.4shared.com/file/136378140/ba6fafe8/14_-_Firelight.html

Link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HSXW05Z6

Track listing

1. A Bleak Journey (02:01)
2. Making an Heir (02:45)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
3. Louisa (02:40)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
4. The Chimes Polka (02:20)
5. Meeting Louisa (03:24)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
6. Charles Returns (02:17)
Violin Solo by Kenneth Sillito
7. Amy (02:46)
Violin Solo by Kenneth Sillito
8. Learning By Firelight (03:23)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
9. The Lake House (01:51)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
10. Loving By Firelight (04:10)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
11. The Rescue (03:06)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
12. A Bitter Decision (02:14)
13. The Bridal Polka (01:28)
14. Firelight (02:39)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
15. Amy's Funeral (03:01)
Violin Solo by Marcia Crayford
16. The Power of Desire (02:13)
17. A New Journey (04:48)
Violin Solo by Kenneth Sillito

Total Duration: 00:47:06

Review:

After considerable success with his scores for Karaoke and Cold Lazarus, Middlemarch and Yorkshire Glory, Christopher Gunning has turned to the Bill Nicholson film Firelight. Firelight is another tortured, period love story this time featuring f�ted young ing�nue and Bardot successor Sophie Marceau.Gunning is one of the strongest composers in his field and I fervently want him to be taken up by Hollywood in a big way. His romantic music for the two Potter TV movies Karaoke and Cold Lazarus was a perfect match for the dark hopeless/hopeful tone of those films.The music for Firelight has some atmospheric parallels with the John Barry score for Swept From the Sea. More to the point, the style is a step along the same line as Bernard Herrmann when he chose to write a long-breathing tune - slightly haunted, quietly powerful and singing. There is a touch here also of Nyman's score for Campion's The Piano, not that it is minimalist music. Solo piano and solo violin (often in Lark Ascending mode) are much to the fore. An introspective, possibly claustrophobic score breaking free in Rachmaninovian splendour in tracks 16 and 17. The latter is very close sometimes to Gerald Finzi's Introit and could easily serve as the slow movement of a violin concerto. Overall then a welcomed disc. I hope to hear much more Gunning. The industry should be using him far more.

And this master piece:

When The Whales Came (SILVA SCREEN)

(http://www.subirimagenes.com/otros-1108200910-3293610.html)

Sample1:
http://www.4shared.com/file/136380775/a241cb28/14_-_Saving_The_Whale.html

Sample2:
http://www.4shared.com/file/136381290/f2dfb7a7/15_-_Torches_In_The_Sea.html

Link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1P8PKWUI

Track listing

1. Bryther, and the Curse of Samson (03:56)
2. Gracie Plays Truant (00:50)
3. The Birdman's Gift (01:29)
4. The Islanders (01:48)
5. Tempest - And First Visit to the Birdman (02:12)
6. The Crown Investigators (01:25)
7. Daniel's Gift for the Birdman (02:28)
Tracks 7, 16 & 17 composed by Ruth Rennie
8. War, and Jack's Dilemma (01:56)
9. Goodbye Jack (00:48)
10. The Birdman's Warning (01:19)
11. Lured to Samson (02:45)
12. Clemmie's Lament (02:19)
13. Whale Beached (00:43)
14. Saving the Whale (02:52)
15. Torches in the Sea (02:47)
16. Daniel (01:20)
17. Well Full: The Sailor Returns: Re-United! (03:34)
18. Redeemed (02:28)

Total Duration: 00:36:59

About the composer:

Christopher Gunning was born in 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and grew up in Hendon, a suburb of London, just after the Second World War. His father was Alexis, who was born in South Africa but brought up in Holland. He was a composer and pianist, and his mother, Janet, was his piano pupil.

Home was a tiny semi-D in West Hendon. A lively place it was too - with five people crammed into it together with a grand piano, an upright, and ream upon ream of music and books.

Composing was always second nature, and Christopher would invent pieces at the piano long before he could read music. In the teen years he listened continually to everything from jazz and pop music to Bartok, Strawinski and Schonberg. Four years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama followed, and there he studied composition, piano and percussion. His tutors included composers Dr Edmund Rubbra and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, pianist James Gibb, and musicologist Dr Brian Trowell. Simultaneously he became a Bachelor of Music at Durham University.

In his twenties Christopher composed the music for several documentary films and also worked as an arranger, providing the backings for a wide variety of recording artists, including Mel Torme, Shirley Bassey, The Hollies, Colin Blunstone and saxophonist Phil Woods. At the same time he composed the music for a lot of advertising campaigns, some of them long-running, such as Martini and Blck Magic.

Christopher has spent the greater part of his career writing television and film scores, which vary in character from period pieces to contemporary drama. He has won four BAFTA awards for 'La Vie en Rose,' Agatha Christie's 'Poirot', 'Middlemarch', and 'Porterhouse Blue', and three Ivor Novello Awards for 'Rebecca', 'Under Suspicion', and 'Firelight'. His scores for 'The Big Battalions', 'Wild Africa', 'Cold Lazarus', 'When the Whales Came' and 'Winalot' have also received nominations for BAFTA and Ivor Novello Awards, and his music for the 'Martini' advertising campaign, heard around the world for thirty years, has won three Clio awards. His most recent film commission was the score for "La Mome," also known as "La Vie en Rose," the feature film starring Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf and directed by Olivier Dahan. On a wonderful night in February 2008, he was presented with the BAFTA award for Best Music and on the same night, the film won 3 more BAFTA awards, including one for Marion Cotillard as 'best actress,' who went on to win an Oscar for her performance.

Christopher loves working with orchestras, and generally orchestrates and conducts his own material; his score for "Cold Lazarus" by Dennis Potter was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, and "Yorkshire Glory" by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. He is equally at home with computers and electronic instruments.

More recently, Christopher has been devoting much of his time to composing music for the concert hall. His output includes concertos for the oboe, clarinet, saxophone and piano, and four symphonies for large orchestra. The latest recordings are of Symphony no 3, Symphony no 4 and the Concerto for Oboe and String orchestra, released in May 2009 on the CHANDOS label. Please visit the BLOG and DISCOGRAPHY pages for more information.

Thanks Sanico and Garcia. Will check these out. Sound interesting!

Hi Everyone, I've been a reader since day 1, but I haven't ever posted anything because my love of symphonic music simply wasn't very diverse until I became a regular reader of this thread. I suppose you could call me a lurker (shame to me), but I have the highest respect for every poster in here and am constantly intrigued by everyone's insights and inputs to whatever topic might be at hand.... I just want to thank everyone...... Also, I am a college student, and I just heard about a music library on campus... I have no idea what might be there, but I'll certainly keep this thread in mind in case I ever find something appropriate. And last but not least, Tango, I'm glad that yet another person has been drawn into the world of Final Fantasy, I hope you have a good experience.

I haven't heard any Christopher Gunning music before, so these will be in my need to listen queue.
Thank you for posting it Garcia.

You won't be disappointed, fantastic scores! When the Whales Came is absolutely sumptuous. The only Gunning I'd heard prior to this was the Poirot theme so thanks Garcia for these treasures. Must check out his symphonies and such as well.

Sanico, thank you for that lovely John Scott set. I'm a little ashamed to say this, but I've never heard his music before (or if I have, I've not been aware of it). Any other recommendations for this fine composer?

The prospect of a new score for a silent film always excites me (orchestral, of course, not the dreadful synth-noodling variety). I wonder if his Robin Hood is available in any form? By the looks of things, there isn't a recent enough dvd release to cover it.

I agree lens, the Gunning music is magical and highly worthwhile. At a time when I more and more turn to Progressive Rock and Heavy Metal for music that gets me excited, having new scores like that on my zune is a wonderful blessing. I haven't even sunk my teeth into The Jules Verne soundtrack yet!

I also forgot to mention that Pandora Hearts OST2 is out and posted various places on this forum. It is similar to the first soundtrack and even contains a track by the elusive (and always chill inducing) Emily Bidinger. Like most Yuki Kajiura soundtracks, it contains a few electronic and rock styled tracks but there are also a number of wonderful tracks with flute and violin.

Speaking of Yuki Kajiura . . . I have posted it.

Yuki Kajiura - Pandora Hearts Original Soundtrack II with Scans
Orchestral/Electronic/Choral/Moody/Warm/Tense/Energetic
MP3/320KBPs/1CD/194MBs



Tracklist:

1. Reminisce
2. everytime you kissed me (feat. Emily Bindiger)
3. Wrapped in darkness
4. Pandora hearts expanded
5. Open
6. Wave Motion
7. The relief
8. Restrain
9. Limits
10. Dash
11. In the dark
12. Reveal
13. A shadow
14. Beside
15. Narrate
16. Melody 2
17. Cradle
18. Gravel
19. Fountain
20. Do it later
21. Naughty
22. Miracle
23. Revolve
24. Confidence
25. Reminisce 2
26. Maze Karaoke with Aa
27. Maze Karaoke with Oumi Tomoe

Thread: http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=1341170#post1341170

I found an ultra rare score by Yoshihisa Hirano that I highly recommend!

http://rapidshare.com/files/286681462/Harukanaru_Toki_no_Naka_de_OST.rar

The quality sucks, but it's better than nothing!

Also, there is a new piece of music on the Japanese Final Fantasy XIII site and it's amazing. The orchestration sounded like Hirano, so I went to his site and it actually mentions that the score will be performed the the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra. So, it's pretty safe to assume he's doing the orchestration. Anyway, here's the rip: (not mine btw)

http://rapidshare.com/files/287061732/Rip.mp3

Well done sir! And THANK YOU! Another fan of Hirano's work is always always welcome.

As for Final Fantasy XIII, yes, he's orchestrating for Hamauzu again as on Dirge of Cerebrus, and based on the track you posted we are in for a TREAT. I maintain that Hirano has far, far more input into the composition than you would believe from the frequently used "orchestrator" credit. Right from the first note, you know it's his work. Once again Hirano's very distinctive style wins out. (See Dirge of Cerebrus, and particularly his orchestrations for Ali Project.)

He's also provided orchestrations for Biohazard: Dark Side Chronicles this year, as well as a full score for the upcoming anime Book of Bantorra. A very good year for Hirano, after Haijime no Ippo - New Challenger as well; what a bizzare (and wonderful) score THAT is!

Thank you all for your wonderful posts, mates!


Sanico: Excellent initiative! I'm a big fan of John Scott (what a formidable professional in his field), but I didn't even have this particular score. It's VERY welcome indeed!


Garcia: These are 2 superb gems you posted. Looking forward to listening to them, especially after the ecstatic comments made about them. I must admit I didn't heard the music of this composer yet. Seems very promising.


Smack81: Very good! Hirano is a very talented composer, whose music, I admit, I find sometimes a little, how to say... puzzling, due to the use of frequent dissonant chords in it. You have to get used to it before plainly savoring it, but then, it becomes frankly gorgeous.



Sanico, thank you for that lovely John Scott set. I'm a little ashamed to say this, but I've never heard his music before (or if I have, I've not been aware of it). Any other recommendations for this fine composer?

Come on! There's already been some John Scott posted here before. Didn't you notice these?
Thread 57893
Thread 57893
And maybe more...


The orchestral Final Fantasy albums topic isn't closed yet! I have one more album to post (and maybe even more later). Coming soon...

Ah. Thanks Arthierr. These were clearly posted before my time ;) Looking forward to getting up to speed.

Scott may be overlooked to a degree, but a commission to write for a silent movie is a dream come true for any film composer (I would think). You're basically being asked to write a through-composed symphony, one that doesn't have to be so mindful of troublesome edits, or vie with inept and incessant dialogue, or the chaos of the sound effects department. I don't think I'd claim the Douglas Fairbanks pictures (or indeed many American silents for that matter) are as artistically 'free' as some of the period's acknowledged masterpieces, but, even so, what a canvas to work on!

Hirano is a very talented composer, whose music, I admit, I find sometimes a little, how to say... puzzling, due to the use of frequent dissonant chords in it. You have to get used to it before plainly savoring it, but then, it becomes frankly gorgeous.

Couldn't have put it better myself. I think that's why I've come to love his music so passionately. It's not the sort of thing you can just... fall into. It's something you almost have to condition yourself to appreciate, if those sorts of sounds are alien to you.

I've reached a stage in my musical life where I'm finding dissonance and consonance increasingly hard to separate - it's a bizzare (but very rewarding) place to be, psychologically. I expect some of the more classical-oriented posters will know what I'm talking about here, whereas most people will think I'm losing my mind. But when you're "there" so to speak, it works like a kind-of "Universal Translator" for Hirano's sometimes harmonically complicated language.

Once your mind is ready, suddenly you find yourself surrounded by these delicious sounds. Dissonance can sound harsh and unnatural, but Hirano's style of dissonance (moreover chromaticism; oversimplified, basically the use of off-key notes to add "colour" to otherwise non-dissonant chords) - sounds very natural and fluidic. I don't know any other composer who mixes this level of compositional daring with a magnificent flair for melody and simply outstanding orchestration ability.

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=j42esfyjhc

Here are two of my favourite pieces from Hirano's 2008 "Real Drive" score.

RD Theme: Begins with a straightforward establishment the four note theme - leading into a dissonant fanfare and subsequent development of this simple theme. This is incredible stuff on its own - everything is derived from those notes. It's a very clever way of manipulating the listener; to state a "theme" in such a simple way at the outset puts it in your mind - then it is gradually blurred away but your mind is processing its relationship with the original theme. At 0:53 tremolo strings, harp, piano woodwind, and later brass as well, lead a lovely little fantasia-like section - the theme almost feels like it's suspended in mid air. This feels like a hall of distorting mirrors, to me. That simple theme (or the chords that represent it) are still there bubbling away in the background, but they're getting buried deeper and deeper. At 2:22, after another brief fanfare, the theme comes back on piano with string backup - it starts off sounding very traditional, and very peaceful. Now, this is where the fun begins - as it progresses, it deviates further from the key, and the string accompaniment grows more dissonant - but it doesn't really sound like it! At 2:50, a clarinet embellishes the theme and the mood is briefly normal again - but just like before, the dissonance grows but this time it feels even more "normal". At 3:26, all hell breaks loose briefly, then the theme is passed around the whole orchestra - with trilling piccolos, screaming trumpets, and rolling timpani. My favourite part of the piece - at 4:09, dissonant chords surge upwards, and with every progression, the dissonance becomes less, until at 4:12 the original theme makes a triumphant return - it makes one final pass around the orchestra, and the piece finishes on a chord that's just aching to lead to a different one... but it never makes it!

Toward The Light: Hirano likes fanfares; he uses them everywhere, and they nearly always follow a basic pattern of "dissonant fanfare into consonant chord" - and that's the case here. The fanfare explodes into a warm, elegant romantic theme - and just the slightest hint of old faithful dissonance. Note how the solo trumpet is "following" the melody around, occasionally going off key. At 0:54, the second theme enters - another romantic, but somewhat melancholy melody for oboe, lilting strings, and harp. A swell at 1:16 unites the second and first themes - along with just a hint of the main RD Theme on solo trumpet. At 1:26, a delicious passage of playful juggling, with fragments of all the themes leads at 1:48 to another glorious fanfare: Completely off key, and at the same time, absolutely ravishing - leading to another example of how Hirano likes to take chaos (or almost chaos), build up tension, and then explode a powerful melody. The romantic theme returns, with solo soprano voice singing the melody, doubling with the violins.

Well, I'm sorry for being a dull git. I just love Hirano's music so much. Nobody gets inside my head quite like Hirano, and it's because there's SO MUCH GOING ON that almost has nothing to do with the music's status as media accompaniment. His music lives and breathes with such incredible vitality, and more than that, every single note is completely his own. Every nuance belongs to him.

Ah. Thanks Arthierr. These were clearly posted before my time ;) Looking forward to getting up to speed.

Scott may be overlooked to a degree, but a commission to write for a silent movie is a dream come true for any film composer (I would think). You're basically being asked to write a through-composed symphony, one that doesn't have to be so mindful of troublesome edits, or vie with inept and incessant dialogue, or the chaos of the sound effects department. I don't think I'd claim the Douglas Fairbanks pictures (or indeed many American silents for that matter) are as artistically 'free' as some of the period's acknowledged masterpieces, but, even so, what a canvas to work on!

Scott said he almost turned down the assignment as the thought of writing a continuous 120 minute symphony for full orchestra made him feel ill. With a silent movie, you have absolutely nowhere to hide. You're right - it's a chance for nothing short of a fully developed symphonic work that follows a story. A dream assignment, and simultaneously a nightmare assignment - I can't even begin to imagine how much work something like this would involve, and it really does take somebody with Scott's chops to make it work.

Imagine Gregson-Williams trying to do something like this... In fact, don't - I just did and now I want to scratch my ear-drums out with rusty nails... Two hours of repeated, cliched chord progressions (performed by a 180 piece orchestra,) tired drum loops, and synthesizers that sound like my stomach after 48 hours without food grumbling away in the background.

Captivating music and descriptions. I'm rather overwhelmed by GREAT music at the moment, with the epic Jules Verne stuff, Gunning's effortlessly gorgeous 'When the Whales' and now Hirano - who I'm beginning to worry might become a favourite.

Thank you Smack81!! I'm swept away! I know I'm always far too gushing and superlative, but I rarely throw around the word 'genius'.. but that's what I'm hearing when I listen to Hirano's scores. I can barely believe they're scores at all. He seems to pack so much development and structure and expressivity into such small, neat little cues. Stunning.


Scott said he almost turned down the assignment as the thought of writing a continuous 120 minute symphony for full orchestra made him feel ill. With a silent movie, you have absolutely nowhere to hide. You're right - it's a chance for nothing short of a fully developed symphonic work that follows a story. A dream assignment, and simultaneously a nightmare assignment - I can't even begin to imagine how much work something like this would involve, and it really does take somebody with Scott's chops to make it work.

Imagine Gregson-Williams trying to do something like this... In fact, don't - I just did and now I want to scratch my ear-drums out with rusty nails... Two hours of repeated, cliched chord progressions (performed by a 180 piece orchestra,) tired drum loops, and synthesizers that sound like my stomach after 48 hours without food grumbling away in the background.

It's funny you should say that. Watching that Prom the other night, I thought it was odd that they played Chicken Run with the dialogue, effects and visuals - a 'privilege' not afforded the likes of Walton, Jarre, Fenton, Williams, Easdale (surely showing the ballet here would have made more sense?). I was surprised by how competent it sounded actually, but it was almost a tacit acknowledgement that its status as music is insufficient, secondary, functional.

I wish silent films were still made. I don't see why they shouldn't be (apart from the rampant philistinism, myopia, and the sickening imperatives of 'realism' that dominate contemporary culture ;)). Variety is the spice of life right? I used to fantasize about some of my favourite film composers being given just this chance. From what I've heard so far, Scott has a very 'traditional' sound that would be ideal. I don't suppose you've heard Robin Hood, or attended a screening?

Couldn't have put it better myself. I think that's why I've come to love his music so passionately. It's not the sort of thing you can just... fall into. It's something you almost have to condition yourself to appreciate, if those sorts of sounds are alien to you...

Brilliant! And very accurate. I'm fond of such detailed musical analysis. This is the occasion to begin soon the posting of some Hirano scores... ;)

Arthierr I can post Himitsu the Revelation, Meine Liebe, Ouran High School, and Strawberry Panic later if you want. Great stuff!

Arthierr I can post Himitsu the Revelation, Meine Liebe, Ouran High School, and Strawberry Panic later if you want. Great stuff!

Yes, please!!!

.

By request:

John Williams Conducts: Film Night At Tanglewood

- Tribute to the Film Composer
- Suite from �Far and Away� (County Galway, June 1892/The Fighting Donnellys/Joseph and Shannon/Blowin� Off Steam/Finale)
- Theme from �Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse� (with TAMARA SMIRNOVA, violin solo)
- Symphonic Suite from �E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial� (Three Million Light Years from Home/Stargazers [with ANN HOBSON PILOT, harp solo]/Adventures on Earth)

(INTERMISSION)

- Suite from �The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex�
- Jolson, Cagney, and Berkeley: The Musicals
- A Tribute to Erroll Flynn (Music from �The Seahawk�)
- A Tribute to Bette Davis (Theme from �Now Voyager�, with TAMARA SMIRNOVA, violin solo)
- A Tribute to James Dean (Music from �East of Eden�)
- Suite from �Casablanca�
- �Superman� March

(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq1WO_Gr)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/z65zju

Track list:

01 - Program Introduction.mp3
02 - Tribute To Film Composer.mp3
03 - Suite from �Far and Away� (Williams).mp3
04 - Theme from �Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse� (Previn).mp3
05 - John Williams Monologue.mp3
06 - The Dance Of The Witches from �The Witches of Eastwick (Williams)�.mp3
07 - Suite from �E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial� (Williams).mp3
08 - Adventure On Earth from �E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial� (Williams).mp3
09 - Frank Langella Introduction.mp3
10 - Suite from �The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex� (Korngold).mp3
11 - Frank Langella Introduction II.mp3
12 - Jolson, Cagney, and Berkeley The Musicals.mp3
13 - Frank Langella Introduction III.mp3
14 - Suite from �Casablanca� (Steiner).mp3
15 - Frank Langella Introduction IV.mp3
16 - Theme from �Now Voyager� (Steiner).mp3
17 - Frank Langella Introduction V.mp3
18 - Music from �East of Eden� (Rosenman).mp3
19 - Frank Langella Introduction VI.mp3
20 - Harry's Wondrous World from �Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone� (Williams).mp3
21 - Frank Langella Introduction VII.mp3
22 - �Superman� March (Williams).mp3
23 - Frank Langella Introduction VIII.mp3
24 - Music from �Dracula� (Williams).mp3
25 - Music from �Raiders Of The Lost Ark� (Williams).mp3
26 - Program Final.mp3
27 - Bonus - John Williams Interview (1997).mp3

Best!

Superman Batman: Public Enemies

tangotreats: some good, audacious and caustic humour is welcome here. Thanks for the good laugh! :D Why the edit?

Although, to be fair with Mr Jablonsky, Steamboy is the unarguable proof that he can sometimes be more than a mediocre composer when he's asked to be (The same goes for Mancina with his Blood+).



Arthierr I can post Himitsu the Revelation, Meine Liebe, Ouran High School, and Strawberry Panic later if you want. Great stuff!

Mate, this would be awesome! Thanks a lot in advance. :)


Garcia: Thanks for Tanglewood! (Isn't this already posted?)

I have a few others as well that will be posted that I forgot including Doki Doki School Hours, Harukanaru Toki No Naka De, Air Master OST1, and Midori no Hibi. I'm starting my uploading now :)

By request:

John Williams Conducts: Film Night At Tanglewood

Thanks Garcia27 for the reupload! Was looking for this one! ;)

For a number of these be warned that the bitrate isn't the best and i don't have album art for everything. Still even the ones that are 192kbps sound good enough to enjoy. I hope you enjoy these and I will update this post as I upload them to include all I have.

Yoshihisa Hirano Soundtracks
Password for each file is smile


Air Master OST1
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287563978/Air_Master_OST1.rar

Doki Doki School Hours OST

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287563981/Doki_Doki_School_Hours_OST.rar

Harukanaru Toki no Naka De
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/28756398/Harukanaru_Toki_No_Naka_De_OST.rar

Himitsu The Revelation

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287572887/Himitsu_The_Revelation.rar

Meine Liebe

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287577221/Meine_Liebe_OST_Capriccio.rar

Midori No Hibi

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287584596/Midori_no_Hibi_OST_Melody.rar

Ouran High School Host Club OST1

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287590836/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_OST1.rar

Ouran High School Host Club OST2

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287595875/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_OST_2_Character_Songs. rar

Ouran High School Host Club Special OST

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287601520/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_Special_OST_and_Charac ter_Song.rar

Strawberry Panic

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/287606807/Strawberry_Panic.rar

Garcia: Thanks for Tanglewood! (Isn't this already posted?)

Yes, It was a request by LordColin

Sirusjr, Thanks for the Hirano's souundtracks.

Best!

Garcia ! Thanks so much for the Gunning's scores... A great composer !

Firelight is very nice and dark and I just discovered the other album : nice thriller/dark music. Thanks !

I saw recently Da Vinci Code and at the end there is a music that could be Sacred Feminine by Henson Music, can someone confirm it ?

I'm curious, I know that Super Mario Brothers 2 was originally a game called doki doki panic. And now here's Doki Doki school hours. Can someone enlighten me as to what Doki Doki translates as?

Sirusjr: Another monumental contribution from you. Thank you so much! I'll progressively check your uploads to see if I have a better bitrate, in which case I'll post mine. Bravo! http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Respect/0006.gif



I'm curious, I know that Super Mario Brothers 2 was originally a game called doki doki panic. And now here's Doki Doki school hours. Can someone enlighten me as to what Doki Doki translates as?

My good old friend Mr Google showed me this. ;)

http://www.chriseska.com/4.htm

this was uploaded by someone else but i think you all would enjoy it
it truly is superb

Calling All Dawns - Christopher Tin (Thread 70152)

It's wonderful to see this thread active. The pace of posting is almost too fast; several pages have appeared since I last logged in (although I guess in this case it's a good thing even if the marvelous content is quite overwhelming). I'm also happy to see insightful commentaries and detailed discussions about the composers and their works as it's quite educational to learn especially about more obscure gems and artists.

I'd like to give my two cents about a few topics that have been discussed on this thread. After using several hours to catch up with this thread, I hope you'll excuse me that I'll only answer a few specific topics on broad terms without using the exact quotes.

On Disney: I'm a big fan of Disney music in general. I've seen some posts about the "lackluster" nature of music in Disney's animated films, and I respect that opinion but I simply feel the other way. One of the areas that Disney has always excelled in (in my opinion) is the music of its animated films. There's yet to be any animated score from Disney that has let me down.

The "Mickey Mousing" of music doesn't irritate me that much. I'm certainly happy when some composers use their melodies in broad terms, but the "jumpy" attitude of some scores gives the music undeniably charm (not to mention one gets to appreciate even more when one hears it in context). I see many of the early composers such as Paul J. Smith and Oliver Wallace as masters of the genre who really knew how to make their music appealing with a broad range of emotions and memorable melodies. Listening to scores like Snow White or Cinderella is truly a fantastic experience, and I just have to admire the talent these people poured into their work. I'm happy that this tradition still continues at Disney with the likes of Alan Menken.

On Remote Control Studios: Although RCS often produces works that I just can't stand, there have been several instances where they have really written beautiful and memorable scores. Some of Hans Zimmer's most beautiful works are definitely Beyond Rangoon with its ethereal feel, the Lion King with the grandiose merging of synths, orchestra, choir and native African elements and the Prince of Egypt with a hauntingly beautiful score to represent the plight of Moses. I find God's theme in the latter score to be one of the most stirring highlights of Zimmer's work. It proves that even though he tends to stumble in his assignments (in my opinion), he can produce truly beautiful music which may not be the most complex one but certainly makes up to it with the emotion that is backing it up.

Another artist that has surprised me is Klaus Badelt who often writes quite lackluster scores (once again, my opinion). He showed a glimpse of his talent in the Time Machine but the Promise really turned out to be his most beautiful score yet. I don't know whether the Chinese setting or the orchestra or the story or something else inspired him, but he produced a magnificent score with tragical beauty... something he hasn't quite reached in the years since.

Harry Gregson-Williams is also a mixed bag to me. He tends to produce quite generic music every once in a while but on a few occasions he has shown his versatility and has managed to create evocative scores with fascinating textures and memorable melodies. I was particularly impressed by his scores for the animated Sinbad film and Kingdom of Heaven. I think those two scores offer the sense of grandiose and yet quite solemn (in parts) music that truly shines. I hope to hear more music like that from him in the future.

What I want to say with all this rambling is that although RMC and its "artists" often don't provide the kind of music that I like, I've noticed every once in a while that they too can provide good music when everything clicks. There are certainly times when the synths become too prominent but some of the RCS composers have shown us that orchestra and synths can be mixed in a satisfying manner. Although most of the time these composers don't even come close to the mastery of the likes of Korngold, Newman or Goldsmith, I think that they occasionally do reach the level of the masters with the way they stir our hears with their music.

I admit that I often have a hard time appreciating very harsh and dissonant music or even certain composers' styles. For example, there are only a select few scores from Bernard Herrmann that I can listen to (Vertigo is my favourite) because most of the time his style of writing clashes with me too much to get enjoyment out of it. This doesn't mean Herrmann is a bad composer by any means (his works work well on screen but I just can't listen to most of them on album), but I just wanted to let you know that there are times when a good composer rubs the listener in the wrong way.

It's nice that orchestral music is still thriving on the film score scene. It's amazing how much good music is out there once you get out of "Hollywood circles". Many French and Japanese composers (Philippe Rombi and Joe Hisaishi come to mind) have created works that make me listen to them in awe. I'm particularly fond of the idea that the romanticism of the likes of Georges Delerue still continues in many new composers and that despite the recent trend in Hollywood, there are still many musical gems to be found. I'm also happy that my countrymen (such as the composers Tuomas Kantelinen and Jonne Valtonen) are becoming more prominent abroad and help promote the beauty within the notes, the exquisite playing of the orchestra etc.

To conclude this lengthy commentary, thanks to everyone for sharing all this wonderful music and letting us discover unimaginable beauty that stirs our souls in this fine thread. I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work! :)

*hugs*


Hi :coolegg:
Sorry but i couldn't be online to the forums since thursday, so i'd like to say thank you for all the last shares and comments.

I bring you guys some tracks from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, new soundtrack released! It is an interesting soundtrack that mixes orchestral with a little bit of synthesizer. The orchestral tracks are awesome and epic so I think you should check it out! For sampling purposes, here are two of the longer and possibly best tracks from the album. The album is posted in full other places here so you can find it if you like.
http://anonym.to/?http://www.sendspace.com/file/z5hm55

Way better than the above, I want to direct your guys' attention to two new scores released by moviescoremedia. Heroes and Villains: Attila the Hun / Napoleon by Daniel Pemberton and Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher and Other Short Film Scores by Ryan Shore. Both of these sound absolutely wonderful based on the samples present on their web site and i can't wait to post some comments after I have finished downloading and listening to them!

hi hoooooo~ my darlings X33

i have two new soundtracks for my thread, sponsored from nice people ^^, hope you like it and hey, i have no time for downloads, but i see every day more stuff in here, wuaaaah O.O XDDD

The Story of Perrine (ペリーヌ物語, Perīnu Monogatari)

the composer is Takeo Watanabe. Arthierr...heee, do you like this composer, do you? XD

and

The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (家族ロビンソン漂流記 ふしぎな島のフローネ, Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki: Fushigi na Shima no Furōne)

Composer are Katsuhisa Hattori, K�ichi Sakata

World Masterpiece Theater - Thread (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=1208457#post1208457)

Thanks Arthierr... I dont know why I didnt think of checking google.

I bring you guys some tracks from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, new soundtrack released! It is an interesting soundtrack that mixes orchestral with a little bit of synthesizer. The orchestral tracks are awesome and epic so I think you should check it out! For sampling purposes, here are two of the longer and possibly best tracks from the album. The album is posted in full other places here so you can find it if you like.
http://anonym.to/?http://www.sendspace.com/file/z5hm55

Way better than the above, I want to direct your guys' attention to two new scores released by moviescoremedia. Heroes and Villains: Attila the Hun / Napoleon by Daniel Pemberton and Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher and Other Short Film Scores by Ryan Shore. Both of these sound absolutely wonderful based on the samples present on their web site and i can't wait to post some comments after I have finished downloading and listening to them!

Sorry if i missed it, but what are your passwords for the Yoshihisa Hirano soundtracks you put up? Thanks again for them ^^

Hi there! Back with new composition, though it's not something epic, but electronica!
Futuristic Highway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjfs3bq4X6s

Sorry if i missed it, but what are your passwords for the Yoshihisa Hirano soundtracks you put up? Thanks again for them ^^
Oh its "smile" without quotes for each. I can't believe I didn't include it.

Oh its "smile" without quotes for each. I can't believe I didn't include it.

XD it's cool, thanks again for the songs. And nice avatar.

Thanks Sirus and Billie for the excellent posts! What a treat to have all that Hirano to listen to - just wish I had more time to do so. [By the way, does anyone have any thoughts/recommendations on the animes involved. I would love to see how they work 'in situ'..] :)



On Disney: I'm a big fan of Disney music in general. I've seen some posts about the "lackluster" nature of music in Disney's animated films, and I respect that opinion but I simply feel the other way. One of the areas that Disney has always excelled in (in my opinion) is the music of its animated films. There's yet to be any animated score from Disney that has let me down.
Good man. I absolutely agree. The early Disney films – Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi – are vivid masterpieces of draftsmanship, colour and invention, of a standard never again equaled in the medium. The lush scores for these contribute an enormous amount, and perfectly compliment the very ‘classical’ art style. Dumbo is perhaps a little different, as it’s much lighter in tone, more cartoonish; there’s still charm and artistry to spare, and a few of the darker passages in the music actually make me think of Mahler.


The "Mickey Mousing" of music doesn't irritate me that much. I'm certainly happy when some composers use their melodies in broad terms, but the "jumpy" attitude of some scores gives the music undeniably charm (not to mention one gets to appreciate even more when one hears it in context). I see many of the early composers such as Paul J. Smith and Oliver Wallace as masters of the genre who really knew how to make their music appealing with a broad range of emotions and memorable melodies. Listening to scores like Snow White or Cinderella is truly a fantastic experience, and I just have to admire the talent these people poured into their work. I'm happy that this tradition still continues at Disney with the likes of Alan Menken.
I personally find that conventional wisdom grossly exaggerates the ‘Mickey-Mousing’ aspect of Disney scores. Even the early Mickey cartoons and Silly Symphonies put a huge emphasis on melody and musical structure. The characters are animated as much to fit the music as the other way around. Furthermore, Mickey-Mousing can be an art in itself, as you suggest. Carl Stalling and Milton J. Franklyn are rightly celebrated for their work on the Looney Tunes, and listened-to alone as music it’s almost like some kind of crazy modernist/surrealist head f@”k – there’s nothing in this vein in Disney’s features, however, which as I say concentrate around flowing melodies, impressionistic colour and balletic elegance. ANYONE with a sensitivity to orchestral composition will be taken aback watching Bambi, and experiencing the uncanny beauty in the melding of musical and pictorial elements (this score even features an ancestral pre-echo of John Williams’ semi-tonal motif for Jaws, except here the predatory force is of course man!). A modern recording of any of these would be sumptuous – the only one I know of is Cinderella, and it’s OOP and rather a rare find.

Menken is one of the most talented composers working in Hollywood today without a doubt. Wouldn’t it be great if he got more chances to write for non-Disney stuff? He could put Zimmer, Jablonsky and co to shame. Sadly, his style is once again too classically orchestral to capture the minds of the idiot execs. I’m sure I’ve seen an interview with him where he says his ultimate wish is simply to write film scores in all kinds of genres, like Herrmann, Goldsmith, Williams did.


...the Prince of Egypt with a hauntingly beautiful score to represent the plight of Moses. I find God's theme in the latter score to be one of the most stirring highlights of Zimmer's work. It proves that even though he tends to stumble in his assignments (in my opinion), he can produce truly beautiful music which may not be the most complex one but certainly makes up to it with the emotion that is backing it up.
A great little theme! Very moving actually. I remember when I first saw the movie I was slightly ambivalent – it seemed a little too ‘cute’ for what it was attempting to represent, and it reminded me of a motif from Goldsmith’s Innerspace – still love it though :) Prince of Egypt also features one of the only uses of Lisa Gerard that I like (and feels right for the setting).

I suppose the problem with the MV/RC stuff is that it has so obviously become a formula. In a lot of cases, it's not just simplistic, loud, graceless, but utterly lacking in sincerity and emotion. There are exceptions, but in general I just find them to be soul-destroyingly bland and obnoxious.

NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR (1922)
HANS ERDMANN
Symphonic Suite


MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/286986329/Nosferatu_Symphonic_Suite.rar

Inspired by the talk of dream-nightmares, I thought I'd post a series of 'silent' scores :) It's only very recently that conscientious restoration efforts have begun to attend to both the visual and musical integrity of silent films. In place of incongruous synth and tacked-on pop song playlists, many are now reunited with the original scores from the period, and it makes a heck of a difference. New orchestral scores are equally to be celebrated of course - Carl Davis is a great example, and like many composers back in the twenties he's perfectly comfortable weaving in ideas from classical music. I think it's worth stating that, when this happens in a silent film score, it works in a completely different way to what we now know of Hollywood hack jobs and temp tracks; a lot of silent movies bathe in the resonances of high art, pictorially and otherwise, so this is a perfectly appropriate characteristic of the music.

This arrangement is one I did from my own dvd rip. It’s a symphonic suite that retains a sense of the narrative, presenting the musical highlights in a structured way. German Romanticism looms large, with intimations of Wagner. Fans of woodwind will be delighted to know that Erdmann’s Nosferatu has them in abundance, especially in the dual role (this film is full of dualisms) of expressing innocence and longing. The third movement, which might be my favourite, has some very pleasing Beethoviana, signifying the hero’s youthfulness and optimism, his heroism, journeying across the Carpathian mountains to Transylvania; in keeping with this, I’ve tried to create a simple ternary form, such as you might find in a Classical symphony. The horror ramps up after this, with occasional interjections of chilling Herrmann-like stasis in the harmony, until the relentless, but slowly creeping, onslaught of the finale, that ultimately evaporates with the sunrise. Cock crows (clarinet and flutter-tongued flute playing the vampire motif) begin an exquisite, transcendent, agony-ecstasy death sequence, and a vocalise epilogue that recalls a virgin’s noble self-sacrifice.

Lens of Truth... I humbly tip my hat off to you Sir! Thanks a lot for Nosferatu!

Splendid, absolutely splendid... And what a wonderful presentation as well - as the previous poster so eloquently said, hats off to you, for your effort, and for putting up this magnificent score.

It makes James Bernhard's alternative 1997 score for the same film seem ever so slightly weedy - although it's fascinating to compare the differing approaches the two composers took to essentially the same material.

You're both very welcome. I'm glad you like it!


It makes James Bernhard's alternative 1997 score for the same film seem ever so slightly weedy - although it's fascinating to compare the differing approaches the two composers took to essentially the same material.

An impressive score in itself, by a composer who obviously has everything in hand, but perhaps a little overdramatic and overwrought for what's essentially a poetic film. Erdmann seems to get at the latent horror - the intangible, the in-between spaces, the shadows. What I do love about Bernard's score is the love theme.. but, I get really tired of hearing the Hammeresque syllabic statement of NOSSS-FER-AAAA-TU in the brass - just not in tune with the film's ambiance.

Thinking about it, Erdmann's must be among the earliest horror scores we still have. I was going to call it 'prototypical', but it's been neglected for far too long.

More silent scores to come :)

How do you fancy Gottfried Huppertz's sumptuous original score for Metropolis? ;)

In the mean time, I'll drop this one... A real surprise for me, and one I'm sure you folks will like. I fear that it may not live up to the splendid music previously posted by Lens, but it's still well worth a listen.

A particular shout to Arthierr - are you there? ;)

It's a brand new orchestral score by KOUSUKE YAMASHITA!



Kousuke Yamashita
Nobunaga's Ambition Tendou (2009)
performed by the Tendou Orchestra and Choir

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=u6xjy4i1db



(NOT MY RIP - CREDITS TO COCMP3)
(MY LINKS)

01.Giyousei [01:32]
02.Ikuse No Omoi [02:27]
03.Totetsu Naki Michi [02:10]
04.Inanaku Daichi [01:46]
05.Kogakure No Senkoku [01:59]
06.Sasurau Kaze No Youni [01:37]
07.Kion No Shou [02:07]
08.Funjin Seshi Omoi [02:29]
09.Kowaku No Sasayaki [01:06]
10.Hoku Amaoto [01:45]
11.Banjaku No Gotoku [01:44]
12.Biei No Jin [01:48]
13.Tenka No Saihai [02:01]
14.Zanzen No Yukue [01:31]
15.Kouseki Wo Motome [02:21]
16.Mori No Tategami [02:14]
17.Keruzen No Shin [02:27]
18.Kagayakeru Monotachi [02:07]
19.Gekishin No Hate Ni [02:12]
20.Koun [02:12]
21.Toki No Seikaku [02:07]
22.Tadamiru Kanata [02:24]
23.Kurenai No Namida [03:16]

(Sorry - no Engish track names - romaji is the best you're going to get out of ME this morning!) ;)

As for the score itself, it's what you'd expect from Yamashita - for the most part, an orchestral powerhouse - silghtly more percussive than usual (in the contemporary Hollywood sense, not in the pop / rock sense) but underneath remains the usual symphonic flair, balletic orchestration, complexity, and melodic sensibility.

Thanks guys for the recent posts! I can't wait to listen to the new Yamashita Tango!
Romaji tracklist is more than adequate!

EDIT: WOW! Nosferatu is absolutely superb! I haven't heard any more beautiful yet still deeply stirring horror soundtrack before. I wish modern horror scores were even half this good!

Also Nobunaga's Ambition is a solid score as well! The main 3 note ascension reminds me of odin sphere every time it is repeated. I keep wanting to hear the rest of the odin sphere theme and it is never there. Still I highly enjoy it and appreciate your posting.

Sanico - I will have to grab that when I get home and check it out, sounds interesting.

Another top quality post you made Lens of Truth. Thanks for posting Nosferatu suite which also will be my first listen to Hans Erdmann music.
And here is my contribution for today. A beautiful and moving soundtrack by Michiru Oshima.





Year One in the North - Michiru Oshima
All tracks @ 192k

http://rapidshare.com/files/289390234/Year_One_In_The_North.zip

How do you fancy Gottfried Huppertz's sumptuous original score for Metropolis? ;)

:D :D That was next on my to-do list. If you want some screengrabs let me know (..can you tell I'm obsessed?).

I'll definitely check out Nobunaga's Ambition. A quick browse through Vgmdb reveals that this same composer has worked with Yoko Kanno previously in the series. Interesting..

Oshima is always a pleasure, thanks Sanico!

It's a brand new orchestral score by KOUSUKE YAMASHITA!

[CENTER]
Kousuke Yamashita
Nobunaga's Ambition Tendou (2009)
performed by the Tendou Orchestra and Choir


thanks, i quite enjoyed this

First of all I want to say massive thanks to Sanico for this amazing Oshima score! I absolutely adore it!

Second, you guys should check out the Risen ost posted here
It is a powerful dark and somewhat atmospheric orchestral soundtrack that is highly enjoyable and worth a listen. It is by the composer who did the soundtracks to the games in the Gothic series.
EDIT: I noticed that the thread I linked to used depositfiles and that site is not very good so I uploaded it to rapidshare

Risen Soundtrack - Kai Rosenkranz
|Orchestral|Dark|Ambient|Epic|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/289654343/Risen_Soundtrack.rar
PSW: smile

I don't suppose I could get an orchestrated version of Magus' Theme (Chrono Trigger) from anyone per chance?

First of all I want to say massive thanks to Sanico for this amazing Oshima score! I absolutely adore it!

Second, you guys should check out the Risen ost posted here
It is a powerful dark and somewhat atmospheric orchestral soundtrack that is highly enjoyable and worth a listen. It is by the composer who did the soundtracks to the games in the Gothic series.
EDIT: I noticed that the thread I linked to used depositfiles and that site is not very good so I uploaded it to rapidshare

Risen Soundtrack - Kai Rosenkranz
|Orchestral|Dark|Ambient|Epic|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/289654343/Risen_Soundtrack.rar


What's the password for this???

What's the password for this???
Sorry, password is "smile" without quotes.

Wow, Rosenkranz soundtrack! I loves Gothic III so I'm definitely going to download this. Thanks for the upload! = )

Wow, Rosenkranz soundtrack! I loves Gothic III so I'm definitely going to download this. Thanks for the upload! = )
Do you have Gothic 1 or 2? The links I found were dead although I do have the third one from gamemp3s a while ago. Please share if you do.

I am AMAZED by the quality of the music posted here. A big BRAVO and a huge THANKS to you, guys! I'll check these posts this weekend but I can already predict that they'll be pure awesomeness.



A particular shout to Arthierr - are you there? ;)

It's a brand new orchestral score by KOUSUKE YAMASHITA!



Kousuke Yamashita
Nobunaga's Ambition Tendou (2009)
performed by the Tendou Orchestra and Choir

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=u6xjy4i1db


YOU ROCK!!

Thanks, buddy!

Do you have Gothic 1 or 2? The links I found were dead although I do have the third one from gamemp3s a while ago. Please share if you do.
I'm sorry but I only have Gothic III. =/ But I have played the Gothic II game, however, and the soundtrack just wasn't nearly as good as the third one. It's made with some pretty low-quality samples and sounds pretty generic and dull.

I'm sorry but I only have Gothic III. =/ But I have played the Gothic II game, however, and the soundtrack just wasn't nearly as good as the third one. It's made with some pretty low-quality samples and sounds pretty generic and dull.
Mmk I'll take your word for that. At least I won't be missing out on much :)

Hello my dear friends ^^
i have one more soundtrack, but i don't know, if you like it or not, but i hope you enjoy ^^
And thank you very much for all soundtracks in here X3

Anime Sound Memorial - 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (Limited Edition, 5000 Copies)


World Masterpiece Theater - Thread (Thread 63760)

And one more, hope you like it ^_______^
Sekai Meisaku Gekijo Memorial Ongakukan - Haha o Tazunete Sanzen Ri (2 CDs)



Composer: Koichi Sakata

World Masterpiece Theater - Thread (Thread 63760)

Here's something I'd like to post (a little late indeed) about the latest topics of this tnread. A good orchestral album, with some tasteful arrangements, although the performance is sometimes unperfect. "Opening Theme / Tina" has one of the greatest themes heard in a FF game, and the aria in "Aria Di Mezzo Carattere" is quite gorgeous. Enjoy!



Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale

Composed By: Nobuo Uematsu

Arranged By: Shiro Sagisu, Tsuneyoshi Saito

Performed by: Milan Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Archi Della Scala, Svetla Krasteva

|MP3|192|1CD|




http://rapidshare.com/files/98830165/Final_Fantasy_VI_Grand_Finale.rar

1 - Opening Theme / Tina
2 - Cefca
3 - The Mystic Forest
4 - Gau
5 - Milan De Chocobo
6 - Troops March On
7 - Kids Run Through The City Corner
8 - Blackjack
9 - Relm
10 - Mystery Train
11 - Aria Di Mezzo Carattere

Another topic-related post! This is an excellent Hirano score, with a strong main theme, and the usual symphonic sumptuousness of the maestro. Highly recommended.



Kotetsushin Jeeg OST

Composed By: Hirano Yoshihisa

|MP3|320|1CD|

Credits go to the original uploader




http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5RHA4MOK

Wonderful Arthierr! I don't think i've ever heard grand finale strangely enough. I seem to remember searching for Jeeg and not finding anything so I appreciate that as well. Speaking of Hirano, I recently found dokidoki school hours on rightstuf clearance for $5 so I will post a VBR rip of it when I get it (along with a few other hopefully gems I ordered as well).
For those curious, my next set of anime uploads when I get them will be:
Tsukihime, Lunar Legend Original Soundtrack CD 1: Moonlit Archives
Tsukihime, Lunar Legend Original Soundtrack CD 2: Moonlit Memoirs
Mothra CD Soundtrack 2
Jubei Chan 2 CD Soundtrack
Doki Doki School Hours CD Soundtrack

I also have a few Poledouris soundtracks I just grabbed in lossless that I am going to post in MP3 once I determine they are worthy of this thread.

Here's something I'd like to post (a little late indeed) about the latest topics of this tnread. A good orchestral album, with some tasteful arrangements, although the performance is sometimes unperfect. "Opening Theme / Tina" has one of the greatest themes heard in a FF game, and the aria in "Aria Di Mezzo Carattere" is quite gorgeous. Enjoy!

You've just mentioned my two favourite pieces by Uematsu :) together with perhaps the Overworld theme for FFVII. The operatic sequence was a very bold thing to do in a SNES game. I even enjoy these in their midi originals. It's a shame that occasionally parts of the harmony seem either not quite right or just a little weak, though, as you say, this may be due to imperfections in the performance. One thing I would certainly alter is a flute in place of that dreadful pan-flute-thingy in Tina / Terra's theme.


Following on from Garcia's recent posts, some more Gunning:


CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
- PIANO CONCERTO, STORM, SYMPHONY NO. 1


http://tinyurl.com/npe2tn

Review from MusicWeb:

Having listened to this disc, it came as no surprise to this reviewer to learn from the composer/conductor’s biography in the booklet notes, that Christopher Gunning is primarily a composer of music for film and television. The music is well crafted and the scoring clean-cut.

The central section of the dramatically vivid Storm colourfully reflects the title of the work (even it’s hard to banish thoughts of Britten’s Peter Grimes when listening to it). The musical language may be a little unvaried in places, so that there are times when it all veers dangerously toward the monotonous, but on the other hand there are exciting aural experiences to be had. Stravinsky occasionally comes to mind when the writing is at its most rhythmically vibrant (particularly in the piano concerto), but there is also no doubt that the music of his mentor Edmund Rubbra lies at the core of his approachable tonal idiom and its eloquent harmonic language. The symphony is in one through-composed movement, a loose-fitting garment in terms of its structure but nevertheless one which concentrates the mind for the most part.

Olga Dudnik gives an impressively energetic and commanding account of the piano concerto, while Gunning himself guides the Slovak Radio Orchestra through his music to produce committed performances of all three works.

An exhilarating disc, and one which will not disappoint.


Thanks to the original uploader.

Great! A piano concerto composed by a composer of music for film and television, this is not so frequent, so it really deserves a lot of attention. Thanks for bringing this rarity here. :)



You've just mentioned my two favourite pieces by Uematsu :) together with perhaps the Overworld theme for FFVII. The operatic sequence was a very bold thing to do in a SNES game. I even enjoy these in their midi originals. It's a shame that occasionally parts of the harmony seem either not quite right or just a little weak, though, as you say, this may be due to imperfections in the performance. One thing I would certainly alter is a flute in place of that dreadful pan-flute-thingy in Tina / Terra's theme.

For people interested, I point out that a full 23-minute version of the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI has been played by a real orchestra in the Orchestral Game Concert 4. This album has already been posted in this thread (along with the others). This piece, called in this album "The Dream Oath~Maria and Draku", is a very impressive achievement in the history of game music. You can grab it here:



ORCHESTRAL GAME CONCERT IV

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1229917&postcount=1707

(http://imageshack.us)

Conductors: Kouhei Tanaka, Nobuo Kurita, Kousuke Onozaki, Keiichi Oku, Koichi Sugiyama, Yoko Kanno, Toshiyuki Watanabe
Performer: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

TRACKS:
01. Lennus II - "In Admiration of the Gods, The Final Dungeon"
02. Wild Trax (Stunt Race FX) - "Special Trax"
03. Super Mario Bros. - "Medley"
04. Super Metroid - "Theme of Samus Aran, Galactic Warrior, Big Boss BGM, Ending"
05. Itadaki Street 2 - "Sofie's Cavern"
06. Dragon Quest II - "Pastorale, Catastrophe"
07. Uncharted Waters II - "Visiting the Harbors of the World, Close to Home"
08. Night of the Kamai - "Sequence"
09. Night of the Kamai - "Two People Return Alive"
10. Albert Odyssey II - "Together, in the Glory of the Legend"
11. Final Fantasy VI - "Love Oath, Maria and Draco"

I have for you guys a few samples from the Bayonetta soundtrack ripped from the demo. They are the only orchestral type tracks from the demo. Credit goes to pietastesgood for posting the rip.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uamerj


James Hannigan - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Game Rip
|MP3|VBR|Ripped by OrangeC|Cover by Bi0|25Tracks|149MB|Converted from OGG|
|Orchestral|Lush|Adventurous|Majestic|Regal|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/291832486/J_Hnngn_-_CloudyMeat.rar
PSW: smile
This is a rip of the soundtrack from the video game based off the movie by the same name. There were originally a bunch more tracks but the ones I cut out were 10 seconds or less so they weren't worth keeping. Most of the tracks are 3 minutes long. This is another amazing work by James Hannigan and the audio quality is fantastic. Don't pass this up just because it is a rip.

James Hannigan - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Game Rip

Wow, just listened to this! There's wonderdful music here! There is no official release right? Or do you know if there will be one in the future?
If there is, I will get this one.
James Hannigan sure has good works!

Thanks for sharing this!

Wow, just listened to this! There's wonderdful music here! There is no official release right? Or do you know if there will be one in the future?
If there is, I will get this one.
James Hannigan sure has good works!

Thanks for sharing this!
Oh yes I would totally buy this if it was commercially available (the music not the game). I haven't heard anything but few movie-tie-in games get official soundtrack releases.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY for all recent wonderful posts - I will have more comments coming up later... For now, here's a score I think you'll all really enjoy:


RICHARD BLACKFORD
Millennium - A Thousand Years Of History
performed by
The BBC Concert Orchestra
The Bournemouth Symphony Chorus (Neville Creed, chorusmaster)
The Dufay Collective
Orchestrated and conducted by Richard Blackford

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=8eb45ba6ia



LAME 3.98.2 -V0 / Scans Included

1 Title Sequence 1:13
2 Introduction And Pagan Sequence 3:01
3 The Garden Of Islam 3:02
4 Lalibela, King Of The Bees 2:46
5 Landscape Of Spires 4:04
6 Xanadu 2:48
7 Black Death 2:01
8 Golden Mali by Glenn Keiles, Richard Blackford 6:04
9 The Death Of Cairo 1:31
10 Cold And Hungry 2:39
11 Chinese Voyages 3:00
12 Mehmet And Columbus 2:32
13 Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti 2:53
14 Ivan The Terrible 1:05
15 Cabinet Of Curiosities by Glenn Keiles 2:40
16 Isaac Newton 3:33
17 Venice Of The North 3:12
18 Slave Plantations 2:16
19 18th Century Whistle-Stop Tour 1:16
20 American War Of Independence 2:20
21 Death Of A Sultan 3:11
22 The Creation by Haydn2:28
23 Thomas Cook And Song 1:40
24 Shanghai Ascendant 1:59
25 End Titles 1:19

Oh, what a lovely piece of work this is. "Millennium" (1999) was a beautiful, enormous-scale prestige television documentary series, celebrating the rich history of the past ten centuries, and heralding the new millennium. A United Kingdom / United States co-production between the BBC and CNN, it was blessed with a lavish budget in all areas of its production. That leads me to the score.

What happens when a stupendously talented classical composer is let loose with a symphony orchestra, chorus, a range of splendid instrumentalists from around the world, and is asked to use it to score a visually ravishing documentary that documents the history of the world? You get this - a beautiful, creative, melodic, powerful piece of work; some of the most evocative music of all time. There is literally everything in this score - as it should be: a celebration of the world's many varied musical cultures, wrapped up in a wonderfully lyrical orchestral tone poem.

If you don't like ethnic influences, percussion, or non-orchestral instruments interfering with your symphonic music - save yourself some time and don't bother. But at the same time, I urge you to give it a try with an open mind - far from being a pedestrian Hollywood hack attempt at throwing in everything but the kitchen sink, this score truly does it right - and musically. Everything belongs - every instrumentalist, vocalist, culture, style, and genre all sing together so beautifully.

The title sequence - a mere 1 minute 14 seconds - sums up the style: An orchestral flourish introduces the series theme - a heroic, adventurous melody for french horns. Renaissance percussion enters, and suddenly we're in the sixteenth century; a sitar and tabla enter and now we're in India. A full choir enter and the orchestra soars with religious fervour; we're now in a Christian church service. The main theme returns as taken up by the full orchestra, and suddenly it is taken over by a futuristic, electronic synthesiser - and we're in the future. The theme finishes with a final full orchestra flourish. All this happens so seamlessly - and the themes are constantly developing and changing; it's almost as if the theme represents a traveller - influenced and moved by the things he sees on his trip through the history of Earth. It's a wonderful piece. (Note - the End Titles are the same piece, but it's performed solely by the orchestra.)

The rest of the score is just a wonderfully rich tapestry of pieces - it's nearly impossible to describe how genuine and moving it all is; so I won't try any further. Just give it a try, close your eyes, and enjoy.

NOTE: There are problems with this CD; specifically, the mastering. Roughly half of the album is in mono - and in some places tracks start off in stereo and become mono and vice versa. Don't ask me why, or how this happened. It's a great shame that gorgeous music like this should have to be blighted by technology - but frankly, the recording quality is excellent and the quality of the music overcomes the technical failures. Just letting you know that this isn't a shoddy rip, and your computer isn't playing up - that's the way it is on the disc. Sorry - c'est la vie.

Dude, how do you happen to dig out so many rare treasures??? *drool* Thanks a lot! Looking froward to come back home to hearing it! And double thanks for the appetizing custom review. Comments tonight.

Smashing posts guys. Meatballs is a fun, light score, quite energising. The Millennium doc was something I missed at the time. Great main theme and lots of variety. Enjoyed hearing the Haydn too in this context - strange to have chaos following on from the light though ;)

Meatballs are kinda tasty:D. But i'm not here to eat, I'm here to share;).

I've got for you Cantata for Freedom by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. It's a piece written to celebrate twenty-fifth anniversary of the Solidarność/Solidarity movement (it was actually in 2005, but I somehow forgot about this score). As for my knowledge it was never commercially released (or I missed it) and the only recording I've got is live one from pre-premiere in Gdansk (or at least I think it's that one) so the quality isn't perfect, but not bad at all.

The piece itself is a huge contemporary classical work for choir, solists and - of course - orchestra (all together more than 200 performers). Consists of five movements and lasts about 30 minutes. Sometimes it's dramatic, sometimes sad, sometimes full of pathos but always very interesting, melodic and just great. And underneath it all - at least for me - there is a lot of hmmm... hope. So grab it if you are interested:).


Cantata for Freedom by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUL9EAOV

Ninokuni: The Another World [Game Score Suite]

Composed by Joe Hisaishi



Ninokuni Suite (http://rapidshare.com/files/293929770/NTAW-Suite.mp3)

00:00: Opening
01:04: The Story So Far
02:01: North Forest
04:09: Normal Battle
06:29: Boss Battle
08:47: Victory
09:41: Field
13:14: Castle Town

Enjoy!

herbaciak - Thanks for the sample. I haven't heard anything by this composer before - not even Finding Neverland!

sansgarantie - Wonderful! How did you get it? Sounds like a game rip or perhaps from a website? I didn't know it was even out yet. Hopefully the soundtrack release will have some more developed pieces. So far it sounds like the usual solid Hisaishi fare. Many thanks :)

Another in the 'Silent Scores' series coming from me later today (with any luck)..

Ninokuni: The Another World [Game Score Suite]

Thanks! Was waiting for this Hisaishi score!

Ninokuni: The Another World [Game Score Suite]



OMG. Thank you. Thank you for this. I can't wait to listen.
Have a great weekend sansgarantie ^_^

BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - EDMUND MEISEL
Symphonic Suite


MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/294339153/Battleship_Potemkin_-_Symphonic_Suite.mp3

Silent score number two for Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. This is the original score performed at the film’s premier in Berlin – or at least, a suite from it. It was reconstructed by Helmut Imig in 2005 for the 100th anniversary of the actual historical Potemkin mutiny and the 80th anniversary of the film’s opening, and is performed here by a 55 piece orchestra. I found it an absolute nightmare to edit for some reason; it didn’t seem to lend itself to being split into separate movements like Erdmann’s Nosferatu, so I’ve presented it as one continuous piece.The music does move through distinct ‘episodes’ which can be broadly titled as follows:


Opening Titles / Men and Maggots / Daily Bread / Adagio-Marche Funebre / Down With Tyranny! / Nocturne / Full Speed / Brothers!

The film is another favourite of mine, and Meisel’s score works wonders (most of the dvds use horrendously butchered and spliced Shostakovich instead, so watch out!). Everyone bangs on about Eisenstein’s intellectual montage, but I find that it’s used far more viscerally and impressionistically. This isn’t the straightforward piece of polemicism myopic film scholars would have you believe. Everything is in service of rhythm, symmetry and form - and Meisel understands this, projecting the music with a plain-speaking vigor. ‘Shapes’ are what stand out, sometimes jagged, sometimes fluid. Musical colour comes predominately from the brass and percussion sections, with one particular passage towards the end a motoric tour de force of edging chromaticism.




Right, that’s me off down the pub! Hope you enjoy! :)

OMG. Thank you. Thank you for this. I can't wait to listen.
Have a great weekend sansgarantie ^_^


You're welcome guys!

Remember it's just a suite, I can't wait for the whole soundtrack!

Tango - Millennium is fantastic! Great share!
herbaciak - nice share with canata for freedom! Great stuff.
sansgarantie - thanks for the ni no kuni suite, great early sampler!
Lens - Thanks for the latest silent suite! I love these very much!

All this great music is appreciated especially on times like today when I am writing a legal memo *shudder*. Keep up the good work guys!

You're welcome guys!

Remember it's just a suite, I can't wait for the whole soundtrack!

Guys and gals ;)


Lens - Thanks for another silent movie music suite. Here is the wiki page for the music of the fillm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Potemkin#Soundtracks
Seems that the picture has been 're-scored' many times, from orchestral to electronic music.

Now for people requested this one:

Quest for Camelot (Score) - Patrick Doyle



Tracklist:
01. A Family
02. King Arthur's Saga
03. To Camelot / Main Title [The Round Table]
04. Knight Ruber The Traitor
05. Mourning for Lionel / Kayley's Life Dream
06. Stealing The Sword / Merlin Is called
07. Ruber's raid
08. The Griffin Returns / Kayley On The Run
09. Blind Life Saver / The Forbidden Forest
10. The Search / Dragon Country
11. Ardent Attack
12. Devon And Cornwall [Dragon Dance]
13. Garret's Story
14. Ayden The Falcon
15. Lady Juliana / Kayley & Garrett [Love Theme]
16. The Ogre
17. Mountain Dragon Ride
18. End Of The Forest / Garrett Leaves
19. Ruber Takes Excalibur / Mother
20. Entering Camelot / Dragon Service
21. Final Fighting *
22. The Magic Stone / Reunited
23. Victory Dance And Finale
24. End Credits Suite
25. Love Theme Reprise
* = Contains Superman Theme by John Williams

Covers Included
unfortunately it's only 192 Kbps :(

http://rapidshare.com/files/294459066/Quest_for_Camelot__Score_.rar.html

Enjoy!

Here is the wiki page for the music of the fillm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Potemkin#Soundtracks
Seems that the picture has been 're-scored' many times, from orchestral to electronic music.

Interesting that it lists Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen as the reconstructor. Unless I'm misinformed by my dvd liner notes (and extra features) the most recent version was arranged by Helmut Imig. The almost unbearable, maddening crescendo for the 'Full Speed' sequence, for example, was elaborated by Imig from a few basic rhythmic ostinato figures provided Meisel. The orchestrations are more fleshed-out too.

I'm all for new musical interpretations - Eisenstein was certainly - and only a minority of BIG productions had the benefit of an original orchestral score in the first place; with all due respect to the Pet Shop Boys however, it takes a composer of true artistry and skill to do justice to the visual poetry and 'symphonic' dramatic sensibility of these films. Silent films should be treated with historical awareness, as other art forms are, and not exploited for their merely iconic value. I hate it when films like Nosferatu, Metropolis and so on are treated like indifferent Postmodern objects. I've attended showings of said films accompanied by.. bands.. complete with obtrusive vocals, and in every case they were an unmitigated disaster.

Piano scores can work well too, especially for chamber dramas like those of Pabst or Borzage. Even on the other end of the spectrum, the first time I saw Metropolis the accompaniment was an 'improvised' piano performance that was incredible, and rich with themes. It must have been prepared to some degree because it fitted perfectly. I was fairly young at the time and I wish for the life of me I could remember the pianist's name! What an artform in itself!


Tango - Millennium is fantastic! Great share!
All this great music is appreciated especially on times like today when I am writing a legal memo *shudder*. Keep up the good work guys!

It is isn't it! One of my favourite tracks is 'Isaac Newton' - just gorgeous, what I call real score :) I just wish it was in stereo. The main theme puts a sping in my step too. I've had it buzzing in my head for days.

LordColin - Marvelous post my friend! Sound quality is good even though it is 192kbps. The music is epic orchestra combined with some celtic, just the way I like it. Fantastic feeling of energetic fun and ominous brooding. Hope you have other gems to share as well!

EDIT: Interestingly enough if you are an addict of pop-opera style stuff you will recognize a few of the melodies from popular celtic and italian songs.

Thanks for all the last great uploads.

Other more by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Quo Vadis?(2001)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

Radiant symphonic creation focused more on the dramatic than the epic, with use of ethnic instruments, voices and a great power in its different musical themes, all very elegant and of evocative tone.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z4ZK22OA

Disc/Cassette 1

1. Colosseum (03:20)
2. Pierwsze spotkanie (02:36)
3. Przeznaczenie (02:54)
4. Blogoslawiony jestes (02:44)
5. Uczta Nerona (02:22)
6. Ligia i Winicjusz (05:10)
7. Pok�j przesladowanym (Lament) (06:47)
8. Orgia (03:40)
9. Ostrtanum (02:01)
10. Milosci umieranie (Medytacja) (12:02)
11. Taniec Chilona (02:18)
12. Vae Misere Mihi (01:35)
13. Rzym plonie (03:41)
14. Tobie ufam (01:43)
15. Ligia uratowana (02:01)
16. Przemoc (03:31)
17. Smierc Nerona (00:55)
18. Wracam do Rzymu (02:49)

Disc/Cassette 2

1. Dove Vai (02:50)
2. Co ma przeminac to przeminie (03:04)
3. Powoli, spokojnie (03:34)
4. Dove Vai - Reprise (03:49)
5. PREZENTACJA MULTIMEDIALNA (03:02)

Total Duration: 01:18:28

I really want to thank all of you guys for the awesome music that you've been posting. It really helps when I'm doing homework, and hearing all your details on the different songs or soundtracks is fascinating. I'm planning on going into composing, so this is AWESOME. Thank you so much!

Hmm, it's been a while since we've had some Amano, eh? How about another superbly rare, orchestral powerhouse? ;)



MASAMICHI AMANO
Umi no Aurora (The Aurora)
Filharmonia Narodowa (aka The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra)
conducted by Masamichi Amano



LAME -V0 (Part One) including scans : http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=2x9abx6slu (excellent quality)
(Part Two) : http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=4saydjcgvo

LAME -V6 no scans : http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=xadrckrgi9

AAC 64kbps no scans : http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=xb9paltwum

If you liked Giant Robo, Super Atragon, or Battle Royale, you're going to absolutely love this one. How these albums fall out of print so easily when there is so much crap readily available is beyond me... A company called Phoenix Music have re-issued a great number of Amano albums, but refuses to sell outside of Japan. I even wrote to them offering to order a copy of every single CD they had for sale, and they replied with basically "Sorry, us is no ship out Nihon, sorry go away Western person."

So, this music is available - you CAN go and buy it if you want... But the record company actively refuse orders from outside of Japan. Therefore, I consider this album out of print to all intents and purposes - and my piracy-morality is satisfied. The original pressing is nearly impossible to get and the re-pressing is impossible to get unless you live in Japan.

Also, this is my first release in a number of formats: My customary pristine -V0 LAME encode, and in addition two options for dialup users or users with oppressive download limits: A good compromise -V6 LAME (average bitrate ~128kbps) and an ultra-tiny (but still surprisingly good) AAC encode at ~64kbps.

If size is no object, go for the -V0 and don't look back.

If you're listening on a portable music player, you're not massively sensitive to lossy encoding (most people now find ~128kbps to be transparent to all intents and purposes) or you just don't fancy downloading 120mb, go for the -V6 encode. The sound quality is still awfully good.

If you're listening on your computer, you're not sure if you're going to like this and don't want a massive download just to find out, go for the 35mb AAC encode. The sound quality is roughly equivalent to the -V6 LAME but at half the bitrate. The catch is that most portable players (including iPods) will not play these files back properly; they will play, but they'll sound muddy because all the high frequencies will get chopped off. Most PC audio players should handle them correctly.

Quo Vadis?(2001)

A great soundtrack, but the quality of the rip is horrible. It's full of static. A real shame. Maybe a few amongst us with some audio editing talent could fix that? ;)

A great soundtrack, but the quality of the rip is horrible. It's full of static. A real shame. Maybe a few amongst us with some audio editing talent could fix that? ;)

Yes, I realized of that.

The first track has a horrible sound but I don't have other copy.

Best!

Yes, I realized of that.

The first track has a horrible sound but I don't have other copy.

Best!

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=wmk4bttjpp

I've repaired track 1. Not perfect but a thousand times better than it was. I wonder what happened for the rip to be so bad?

I gather Track 1 is the worst of the bunch... I haven't finished listening - are there any others that need work?

Lovely score though - thanks!

Tango - I am massively excited by the latest Amano post! I can't wait to listen to them on my recently purchased Sleek Audio SA6 that should show up in a day or so!
I have been a little hesitant to post some of my recent rips but I think 2 of them are worthy of this thread so I'll try to post tomorrow :)

EDIT: With your posting of the crazy low bitrate vbr I must note that those are generally great (especially VBR V-2 mostly used for scene releases of music) but i think one reason most people go for 320kbps is that more often than not a 320kbps rip is properly encoded and sounds good, while I've heard some really bad 192kbps that shouldn't sound that bad. However because space isn't much of an issue I don't bother going lower than V-0 or 320 when I encode my own mp3s.

Toshiyuki Watanabe - Rebirth of Mothra 2
|MP3|320kbps|54MB|
|EPIC|Orchestral|Action|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/295296378/Rebirth_of_Mothra_2.rar
PSW: smile

Toshio Masuda - J2 The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu
|MP3|320kbps|100MB|
|Orchestral|Relaxing|Mellow|Asian|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/295296375/J2-_The_Counterattack_of_Siberia_Yagyu.rar
PSW: smile
I picked these up on sale at rightstuf again! One or both may still be in the bargain bin! You should check out J2 if you liked Hand Maid May, and i suggest that most everyone check out Rebirth of Mothra 2!

With your posting of the crazy low bitrate vbr I must note that those are generally great (especially VBR V-2 mostly used for scene releases of music) but i think one reason most people go for 320kbps is that more often than not a 320kbps rip is properly encoded and sounds good, while I've heard some really bad 192kbps that shouldn't sound that bad. However because space isn't much of an issue I don't bother going lower than V-0 or 320 when I encode my own mp3s.

My usual -V0 is still there, of course. But some folk either don't care or they want a smaller download for whatever reason; as you say, the sound quality is still very good indeed. 128kbps (and 192kbps!) still have something of a stigma attached to them because of so many crap quality encodes done on old or broken encoders... They can actually sound awfully good, and a lot of people can't tell the difference.

I always rip all my music at FLAC for personal listening and -V0 for the MP3 version, which goes on my iPod. I actually can't tell the difference between -V0 and FLAC most of the time, except on killer samples, but as you say, HDD space isn't a premium so I do the FLAC anyway...!

(I don't upload FLAC for a number of reasons - one of which is massive filesizes and slow upload speed!)

Enjoy the Amano - it's really great. He's going outside his comfort zome in this score, with some magnificent results - "Attack" is gorgeous and completely not what you'd expect - it has more in common with Philip Glass and the new minimalist school. It does have a measure of Amano's trademark repetitiveness (he could show James Horner a thing or two) but all in all, this just feels more cohesive to me. Giant Robo is great but it flits about something rotten, never holds onto an idea for long.

This is more like Super Atragon I suppose - more structured, and more powerful because of it. Instantly it's my new favourite Amano!

And lovely long cues as well - no silly bitty 90 second tracks!

The only thing that's lacking is a big, beautiful end credits suite. Super Atragon had two. The first one was a gorgeous choral piece that led into a shameless late romantic statement of the main theme that built up and up and up in one ravishing crescendo, with rolling timpani, triumphant brass, soaring strings, and fluttering woodwind; orchestrated to the hilt.

Instead, we have a crappy rock song for the end credits. Damn marketing departments!


Toshiyuki Watanabe - Rebirth of Mothra 2
|MP3|320kbps|54MB|
|EPIC|Orchestral|Action|


Gordon Bennett, this is great! A fine symphonic action score just like they don't write any more. (Except in Japan!)

Thank you!

Big thanks to everyone for the recent posts. Top quality stuff. Sirus, I'm a bit of a Mothra fan (don't ask me why!) so this is very welcome :) I'm surprised how lyrical it is.

On the subject of encodes etc, does anyone have advice on how to achieve the best results? I'm sure you're all far more savvy on this than myself. My current practice is simply to rip straight to V0 in foobar with lame 3.98.2 (unless editing is required and then I do it in wav first).

On the subject of encodes etc, does anyone have advice on how to achieve the best results? I'm sure you're all far more savvy on this than myself. My current practice is simply to rip straight to V0 in foobar with lame 3.98.2 (unless editing is required and then I do it in wav first).
As far as I know, 320kbps CBR means encoding every single bit at that bitrate, uselessly increasing the filesize (if space is not a concern, you might as well go FLAC/APE). I mean.... Just because the bits are there, it doesn't mean the encoder know how to make use them (that's why V0 was born, and is a better choice over 320kbps)..... Most people can't hear a difference between V0 & 320kbps.

In the end, stick with V0: smaller files, same quality.

You can't go wrong with that.

Some will argue that it's worth encoding to 320kbps, but then some people are terrified by VBR, or have formed their opinions based on results from broken encoders, old encoders, or badly configured encoders. Newer versions of LAME have an excellent VBR model - at -V0 they will vary the bitrate to maintain a given quality level. Most types of music average out at about ~230-240kbps with silences encoded at 32kbps all the way up to the most complex parts encoded at 320kbps. The parts of the music that require the high bitrate get it, and the parts which are acoustically simple get only as much as needed.

As far as settings go, -V0 is all you need. It's tuned and optimised that way.

If -V0 isn't good enough for you, then 320kbps won't be either - use lossless.

(In many cases, 320kbps is aurally identical to -V0 since the same model is used to encode; since -V0 theoretically attempts to maintain the highest possible quality (ie, there is no quality setting higher,) theoretically in 320kbps mode it's doing the exact same encode, and just padding out the extra bitrate with zeroes! If, whilst encoding a piece of music at the HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY RATING (ie, V0) it decides that it only needs 160kbps to do it... then there is only 160kbps-worth of music to encode. The rest will be padding.)

Of course, the exceptions to this rule is where the VBR algorithim cocks up and misinterprets a given passage, and gives it too little bitrate, leading to artifacts. This barely happens now - LAME VBR has been almost perfect now since 3.97, and 3.98.2 is an improvement again.

Of course there are killer samples which will stuff up LAME at -V0. They will probably sound equally as bad at 320kbps. Horses for courses.


As far as I know, 320kbps CBR means encoding every single bit at that bitrate, uselessly increasing the filesize (if space is not a concern, you might as well go FLAC/APE). I mean.... Just because the bits are there, it doesn't mean the encoder know how to make use them (that's why V0 was born, and is a better choice over 320kbps)..... Most people can't hear a difference between V0 & 320kbps.

In the end, stick with V0: smaller files, same quality.

Beat me to it. Who are you? I like you. ;)

I'm a bit of a Mothra fan (don't ask me why!) so this is very welcome I'm surprised how lyrical it is.

Indeed! About as far away from Ifukube's uncompromising primal Godzilla style as you can get - these are more traditional melodic, energetic action scores.

The other two Mothra scores (1 and 3) are here in this thread: Thread 51092

Forget about the links on the first page - they're dead. The re-upload by Ω:Σ near the bottom is still working, and the tags are correct too. They're at 192kbps, so Sirusjr's post of Rebirth Of Mothra 2 easily outranks the previous version... But of course there's 1 and 3 (very much along the same lines) to be had, so they're well worth grabbing. :)

Ok, so I guess I was more up to speed than I thought. When you said something along the lines of 'encoders who know what they're doing' I somehow thought there were more variables in play. Been a Lame V0 devotee for a while now and I'd never go back to 320. I find it perfect for portable listening. Even just knowing that it's neater and more efficient has the psychological effect of making 'sound better' than CBR. I've also heard some shocking 128 and 192 encodes and poor 320s that I've paid for. If I'm playing through proper speakers I definitely notice the difference between V0 and lossless, but it's hardly a concern as I don't have a hi-fi to call my own right now (and probably won't for a while).

Masamichi Amano - Ninja Resurrection
|VBR|V-0|100MB|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/295522616/Ninja_Resurrection.rar
PSW: smile

FLAC: http://tinyurl.com/yfhc6jz

I actually got this one accidentally. I had an order with rightstuf and they called me up to let me know that one of the things I ordered was sold out. Of course the first thing I asked was whether they had any orchestral albums on the same sale. They told me they could pop in this one and I said sure sounds good! I totally forgot that I had this until I was moving my Giant Robo2 rip into my Amano folder and noticed this one was Amano as well. Of course I had to re-rip it just to share with you guys because I probably used some old version of Lame originally. Enjoy!!
Oh and I believe this one is 100% impossible to buy now on rightstuf so I can't believe I actually got it when I did.

Masamichi Amano - Ninja Resurrection


OH YES!!! Thank you! :D

(This may be one of the rarest Amano scores of all...)

OH YES!!! Thank you! :D

(This may be one of the rarest Amano scores of all...)
I can post it in lossless if you want later :)

MASAMICHI AMANO
Umi no Aurora (The Aurora)
Filharmonia Narodowa (aka The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra)
conducted by Masamichi Amano


This is really great. Pure orchestral music at his best.





A company called Phoenix Music have re-issued a great number of Amano albums, but refuses to sell outside of Japan. I even wrote to them offering to order a copy of every single CD they had for sale, and they replied with basically "Sorry, us is no ship out Nihon, sorry go away Western person."


LMAO!!




Toshio Masuda - J2 The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu
|MP3|320kbps|100MB|
|Orchestral|Relaxing|Mellow|Asian|


I'm downloading this atm. Looks interesting. Thanks for posting it Sirusjr.


Yesterday i had my first listen of Gabriel Yared rejected score of Troy.
WOW
Now that's a big & epic orchestra tour de force, that put on shame much of the music made today for boxoffice movies, or the MV/RC artificial music wallpapers.
Why this was rejected is something i don't understand. That was like a slap at Yared face. :notgood:

K guys I added a FLAC link to Ninja Resurrection :)

I'm having a hard time finding stuff to post in this thread that would be new and exciting for everyone.

But actually, I just remembered one of my favourite orchestral pieces is an overture I downloaded from mp3.com many years ago and have NO IDEA who composed it or where it's from. So to kill two birds with one stone, here it is:

http://jeremyrobson.com/HUANG_OPERA_OV_w_RUSSI.mp3

It's pretty sweet, and if anyone could identify it for me I'd be forever grateful.

[Stopping by to say 'hi']

*waves*
*grabs some goodies*
*goes back into hiding*

But actually, I just remembered one of my favourite orchestral pieces is an overture I downloaded from mp3.com many years ago and have NO IDEA who composed it or where it's from. So to kill two birds with one stone, here it is:

http://jeremyrobson.com/HUANG_OPERA_OV_w_RUSSI.mp3

It's pretty sweet, and if anyone could identify it for me I'd be forever grateful.

Wow, now THAT's music! Awesome find, thanks for sharing! = )

You know, I think it's... AMANO TIME AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)



MASAMICHI AMANO
Mushiking - Road To The Greatest Champion (Movie 1)
Los Angeles Studio Orchestra
conducted by Masamichi Amano



http://sharebee.com/bb383147 [NEW LINK - Working 22/10/09]
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/A7LWCQWW/MA-MRTTGC.rar [Never used these guys before - let me know if it's OK.]

(Amano Score - LAME V0; Additional Nintendo DS Synth Tracks by Osamu Murata - LAME V4)

All tracks titled and tagged in English. Translation is mine, with assistance from Google Translate, Yahoo Babel Fish, the Romaji transliterator at www.romaji.org, the Nihongo dictionary at nihongo.j-talk.com, and the Kanji database at wiktionary.org

On page 129, I posted a symphonic suite of Amano's score to 2007's Mushiking Super Battle Movie. This is his earlier 2005 score for the first movie of the series - Mushiking - Road To The Greatest Champion. The orchestra is smaller - 50 piece, versus the 65 musicians he used for the later score - and this score is considerably less symphonic in scope: Whereas the Super Battle Movie score was entirely orchestral, this incorporates a rock beat, electric guitars, and other various elements. There is about ten to fifteen minutes of typical, fully-orchestral Amano - and the rest is augmented as described. I admit to being massively disappointed when I put this disc on for the first time; as I was expecting it exhibit the style of his later score... but in the end, this is bloody good fun. Skip it if you only like Amano in his cataclysmic, orchestral tour-de-fource mode; but if you can get your head round the half a dozen different genres in this score - jazz, symphonic, rock, disco, etc - then it's worth a listen. (And, if nothing else, the isolated orchestral music - though there isn't very much of it - is very solid.)

Note that this is as it comes on the CD - no track combinations or suites here; sorry, but I just don't like this enough to warrant spending a week buggering around with the cue order, doing the job the album producers should've done in the first place. Enjoy the fifteen tracks that clock in under a minute. It's a fragmented listening experience, for sure; but it's still worth having anyway!

Also note: This CD has a dozen or so tracks at the end by Osamu Murata, which I believe is from the Mushiking games for Nintendo DS. As synthesised music with limited range, it didn't warrant V0 encoding - these selections are at a lower bitrate. (Well worth doing too, as with these tracks at -V0, the album clocked in at 110mb and would've therefore required splitting into two parts to upload. With these tracks at -V4, the album is 84mb including cover scans.) Sorry if you really fancied the Murata tracks; if anybody wants them at V0 I'll upload seperately, but I figured that since they're a) not orchestral, b) not by Amano, c) not from the Mushiking movie, and d) not very good... that marginalising them wouldn't be entirely a bad thing.

Enjoy, folks! :)

I give up on Rapidspread for now; I've re-uploaded with Sharebee and it's now working. I'll add another mirror or two a bit later. Cheers. :)

Can I make a request for any Kurt Bestor that anyone has?

Listenening to his stuff here:
http://www.youlicense.com/Artist/ArtistStore.aspx?ID=1135

its absolutley amazing to my ears :)

Thanks mucho
<33333333

So, this was some music of discussion a while back...six months ago or so now I think. But I stumbled on something tonight and thought I would share.

Johan De Meij's Planet Earth has finally been put out on CD. It's pretty expensive, but if I can afford it I am gonna order it...

http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/4974
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000WM83UA/?tag=sacdinfocom-21

Uploadmirrors links work for me. Can't wait to hear this one Tango!

Uploadmirrors links work for me. Can't wait to hear this one Tango!

I'm really running out of Amano now! ;)

I'm really running out of Amano now!

I'm still getting my head around Urotsukidoji ;)

The Aurora sounds very promising, and so far I haven't noticed any 'nods' to other composers, like in Super Atragon. 'Deep Sea' has some great action touches that feel like a cross between Barry and Goldsmith - in other words, it's very hard for me to keep still listening to it! :)

Another great composer that I'd hardly know if left to my own devices. Thanks for all the quality music.

I'm still getting my head around Urotsukidoji ;)

The Aurora sounds very promising, and so far I haven't noticed any 'nods' to other composers, like in Super Atragon. 'Deep Sea' has some great action touches that feel like a cross between Barry and Goldsmith - in other words, it's very hard for me to keep still listening to it! :)

Another great composer that I'd hardly know if left to my own devices. Thanks for all the quality music.

He really is the Japanese answer to James Horner: Clearly a musician of almost superhuman talent, but one who thinks absolutely nothing of plundering ideas from as many different composers and compositions as possible. The fact that some scores are littered with blatant plagiarism (Giant Robo, Battle Royale) - others make fairly obvious references to other composers or scores (Super Atragon) - and others are pure, unadulerated Amano (The Aurora) leads me to believe that the stealing isn't largely his choice. I would imagine the directors say "Copy the temp track" and he sighs, says OK, does the best he can with the material, and collects the pay check.

I still prefer Amano's stealing to most other composers' original work, though... Giant Robo included!

Amano's lifts don't bother me as much as Horner's (the Masada rip in Giant Robo is going a bit far though!). It might be something to do with his style being otherwise so much more robust and unique.


...leads me to believe that the stealing isn't largely his choice. I would imagine the directors say "Copy the temp track" and he sighs, says OK, does the best he can with the material, and collects the pay check.
And yet, it's still something that occurs across his work for different directors/studios (I'm supposing). Perhaps he's just particularly susceptible to the temp-track temptation?

From what I understand the Japanese don't altogether share the same notions of plagiarism and originality that we're so obsessed with in the West. At the highest levels, their traditions of music and painting have never set much store by *The Original Autonomous Art Work*, as we would define it, and I think the modern-day readiness to assimilate western styles of composition bears that out.

And Yoko Kanno almost seems like a recycler bot..! I'd love to hear what a Japanese cultural scholar would have to say about her work. I guess it makes a big difference whether you're getting glory from using other composers' material and posing as a 'western-style genius', or doing your job and producing the best music you can within the various constraints of the system.

Ahh fantastic! some love towards De Meij, I've been dieing to get my hands on a conductors score for Symphony No. 1 to follow along with.

By the way guys, I've been giving Amano a listen on my Sleek Audio SA6s after letting them break in overnight (playing music on them while I sleep even though I'm not listening) and they give orchestral music much more clarity and fullness of sound. I am very glad I got them because the various instruments just sound so much more rich.

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I gather Track 1 is the worst of the bunch... I haven't finished listening - are there any others that need work?



I am listening to number 18, and it is pretty bad.

Truthfully, you'd be best off just doing all of the tracks!

Dammit. Somebody really needs to rip this CD properly.

Don't let the title of this confuse you. It has quite a few very nice moments including a little homage to Aaron Copland.
Its a little more playful and colorful than alot of Soule's other work. It was an enjoyable listen.


zOMG!
Jeremy & Julian Soule


01. Off To A Great Start
02. A Time to Train
03. Sewer Frollick
04. Welcome to Barton Town
05. Concerning the Citizens
06. The Village Greens
07. A Time to Fight!
08. Bill's Ranch
09. Cows and Chickens
10. Dead Man's Pass
11. Zen Garden
12. Bass'ken Lake
13. The Old Aqueduct
14. Bugs from Another World
15. Surf's Up! Gold Beach
16. Bonfire Nights
17. Return to the Village Greens
18. Exploring the Otami Ruins
19. The Great Stone Giant
20. Mysteries of the Shallow Sea
21. Narrowing Cliffs
22. Lurkers in the Dark
23. The Lair of Labtech X
24. Leviathan's Wrath
25. A Time to Rest
26. Buccaneer Boardwalk
27. zOMG! the Main Theme



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=670XKO61

Dammit. Somebody really needs to rip this CD properly.

I was actually thinking of buying it and doing just that... but I can't find it on Amazon. :(

I was actually thinking of buying it and doing just that... but I can't find it on Amazon. :(

Here other version ripped to 320 and 254, I don't know why!!!

Quo Vadis?(2001)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

Quo Vadis - Part1

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w3vl2yizxn2

Quo Vadis - Part2

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nzomm2jyw5n

Disc/Cassette 1

1. Colosseum (03:20)
2. Pierwsze spotkanie (02:36)
3. Przeznaczenie (02:54)
4. Blogoslawiony jestes (02:44)
5. Uczta Nerona (02:22)
6. Ligia i Winicjusz (05:10)
7. Pok�j przesladowanym (Lament) (06:47)
8. Orgia (03:40)
9. Ostrtanum (02:01)
10. Milosci umieranie (Medytacja) (12:02)
11. Taniec Chilona (02:18)
12. Vae Misere Mihi (01:35)
13. Rzym plonie (03:41)
14. Tobie ufam (01:43)
15. Ligia uratowana (02:01)
16. Przemoc (03:31)
17. Smierc Nerona (00:55)
18. Wracam do Rzymu (02:49)

Disc/Cassette 2

1. Dove Vai (02:50)
2. Co ma przeminac to przeminie (03:04)
3. Powoli, spokojnie (03:34)
4. Dove Vai - Reprise (03:49)
5. PREZENTACJA MULTIMEDIALNA (03:02)

Best!

More:

Wojciech Kilar - The Best

(http://www.postimage.org/)

CD1: http://rapidshare.com/files/152978355/The_Best__Disc_1_.rar

CD2: http://rapidshare.com/files/152988083/The_Best__Disc_2_.rar


Track listing

Disc/Cassette 1

1. Orawa (09:49)
2. Krzesany (15:28)
3. Exodus (22:39)
4. Victoria (04:52)

Disc/Cassette 2

1. W stepie szerokim (Przygody Pana Michala) (00:50)
2. Smuga cienia (Smuga cienia) (03:08)
3. Tango (Salto) (04:17)
4. Zazdrosc i medycyna (Zazdrosc i medycyna) (02:53)
5. Walc (Tredowata) (04:51)
6. Bilans kwartalny (Bilans kwartalny) (03:52)
7. Marsz kawalerii (Kronika wypadkow milosnych) (05:26)
8. Witek i Alina (Kronika wypadkow milosnych) (04:10)
9. Walc (Ziemia obiecana) (03:27)
10. Mina-Dracula (Dracula) (04:50)
11. The Brides (Dracula) (04:58)
12. Lucy's Party (Dracula) (02:59)
13. Vampire Hunters (Dracula) (03:07)
14. Epilog (Portret damy) (05:02)
15. Wokaliza (Dziewiate wrota) (03:56)
16. Polonez (Pan Tedeusz) (04:42)
17. Szepty i lzy (Portret damy) (04:36)
18. Smuga cienia (Smuga cienia) (03:16)

Total Duration: 02:03:08

Thanks Garcia, and a big thanks to all of you, mates, for the great music posted lately. Especially Mr Treats who recently posted some fantastic stuff both in quantity and quality. Bravo!

Quo Vadis?(2001)

Definitley a much better version than the last one that was uploaded. I am somewhat in love with the first track. :swoon:

Regards Quo Vadis - I never paid it any attention until now. Boy, am I regretting that. It's absolutely ravishing. Kaczmarek has a lot in common with Wojciech Kilar in this score, particularly in the more minimalist passages! I simply do not believe what I'm hearing.

This is real, honest, Polish music. This is no dumb film score.

Thank you for opening my eyes (and ears) to Kaczmarek.

First time posting in here, but does anyone have the album rip of Symphony No. 3 "Planet Earth" by Johan de Meij??

Been looking everywhere for it >_<

This is real, honest, Polish music. This is no dumb film score.

If u wanna more great music by Kaczmarek, then be sure to check Cantata for Freedom which I posted here few days ago. This is really fantastic piece of music.

And btw, I've got for you another score from him. It's from mini series War and Peace. Nothing ecstatic, rather typical for Kaczmarek, but it's a good listen. So if u have nothing better to do, then grab this;).


War and Peace Jan A.P. Kaczmarek





http://rapidshare.com/files/219316096/JKWP.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/219316099/JKWP.part2.rar


Links are not mine. It's mp3 320 kbps.

And garcia, thanks for Kilar works (I'm particulary interested in 1st CD).

herbaciak: thanks for your recent contributions, I'll enjoy them tonight. You seem to be quite an expert in polish orchestral music. ;) More would be appreciated, Poland seem to be one of theses places where real quality orchestral music is still produced nowadays.

Here are some quick tips to improve your posts:

- it's better to add a cover to make your posts more attractive. This thread has nearly 3500 posts, so people browsing it could easily miss your great posts if not visible enough.

- the name of the composer and of the album should be written in clear and visible form (big fonts recommended). This way people can immediately see what it's about, and if it's written it also allows people using the "search" function to reach your posts.

Thanks again!

U R right arthierr, I'm not great when it comes to advertising;). But I'll try harder in a future. And I'm not an expert at all, I just appreciate Polish film scores (which is funny, 'cause I mostly hate Polish movies) and Polish film music in general. Shame that publishers are kinda shitty in Poland and most of soundtracks never sees an official release. Bugger.

And as for Polish music, here's a little thing - score from TV crime drama Kryminalni. I never cared for the show, but I really like it's music. It has great main theme (really cool piano there), nice strings, cool action, and overall it's very nice imo. But be warned, it's not massive orchestral score, it is orchestral but with a lot of electronica and percussion - unoriginal as hell but as I said, pretty cool:).


Kryminalni by Maciej Zieliński





http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D0SL5L2S
mp3s 320 kbps

And tell me if U can see the cover;).

The 1999 Ang Lee Civil War Movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134154/plotsummary

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a0639ge/n/RWTD_rar
All tracks are high quality mp3 at 320kbs / 44hz

The 1999 Ang Lee Civil War Movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134154/plotsummary

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a0639ge/n/RWTD_rar
All tracks are high quality mp3 at 320kbs / 44hz

Great score by Mychael Danna. Highly recommendable !!!

Best!

If someone is interested:


My Halloween compilation:

(http://www.subirimagenes.com/privadas-folder-702895.html)

Part1
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=a9a4979ba6ac93223d0eba4280622c2c

Part2
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=ea3dfcbac56aa734fe0c172baa308855

CD1
01 - Drag me to the Hell (Christopher Young).mp3
02 - The Mist (Dead Can Dance).mp3
03 - Alone In The Dark (Olivier DeRiviere).mp3
04 - El Orfanato (Fernando Velazquez).mp3
05 - Bioshock (Garry Schyman).mp3
06 - Silent Hill (Jeff Danna).mp3
07 - El Laberinto del Fauno (Javier Navarrete).mp3
08 - The Village (James Newton Howard).mp3
09 - Saw (Charlie Clouser).mp3
10 - Resident Evil Outbreak (Akihito Matsumoto).mp3
11 - Signs (James Newton Howard).mp3
12 - Resident Evil (Marlyn Mason).mp3
13 - Blade2 (Marco Beltrami).mp3
14 - 28 Days Later (John Murphy).mp3
15 - Resident Evil (Masami Ueda).mp3
16 - Dracula 2000 (Marco Beltrami).mp3
17 - The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard).mp3
18 - The Ninth Gate (Wojciech Kilar).mp3
19 - The Haunting (Jerry Goldsmith).mp3
20 - Stigmata (Elia Cmiral).mp3

CD2
01 - Sleepy Hollow (Danny Elfman).mp3
02 - Silent Hill (Akira Yamoka).mp3
03 - The Faculty (Marco Beltrami).mp3
04 - Mimic (Marco Beltrami).mp3
05 - House Of Frankenstein (Don Davis).mp3
06 - Thinner (Daniel Licht).mp3
07 - Village Of The Dammed (John Carpenter).mp3
08 - Dracula, Dead And Loving It (Hummie Mann).mp3
09 - Interview With The Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal).mp3
10 - This Is Halloween (Danny Elfman).mp3
11 - Army Of Darkness (Joseph LoDuca).mp3
12 - Leprechaun (Kevin Kiner).mp3
13 - Candyman (Philip Glass).mp3
14 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (Wojciech Kilar).mp3
15 - The Silence Of The Lambs (Howard Shore).mp3
16 - Tales From The Crypt (Danny Elfman).mp3
17 - Children of The Night (Daniel Licht).mp3
18 - Tremors (Ernest Troost).mp3
19 - Piranha (Pino Donaggio).mp3
20 - Nekromantik (Varios).mp3
21 - The Seventh Sign (Jack Nitzsche).mp3

CD3
01 - Pumpkinhead (Richard Stone).mp3
02 - Child's Play (Joe Renzetti).mp3
03 - Beetlejuice (Danny Elfman).mp3
04 - The Monster Squad (Bruce Broughton).mp3
05 - Prince Of Darkness (John Carpenter).mp3
06 - Lost Boys (Thomas Newman).mp3
07 - Hellraiser & Hellbound (Christopher Young).mp3
08 - Friday The 13th (Harry Manfredini).mp3
09 - Troll (Richard Band).mp3
10 - The Hitcher (mark isham).mp3
11 - The Fly (Howard Shore).mp3
12 - From Beyond (Richard Band).mp3
13 - Young Sherlock Holmes (Bruce Broughton).mp3
14 - Re-Animator (Richard Band).mp3
15 - Phenomena (Goblin).mp3
16 - A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein).mp3

CD4
01 - Ghostbusters (Elmer Bernstein).mp3
02 - Company of Wolves ( George Fenton).mp3
03 - Children Of The Corn (Jonathan Elias).mp3
04 - House On Sorority Row (Richard Band).mp3
05 - Swamp Thing (Harry Manfredini).mp3
06 - The Thing (Ennio Morricone).mp3
07 - Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith).mp3
08 - New York Ripper (Francesco De Masi).mp3
09 - The Howling (Pino Donaggio).mp3
10 - The Beyond (Fabio Frizzi).mp3
11 - Dressed To Kill (Pino Donaggio).mp3
12 - Zombie 2 (Fabio Frizzi).mp3
13 - Tourist Trap (Pino Donaggio).mp3
14 - The Fog (John Carpenter).mp3
15 - Phantasm (Fred Myrow).mp3
16 - Dracula (John Williams).mp3
17 - The Fury (John Williams).mp3
18 - Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (Danny Zeitlin).m4a
19 - Halloween (John Carpenter).mp3
20 - Dawn of The Dead (Goblin).mp3

CD5
01 - The Exorcist II - The Heretic (Ennio Morricone).mp3
02 - Suspiria (Goblin).mp3
03 - The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith).mp3
04 - Carrie (Pino Donaggio).mp3
05 - Profondo Rosso (Goblin).mp3
06 - Images (John Williams).mp3
07 - The Nightcomers (Jerry Fielding).mp3
08 - Duel (Billy Goldenberg).mp3
09 - A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Ennio Morricone).mp3
10 - Taste The Blood Of Dracula (James Bernard).mp3
11 - Twisted Nerve (Bernard Herrmann).mp3
12 - Rosemary's Baby (Krzystof Komeda).mp3
13 - The Fearless Vampire Killers (Krzystof Komeda).mp3
14 - Dracula, Prince Of Darkness (James Bernard).mp3
15 - Psycho (Bernard Herrmann).mp3
16 - Dracula (James Bernard).mp3

Best!

Wow, thanks mate! Stunning compilation there. Looks like you covered all the bases :)

You're very welcome lens ;)

Thanks for all your hard work, chums.

In all honesty, I feel like a complete outsider. I haven't really listened to much Japanese scores, save the odd couple that I heard watching a few animes, so I feel like a kid in a candy store; I don't know what to grab or where to start off with. I'd like to be able to grab everything but I'm almost certain I'll never get around to actually listening to them all. If anybody could point out the 'MUST LISTENS', I'd be truly appreciative.

I'd start with the Masamichi Amano, Yuki Kajiura, Toshihiko Sahashi, and the Kotaro Nakagawa stuff. Download a few from each to get a taste and then you can move from there. Eventually I suggest you download most of the scores in this thread because there are some awesome gems!

Thanks for the advice. I have heard good things from Amano and will have to give them all a good listen!

You may want to start with AMANO's Super Atragon: some pure orchestral splendour.


Good evening ladies and gentlemen :)

Today, I present to you a REAL STUNNER - and one which is absolutely impossible to find online, and very nearly impossible to find on sale due to its out-of-print status. It's a much sought-after score, and for good reason - it's one of the very best. If you're into Giant Robo, you're going to LOVE this. In many ways it exceeds the more famous Robo scores and manages to do so with considerably less plagiarism!


MASAMICHI AMANO
Super Atragon (Shin Katei Gunkan)
The Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra of Poland
The Versailles Orchestra
conducted by Masamichi Amano

(LAME -V0, all covers and booklet included)



http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=02efepo7qa (PART ONE)
http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=fmwyor9qbi (PART TWO)

1. 1945, Day of Destiny
2. Theme of the Hyuga Family
3. Theme of the Undersea Battleship (Main Title)
4. Departure for the South Pole
5. Giant Column Indra
6. Menace of the Gravity Lenses
7. Theme of the un Forces
8. Fortress Bimarna, Spotted
9. Theme of Eternal Love to the Ends of the Deep Blue Sea (Theme of ...)
10. Mystery of the Giant Meteorite
11. Battle in the Sky
12. Return of the Ra
13. Truth of 1945
14. Go and Annette
15. Deepening Love
16. Triangle Battle
17. Launch of the Water Dragon
18. Attack of the Super Vibration Wave
19. Decisive Battle When the Pacific Ocean Was Dyed Red (Ra vs. Liberty)
20. Launch into the Unknown (Ending)


Note: The original Japanese CD released in 1997 is impossible to find and has been out of print for a decade or more. This rip is from the 2003 short-lived American repressing, released by ADV Music - which is also impossible to find, but nevertheless I have the disc in my greasy paws. ;)

The contents and sound quality are identical.

Thank you Garcia for the Halloween compilation Discs.
5 CD's till the Halloween night. That's right on schedule -:itsamystery:

Thank you Garcia for the Halloween compilation Discs.
5 CD's till the Halloween night. That's right on schedule -:itsamystery:

You're welcome Sanico.

I hope you like it!

Garcia, please reupload this. File is not found.

Thanks Arthierr. I downloaded it! We'll see what I think about it, but not for a little while I think. I'm too into the Assassin's Creed 2 OST for now.