Some time ago someone here made a selection of the best tracks from Biohazard: Darkside Chronicles.... Well, people..... That game is getting a 2 CDs release (http://vgmdb.net/album/16664), including the arrangements from the previous games! Just thought I'd let you know.

Thanks for the great news! Hopefully that will be available at my other favorite import shops soon.

I'm listening to the track "Hotel Monolith" which has some of those recurring glissandos, and I'm guessing it's some kind of roll on a flute, or some weird ethnic flute--I'm not good with odd woodwind names. It doesn't sound like synth, but for all I know it could be. Wow, every time I listen to it, I'm less sure. Maybe it is synth, there is plenty of it in other places. :(
It is a synth, yes, a nice analogue portamento/slide. The Shadow score also features similar effects on the trombone, but the primary and most noticeable instances are handled by synth, not a standard instrument.

JERRY GOLDSMITH
Rio Conchos / Agony And The Ecstasy - 1989 Intrada Album
RE-RECORDING BY LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Just re-upping a CDrip of RIO CONCHOS (320kbps). The ones available on the net having a compressed sound. This one is a clean rip.



1989 Intrada Album

The Agony And The Ecstasy: Prologue
1. Rome/Florence/The Crucifix/The Stone Giants/The Agony of Creation (12:37)

Rio Conchos:
2. Rio Conchos (2:26)
3. Where's the Water (1:56)
4. Bandit's Ho (6:58)
5. The River (2:04)
6. River Crossing (4:22)
7. The Aftermath (2:06)
8. Wall of Fire (2:21)
9. Lonely Indian (3:24)
10. Chief Bloodshirt (2:27)
11. The Corral (2:45)
12. The Intruder (6:00)
13. Special Delivery (6:12)

http://rapidshare.com/files/324010018/Constantino_Presenta_-_Jerry_Goldsmith_s_Rio_Conchos_-The_Artist_Who_Did_Not_Want_to_Paint.rar.html

I'd just like to point out that the above recording of Rio Conchos and the Agony and Ecstacy Prologue is a stunning must-listen. Jerry at his absolute best and in perfect modern sound. It'd be in my top 10 Goldsmith albums for sure. [In fact, I've not been able to find the damn cd for ages now - I must've put it absent mindedly in a Palestrina case or something I hardly ever listen to *checks random cases*]. If I get time I'll prob do a quick write up on this as I was going to post it myself at some point anyway. Thanks Cristobalito!

Heroic Age OST I- Star Way
Heroic Age OST II- Kikan

Composed By Naoki Sato

|MP3|320|240MB|

Credits to citty82


Just listening to the first track so far...and wow...WOW man wow... Incredible opening music! I agree, this is what Avatar should have had for music

I'd just like to point out that the above recording of Rio Conchos and the Agony and Ecstacy Prologue is a stunning must-listen. Jerry at his absolute best and in perfect modern sound. It'd be in my top 10 Goldsmith albums for sure.

Thanks a bunch for that, Cristobalito!! I'm downloading it right now. If you hadn't told it was Goldsmith I wouldn't have known by your post (unless i'd clicked on the link.) Might I suggest adding his name to your post, Cristobal?

About The Shadow again:

Thanks for your input about the soft glisses, Mathazzar. However, I don't remember hearing trombone glissandos. I heard some horn glissandos (open to stopped and back to open) though.




Keeping in the Goldsmith kick:



Jerry Goldsmith -- Planet of the Apes (1992 re-release)

Planet of the Apes (MP3 VBR v0) (http://rapidshare.com/files/324153900/Planet_Of_The_Apes.rar)


This is a very interesting soundtrack, for a very interesting movie.

Just listening to the first track so far...and wow...WOW man wow... Incredible opening music! I agree, this is what Avatar should have had for music
See I don't think this sort of music would have fit Avatar. Having seen the movie, I think horner's score fits the tone of the movie well. While it may not be what we want to listen to separate from the movie, I think the Avatar score is perfect for the film itself.

Cristobalito: it makes a long time you haven't contributed here, and your come-back is stunning! This is a great post indeed - please just put the image correctly and include the name of the composer, and it will be perfect! Thanks a lot. :D


jakob.nelson: Wow, another great classic, and in V0, just wonderful. Thanks!


JRL3001 and Sirusjr: C'mon, guys, my remark about Avatar and Heroic Age was a little tongue-in-cheeck. Not having seen the former (nor the latter), I'm not sure which score is the best for it. I just meant Heroic Age is the kind of score I expect for a large scale Space Opera in general, and I guess Avatar is such.


Just listening to the first track so far...and wow...WOW man wow... Incredible opening music! I agree, this is what Avatar should have had for music

And you still have a lot of awesomeness to hear! There's a lot of variety in this score: action, emotion, epic, and even some very nice experimental orchestral tracks, which would be great in horror movies. Not to mention the sensational and massive choral tracks in cd2.

Btw, the track "Kyomu" in cd2 has some chord progressions very Horneresque in style, maybe from Braveheart. Can someone confirm it?

Rio Conchos / Agony And The Ecstasy - 1989 Intrada Album - Jerry Goldsmith
RE-RECORDING BY LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA



I've been listening to this tonight, and I'm on the last track now (which just might be my favorite from the album). This is just fantastic! Thanks again, Cristobal. ( I have yet to listen to the agony and the ecstasy prologue, but I'm excited for that as well)

Btw, the track "Kyomu" in cd2 has some chord progressions very Horneresque in style, maybe from Braveheart. Can someone confirm it?

Definitely not Braveheart but Horner uses the ascending/descending scale a lot for emotional effect in several of his scores. Sort of reminds me of Arvo Part's music.

JRL3001 and Sirusjr: C'mon, guys, my remark about Avatar and Heroic Age was a little tongue-in-cheeck. Not having seen the former (nor the latter), I'm not sure which score is the best for it. I just meant Heroic Age is the kind of score I expect for a large scale Space Opera in general, and I guess Avatar is such.

And you still have a lot of awesomeness to hear! There's a lot of variety in this score: action, emotion, epic, and even some very nice experimental orchestral tracks, which would be great in horror movies. Not to mention the sensational and massive choral tracks in cd2.


Oh, I know. And yes, the track Star Way is brilliant :) I've put both CD's on my mp3 player now and will be listening to them as I zonk out tonight :D

Having just seen Avatar tonight, I have to say, actually, yes the music is fitting for the film. I prefer something grander and more orchestral like what arthierr posted, or like Horner's older works. But the tribal sounding music fits the movie. And having seen it now, I actually did enjoy the movie. The story is nothing original, but it was a fun film anyways.

:)

P.S. ordered all 3 Read or Die (OAV soundtrack and both TV ones) soundtracks on Friday. Can't wait till they get here :) Lemmi know if you guys are interested?

First of all, Arthierr - thanks for awesome find. Heroic Age is nice as hell. But anime looks like crap (and yes, I'm judgeing it after booklet;)).

Second, thanks for Shadow, as I remember I really liked the score (and the movie is awesome too:D) but I never had willingness to look for it. Now I don't need to look for it anymore, cause it found me:).

Oh, and it's also nice to see Lorelei. Sato looks to be pretty solid composer (before I got Heroic Age, I knew only K-20 - great score by the way). So thanks for that too:).

Hi folks... Just checking in to let you know I haven't disappeared; it's just hard to find time + a computer on which to post with! My own PC is still dead in the water, but the data loss situation is looking a *little* better. Everything from this March onwards is gone, and a handful of stuff from before that... but probably 90% of the things that are REALLY important to me are back in town... So, I'm not so chronically depressed now. Mainly just annoyed that I will have to start my massive collection of porn again. Oh well, back off to the Barefoot Cosplay Thread I suppose... ;)

I can't download anything at the moment, but nevertheless thanks to everybody for their recent posts. I will get around to listening to every single one of them.

In the mean time, you may be interested to hear that I saw Avatar a couple of nights ago. I absolutely hated it. The story was one giant cliche, the characters were one dimensional and undeveloped, the dialogue was clumsy and monotone (particularly amongst the humans - the Na'vi dialogue was fair enough in the context of incredibly patronising, paint-by-numbers stereotyping); just like Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within, the technology was the driving force behind it, not the concept of an absorbing, well written story. And Horner's score just f**ked it completely for me. Crushing disappointment. Great shame that fifteen years, $240 million, and promises of being the greatest film ever made in the history of humanity, all came down to 160 minutes of nicely rendered leaves, a cliched, limp, awkward, lumbering story, and characters who - no matter how beautifully animated they are - do not even begin to engage you as they're so absolutely boring.

Note: If anybody wants to tell me I'm an idiot, or I'm blind, or these opinions are "wrong" - please save your breath. I thought that this thread was smarter than all that "My opinion is right, yours is wrong, and unless you adopt mine, you're a fool" nonsense, but hey... variety is the spice of life.

I'm sorry to go sort-of off topic again, but this "MP3 sucks, only FLAC will do" nonsense is driving me mad. It's propogated by the same sort of people who spend $100,000 on special magical cables for their Hi-fi that are technologically proven to offer absolutely no benefit whatsoever, but continue on anyhow believing that they know better; "I'm an audiophile - I can tell..."

...snip, snip...

In summary, frequent, regular, FLAC sharing as a standard benefits almost nobody, handicaps almost everybody, and hurts the music industry (and therefore angers it) far more than MP3 ever could - which in turn, as discussed above, will cause them to take more and more drastic action to curb or stop filesharing. We've already seen it right here. What further evidence do you need?

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. :)

You forgot to address the big issue with FLAC is that it is a free (as in freedom) codec. MP3 is a proprietary codec owned by Fraunhofer Institute.

Trading FLACs benefits music lovers. Trading MP3s benefits the Fraunhofer Institute.

I'll take FLAC any day.

I didn't forget to address anything; I simply didn't address that which is absolutely irrelevant. Whether I upload an album in FLAC format or MP3 format doesn't make a fig of difference in the REAL WORLD to Fraunhofer's income. Anyway, what is this problem some people have with the idea that a company might want to make money from a technology it developed?

At any rate, MP3 encoding software is free and MP3 playback software is free. At that rate, to average Joe, MP3 is free. 99% of sensible humans don't care about squishy concepts like "free like freedom, not free like beer" and are simply interested in whether obtaining X costs them Y amount of money, or no money at all.

I don't want an open source versus proprietary argument... but really, bringing up this point - especially weeks after the MP3/FLAC argument died out of its own volition, is just silly.

Finally - trading FLACs benefits freetards and internet service providers who get to increase their charges in line with higher bandwidth usage. Trading MP3s benefits music lovers looking for an efficient, good quality method of audio compression. FLAC lovers aren't music lovers; they're technology obsessives.

I'll take MP3 any day.

freetards, huh?

I guess you are correct, I was silly to reply to your post.

Is there something releated with jrpg, but live?
I mean, like the last Persona concert and all that about Final Fantasy...

Em, it's just me or Heroic Age has messed up names and numbers of tracks? On Star Way I've got two tracks no.2 on Kikan I have no tracks from 2 to 6 (Kikan I took from torrent). Maybe I deleted 'em by mistake or something... I'll take fresh torrent file I guess...

[EDIT]

Ok, after all, I think that I f**ked something up. But I have no idea what I did;).

... but probably 90% of the things that are REALLY important to me are back in town...

Good to hear!! Congratulations.




Note: If anybody wants to tell me I'm an idiot, or I'm blind, or these opinions are "wrong" - please save your breath. I thought that this thread was smarter than all that "My opinion is right, yours is wrong, and unless you adopt mine, you're a fool" nonsense, but hey... variety is the spice of life.
(above quote referring to Avatar)

I was actually thinking about this the other day. This thread is an internet oasis for that very reason: people can actually express their opinions without being totally blasted for no apparent reason other than that it conflicts with the opinion of another, and can instead have intelligent conversation.

I actually liked the movie, but I tend to be far too forgiving in my judgement when it comes to film. Yes-the story was very cliche, and yes it did seem to rely too much on beautifully rendered leaves, I will agree with that.

(also for your other post i'd never heard "freetards" but I rather liked it.)




Also:


Is there something releated with jrpg, but live?
I mean, like the last Persona concert and all that about Final Fantasy...

There are all sorts of live, orchestral adaptations of music from RPGs. Page 133 of this thread has a good few from the Final Fantasy series, and there are some in the Motoi Sakuraba works thread if you're into him. I'm not sure about persona. The square-enix symphonic suites album was good, i'd try that as well (here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1338732&postcount=53 ) . I'm sure others here will have suggestions as well.

Just like to say thank you for Heroic Age Arthierr.

PS. The music is wounder full.

Hi folks... Just checking in to let you know I haven't disappeared; it's just hard to find time + a computer on which to post with! My own PC is still dead in the water, but the data loss situation is looking a *little* better. Everything from this March onwards is gone, and a handful of stuff from before that... but probably 90% of the things that are REALLY important to me are back in town... So, I'm not so chronically depressed now. Mainly just annoyed that I will have to start my massive collection of porn again. Oh well, back off to the Barefoot Cosplay Thread I suppose... ;)

Great to hear that Tango! You're one of the more enthusiastic voices in this little micro community, and to lose you would be a real shame. If you need help on picking out a computer, I am more than willing to help. I built my own computer from scratch, so I know a thing or two. :)



In the mean time, you may be interested to hear that I saw Avatar a couple of nights ago. I absolutely hated it. The story was one giant cliche, the characters were one dimensional and undeveloped, the dialogue was clumsy and monotone (particularly amongst the humans - the Na'vi dialogue was fair enough in the context of incredibly patronising, paint-by-numbers stereotyping); just like Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within, the technology was the driving force behind it, not the concept of an absorbing, well written story. And Horner's score just f**ked it completely for me. Crushing disappointment. Great shame that fifteen years, $240 million, and promises of being the greatest film ever made in the history of humanity, all came down to 160 minutes of nicely rendered leaves, a cliched, limp, awkward, lumbering story, and characters who - no matter how beautifully animated they are - do not even begin to engage you as they're so absolutely boring.

Ugh, you're killing!

Y'know, I find it strange how this is the one internet community that is so absolutely against AVATAR. The other 2 I frequent is much more positive (but still with some naysayers). Maybe it has something to do with our choice of music? ;)

Speaking of music, I am having so much trouble understanding what is up with all of the hate for the score. I mean, it has everything we want - orchestral music, memorable themes, a minimal amount of synth. It's one of my most favorite scores of the year. So explain this to me. What is with all of the hate?


Note: If anybody wants to tell me I'm an idiot, or I'm blind, or these opinions are "wrong" - please save your breath. I thought that this thread was smarter than all that "My opinion is right, yours is wrong, and unless you adopt mine, you're a fool" nonsense, but hey... variety is the spice of life.

Okay, you know what? I want you guys to actually quote when I said something what you guys seem to think I was being "holier than thou". Because I know I would never intentionally give that impression - I hate that egotistical mindset, and I have seen far more than that than I would ever prefer.

Unless you mean when I wrote, in a manner that was not supposed to be 100% seriously, "You must be out of your god damned mind!" (a phrase which by itself is not what you would consider an insulting one).

Oh, and before I forget - the Heroic Age score was a real treat Athierr. I'm thinking I need to give it another listen... after my next listen to AVATAR. ;)

No, seriously, I am going to give it another listen, if only so that I can give it an accurate impression.

My problem with the Avatar score is that a lot of the tracks are too ambient and lack movement. Even the tracks that have movement lack a recognizable melody. What melodies exist are not to me very compelling. Also it seems many were hoping for a score of the style of Heroic Age and not the style we got.

The way I see it, that only applies to the very first track. Every song after that is more than just mere background music - it is pure emotional attachment, just like any other good soundtrack song.

And if you were hoping for a non-Horner score, well, I don't know what to say. This sounds very much like a Horner score to me. Even with the references to Star Trek, Troy, and Titanic, I feel this was still a pretty damn good soundtrack.

I mean, in an Age of Zimmer, and synths, we get a score that is mostly orchestral, and most of you guys are hating on it. It just bewilders me. :/

More Kotaro Nakagawa goodness, with a surprising Celtic/tribal flair. I found it laying around the Internet, and tweaked it a bit so the playlist will run in order on WMP and iTunes.

Kotaro Nakagawa - Zoids Genesis Original Soundtrack - 160KBPs
Orchestral/Synth/Electronic/Warm/Celtic/Ethnic/Action/Adventure/75MB



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4BXHGR4V

NOTE: Just because the bit rate is at 160 does NOT mean it is a bad rip. It actually sounds pretty damn good.

The track on the album is without a doubt "Evolt", which is the "good guy about to utterly ANNIHILATE bad guy" theme. Seriously, it's incredible stuff, may be Kotaro Nakagawa's finest moment.

I'm sure people wouldn't be complaining about Avatar's score if this was the score.

Also, I like Zimmer, though his "apprentices" generally leave something to be desired (Powell is skillful and Balfe shows promise, though). Sort of the same way Giacchino's "apprentices" frequently leave something to be desired. Brilliant composers, but their apprentices don't live up to their masters.

Holy!! Thanks so much NotSpecial! I haven't been able to find that one ANYWHERE and now you post it here! Can you perhaps make that post stand out a bit more so we have some album art and bold heading (see my posts).

EDIT: Wow! The first few tracks give me the chills! Absolutely astounding work locating this beauty!

Yeah sure. Hang on a sec.

EDIT: And there we go. I will probably make this a separate post as well (I've already posted this in the existing Zoids thread).

Also something to note, there is NO OST 2. That's it, the only Zoids Genesis OST in existence. The rest of Kotaro Nakagawa's score is lost for eternity (Genesis did not do so hot in Japan so we should be glad we got anything at all).

Genesis is the diamond in the rough of Zoids series, universally acclaimed by all who've seen it but it has barely been seen. The series has been fully dubbed and was licensed by Viz in 2006, and was supposed to start on Toonami Jetstream by 2007. None of that materialized. Genesis has been on TV and Internet streaming in other countries but is completely absent from North America.

Viz recently started their own Internet streaming service. It remains to be seen if Zoids Genesis will wind up there, or perhaps join Naruto Shippuden on Disney XD.

WOW! It seems 07 ghost got a 3cd soundtrack release! This is an exciting Kotaro Nakagawa score to a recent anime. I will be ordering this in the next day or so because I just sold a few old games on amazon. Plus 3cds for around $40 is a steal when it comes to anime soundtracks. Sadly I seem to be striking out when it comes to cross-game (another kotaro nakagawa) but the music there wasn't as good.
You can buy 07 ghost soundtrack here:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9x-49-en-15-07+ghost-70-3kgv-43-9v.html

I've had 07 GHOST posted for some time, complete with a (probably sloppy) English translation of the tracklist (Thread 72000).

And yeah, it is incredible. Virtually every track made it on the OST. It is not an orchestral work, though, there is a lot of emphasis on synth.

Well its not orchestral but its 100% the kotaro nakagawa style I love.

Also I just ordered Mike Verta's ultraman score on play-asia for about $25. They said only one copy was remaining and I needed to add something to use a coupon :D

Heroic Age OST I- Star Way
Heroic Age OST II- Kikan



This is very good and i only heard the first album. The first track is brilliant and worth the price of the disc alone. But there are more good tracks like 'Kizu' (a sad piece), 'Senkou' is a bit crazy and reminds me the Mission Impossible theme, 'Argonaut' is a brief but fun pizzicato and the last track is a great conclusion for the disc.
Excellent share Arthierr.

[center]Rachael Portman - The Legend of Bagger Vance Academy Promo - 2000
|MP3|VBR V-0 Fast|68MB
|Orchestral|Relaxing|Melodic|

Naoki Sato - Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean - 2005
|MP3|VBR V-0 Fast|57MB|
|Epic|Orchestral|Choral|Dark|

Legend of Bagger Vance is an absolutely ravishing score that reminds me of Legends of the Fall. You should all check it out for sure!
Sorry I'm late saying this � had a busy couple of days � but thank you very much for Lorelei! I've had the Bagger Vance score for ages and it's a frequent listen, but I had no clue what Lorelei was...decided to give it a chance and I'm *very* glad I did. It's a fantastically entertaining score and I'm really happy to have discovered it through you. :)

Do you happen to have it in some sort of lossless format so I can burn me an ocean witch CD? ;)

EDIT: Am I smoking something or are there supposed to be more tracks on the Lorelei score...? THIS (http://www.soundtrackcorner.de/lorelei-p1156.htm) listing has it as 17 tracks long, and I'm only getting ten...

I mean, in an Age of Zimmer, and synths, we get a score that is mostly orchestral, and most of you guys are hating on it. It just bewilders me. :/

Just because it's orchestral doesn't mean it's good. I call that the Desplat axiom.

Wow don't I fail. Somehow I only downloaded half of the OST and thought I had it all. I'll have to update my post with the second half...

Just because it's orchestral doesn't mean it's good. I call that the Desplat axiom.
EPIC! Thanks, I laughed for 15 minutes.

You're so right... except that Desplat uses electronic quite often. But it's so true ^^

I added the second half of Lorelei soundtrack to the original post and the link is here as well.
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/324915267/Lorelei_Part_2.rar
PSW: smile
Huge thanks to Mathazzar for bringing this to my attention. Sorry guys for the mixup.

now this isn't all orchestral, but its a rare out of print score and that is what this thread is really about anyway.


Andes to Amazon
Nicholas Hooper
Orchestra/Acoustic Guitar/Latin Percussion


Sample Track - Sorcerers Seas (http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/24/2487612/28%20-%20Sorcerers%20Seas.mp3)
Sample Track - Race to the Edge of the World (http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/24/2487612/02%20-%20Race%20To%20The%20Edge%20Of%20The%20World.mp3)

1. Andes to Amazon
2. Race to the Edge of the World
3. Silver Rings In the Amazon
4. The Power of the Sea
5. Lost Worlds
6. Oceans of Plenty
7. Fire & Silence
8. Following The Grand Currents
9. Arrival
10. A Great Continent
11. Children of the Amazon
12. From the Mountains
13. Death On The Amazon
14. The Great Plains
15. Getting Wet
16. Magical Lights of the Plains
17. Fast Movers Into Thin Air
18. The Great Journey
19. Song of the Amazon
20. Bathing Beauties
21. Amazon Mysteries
22. Cold Night on the Mountain
23. Dawn Wakes the River
24. Patagonian Wind
25. Misty Sands
26. From the Andes
27. To The Amazon
28. Sorcerers Seas

MP3 VBR
http://file.shareyourfiles.net/6oynaS/

I added the second half of Lorelei soundtrack to the original post and the link is here as well.
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/324915267/Lorelei_Part_2.rar
PSW: smile
Huge thanks to Mathazzar for bringing this to my attention. Sorry guys for the mixup.

Thanks! I liked Lorelei and I'm glad to see there is more of it! Thanks again for the original, and for this second part.

So i finally saw Avatar and on Imax 3D.

The score: After my inicial disappointment when i heard the samples, i have to say that the score fits like a glove in the movie and that is what Horner was hired for.
It's not the best score of him and yes it's a bit of a letdown that there's a reuse of styles from older scores, mostly because we knew that he was working exclusively for Avatar for over a year, but the music as heard in the film conveys and elevates the emotions of the movie, and at least for that i need to give credit to Horner.
Having said that, i would be very very curious of what a composer like Goldenthal and under with his own artistic freedom would create for a movie like Avatar without any temp tracks. Take final fantasy as a reference.

The movie: Absolutely brilliant on his technical/technologic aspects. The characters, the creatures, all the environment is really photorealistic. And the action scenes are at the level of Cameron with some amazing landscape shots. It will swept the technical awards at the oscars, and most likely will be nominated for the best score & song, but also has a good chance for the best director.
On the other hand the plot is too linear, the characters are unidimensional and i didn't watch any standout performance from any of the actors, so sadly i wasn't truly affected by the characters more than they are whether on the good side or on the bad side. Since Cameron is waiting to see if the movie will be a success for making two more sequels that he had in mind, i hope that in the next time, he gives more attention and detail for the characters and the story. But give me Avatar than any of the Sommers or Michael Bay movies anyday.
Of all the inspiration and influences that Cameron had on creating Avatar, and there are a few, the most unexpected for me are from the Miyazaki stories. And i'm not talking about the ecological themes so present on Miyazaki. The healing tentacles, the living spirits of the forest, the huge tree, the mineral and floating islands. Even the spaceships on Pandora are clearly inspired from Nausicaa. :D

Maybe it's a bit early to tell if it's a 'revolutionary' movie or not, but overall i spent a good time watching it, and certainly is worth to purchase when will arrive on BR.





Andes to Amazon
Nicholas Hooper
Orchestra/Acoustic Guitar/Latin Percussion


I requested this once on the hunt thread.
Thanks.



Oh and Merry Christmas and in case i don't see any of you before the end off the year, a happy 2010. :love::angel:

I requested this once on the hunt thread.
Thanks.

I also have Land of the Tiger if you want it

For all of you who are able to provide with new soundtracks from anime, especially NotSpecial and Tangotreats, is there some soundtrack site that gives you up to date news about who is set to compose for a given anime? I notice that Animenewsnetwork is annoying because it doesn't let me sort a given composer's page by date so I can see if there are any new ones. I would really like a better way to get into awesome new soundtracks from anime rather than randomly deciding to watch a few series each season.

oh and by the way I have ripped the Johan de Meij Symphony No. 3 "Planet Earth" CD and will upload it soon if anyone wants it (also includes Windy City Overture and Extreme Make Over)

I also have Land of the Tiger if you want it

Yes, i would like that. Thanks for offering.

oh and by the way I have ripped the Johan de Meij Symphony No. 3 "Planet Earth" CD and will upload it soon if anyone wants it (also includes Windy City Overture and Extreme Make Over)


!!!Oh yes please!!! *drools!*

oh and by the way I have ripped the Johan de Meij Symphony No. 3 "Planet Earth" CD and will upload it soon if anyone wants it (also includes Windy City Overture and Extreme Make Over)

I've only ever heard his Lord of the Rings symphony. I'd love to hear other things he's composed!!

I've only ever heard his Lord of the Rings symphony. I'd love to hear other things he's composed!!


I have the recorded concert performance for 'Planet Earth' and its massively impressive! Been waiting for the CD to come out. This is one I will be buying once I can afford it

Shoji Meguro - Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey OST (DS) (2009)
|MP3|VBR V-0|119MB|Originally uploaded by Gamemp3s|
|Synth-Orchestral|Synth-Choir|Dark|Brooding|

Thread 72798

You guys may be wondering why I am posting a soundtrack to a Shin Megami Tensei game here, especially if you have heard Shoji Meguro's recent works. However, I assure you this is NOT a pop/techno/hip-hop/rock work like his previous soundtracks. I haven't gotten to delve into the complexity of this baby yet but the major sound of the tracks is absolutely wonderful.
Sample:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r4jmkgzhnrn

For all of you who are able to provide with new soundtracks from anime, especially NotSpecial and Tangotreats, is there some soundtrack site that gives you up to date news about who is set to compose for a given anime? I notice that Animenewsnetwork is annoying because it doesn't let me sort a given composer's page by date so I can see if there are any new ones. I would really like a better way to get into awesome new soundtracks from anime rather than randomly deciding to watch a few series each season.

ANN is usually the best source. I look for all newly released anime, which you can sort on a monthly basis, and just plow through the list; if you do it monthly, you're only checking out probably eight to ten series. It's manageable. 80% of the time the composer is listed, but whether they are or not, I search Youtube for the first episode, and skip through it. I've encountered some real gems like this. As regards the composers' pages at ANN, I memorise the "animeographies" of my favourites so I can instantly spot any changes to the list. I check out guys like Toshihiko Sahashi and Yoshihisa Hirano and lasses like Michiru Oshima every week. (Also, all three of them have official sites which are very up to date. Hirano's is very English friendly and both translate very well on Google Translate.)

Also, CDJapan will give you a list (also by date) of newly released anime soundtracks. That's a good source; sometimes they'll give you composers and sometimes you'll get sound samples as well.

Between these two sources, you can usually get a good picture of what's coming up.

I'm a read saddo so I set aside a whole evening every month to just plow through it all. :)

It's a lot to go through but it's worth it for some of the things you find. :)

here's a christmas present to all of you!
hope you enjoy it as much as i do


Planet Earth
Johan De Meij


1. Windy City Overture
2. Extreme Make Over
3. Symphony No. 3, Movement I "Lonely Planet"
4. Symphony No. 3, Movement II "Planet Earth"
5. Symphony No. 3, Movement III "Mother Earth"

320 MP3
*uploading*
edit: sorry having internet trouble :( ill upload it on the 26th when i get back

hope you all have a wonderful holiday :)

Ah tango that sounds not too bad. Thankfully I just signed up for Crunchyroll premium so I can check out a good portion of the new season under my account but yeah I guess you would get a fairly good idea what the music is like from one or two episodes and then you may find an anime you love as well.

ANN is usually the best source. I look for all newly released anime, which you can sort on a monthly basis, and just plow through the list
Hardcore :coolegg:

I'll have to start getting to grips with new anime a bit better. Thanks for the advice there TT.

And thank you to NotSpecial for Zoids Genesis and ShadowOnTheSun for Andes to Amazon. I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but when I do I will surely comment further.

I'm leaving an upload running while I'm off to midnight mass (strictly for Schubert in G ;)) and I'll post it later on when I get in.

Edit: Andes to Amazon reminds me.. does anyone know if George Fenton's score for the recent 'Life' series is going to see a release? I can't find any info on it and quite a few cues piqued my interest. Even download-only would be a blessing.

Thank you for this fantastic thread. I discovered several amazing scores from Georges Delerue. I feel ashamed I did not know who he was until very recently!

May I request an out of print soundtrack i have been looking for for a long time to no avail:

Wild Africa, composed by Christopher Gunnings.
(Soundtrack of the BBC Documentary Wild Africa - Out Of Print, not on iTunes, nowhere to be found online)

Merry Christmas to everyone!

GEORGE FENTON - SHADOWLANDS
(The London Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Magdalen College Oxford)



320kbps (not my rip)
http://www.multiupload.com/BTNVXVFPE4

This is a beautiful symphony of suppressed emotion and devoted love. The main theme, heard at its fullest in the End Title, is one of Fenton's very best and brings me to the verge of tears. The whole score is written in a very gentle, sweeping English style, and glows with overtones of Elgar and Brahms. There are some lovely choral contributions from Magdalen Choir too.

The following tracks are not by Fenton, but I believe he had a hand in arranging:
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Traditional, arr. Vaughan Williams / Fenton)
- "Once In Royal David's City" (H.J. Gauntlett, harmonised A.H. Mann)
- "Sumer Is Icumen In" (13th Century Anon.)

Thanks of course to the original ripper!


BONUS: Shadowlands Suite
This is taken from a live concert recording made in Ghent 2002, with the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by the composer. It's recorded at a much higher volume than the soundtrack, but still sounds great -very immediate.

http://www.multiupload.com/TW9RN0EOMU

Happy Christmas all! I'll be posting more whenever I can snatch a moment over the next few days. Enjoy! :)

Looks like fun lens thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you and everyone else. I have one or two posts for this thread later.

Hey guys -

I have a meeting in a couple of days with a very large Japanese production company regarding some future projects, and I would like to mount an argument in support of using live players vs. virtual. In most respects, I know exactly how to handle that, but what I would like to have is a comprehensive list of Japanese anime/videogame projects using live players - the more recent, the better. You guys are the experts; where might I find this info? Has anyone compiled a list? I would like to prove it is not an exceptional, rare luxury!

Thanks for any advice...


_Mike

Hey guys -

I have a meeting in a couple of days with a very large Japanese production company regarding some future projects, and I would like to mount an argument in support of using live players vs. virtual. In most respects, I know exactly how to handle that, but what I would like to have is a comprehensive list of Japanese anime/videogame projects using live players - the more recent, the better. You guys are the experts; where might I find this info? Has anyone compiled a list? I would like to prove it is not an exceptional, rare luxury!

Thanks for any advice...


_Mike

Well, you may want to get the sales reports on anime such as Gundam 00 and Full Metal Alchemist, both of which use a live orchestra as opposed to synth. And they are pretty popular brand names, so that may help your cause.

I think if you want to hit the message home, you have to talk money wise. This is all marketing, after all! If they think that a live orchestra will bring about a better financial output, that is what they will go for.

Hmm I believe Soul Calubur 4 and Xenosaga are orchestrated!
I should find a list and link it...

Anyone know where I can download The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Complete Game Score) by Bill Brown? Thanks.

Sirusjr, ShadowOnTheSun, NotSpecial, Lens of Truth: Thanks a lot guys for your recent posts, I look forward to hear them as I come back home!



Hey guys -

I have a meeting in a couple of days with a very large Japanese production company regarding some future projects, and I would like to mount an argument in support of using live players vs. virtual. In most respects, I know exactly how to handle that, but what I would like to have is a comprehensive list of Japanese anime/videogame projects using live players - the more recent, the better. You guys are the experts; where might I find this info? Has anyone compiled a list? I would like to prove it is not an exceptional, rare luxury!

Thanks for any advice...


_Mike

Wow. Good question, and not easy to answer since one of my hard drives is loaded with hundreds of live orchestral osts from animes, vg, dramas and similar, mostly from the 5 last years. So it's not easy to cite some in particular, plus my collection isn't quite recent because since about one year I have much less time to download and sort new releases. But I'll try, I'll see if I can find some recent live orchestral projects that could be used as an argument. Please wait a bit...


And happy holidays everybody!

Hey guys -

I have a meeting in a couple of days with a very large Japanese production company regarding some future projects, and I would like to mount an argument in support of using live players vs. virtual. In most respects, I know exactly how to handle that, but what I would like to have is a comprehensive list of Japanese anime/videogame projects using live players - the more recent, the better. You guys are the experts; where might I find this info? Has anyone compiled a list? I would like to prove it is not an exceptional, rare luxury!

Thanks for any advice..
_Mike
I don't know if it's only anime/videogame but Super Mario Galaxy had great orchestral tracks (specially a garden/flowers level which was just MINDBLOWING!).
Assassin's Creed had a incredible mix between orchestral music, 15th century music (voices specially) and some electronic stuff.

I have to think about it...

I don't know if it's only anime/videogame but had great orchestral tracks (specially a garden/flowers level which was just MINDBLOWING!).
Assassin's Creed had a incredible mix between orchestral music, 15th century music (voices specially) and some electronic stuff.

I have to think about it...

Super Mario Galaxy is a good example, but since when Assassin's Creed is Japanese?? :p Plus it's not a live orchestra, but only some ethnic instrument players and solo vocalists, and sometimes a real choir.

IMO, you have to cite the names of the numerous composers specialized in big orchestral music in Japan: Kaoru Wada, Toshihiko Sahashi, Yoshihisa Hirano, Michiru Oshima, Kousuke Yamashita, Yoko Kanno, Joe Hisaishi, Masamichi Amano, Kotaro Nakagawa, Naoki Sato, Kohei Tanaka, among many others... You can google their names or use this site http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ to search their last projects.

This will certainly raise your interlocutors' interest in what you'll say, as these names are attached to many, many significant projects in Japan's media business involving live orchestral music.

If they're not convinced, as a tactical withdrawal you can use the example of Motoi Sakuraba, a very prolific and sought composer for vg, which uses not a full live orchestra, but live players mixed with virtual orchestra, and notably a live strings ensemble: the Koike Strings. http://www.koikestrings.com/

If you need more details or more specific examples please ask.

Also Hitoshi Sakimoto has used live orchestra on his recent Romeo X Juliet soundtrack at least in part. And Final Fantasy XIII I believe is recorded in large part with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Also the recent soundtracks for Tytania were recorded with full live orchestra (Kanagawa Philharmonic). Also you should point out that Joe Hisaishi has always been given a full orchestra for all his works with Studio Ghibli movies and other works. Specifically his recent soundtracks for Ponyo, A Cloud on the Slope, and A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forrest. Also from what I could hear, I believe Yoshihisa Hirano's score to the recent anime Tatakau Shisho the book of Bantorra used orchestra from what I could hear. Hope this helps some.

Great suggestions and input, guys! Thanks!


_Mike

Super Mario Galaxy is a good example, but since when Assassin's Creed is Japanese?? :p Plus it's not a live orchestra, but only some ethnic instrument players and solo vocalists, and sometimes a real choir.
Sorry... I didn't know it was only JAPANESE anime or videogames ^^

before I got Heroic Age, I knew only K-20 - great score by the way

As you mentioned it.

This is your classic and pretty neat superhero score. The main theme is what you expect in this case: a powerful ostinato motif, a bold and brassy theme, quite heroic and rather catchy. There's a good deal of action tracks, some having a Rocketeer flair to them. The score is less diverse in nature than Heroic Age, but it's a nice piece of orchestral bombast overall.

Note: the track "Genji and Heikichi" will remind of something to Indiana Jones fans. ;)



K-20 Legend of the Mask OST

Composed By Naoki Sato

|MP3|320|129MB|

Credits to Compatto

Thread 65784

Thanks for the suggestion! I am excited for this one!

Merry Christmas everyone,
I present you the new complete orchestrated album of "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" done by Z.R.E.O. (http://www.zreomusic.com/) (Zelda Reorchestrated).
This is the offical album release including all tracks from the original + coverart.
There will be no further music released for this game and it is ZREO's finest achievment yet.


The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -The Complete Collection- (Ultimate Edition)



Download Part One (mediafire) (http://www.mediafire.com/file/koozzwomnm4/Ocarina_of_Time_Complete_Part_1.7z)

Download Part Two (mediafire) (http://www.mediafire.com/file/mnjmzhy2z4q/Ocarina_of_Time_Complete_Part_2.7z)

The Ultimate Edition includes additional content edited by myself such as alternative versions of some tracks and some brand new material (suites etc.) and is not offical!
It can only be found here.

Info
Genre: Orchestral/Melodic/Relaxing/Multicultural/Dark/Choral/Epic
Tracks: 96 (110)
Audio Quality: 192kb/s (mp3)
New Tracks included in the Ultimate Edition:

01. Opening Fanfare
02. Hero of Time (Main Theme)
03. Title Theme (Alternate)
07. House (Alternate)
08. Kokiri Forest (Soundscape)
19. Spiritual Stone Get (Alternate)
22. Hyrule Field (Alternate)
26. Inside Hyrule Castle
38. Dodongo's Cavern (Alternate)
41. Zora's Domain (Soundscape)
50. Hyrule Overtaken
53. Shiek's Theme (Alternate)
54. Hyrule Field (Adult)
55. Horse Epona
65. Bolero of Fire (Alternate)
66. Fire Temple (Alternate)
69. Lake Hylia Laboratory
72. Shadow Temple (Alternate)
74. Gerudo Fortress
75. Storm in the Desert
79. Demon Boss Battle
81. Light Temple
84. Chosen by the Gods
85. Ganon's Castle Entrance
88. Ganondorf Battle (Dynamic)
89. Zelda's Rescue
91. Ganondorf's Curse
92. Last Battle (Soundscape)
93. Seal of Six Sages
94. Ocarina of Time
95. End Credits
95. End Credits (Alternate)
96. The End

Enjoy the melodies of Nostalgia

This is the kind of music Horner should have composed for Avatar ;) After Garasu no Kantai, posted here some time ago, here's another huge Space Opera score composed for a relatively obscure anime: Heroic Age. The highly talented Naoki Sato, another japanese composer specialized in big orchestral music, shows his skills here with a massive symphonic score, often powerful and epic, sometimes lyrical and romantic, and with many great highlights. 100% recommended.

Note: if you don't have goosebumps during the track "Star Way" in cd 1, you're not human. ;)



Heroic Age OST I- Star Way
Heroic Age OST II- Kikan

Composed By Naoki Sato

|MP3|320|240MB|

Credits to citty82

http://tinypaste.com/1d9f9







the first track reminds me of an original classical composition, i don't know wich one but it does sound something i have heard many years ago, in a film or maybe even an advertisement

does anyone recognize? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5OgLEtJt-E

It's been a while back I posted here...
I've listened to Shadowlands by George Fenton. This is beatiful music, thanks for sharing Lens!

Thank you so much for Zelda Re-Orchestrated.

This should have been posted way before in this thread, but here it is at last. The Saint Seiya OSTs have a special importance to me, because I loved the anime years before, when it was aired in this country, and one thing which was astonishing about it was the incredible beauty of the music. Seiji Yokoyama composed a HUGE score for this anime, with many, many themes, masterfully performed by the Andromeda Symphony Orchestra. The composer very accurately managed to musically illustrate the epic, almost mystical story of this anime, and did it by writing a music very melodic, emotional and expressive, with some grandiose accents in the last OSTs which leaves you breathless. I precise that this is partly orchestral and often includes a beat, an electric guitar or a jazz piano, but the greatness and power of Yokoyama's compositions make these OSTs a must-listen.


thank you for this collection. Saint Seiya is quite special for me too. And the beauty of the music has always impressed me.

JERRY GOLDSMITH - CABOBLANCO
MP3-V0 / 66MB / 12 tracks / 39:24
http://rapidshare.com/files/258521548/Caboblanco.rar


Short and sweet, this is a score that might fly under the radar of some. The Main Title is an absolute corker - you won't have heard anything like this from Goldsmith. The action music is from the top drawer too, tense and catchy. And the whole thing is brilliantly orchestrated. There's also a song sung by Carol Goldsmith (Heaven Knows), and several sultry arrangements of the tune 'The Very Thought of You'. I shouldn't admit this, but both make me a little misty-eyed about the lack of Jerry in the world..

Check it out :)

Thank you. Goldsmith was a great one

Oh hey, I didn't ever see that post. Thanks for that, Lens, and thanks for pointing it out, chancth.

Amen! :)

Let's all celebrate with...

[CENTER]HIROSHI TAKAKI
Sinfonia Tytania

The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Takemoto Taizo

**NOT MY RIP -- LAME 192kbps**

http://www.mediafire.com/?limht5jzlzo



Like it. Thank you very much

I notice you're new to the forums. Thanking people is great, but if you're thanking multiple people and no one has posted since your last post, it might be better to use the "edit" function and add your second quote to your first post. Welcome to the forum!

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!

[CENTER]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)
.

Thank you very much

First, thanks to all of you for the last uploads.

Special thanks to arthierr for the Gundam Seed Symphony. I didn't know it, and I only can tell one thing after listen it. Incredible work. I love it. I love all themes. This is the kind of stuff I like. Thanks arthierr.

After a search I was able to get Watership Down by Mike Batt. This time the cd is to 256, a better quality that the previous one (128). This score deserves it !!!

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

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PODGR94N

Thanks for this one

Also there was a better rip posted later of the same symphony tytania as well as the soundtrack after that.

here's a christmas present to all of you!
hope you enjoy it as much as i do

1. Windy City Overture
2. Extreme Make Over
3. Symphony No. 3, Movement I "Lonely Planet"
4. Symphony No. 3, Movement II "Planet Earth"
5. Symphony No. 3, Movement III "Mother Earth"

320 MP3
*uploading*
edit: sorry having internet trouble :( ill upload it on the 26th when i get back

hope you all have a wonderful holiday :)[/CENTER]

Looking forward to this ShadowOnTheSun. Happy New YEar!

Looking forward to this ShadowOnTheSun. Happy New YEar!

I also !
One by one fantastic pieces :)

alright, as promised here is the de meij album


Planet Earth
Johan De Meij


1. Windy City Overture
2. Extreme Make Over
3. Symphony No. 3, Movement I "Lonely Planet"
4. Symphony No. 3, Movement II "Planet Earth"
5. Symphony No. 3, Movement III "Mother Earth"

320 MP3
http://sharebee.com/aa1d9dd4

alright, as promised here is the de meij album


Planet Earth
Johan De Meij


1. Windy City Overture
2. Extreme Make Over
3. Symphony No. 3, Movement I "Lonely Planet"
4. Symphony No. 3, Movement II "Planet Earth"
5. Symphony No. 3, Movement III "Mother Earth"

320 MP3
http://sharebee.com/aa1d9dd4

Sweeeeeet! Thanks man! Been looking forward to this one for a long time :)

Thanks for planet earth! I will be listening to it today :D

alright, as promised here is the de meij album


Planet Earth
Johan De Meij


Cool! Thanks for that, ShadowOnTheSun. I'm very interested to hear more from this composer apart from his Lord of the Rings symphony.

[QUOTE=ShadowOnTheSun;1397664]alright, as promised here is the de meij album

Thank you very much. Enjoying it.

alright, as promised here is the de meij album


Planet Earth
Johan De Meij


1. Windy City Overture
2. Extreme Make Over
3. Symphony No. 3, Movement I "Lonely Planet"
4. Symphony No. 3, Movement II "Planet Earth"
5. Symphony No. 3, Movement III "Mother Earth"

320 MP3
http://sharebee.com/aa1d9dd4

Thank you!
Do you have other albums of J. de Meij or pieces of him?

Info
Star Wars: The Imperial Symphony
Genre: Orchestral/Action/Majestic/Dark/Choral/Epic
Audio Quality: 320kb/s (mp3)
Tracklist:

I. Main Theme / Shadows of the Empire (5:00)
II. Fate of the Rebel Alliance / Desh Rendar and the Jedi Master (10:00)
III. Underworld Palace and the Imperial City (9:00)
IV. Into the Sewers / Underground Meeting (5:00)
V. Xizor and the Skyhook (5:00)
VI. Skyhook Battle / Escape from the Dark Lord (8:00)
VII. End Credits / Legacy of the Force (6:00)

Download Here (mediafire) (http://www.mediafire.com/file/fevtzl1mzwv/Shadows of the Empire [Imperial Symphony].7z)

I present you my work on the Star Wars franchise called "The Imperial Symphony"
I have edited, altered and remastered the score of Shadows of the Empire and now it's a completley different experience.

I must say, I came in with quite low expectations listening to Planet Earth by Johan de Meij. Perhaps its beauty was slightly enhanced by the novel I was finishing as I listened but I must say this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard in my entire life! The absolute desolation and loneliness of Lonely Planet overwhelms the senses completely. Yet through that loneliness I always feel a hope coming from behind. Then the Planet Earth builds the majesty and gives the hope inside you life. Finally Mother Earth bathes your entire body in light as if from a goddess with the beautiful woodwinds and choir.

I just listened to the full piece through from start to end twice and I am overwhelmed with the sheer beauty and power of it all. Fantastic share indeed!
EDIT: Figures the one thing so moving I want to buy it I can't find to buy anywhere. If anyone has a link to where I can purchase a CD of this wonderful music please let me know. (this same recording preferred)

My sentiments exactly, Sirusjr!

I've been looking for somewhere to buy this CD since it was released, but to no avail O__O

I have edited, altered and remastered the score of Shadows of the Empire and now it's a completley different experience.

What's funny about this is Shadows of the Empire is already an altered version of William Walton's ballet The Quest (plus at least 5 other classical works by my count.)

http://rapidshare.com/files/326788159/thequest.rar

But nonetheless, good work. It's nice to see appreciation for Shadows every now and then since it is still a really good Star Wars score.

Wow so of all movies coming out, the Tooth Fairy soundtrack seems to be orchestral. I can't really get a good idea from the samples but it sounds like an action/adventure score of all things.
http://www.colosseum.de/product_info.php/info/p2295_Toothy-Fairy.html
I will have to buy this when it comes out.

I have found another nice OST by Naoki Sato. (Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin THE LAST PRINCESS)

http://sableheart.livejournal.com/12751.html

I was surprised by Planet Earth too. I'm not a biggest fan of Meji's LotR symphony but this one... I have no words to describe it! During third movement I was almost crying with tears of pure happines (because that was so bloody good music:D). This work is so powerfull, so moving. Great share, great surprise.

And thanks for another Sato.

First, I want to say thanks to all of you guys, for all this great music you upload here:) It's an about time for me to contribute with something nice. Hope you will find it interesting.




K�nig der Letzten Tage (A King for Burning) soundtrack
composed by Wojciech Kilar

320 kb/s

http://sharebee.com/c0330baa

i'm glad you all liked planet earth :D
and thanks for the Kilar

K�nig der Letzten Tage (A King for Burning) soundtrack
composed by Wojciech Kilar

Thank you so much. It's so beautiful that I bought it a few minutes ago.

Thanks so much for A King for Burning. Will post comments once I listen.
EDIT: It is certainly quite the choral heavy score. I like the peaceful and serene feeling I get from most of it. Great stuff.

Thank you so much. It's so beautiful that I bought it a few minutes ago.

It is beautiful but also grandiose.
I'm trying to imagine what Kilar would do for a movie like Lord of the Rings, and the result would perhaps be similar to a music like this.
Thank you for posting and sharing with us Szczepan.

I'm not home these days, so I don't have much possiblity to DL and listen to the last posts, but I wanted to thank the last posters for their great contributions!



I have found another nice OST by Naoki Sato. (Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin THE LAST PRINCESS)

http://sableheart.livejournal.com/12751.html

Before I left I had the time to listen to this one, and it's your usual big epic / lyrical asian orchestral score, which means it's very good! This Sato score was unknown to me, so this is a very appreciated post. Thanks a lot :)

Here's the cover:


Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin THE LAST PRINCESS

http://i.imagehost.org/0761/kakushi_toride_no_san_akunin_the_last_princessorig inal_soundtrack.jpg

Behind the magic of Video Game Music is first and foremost the creative composer who creates an immersive and emotional feeling with his work.
No Zelda, Metroid or Mario Game would have had the same Impact on the Player without the music these geniuses composed and contucted.
The Ace Combat Series is no exception if not an outstanding example of what great composers and genius minds are able to create for a Video Game.

Behold some of the most beautiful, memorial and epic pieces of music of all time composed for a Video Game.
The Composer of these tracks is Keiki Kobayashi who works currently for NAMCO Entertainment.

Besides his music for Ace Combat, he composed and contucted music for Soul Calibur (III - IV) and should be supported by fans and critics alike
to continue his masterful work. In fact, he is capable of doing much more and his potential and skill of composing music is high enough to rival even
modern Hollywood's Best.
For the composition of the five Ace Combat tracks in this Album, he worked together with the Warsaw Philharmonic, one of the worlds best and
famous Philharmonic Orchestra.

I feel myself honored to be able to work with his music and I put a lot of effort in it when I edited it.
These tracks are a compilation of his work and feature his most memorial themes, now edited and changed into epic symphonic suites.


I hereby present you:



THE ACE COMBAT SERIES [Composed by Keiki Kobayashi, Edited by Vincent Falk Schneider]


Download Link (mediafire) (http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjxmyytkiyz/Ace Combat [Symphonic Suites].7z)


Audio Quality: 320 kBit/s, Stereo, 44kHz, High Quality, Remastered

Tracks: 5 [Suites] (73:20)

Password: none


Game: Ace Combat, Various Themes, Medley


I. Aces of the Sky [The Warsaw Philharmonic & NAMCO Soundteam] (13:13)

This track serves as an introduction and features themes from various Ace Combat Games, such as The Unsung War and Fires of Liberation.
It shows the style and skill of Kobayashi and indicates how the following tracks will sound like although there is much more to expect ...



Game: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War, Zero Theme / Ending Theme, Suite


II. El Diablo [The Warsaw Philarmonic & ACE COMBAT Chorus Team] (12:45)

The most experimental music of Kobayashi in the series. He uses spanish instruments with the addition of full orchestra and chorus.
Experience one of the most beautiful and epic pieces of spanish influenced music.
It's certainly dissapointing that so few composers and film makers realize the possebilities and potential of this kind of music.
But Kobayashi managed to compose a masterpiece of spanish influenced music and I edited it the best way I could to redefine it ...



Game: Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, Main Theme, Suite


III. Legend of Razgriz [The Warsaw Philarmonic & ACE COMBAT Chorus Team] (18:18)

Behold Keiki Kobayashi's most outstanding work and one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed. The music he composed and conducted for
this game in combination with the excellent chorus work and the performance of the Warsaw Philharmonic, is simply a masterpiece.
I put a lot of effort into this track when I edited it to do him justice.
So be ready to experience the music of a genius ... and have I mentioned the Eminence Orchestra played this during A Night in Fantasia 09 !



Game: Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, Main Theme, Suite


IV. Wings of Liberty (The Liberation of Gracemeria) [The Warsaw Philarmonic & ACE COMBAT Chorus Team] (14:04)

Here comes another masterful composition of Kobayashi performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Ace Combat Chorus Team.
It is one of his finest achievments and proves that he is still one of the best composers in the industry.
Once again I edited and redefined his work in order to create an epic suite.
Enjoy it as much as I did ...



Game: Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, Ending Theme / Main Theme, Medley

V. Road to Elysium (The Journey Home) [The Warsaw Philarmonic & Mary Elizabeth McGlynn] (15:00)

The perfect ending for this album and once again the Warsaw Philharmonic, this time with the addition of the amazing voice of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn,
delievers a stunning performance. Kobayashi's work is to be remebered as one of the finest achievments of Video Game Music and I had a lot of fun editing his work.

Thank you very much klnerfan. This is interesting. Can tell us a little about this? Is this all the orchestral music from the whole series or is it worth me delving into the series to find more? Or is this a suite compilation of all orchestral music？ Its great!

Hello Cristobalito2007, to answer your question, these are all the most memorial orchestral pieces (at least for me) from the games edited and changed to suites.
I edited them with the idea in mind that a real orchestra could play them (that unfortunatly will never happen).
I couldn't include every orchestral piece but let me tell you there is much more orchestral stuff to find in the soundtracks, Ace Combat: The Unsung War and Ace Combat: The Belkan War are very good scores (although you will find many rock + ambient tracks but they are also awesome). Fires of Liberation is also very good for it's piano and choral pieces.

i'm glad you all liked planet earth :D
and thanks for the Kilar

Do you also have Hooper Land of the Tiger?





Here's the cover:


Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin THE LAST PRINCESS


A bit of trivia. This movie is a remake of Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.



One last upload from me before the end of the year.
This is a track from the compilation album "Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years Of Film Music", performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra with Goldsmith conducting.

It's a suite consisted of the main themes from various movies and with the following order of appearance:
- The Sand Pebbles (0:00 - 3:24)
- Chinatown (3:24 - 5:33)
- A Patch Of Blue (5:34 - 8:20)
- Poltergeist (8:21 - 11:06)
- Papillon (11:07 - 12:39)
- The Wind And The Lion (12:40 - 14:24)



Motion Pictures Medley
14min 24sec
VBR -V0
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UKKTTGO6


On a side note here's an article about the state of film music nowadays, that i agree with it.
http://www.movie-wave.net/capsules/?p=302



Happy New Year :)

Great choice Sanico. The Wind and the Lion theme on this one always blows me away. One slight correction: this performance is actually the National Philharmonic conducted by Goldsmith himself! Though many of the tracks on the 40 years set are from the Prague Phil recordings, they wisely decided to substitute-in the infititely superior performances under Goldsmith's own baton that were to hand (originally issued as here (http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=5438) and here (http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=45959)).

There's a later updated suite with Air Force One and Basic Instinct to represent the 90s, but that never flowed quite as well for me. Takes me back to when I heard (and saw) Jerry do these live with the LSO :swoon:

Concert of my life? Maybe :)

On a side note here's an article about the state of film music nowadays, that i agree with it.
http://www.movie-wave.net/capsules/?p=302

Happy New Year :)

Spot-on! I agree. But I think this decade is not far from reaching its end. As for he mentioned these composers at the end of the article.

He also mentioned the seemingly just about retired John Williams, well I hope he will continue doing more films.

Great contribution Sanico! That large collection of Goldsmith is what got me into goldsmith to start because it is a lot more accessible that way. I totally agree with that article and really hope that John Powell and many other great composers these days get their hands on some scores and receive freedom to express emotions rather than imitate zimmer. Powell's track Death and Transfiguration on Hancock is one of the most rousing cues I've heard on a modern album and simply astounding to reach after listening to the full score. I hope he gets a similar chance to do something great in the future.

Hello Cristobalito2007, to answer your question, these are all the most memorial orchestral pieces (at least for me) from the games edited and changed to suites.
I edited them with the idea in mind that a real orchestra could play them (that unfortunatly will never happen).
I couldn't include every orchestral piece but let me tell you there is much more orchestral stuff to find in the soundtracks, Ace Combat: The Unsung War and Ace Combat: The Belkan War are very good scores (although you will find many rock + ambient tracks but they are also awesome). Fires of Liberation is also very good for it's piano and choral pieces.

Thanks very much klnerfan.

Sanico; thanks for posting the Goldsmith suite :) I love his music and this is a great sample of some of his best work!

Lens, I have to agree. Wind and the Lion is absolutely incredible! I wish my turntable still worked right now so I could listen to my LP of the score :p

FSM support.

On a side note here's an article about the state of film music nowadays, that i agree with it.
http://www.movie-wave.net/capsules/?p=302

There is a second part posted now.

A Happy New Year to everyone in this fantastic thread. As a start to the new year, there is nothing better than orchestral music to make the day. Don't get your hopes up for this being some massive orchestra but its nice for what it is.


Evangelion Wind Symphonies 1 and 2 - 2009
|Orchestral|Jazz|Relaxing|
|MP3|320kbps|2cd|183mb|Not my Rip|

http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/329034700/Evangelion_Wind_Symphony.rar
PSW: smile
The performances in this CD include the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, a Murata Youiti group and a Sagisu group. The Murata Youti group consists of flutes, clarinets, oboes, a full brass section, bass, vibes, and a percussion section including drums. The Sagisu group consists of a full brass section, piano, synthesizers, guitar, electric and acoustic bass, and drums. Yoko Takahashi is the guest lead vocalist.

The orchestra that performed these does not seem to be very large but it is quite a nice listen nonetheless. If you haven't heard any of the evangelion music before this is the perfect time to experience these exquisite melodies.

Evangelion Wind Symphonies 1 and 2 - 2009


Talk about getting my hopes up...

I have a love/hate thing for the Eva OSTs. While on one hand the melodies are great, catchy, and even nostalgic, I've never heard a good performance of them. I don't know if it's the orchestrations or the recordings or what, it always sounds like the music budget is 137 dollars. Also, the constant repetition and lack of development within the tunes is offputting. The "piano concerto" (synchronous dance fight) track is a perfect example of a great idea that is developed poorly. Even the orchestrator had to come up with some makeshift "big" ending that sounds out of place because the piece never built to anything.

Instead of rerecording the same tunes over and over, Shiro Sagisu should instead create (or hire someone to create) a suite where each track builds on each other's momentum and develops continuously and circularly. Something like Hisaishi's Princess Mononoke suite for wind band is the perfect example of what this album should have been. Something that actually lives up to the word "Symphony" from the CD's cover. Instead, it's a few okay wind performances of the most overplayed selections from Eva with some "remastered" versions of the exact same pieces from the OSTs (!!) and some unlistenable "jazz" renditions of those exact same pieces and a karaoke version of the piano concerto thing that doesn't include the piano?

Considering how much the Eva franchise has been milked I can't say I'm too suprised, but wow, for better or worse Japan's music industry never ceases to amaze me.

Sorry Sirusjr, but I'm going to have to suggest passing on this release and recommending the OSTs instead. Yes, even the one with 50 versions of "Fry Me to the Moon."

You are certainly welcome to find these lacking. I did include a warning that they aren't really massive symphonic works. I'm curious to see if others have the same opinion.

The Wind and the Lion theme on this one always blows me away. One slight correction: this performance is actually the National Philharmonic conducted by Goldsmith himself! Though many of the tracks on the 40 years set are from the Prague Phil recordings, they wisely decided to substitute-in the infititely superior performances under Goldsmith's own baton that were to hand

The Wind and the Lion theme is a blast :D Maybe i will post someday the suite from the 40 years set too.
I edited the post and made the corrections accordingly to the album credits. I always assumed that these were all re-recordings from the Prague Orchestra, as usual from Silva compilation albums, except the track from the Legend soundtrack which is original.
That post should be correct now.


He also mentioned the seemingly just about retired John Williams, well I hope he will continue doing more films.

I hope so, but with his age now is understandable that he's semi-retired on doing music for films, moreover is still composing his own concert works, which i think is something that he always wanted to do.

I can think of no better way to bring in the new year than a list of upcoming scores we need to watch for, courtesy of Moviescore Magazine.
http://moviescoremagazine.com/2009/12/top-10-most-anticipated-film-scores-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-887
Among the list we have David Arnold for the next Narnia movie, John Debney for Iron Man 2, and Ilan Eshkeri for Centurion. Then of course Danny Elfman for Alice, Alan Silvestri for A-Team, and Eliot Goldenthall for The Tempest, among others. I am optimistic that at least some of these will turn out to be winners. Having listened to Stardust again recently I am especially hopeful that Eshkeri will pull off a memorable score. Which of the above discussed scores excite you the most?

Can't Goldenthal score all of them? :(

Can't Goldenthal score all of them? :(

I concur. :(

But Debney is awesome! I await Iron Man 2 with a large amount of anticipation. :D

What should I look for if I want awesome Goldenthal like Spirits Within and Titus?

http://a32.idata.over-blog.com/1/76/82/24//Happy-New-Year.gif


I hope everybody had some nice holidays. Thanks a lot to the recent posters. Since I'm back, it'll take me 1 or 2 days to DL and listen to the music recently posted here (including the one sent by PM ;)), then I'll post my impressions about it.

Also I scheduled to post some more scores I enjoy a lot. Coming soon :)

What should I look for if I want awesome Goldenthal like Spirits Within and Titus?

Look for Interview With the Vampire, Alien 3 or Michael Collins.

Sphere and Cobb and Batman Forever. If you can find a quality rip of Batman & Robin there are some awesome cues on that one as well.

Also check out Goldenthal's Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio for some powerful yet modern orchestrations.

First, I want to say thanks to all of you guys, for all this great music you upload here:) It's an about time for me to contribute with something nice. Hope you will find it interesting.

K�nig der Letzten Tage (A King for Burning) soundtrack
composed by Wojciech Kilar

320 kb/s

http://sharebee.com/c0330baa

Thanks, I like all Kilar I've heard, so I'm definitely going to try this one out. Is that Hans Landa/Christoph Waltz on the cover? Might need to track the film down too.

First of all, Happy New Year everyone! The long promised second classical pack will be coming up shortly :)


Among the list we have David Arnold for the next Narnia movie, John Debney for Iron Man 2, and Ilan Eshkeri for Centurion. Then of course Danny Elfman for Alice, Alan Silvestri for A-Team, and Eliot Goldenthall for The Tempest, among others. I am optimistic that at least some of these will turn out to be winners. Having listened to Stardust again recently I am especially hopeful that Eshkeri will pull off a memorable score. Which of the above discussed scores excite you the most?

The Tempest should be something special. It goes without saying Goldenthal’s Titus is stunning, but I’d love to hear something more unified and through-composed this time, less of a bricolage. The film itself could go either way with Taymor’s "let’s put on a show" approach - either a sublime visualisation of one of Shakespeare’s most ‘uncinematic’ plays, or a shallow poppy embarrassment (for what it’s worth, I think Titus is one of the best screen Shakespeares this side of Olivier). Goldenthal onboard again is excellent news.

Alice is sure to be at least interesting. I have to confess though, I find it hard to get excited about Burton/Elfman these days. Fingers crossed the movie isn’t the kind of torpid, cod-psychologistic reimagining that Chocolate Factory was.



On a side note here's an article about the state of film music nowadays, that i agree with it.
http://www.movie-wave.net/capsules/?p=302

Moviewave is an excellent review site - a godsend to all those who see Filmtracks for the ignorant joke that it is. Reading through the article I agree with a lot of it, including the bit where he touches on the falsehood of Star Wars being forever sited as the reawakening of orchestral film music. One of posters in the comments section has managed to get my back up though with this on you know who:

"Sure he makes Mozart look experimental in regards to chromaticism but the guy gives the director what they want and that’s really all that matters. People seem to forget how and why movies are funded these days."

For a start Mozart was hella chromatic and even mentioning him in the same breath as Zzzzzzzmr in this withering way makes my blood boil. Also I HATE the way some people offer populism and money-making as if it's the final word on ART - oh sorry, I forgot, film music was never meant to be that! :rolleyes: Do directors even know what they want 'musically' or do they just want some filler-noise? It's equally boneheaded to consider every anonymous hack director-for-hire an auteur..

[Sorry, it’s early :)]

Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio

So as U mentioned, maybe you have this one? I was looking for it since some time but without luck:(.

And thanks for another Kilar. I appreciate.

http://www.multiupload.com/XXWRXBEUBC

1. Haydn: The Creation - The Representation of Chaos, ‘In the Beginning…’
The mysterious opening to this famous oratorio is one of the most significant descriptive pieces of music ever written. As such it may not be too fanciful to claim it as an early ancestor to the film scores of today. It doesn’t imitate sounds we know, such as birdsong, hunting calls, or thunderclaps; rather, it evokes through its very structure, movement and harmony the unknowable, the sprawling void that existed before the solar system had taken shape, before the Earth and before humanity. I suppose you’d call it ‘atmospheric’. Only the barest suggestion of traditional classical forms and motifs are present; what we have instead is more a series of nebulous orchestral 'thrusts'. The unexpected interjections of woodwind colour (particularly clarinet and bassoon) and extreme dynamics look forward to Berlioz; the spareness and pained emphasis on every harmonic shift to the Wagner of Tristan and Parsifal. The entry of light into the world on a radiant, throbbing C major is one of the most simple, sublime moments in all music.
2. Copland: Appalachian Spring - Introduction
I wanted to continue the feeling of freshness and nature coming to life so Appalachian Spring was an obvious choice. This is the fuller orchestration from the suite, which nevertheless maintains the transparency of its original chamber setting.
3. Grieg: Symphonic Dance No.2 in A major
I like the easy-going, folky style of this piece. The central section is on the edge of anger, but never fully erupts, settling back into the balm of the quietly glowing principle melody. Perhaps I should post the full Symphonic Dances soon? I’m sure you’d like them.
4. Poulenc: Les Animaux mod�les - Le Lion amoureux, Le Repas de midi
A delirious bit of what could almost be Hollywood glamour here from Poulenc’s last ballet score - and for, of all things, a scene of a lion making love to a young girl (..I have no idea!!). The closing sequence is equally lush, the orchestra being much larger than usual for this composer.
5. Bruckner: Symphony No.3 in D minor - Scherzo
When I heard Bruckner’s music for the first time (a long time ago) I don’t think I really ‘got it’, but I remember thinking it sounded impressively futuristic. Well, now he’s one of my favourite composers, and I guess you could say this is Bruckner’s ‘Klendathu Drop’ :). Rhythmically vigourous, explosive scherzos are one of his calling cards, as are the contrasting passages of gentile pastoralism. A real force of nature!
6. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia Antartica' - Landscape
Fans of Herrmann and Goldsmith, particularly Jason and the Argonauts, Star Trek and Poltergeist, are in for a treat with this one. RVW has attracted the odd sneering comment (including from the acid tongue of Stravinsky, who bitched about everybody!). Apparently, he’s too ‘safe’, too pastoral and, most unforgivably, too English. A ‘cow looking over a gate’ is the image that’s perpetually supposed to come to mind. Now, he might not have been an iconoclast in the way we seem to expect from our 20th C composers, BUT he did write a lot of searing, powerful music, imperious and truly epic in scope. This is one such piece; a symphonic adaptation of his score to Scott of the Antarctic, its one of the great meetings of film and concert music. He evokes the might and terror of a glacier with all kinds of orchestral colours (that I won’t spoil).
7. Ginastera: Estancia - Los trabajadores agricolas, Idilio crepuscular, Malambo
A ballet based around a day in the life of an Argentine cowboy. This isn’t quite the same as the usual suite - two propulsive dances flanking a twilight romance. The closing Malambo has a helter-skelter, toccata-like character that could drive you mad! It’s really breathtaking to hear live in concert.
8. Gershwin: 'I Got Rhythm' Variations
Gershwin’s last concert piece, completed 3 years before his death, is a symphonic exploration of the famous tune from ‘Girl Crazy’, his own favourite of his songs. In addition to the jazz stylings there is a waltz-like episode (2:38) and a mock-oriental rendition that plays on its pentatonic leanings (4:18).
9. Schubert: Symphony No.3 in D major - Presto vivace
Carlos Kleiber brings the same sizzle to Schubert here as he did in his marvelous recording of Beethoven’s 7th. I remember once having to argue against a music student (this situation seems to come up a lot!) who claimed that Schubert couldn’t write for orchestra and composed in essentially pianistic two-part textures - it sounded like a regurgitation of the gripe of some embittered tutor. My answer was to play the goosepimply opening to the ‘Unfinished’, but I could equally have chosen this. Feather-light, bouncy, good-humoured, effortless and quintessentially orchestral, I can’t imagine it in any other instrumental guise.
10. Sibelius: The Tempest - Prospero, Miranda
There are perhaps more outright ‘actiony’ pieces to pick from in this gorgeous ballet, but these two character studies are beautiful and penetrating. They imply powerfully, through restrained tension, the essentially interior drama of the play. Gravitas and rich surging chords for the sorcerer Prospero, anxiousness and whispy lyricism for his daughter Miranda.
11. Beethoven: Fantasia Op.80 for piano, chorus and orchestra - Finale
Some call this a trial run for the finale of the 9th, but to my mind the tune is better than the plodding Ode to Joy (sacrilege!), with a winning eccentricity all of its own. I can’t listen to it without feeling uplifted, especially at the exciting race to the finishing line! I’d like to leave you with a translation of the sung text, a poem by Christoph Kuffner. If you’ll forgive the sentiment, I’d say it’s an apt tribute to this thread and the good people who frequent it :)


Caressing, fair and lovely are the sounds
of harmony in our life,
and from the sense of beauty
spring flowers that bloom forever.

Peace and joy flow delightfully,
like the alternating play of waves;
what were harsh and hostile pressures
are transmuted to elation.

When the magic of sound holds sway
and words bring inspiration,
glorious things must appear,
darkness and turmoil become light.

The happy man is ruled
by calm without, bliss within,
but the springtime sun of the arts
causes light to emanate from both.

Greatness compact in the heart
then blooms forth, new and lovely;
when a spirit soars aloft
a chorus of spirits resounds forever to it.

Then, ye lovely souls, accept
with gladness the gifts of beauteous art.
When love and strength are united,
divine grace rewards mankind.

Thanks, Lens

Lens thanks so much for another classical action pack :D Your poem reminds me of another fitting passage from a book called The Religion I read a while back.

"His concerns were truncated by a gust of divine sound. A sound so divine, and of a beauty so pure, that it took him a moment to realize that it was music. And so lovely was this music that he couldn't bring himself to turn and seek its source, for it seized control of his nerves and so penetrated his heart that he was robbed of the power to do aught but fall for its spell.

He closed his eyes in the shade, with the scent of the roses in his throat, and let the music roll through his soul, a saraband which caressed the face of death as lovers caress the face of their beloved. The darker instrument overwhelmed his senses with waves of estatic melancholy, in one moment brutal with exaltation, as delicate as candlelight in the next. Nothing he had known, not merely heard but known, had prepared him for such transcendence.

Then with the same shocking stealth which which the sound had arrived, silence stole its place, and the universe seemed empty, and in its emptyness he sat...And he found that he was sitting with his face in his hands and when he took his hands away he found them wet with tears."

(Classical Action 2)




Hey thanks, Lens! I haven't heard a couple of these, most notably the Sibelius and more from Ginastera's "Estancia." (I'd only ever heard Malambo, which sounds incredible in Brass quintet by the way).

Is there a chance you have the entire Estancia suite or the "Scott of the Antartic" score? I didn't know VW's 7th was adapted from a film score, so naturally i'm very curious to hear it now.

Saw Avatar-great in many departments, bad in others and those who take it too seriously-I think of that line from the new Time Machine-"It's only a machine"! It's only a movie--In an age where people are tying explosives to their underwear to meet their maker-movies and music a strange mirror to look for too much meaning--

Thank you for that Sirus. I hope you enjoy the compilation. I ended up with rather too many pieces, so a third installment is very likely.

Is there a chance you have the entire Estancia suite or the "Scott of the Antartic" score? I didn't know VW's 7th was adapted from a film score, so naturally i'm very curious to hear it now.
Yes, I'll post the full ballet + the Antarctic Symphony and score soon :)

..those who take it too seriously-I think of that line from the new Time Machine-"It's only a machine"! It's only a movie--In an age where people are tying explosives to their underwear to meet their maker-movies and music a strange mirror to look for too much meaning--
So what you're saying is.. in a world gone mad, the only appropriate response is to like Avatar.. :eye:

You might be onto something.

And the winner for Biggest BS posted in this thread is:


Saw Avatar-great in many departments, bad in others and those who take it too seriously-I think of that line from the new Time Machine-"It's only a machine"! It's only a movie--In an age where people are tying explosives to their underwear to meet their maker-movies and music a strange mirror to look for too much meaning--



Lens: Marvellous! What an amazing display of culture and good taste. It will be a real pleasure, as usual, to listen to your carefully chosen selections. I suggest a cross-post in the Classical Thread, since it clearly belongs to both.

Thanks a lot :)

7. Ginastera: Estancia - Los trabajadores agricolas, Idilio crepuscular, Malambo
A ballet based around a day in the life of an Argentine cowboy. This isn�t quite the same as the usual suite - two propulsive dances flanking a twilight romance. The closing Malambo has a helter-skelter, toccata-like character that could drive you mad! It�s really breathtaking to hear live in concert.

Well, this is effin sweet. Ballet music always kicks ass.

Yes, I'll post the full ballet + the Antarctic Symphony and score soon :)


Awesome for the ballet! Sorry, looking back at my earlier post it does look like i'm asking for the symphony, but I'm curious to hear the film score :)


*edit* I just realized you wrote that you would post the Antarctic symphony "and score" so you were probably already referring to the film score, whoops! Thanks again!

Hello, everyone -

I am currently streaming a few cues from my score for Ultraman (Ultra Galaxy Legends) from Warner Bros. Pictures/Tsuburaya Japan on a private server:

Radio Verta (http://sc2.spacialnet.com:28174/listen.pls)

The score is 84 minutes in length, entirely virtual, composed in just over 5 weeks in the summer of 2009. It utilizes a standard symphonic palette of instruments, and was sequenced, edited, and mixed entirely in Pro Tools 8. The final mix was performed by Shawn Murphy at James Newton-Howard Studios in October, 2009.

The film is in the middle of its theatrical run in Japan right now, and the official soundtrack is available from Sony via Japanese distributors like Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%8 3%AB-%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E9%8A%80%E6%B 2%B3%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC-MOVIE-Original-Sound/dp/B002QD2SNQ/ref=pd_sim_m_5).

You guys have been very cool and supportive thus far, and I truly appreciate your helping support the work. It's not just what pays my bills, it's what makes me get up in the morning. Thanks again, and enjoy.


Best,

_Mike

:) Mike, thank you so much for letting us have the opportunity to listen to you're wonderful score! I am enjoying this immensely.

I'm glad you get up for this, a totally worthy cause to sacrifice your sleep if the result is the awesome music you are writing! And much, MUCH appreciated from us fans of good music

Mike, I was ready to go to bed, but I'm staying up to listen to these and I'm not disappointed!! Thanks a bunch for streaming these!

Very cool! At last an affordable price for it. Thanks for the news. I point out that an english version of this page is available here (or by clicking "Click here to see in English" up-right):

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/B002QD2SNQ/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en%5FJP

The samples are impressive, John Williams' style is quite apparent in them - which is not a criticism, but actually a praise! You must be a huge fan of the Maestro, thanks a million for taking up the torch of his way of composing. This is the kind of orchestral music that should be composed for Hollywood movies, and it's for a Japanese movie with rubber monsters that it's been done!

These action cues are excellent, and much more undulating, shimmering and complex than in any of the other Ultraman scores I've heard, you did stick very precisely to the action on-screen indeed. The result must be great when seeing the movie. I especially appreciated the parts where the main theme appears in all its glory, great stuff.

Also your orchestral library is a pretty good one. The sound quality is better than what I expected and it's very listenable indeed. The only instrument that should have been replaced IMO is the snare drums, which sound a bit too fake and not reverberated enough (but maybe it's the high mp3 compression that gives this impression). Globally it's quite satisfying. :)

Saw Avatar-great in many departments, bad in others and those who take it too seriously-I think of that line from the new Time Machine-"It's only a machine"! It's only a movie--In an age where people are tying explosives to their underwear to meet their maker-movies and music a strange mirror to look for too much meaning-- I enjoyed Avatar. It reminded me of the movie "Star Trek Insurrection". Captain Picard (and crew) defends a race called the Ba'ku who are being forced off their planet. Why? Because living on their planet stops the aging process (even reversing it) and the Federation wants to colonize the planet. Guess who wins?

These action cues are excellent, and much more undulating, shimmering and complex than in any of the other Ultraman scores I've heard, you did stick very precisely to the action on-screen indeed. The result must be great when seeing the movie. I especially appreciated the parts where the main theme appears in all its glory, great stuff.
Nice description Arthierr. The last track from the samples in particular is fantastic, a sweeping tour de force. Thanks again Mike!

I do hope mp3 buying options will be available at some point. Having just gone through the check out process to check shipping, I really can't justify spending the 40 quid on one cd at the moment (which is what? $60 at least, and with probable customs charges on top of that!). I'll have to wait till I've saved up a bit and do a multiple order.


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - SINFONIA ANTARTICA
(Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra)



MP3-V0 / 68MB
http://www.multiupload.com/57RBPDOQKW

I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but I'm seeing the biggest snow flakes I think I've ever seen here, so it feels appropriate to be posting this :)

To save me the trouble of ripping and uploading, SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (new recording of the film score) can be had here:




http://tinypaste.com/93a7c
Credit to riddim1903

The score is available on Play-asia for $25, at least thats where I ordered it from. Totally worth it even though the first track club mix pop song is terrible. It has a very Hitoshi Sakimoto feel to me.

Ah, thanks for the advice. The shipping is much more reasonable and there are options! :D

Yeah, amazon.jp has insanely pricey shipping but its also SUPER fast (like 1-2 days) so it all depends on how much you are willing to wait.

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway



LAME 3.98.2 - V0 / Inc. scans and bonus video of scoring sessions from Collectors' Edition DVD
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/ATYYXWTB/TS-GS30.part1.rar
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/NXH7Y27N/TS-GS30.part2.rar

LAME 3.98.2 -V6 / no scans / no bonus video (SMALL DOWNLOAD for the impatient / bandwidth restricted)
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/0ZS2S6JS/TS-GS30LITE.rar


More comments coming tomorrow, but just briefly... If you liked Symphony Seed / Symphony Seed Destiny, get this and get it NOW. Toshihiko Sahashi has written a 60 minute symphony based on themes across the whole spectrum of Gundam - from the very first 1979 series all the way up to 2007's Gundam 00... and orchestrated it to the hilt in his inimitable style.

The 85 piece London Symphony Orchestra is in magnificent form.

As Sirusjr said, Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Original Soundtrack is available here at a very decent price:


http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9x-77-1d-49-fr-15-Ultraman-70-3mcy.html

They say that they have 1 copy left, but it looks like a commercial trick to incite people to buy.



Lens: great contributions, thank you very much!

INCREDIBLY ANNOYING INTENT TO POST:
TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI: Gundam Symphony
30th Anniversary
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway

This is a placeholder. Please stand by,

1st welcome back to you - and what a come-back!

Then this name, Gavin Greenaway, was familiar, seemed kinda related to Media Ventures, I just checked on WP and indeed it is, but this is the perfect example of a REALLY talented guy, with genuine orchestral knowledge and skills, who has been employed by MV at probably 50 or 70% of what he can actually do with an orchestra. Since this guy had the opportunity to conduct Gundam Symphony, I guess it allows him to deal with some quite better material than, for instance Happy Feet!

I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but I'm seeing the biggest snow flakes I think I've ever seen here, so it feels appropriate to be posting this :)


SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (new recording of the film score)

Credit to riddim1903

Awesome! Thanks, Lens! I'm excited for these.

Thanks! It's good to be back. From a technology perspective, I've had a thoroughly miserable Christmas - I'm now finally back online after exploding hard disks, and two weeks with no Internet connection due to my own stupidity, and interference from the damn Christmas tree.

But now things are working again... I feel like I've really abandoned the forum lately and I intend to make up for this!

Mike Verta: SO SORRY I lost touch. I will PM you shortly hoping for forgiveness. Your Ultraman score showed up today FINALLY (total cost �50 - thanks HM Customs) and worth EVERY PENNY.

Re Gundam Symphony...

Greenaway is a genius; he just ended up with the "wrong" crowd. To anybody who's worried about a possible MV influence on this symphony, trust a guy who hates Zimmer - it's nowhere to be found. This thing is pure Symphony Seed / Destiny material.

There's even a little bonus surprise in there.

The only faintly annoying thing is the stinking great ripoff of Star Trek The Motion Picture in the final track. ;)

Lens: Same here in London; it's been absolutely belting it down for the best part of three hours. Fingers crossed for work being closed tomorrow...!!!

Wow gundam symphony! I just got a PM about this today asking if I'd seen it and here it is! Superb share! Thanks so much Tango.

I believe Mike won't be against this. I just found something quite interesting.


Interview: MEGA MONSTER BATTLE: ULTRA GALAXY Composer Mike Verta

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/12/23/interview-mega-monster-battle-ultra-galaxy-composer-mike-verta/

No worries, Tango - glad you're back online without too much loss!

@arthierr - Yes, can you spot the Ultraman? :) They took that backstage at the premiere event shortly after the film finished, December 12th, 2009, in Tokyo. For blasphemy's sake, I'm wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, with a stormtrooper on it.



_Mike

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway



LAME 3.98.2 - V0 / Inc. scans and bonus video of scoring sessions from Collectors' Edition DVD
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/ATYYXWTB/TS-GS30.part1.rar
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/NXH7Y27N/TS-GS30.part2.rar

LAME 3.98.2 -V6 / no scans / no bonus video (SMALL DOWNLOAD for the impatient / bandwidth restricted)
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/0ZS2S6JS/TS-GS30LITE.rar


More comments coming tomorrow, but just briefly... If you liked Symphony Seed / Symphony Seed Destiny, get this and get it NOW. Toshihiko Sahashi has written a 60 minute symphony based on themes across the whole spectrum of Gundam - from the very first 1979 series all the way up to 2007's Gundam 00... and orchestrated it to the hilt in his inimitable style.

The 85 piece London Symphony Orchestra is in magnificent form.



Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You have just made my day, nay, my week!

Sabrina

Attention folks who haven't looked at the previous page: Toshihiko Sahashi's Gundam Symphony is now uploaded in two versions - LAME -V0 with scans and a twelve minute bonus video of the recording session, and a smaller LAME -V6 edition with no scans and no videos; just the music.

Go buy it. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, the import fees are ridiculous. But albums like this don't come along every three seconds; they're very special and they cost a fortune to produce. Symphony Seed was a miracle. Symphony Seed Destiny was a miracle. Lightning has struck the same place a THIRD TIME with this album; a worthy part of Sahashi's LSO ouevre. Show the record company that the cash they put in to this thing is worth doing again.

Pure symphony albums seem to have taken a bit of a break in recent years but with Darkside Chronicles, Yamato, and Gundam, they are coming back. Support them.

Sermon over. Enjoy the music. :)

For blasphemy's sake, I'm wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, with a stormtrooper on it.

hahaha thats brilliant
i too listened to the sample tracks on amazon.jp im pretty excited

Tango: Welcome back man :) We missed you. I'm glad things seem to be sorted out. Thank you greatly for the Gundam Symphony, having a blast listening to it right now :)

Mike: Great picture! Don't worry about the shirt, as long as its not a twilight shirt you're ok ;) Star Wars is an acceptable substitute if you don't have a Ultraman one

Hey guys, a question: I am currently downloading a "Rare Movie Soundtracks" torrent, and I was just wondering which of these you'd like me to post when it is all done. I'll be leaving it running during the night, so it *should* be done sometime tomorrow.

Casablanca
Conan the Barbarian 2CD
Conan the Destroyer
Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and The Ugly)
Escape from New York
The Adventures of Baron Muncahusen
The Cross of Iron (I think Arthierr already posted this)
The Hunt for Red October
The Ten Commandments
The Time Machine Movie

The Adventures of Baron Muncahusen would be much much appreciated on my part, Doublehex :)

GINASTERA - PANAMBI, ESTANCIA
(Gis�le Ben-Dor, London Symphony Orchestra)



MP3-V0
http://www.multiupload.com/YBU4CNSOJA

As requested, two gorgeous ballets from one of South America's greatest composers. As a matter of fact they play very much like (superb) film scores. And intriguingly, Ginastera did compose for several films in the fifties, but as far as I'm aware the scores have never seen the light of day on record. Another one to add to the "when I'm a hotshot conductor" list then ;)

You're the best, Lens. Thanks! I'll be listening to this all day at work.

Big thanks Tango for Gundam Symphony! I've just listened through and it's phenomenal. I feel exhausted though!

The only faintly annoying thing is the stinking great ripoff of Star Trek The Motion Picture in the final track.
There's also a Superman/Star Wars moment in the last movement with that walking bass and repeated flourish in the upper strings. But why not! :)

tangotreats, thank you very much for the Gundam Symphony, it's fantastic! Yes, there are many, well let's say "influences" within this score (John Williams' music in majority), but to hear London Symphony Orchestra play this kind of over the top orchestral awesomeness is just a real joy.

You mention something about Symphony Seed / Symphony Seed Destiny scores. Any chance of some links?

You mention something about Symphony Seed / Symphony Seed Destiny scores. Any chance of some links?

See here:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1249475&postcount=2198
And here:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1250326&postcount=2217

Also there's a dedicated Toshihko Sahashi thread:
Thread 72009

:)

Tango also posted an orchestral compilation of Sahashi's music a while back :) :


One for Toshihiko Sahashi fans... My long awaited compilation...
TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI - ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

http://sharebee.com/46336c5e
http://sharebee.com/ec431f03

Born in Tokyo, in 1959, Toshihiko Sahashi has composed for television, anime, video games, the big screen, and the theatre. Sahashi�s comprehensive classical background, uncanny ability for orchestration, and diverse experience in all music genres give his scores variety and a truly unmistakable quality. Though he scores for a variety of instruments and in a variety of styles � orchestral, metal, rock, J-Pop, jazz, world music, etc, this compilation focuses exclusively on his impressive body of symphonic music. Frequently working within the confines of a feeble television music budget, often with less-than stellar musicians and inadequate studio facilities, his orchestral music is nonetheless superb � Sahashi consistently writes rousing, traditional scores that function excellently � both as a flawless complement to the on-screen action, and as a satisfying standalone listening experience.

1. Koi ni Ochitara (2005)
Beginning this compilation is Sahashi�s score to the TV drama Koi ni Ochitara. A prototypical Sahashi theme; noble and militaristic.

2. Swan no Baka (2007)
This TV comedy drama features some lovely orchestral music � particularly the warm love theme heard in the latter half of this suite. Inspired by 1930�s American jazz (there�s definitely a Gershwin vibe here) it is a lovely dreamy piece for full orchestra.

3. Gundam Seed (2002)
Sahashi is undoubtedly most famous for his anime music. His scores for Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny (2004) are both magnificent. These scores were re-recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sahashi himself conducting, for the popular �Symphony Seed� albums � this track, however, is from the original television soundtrack recording. Budgetary constraints are evident, and the television sized orchestra really isn�t ideally suited to this larger-than-life cinematic musical tour-de-force. It is nevertheless a fine work.

4. Chiritotechin (2007)
Sahashi�s more tender, lyrical side is most evident in this TV family drama.

5. Black Blood Brothers (2006)
This short suite begins with propulsive action music, a classically inspired middle section, and concludes with a soaring romantic theme for strings.

6. Ultraman Mebius (2006)
Back in slightly more familiar territory, Ultraman Mebius featured a predominantly orchestral score and was blessed with a fair sized ensemble. Rhythmically unstable action music and growling brass predominate the first half of this suite � it concludes with heroic victory music.

7. Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers (2008)
The latest theatrical Ultraman feature has been highly anticipated - it unites eight Ultramen from previous series� in an exciting 40th Anniversary tribute to the franchise. Sahashi�s responsibility was enormous � but suffice to say, his score succeeds completely. He quotes themes from previous Ultraman shows and films, and ties it up into a magnificent symphonic package � superbly performed by an uncharacteristically large orchestra. This cue is entitled �Final Battle�.

8. Gunslinger Girl (2003)
A very Italian flavour is present in this score � melancholy and showing off more of Sahashi�s diverse background with more very classical-style pieces, often quoting Verdi.

9. Gundam Seed Destiny (2004)
A bigger orchestra and more money greeted Sahashi when he signed on for the sequel series to 2002�s Gundam Seed. He responded with this superb score � grand and melodic, taking full advantage of the larger ensemble.

10. Simoun (2006)
Here is a full orchestral romance� once again, classically inspired, and incredibly powerful.

11. The Big O (1999 / 2003)
Sahashi provided another American-flavoured score for this film-noir style anime series � his diverse background once again coming to the forefront, with this fine mixture of full orchestra, with a great big helping of sultry jazz harmonies.

12. Fatal Fury (The Motion Picture) (1994)
This score � one of Sahashi�s first - feels slightly more active than most of Sahashi�s music � whereas his style is usually broad, stately, and powerful, Fatal Fury is a little more playful and busy � in a way, it feels reminiscent of John Williams� orchestral acrobatics. It is also notable as the only Sahashi score I am aware of to include a (small) real choir.

13. Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (2008)
Another fine score delivered for this TV drama � a bouncy, militaristic, major key theme with a ravishing finish, complete with woodwind trills, rolling timpani, and brass fanfares.

14. Ultra Daikaiju Battle (2008)
Stylistically very reminiscent of 2005�s Gundam Seed Destiny, Sahashi delivers a full-throated orchestral score for this live action Ultraman TV series.

15. Full Metal Panic (2003)
This suite from the anime series begins with some darker, suspenseful music � and concludes with another glittering Sahashi finale for full orchestra.

16. Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
A very generous music budget is evident in the score of this anime series. This five and a half minute cue underscored the superb final episode � reprising major themes, alluding to the theme song (itself a Sahashi composition) and finishing off this powerful series with a wonderful, rousing, piece for large orchestra.

17. Blue Stinger (1999)
Like Fatal Fury, this game score is full of activity � it�s lovely to hear Sahashi just having a good time with his orchestra, bouncing themes around with dexterity, dropping in those lovely trills and flourishes, and bathing the whole thing in warm symphonic colour � making Blue Stinger a splendid rousing piece with which to conclude this album.

Enjoy :)

Audio Quality: 192kb/s - 320kb/s (mp3)

Composers: Mishiru Oshima, Toshihiko Sahashi, Nakagawa Koutarou, Sato Naoki, Akira Senju, Matsuo Hayato, Kaoru Wada, Takanashi Yasuharu, Joe Hisaishi, Yuki Kajiura, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoko Kanno, Taku Iwasaki, Tamiya Terashima

Special Performances: AKINO, Hitomi, Kanon, Chihara Minori, KOKIA, Yuzuki

Number of Tracks: 60


Part One (A-H)

Aquarion
Big O
Black Blood Brothers
Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
Eureka Seven
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Gedo Senki
Guin Saga
Gunslinger Girl
Haruhi (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)
Hellsing Ultimate (OVA)

Download Here (http://www.mediafire.com/file/jdmkgnmgimd/TEO&CC[AM]1.7z)


Part Two (H-S)

Heroic Age
Inuyasha
Kuro No Keiyakusha (Darker Than Black)
Naruto
One Piece
Princess Mononoke
Red Garden
Rekishi Hiwa Storia
Romeo X Juliet
Simoun
Soul Eater
Special X (X: The Anime)

Download Here (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ltjxommhttg/TEO&CC[AM]2.7z)


Part Three (S-Z)

Sword of the Stranger
Tales from EarthSea
The Sacred Blacksmith
Toward the Terra
Wind Symphony
Wolf's Rain
World Destruction
Xam'd (Bounen no Xamdou)
You (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)

Download Here (http://www.mediafire.com/file/45nnzdynqzq/TEO&CC[AM]3.7z)


Happy New Year

Victory Gundam Symphony - Thousand Nests
Composed by Akira Senju



Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8ESYDGTY

Eureka 7 Movie Original Soundtrack
Composed by Naoki Sato

(http://img694.imageshack.us/i/svwc7631763301booklet01.jpg/)

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZA64CXWT

I don't think these albums have been posted in this thread as of yet, so I'm willing to share them. :)

Hmm... I bet everybody's thinking "with a great post like Gundam Symphony, we won't see anything that good from ole' Tangotreats for a while..."


KENTARO HANEDA (et al)
SYMPHONY YAMATO 2009
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Naoto Otomo



LAME 3.98.2 - V0 / Inc. scans
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/0KKRCHUZ/KH-SY2009.rar

LAME 3.98.2 -V6 / No scans (for bandwidth restricted users)
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/RFYOKTHW/KH-SY2009LITE.rar

Here's another masterpiece for you... I do love it when a composer is offered a massive recording budget, a bit pot of money, and is asked to just do whatever the hell he wants to do. You tend to end up with pieces like this; true 21st century masterpieces. My knowledge of Yamato music is limited (well, non-existent) but I understand that this symphony incorporates melodies from previous Yamato incarnations -into four splendidly structured movements that feel like they've fallen straight out of the late romantic classical period. The fourth movement in particular becomes a mini concerto for piano, violin and orchestra. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING STUFF.

Enjoy :)

I thought you guys should be aware that there is a CD available to order from A Night in Fantasia concert including apparently a different tracklist than the concert that was posted here as a youtube rip.

http://anonym.to/?http://www.eminenceonline.com/site/shop.php?pID=26

The Limited Edition contains an audio disc and a bonus DVD with behind the scenes extras.

After two years without a concert of the magnitude of ANIF 07, Eminence performed to its largest crowd yet, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Featuring a full orchestra and choir, with an all-star lineup of guest composers and vocalists.

CD1: Symphonic selection from Video Games
- AFRIKA
- Chrono Cross
- Gears of War 2
- Soulcalibur: The Resonance of Souls and Swords
- Prince of Persia
- ACE COMBAT 5
- Shadow of the Colossus

CD2: Symphonic selection from Anime
- Laputa
- Princess Mononoke
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Astro Boy
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Tsubasa Chronicles
- Deathnote

More information about who arranged and composed various tracks at VGMDB
http://vgmdb.net/album/15215

Could you post the link to the you tube rip please?

Holy shit Tango thanks so much for another symphony album!
Also thanks to Smack81 for your contributions!
khillyov - I actually got confused with a different orchestral performance. I don't know of any youtube rips. This one should be shipping soon though :D

Thanks for both of those albums, Tangotreats. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the Gundam symphony, but Symphony Yamato is incredible! It still amazes me sometimes when I come across something great like this from an anime when so many times I am utterly disappointed by other anime scores.

Oo Tango, thanks for the symphony music! Am enjoying Symphony Yamato right now :D

...and on that subject...something you guys all might find interesting...They are doing a live action Space Battleship Yamato movie, trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONkh786EbSg

Ship looks damn cool in modern CG effects hehehe

Thanks for all the last great uploads.

Other more by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Quo Vadis?(2001)

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



My turn to say a deserved thank you. Really great soundtrack

Originally Posted by tangotreats

hmm... I bet everybody's thinking "with a great post like Gundam Symphony, we won't see anything that good from ole' Tangotreats for a while..."

KENTARO HANEDA (et al)
SYMPHONY YAMATO 2009
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Naoto Otomo

WoW, all I can say is that I'm truely thankful for your support for this community up until now. You have proven that the world of music nowadays is not falling down the "Zimmer Route" of loud, synthetic and uninspirational music and is still full of gems and masterpieces beyond beauty.
For symphonic lovers just as myself you are a hero and I can only hope that in the future we will see alot more of these being made.
I have currently set my eyes upon Sora no Woto (Sounds of the Sky) since Michiru Oshima is resbonsible for the score. Judging by the first episode I can say it is possible that she will create another masterpiece like Xam'd (Bounen no Xamdou).

Here's another masterpiece for you... I do love it when a composer is offered a massive recording budget, a bit pot of money, and is asked to just do whatever the hell he wants to do. You tend to end up with pieces like this; true 21st century masterpieces. My knowledge of Yamato music is limited (well, non-existent) but I understand that this symphony incorporates melodies from previous Yamato incarnations -into four splendidly structured movements that feel like they've fallen straight out of the late romantic classical period. The fourth movement in particular becomes a mini concerto for piano, violin and orchestra. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING STUFF.

Enjoy :)


This is actually a newer (and better) recording of the same symphony that was released back in the 80's which was titled "Grand Symphony Yamato" that was performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra. :)

Here's the cover:

(http://img63.imageshack.us/i/33c357397.jpg/)

Nonetheless, this is a fine piece of work and it's wonderful hearing it again after all these years. :)

You can find more Yamato music in the "Ultimate Music of Space Battleship Yamato" thread.

More specifically this post: http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1077879&postcount=3

What? It's a re-recording of the exact same symphony?

*grumbles*

More or less. Though I did notice that the 1st, 2nd, and 4th movement are slightly longer in your rip compared to the one in the Yamato music thread.

Also the one in the Yamato music thread is performed for a live crowd. (The audience claps at the end of the 4th movement) :)

Maybe this will cheer you up:

Final Fantasy XIII End Credits Rip (Ripped by: rpgmm)
Composed by: Masashi Hamauzu; Orchestrated by: Yoshihisa Hirano; Performed by: The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I52ADV87

This cue is absolutely beautiful. Hirano's orchestrations are phenomenal (like always) and it's amazing to hear Hirano's orchestrations with a large orchestra!! :D

Thanks for FFXIII End Credits. It's beautifull piece of music. Can't wait for the whole OST. And I'm curious, how much of it is performed by Warsaw Phil... But after all it doesn't really matter, cause what I heard till now is quite awesome. Thanks again.

[EDIT]

On youtube there is a lot of tracks from this score. Quality is far from good (sound effects etc.), but music itself is OMG!:D Can't wait, can't wait:D

Random examples, and if U wanna - dig deeper

http://www.youtube.com/user/DiipuSurotu#p/c/01A1160B5FD18143/23/qMSGxm_yGJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsnRavnrYyc&feature=related

The only faintly annoying thing is the stinking great ripoff of Star Trek The Motion Picture in the final track. ;)

That, and the theme to Star Trek Generations.

Oh well... the Yamato symphony is still great, and it's a vastly superior recording and performance, so it's very much worth having. Thanks for the tipoff, Smack81.

In the mean time...




JAMES SEYMOUR BRETT
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Live Experience
composed, orchestrated, and conducted by James Seymour Brett
performed by The Sydney Scoring Orchestra



LAME 3.98.2 - V0 / Inc. scans
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/MXR6X4SH/JSB-WWDTLE.rar

AAC -Q0.2 (~40kbps) - no scans - for the bandwidth limited user, the very impatient, and the deaf
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/WZLGFW0X/JSB-WWDTLE-AAC-LITE.rar

This is VERY hard to come by; amazingly, since it's only two years old, and it's another firecracker. A British score for an Australian stage show based on a British TV series performed by an Australian orchestra. James Brett is undoubtedly a name to look out for; a young, immensely talented composer with a rare thing in today's world - an actual musical education. (Does anybody miss the "composed, orchestrated, and conducted by" credit as much as I do?)

There's just about everything in here; rollicking action, grandeur, peace - presented as a wonderfully orchestrated score that brings Williams to mind on more than one occasion.

I know we'll end up playing "spot the temp track" so I'll point out right away that there are some fairly close-to-the-mark "homages" herein, but I'll forgive them because the whole is so appealing.

Enjoy, folks!

11 seconds in and Yoda's theme sticks out like a sore thumb. :p

Anyway, I am enjoying the score so far, but I don't know if I can be as forgiving as you though. Perhaps after I finish it and view the score as a whole, I might be able to. :)

I do respect your opinion and I offer you big thanks for sharing!

Wait until you get to Close Encounters and Leia's Theme. ;)

Thanks tango for another contribution! Sounds great.
Also I won't be listening to that FFXIII final credits because I have the ost on preorder anyway and don't want to spoil. Nevertheless I will be posting it on these forums and at least link to it in this thread. Rest assured it will have its own thread.

Also I won't be listening to that FFXIII final credits because I have the ost on preorder anyway and don't want to spoil. Nevertheless I will be posting it on these forums and at least link to it in this thread. Rest assured it will have its own thread.

Good to hear, Sirus. I have very high hopes for FFXIII, but was disappointed with much of FFX's soundtrack, so I'm very interested to hear how this one turns out. I liked what I heard of the few tracks that are available so far, so we'll see. At any rate, I'll be watching for your rip :) :) :)

Good to hear, Sirus. I have very high hopes for FFXIII, but was disappointed with much of FFX's soundtrack, so I'm very interested to hear how this one turns out. I liked what I heard of the few tracks that are available so far, so we'll see. At any rate, I'll be watching for your rip :) :) :)
FFX was a total mish mash of i think 3 different composers so it wasn't 100% amazing although I liked a good number of tracks. This one though is 100% hamauzu + some warsaw philharmonic + orchestrated by Yoshihisa Hirano so it should be a lot better.
(Hamauzu only composed about 20 tracks on FFX and a majority were composed by Uematsu. I think it also was led by the direction of the game's story which didn't really lead itself to an orchestral work)

Warning: Gushing Ahead:
I've really warmed up to Hamauzu since hearing the various FFIII rips that are floating around; even the synth tracks are EXCELLENT. Yoshihisa Hirano's orchestrations are absolutely immaculate and fit Hamauzu's style like a glove.

I absolutely ADORE his use of the piano in action music; he doesn't go with st the traditional ostinato pounding, but actually gives it a melodic line and has it dancing maniacally around surging strings, and his gloriously sonorous fast brass runs.) Not to mention those indulgent massively discordant brass fanfares (as usual, arranged to the hilt) that really make my hair stand on end. And what about those trombone slides? And the baroque-but-not-really woodwind flourishes? And the haunting vocal solos, almost in Schoenbergian sprechgesang? And the tremendous choral passages that actually use the choir for a purporse, not merely throwing it in because it's there? (See 99% of Hollywood's output.)

Yikes! :-D :-D :-D

I'll upload the orchestral tracks released so far later today. The quality isn't great, but they're a superb prelude to the album which is going to sound absolutely wonderful.

Sirus - I applaud you for your restraint. This score has some of the best music - and probably the best orchestrations of the decade. You're a stronger man than I am! ;)

For what I've heard by now, I can say that FF XIII is going to be one of the best FF scores ever. If not the best. And surprisingly, a lot of music is actual live performance (AWESOME performance to be specific:D).


Hamauzu only composed about 20 tracks on FFX and a majority were composed by Uematsu

But it was the best part of the score. FF X without Hamuzu contribution would be rather crappy (sorry guys, but Uematsu did MOSTLY bad job there, and I never liked Nakano style...), and now we've got only Hamauzu. I'm hopeing for musical miracle. Yes, my hopes are so high:).


And the tremendous choral passages that actually use the choir for a purporse

Actually I was quite surprised by choral parts, I didn't expect them. Of course it was incredibly pleasent surprise:).

Heh tango well I think the reason I am able to restrain some more is that I already got to play the game a little bit at a friend's house (Japanese import) and that is good enough to hold me over until I can get the full ost.

Thanks for some great uploads, guys.

Ok, I don't have nearly the restraint as some of you guys...downloaded the FFXIII end credits music...and woah! I loves it! Been looping it for an hour now :D I can't wait till this ones out. Where did you order you're CD from, Sirusjr?

Ordered from Play-Asia. When it arrives it should also come with Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 OST 1 (Koh Otani) and Tytania OST 2 which I will be posting here in lossless as well.

tangotreats: just wow, firstly epic Gundam Symphony, and now grandeur Walking with the Dinosaurs? I just cannot imagine what are you going to pull out of your hat next...

I have a one plea for you: Can you maybe drop the bad quality V6 and AAC rips and upload the 1:1 FLAC rip instead? I think more people will be thrilled to get these scores in full quality, rather than the lossy mp3. Thanks!

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway

And thank you very much for sharing with the rest of us. It's very good material.

There's been some amazing posts lately, thanks a lot Tango, Lens, Smack, Knlrfan for your posts! This will be a great weekend of symphonic delights!


Announcement: my next post will be a rare score by Alan Silvestri, not a movie score, but a huge piece of orchestral bombast nonetheless. Coming soon :)

I am excited to listen to disc 1 from this.
http://vgmdb.net/album/15215

I hope that somebody will post it here (sooner or later). Hence many thanks in advance.

I am excited to listen to disc 1 from this.
http://vgmdb.net/album/15215

I hope that somebody will post it here (sooner or later). Hence many thanks in advance.
I sure will! However the shipping may take quite a while because I think it ships from Australia.

I have a one plea for you: Can you maybe drop the bad quality V6 and AAC rips and upload the 1:1 FLAC rip instead? I think more people will be thrilled to get these scores in full quality, rather than the lossy mp3. Thanks!

I'm sorry - I don't upload lossless except under exceptional circumstances. My reasons are many and varied so I won't gloss over them again here. If something is extremely rare and/or particularly special, then there's a case for FLAC. Otherwise, it's an upload that takes four times as long to make for effectively no benefit. (Except to please the 1% of the population who think they can hear a significant difference between well-encoded MP3 and FLAC.)

I'm sorry - I don't upload lossless except under exceptional circumstances. My reasons are many and varied so I won't gloss over them again here. If something is extremely rare and/or particularly special, then there's a case for FLAC. Otherwise, it's an upload that takes four times as long to make for effectively no benefit. (Except to please the 1% of the population who think they can hear a significant difference between well-encoded MP3 and FLAC.)

Amen, tango. Don't make the same mistake I made, trying to keep the lossless panhandlers happy... It's a thankless and futile task.

I sure will! However the shipping may take quite a while because I think it ships from Australia.


Cheers!
As they say, patience is a virtue....

Guys I saw daybreakers today and Christopher Gordon's score was really well done. Heavy on dark orchestrations led by horns with some heavy percussion for the action sequences.

Hmm... I bet everybody's thinking "with a great post like Gundam Symphony, we won't see anything that good from ole' Tangotreats for a while..."


KENTARO HANEDA (et al)
SYMPHONY YAMATO 2009
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Naoto Otomo


Here's another masterpiece for you... I do love it when a composer is offered a massive recording budget, a bit pot of money, and is asked to just do whatever the hell he wants to do. You tend to end up with pieces like this; true 21st century masterpieces. My knowledge of Yamato music is limited (well, non-existent) but I understand that this symphony incorporates melodies from previous Yamato incarnations -into four splendidly structured movements that feel like they've fallen straight out of the late romantic classical period. The fourth movement in particular becomes a mini concerto for piano, violin and orchestra. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING STUFF.

Enjoy :)



thanks

I have a one plea for you: Can you maybe drop the bad quality V6 and AAC rips and upload the 1:1 FLAC rip instead? I think more people will be thrilled to get these scores in full quality, rather than the lossy mp3. Thanks!

I planned to answer to this (even though it wasn't addressed to me), but Tango already replied mostly identically. Anyway here's my reply:

As I said before, a *good* mp3 rip has at least 95% of the audible quality of a lossless rip. The vast majority of people should be happy with it. If some people are intransigent and really want 100% of the quality, then they should just BUY the stuff.

Of course I have nothing against lossless rips of rare / out-of-print scores, they're important for cultural reasons, but I'm against the fact people ask for lossless rips of NEW releases (like Gundam Symphony), that have just been published and are commercially available in many places.

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway

LAME 3.98.2 - V0 / Inc. scans and bonus video of scoring sessions from Collectors' Edition DVD
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/ATYYXWTB/TS-GS30.part1.rar
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/NXH7Y27N/TS-GS30.part2.rar

LAME 3.98.2 -V6 / no scans / no bonus video (SMALL DOWNLOAD for the impatient / bandwidth restricted)
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/0ZS2S6JS/TS-GS30LITE.rar



Thank you for this tangotreats. Much appreciated. :)

Hey guys, there is a re-print of Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World available to order now that contains much of the original CD material but with dialog removed and bonus tracks!
http://www.kritzerland.com/mad.htm
I had to order it right away to own a rare piece of film soundtrack history! I will not post it until the listing is sold out though.
EDIT: Based on the limited print run and the marking of the majority of the catalog on Kritzerland as out of stock as well as the popularity of this score within the film music community, I doubt it will take long for the recording to become out of stock.

Hey guys, there is a re-print of Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World available to order now that contains much of the original CD material but with dialog removed and bonus tracks!
http://www.kritzerland.com/mad.htm
I had to order it right away to own a rare piece of film soundtrack history! I will not post it until the listing is sold out though.

Sweeeeet! I have the recording with the dialog. I love the movie, but it is an annoying interruption of the music to have talking almost every other track....great music this

hello guys.
maybe my question is stupid, I just wanna ask you, if someone know where can I download german musicals :S

um...the soundtracks to german musicals? Ask for a specific musical. Also, you might have better luck in the film score thread, but if you're asking for video, this is not the place.

COPLAND - THE HEIRESS SUITE
(Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)



http://www.multiupload.com/GVIBB4YTDQ

I've just been listening to this piece and thinking "it's so damn good, I should share", so here it is :)

I'm a complete sucker for classic Hollywood melodrama and, of course, the rich scores. The great thing about Copland here is that he has all the gush and none of the flab. The orchestration is full but with the clarity and directness we associate with his concert music. The masterful main theme is one of the most passionate I can think of, teetering on the knife edge between hopefulness and despair. The perfect example of Copland's dramatic insight.

In total there's only around 15 minutes of music in the film (still enough to win a much deserved oscar!), so the suite contains about a half portion.

Enjoy!

ooh... Copland + Slatkin + St. Louis? I'm definitely checking this out! Thanks!

Hi all,

New track from me. I've been extremely busy lately and I have a live orchestra session coming up to prepare for, but I figured I haven't posted anything here in a while so I may as well now. The track I'm about to show you is for the introductory sequence of an upcoming game called Angels Fall First, based on the popular UT mod of the same title. It's a space game, so much of the score is far more ambient, but the opening is a bit more intense so I figured it's the thing to show off in here.

I present you one of the best scores ever composed for a video game.
Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery) is the most popular game from Germany and one of my all time favorites. This is all due to the impressive "artwork like" graphics and of course the beautiful music.
Seldom I am emotionally attached to a game just because of its music but this is a rare exception.
The music was composed by Tilman Sillenscu and the Dynamedion Team who made a name of themselves with powerful orchestral scores like Paraworld, Rise of an Empire, Battleforge etc.
One of the reasons I like them so much is because they are actually working together with the game developers and try to know as much about the game as possible to match the music with the gameplay and setting. They always convince the producers that it's better to use a real orchestra instead of cheap synths to enhance the experience.
This game is no exception and my is my personal favorite of all the music they've done.



Anno 1404 [Complete Score]


Download Part One (http://www.mediafire.com/file/l4ytn5jx2ug/AnnoScore1.7z)

Download Part Two (http://www.mediafire.com/file/yhttjnnykmq/AnnoScore2.7z)


Genre: Orchestral/Choral/Eastern/Harmonic/Majestic/Relaxing/Dark/Action

Number of Tracks: 114

Duration: Over 3 Hours !!!

Audio Quality: 160kb/s VBR

Composer: Tilman Sillenscu & Dynamedion


Dynamedion in short:

Dynamedion was founded in 2001 by Tilman Sillescu and Pierre Langer, two composers with university degrees in music.
With a steadily increasing number of contracts and growing customer base it has since become the leader in soundtrack composition and sound design
on the continental european computer game market. Over recent years, Dynamedion has worked on over 160 projects in the video game, TV and film industry
and been showered with numerous prizes and music awards. In 2005 Dynamedion produced highly successful, first benchmark live orchestra recordings
for a German game soundtrack.
With numerous further orchestral productions for the video game industry, Dynamedion has earned itself a reputation for unsurpassed quality and
integrity in this area.
In 2003, 2005 and 2006 some of the team’s compositions were performed live at the opening concert of the Games Convention in Leipzig,
Germany – the first event of its kind in Europe.


Interview with Tilman Sillenscu about his new work for the German strategy game Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery):

- He was the leading Sound Sound Designer (Is not very fond of Synths and Samples)

- Spent 5 entire months with the "Staatsorchester Halle" (National Orchestra Halle) and the "Phillharmonic Choir Leipzig" to compose the music

- The music should not be a complete historical recreation of the time period but the score needed certain elements from eastern music for the new culture in the game

- The music for the western world should have a religious presence and feel. Therefore Tilman and his team decided to use a lot of medieval instrumental,
choral and vocal elements throughout the score

- Although there were many changes in the musical direction compared to its predecessor (Anno 1701), the music should still contain the typical Anno
feeling of adventure, exploration and lighthearted fun. Some tracks from the previous games were rerecorded for that purpose

- Over 2 hours of orchestral music and 40 minutes of choral music were recorded, many latin influences, each track with a different emotional feeling

- He used the games artwork, screenshots and wallpapers for inspiration of his score to connect the player emotionaly with the game


Highlights of the Score:

Part One:

- When Cultures Meet (Title Theme)
- Dawn of Discovery (Main Menu)
- Banquet for his Majesty
- A new Island (Sub Title)
- Beautiful Morning (Anno 1701)
- A Town in the Forest
- Idyllic Spring
- Island Harbour (Anno 1701)
- Departing Ships
- Naval Engagement (Anno 1701)
- Tournament
- Market
- Del Torro (Villain Theme)
- Prepare for Battle
- Battle Hymn
- The Outpost (Sub Title)
- Crossroads
- Road to the East
- Sand of Dreams (Sub Title)
- Monumental Mosque

Part Two:

- Oriental Mysteries
- The Red Corsair
- Infestation
- Thousand Feet March
- Fight for Freedom (Anno 1701)
- Salt Of Earth
- Time of Peace (Anno 1701)
- Ora et Labora
- Moneycounters
- Monumental Cathedral
- The Battle (Anno 1701)
- Del Torros Revenge
- Last Struggle (Final Battle)
- Restored Kingdom
- Friendship between Cultures (Ending Cutscene)
- Coronation of a King
- Endless Campaign (Sub Title)
- Eternal Discovery (End Title)
- Without A Care in the World
- A New World (Anno 1701 Main Theme / Anno 1404 Theme of the King)

Enjoy this jewel of Game Music

Lens: this is a very beautiful suite. Not very familiar with Copland's music, I noticed that it has a genuine John Williams feel at times, especially from E.T. Interesting to see that he's one of the composers who inspired the Maestro. Do you happen to have the full score for this? If so please upload if you can, this is too rare and good to not be posted!


klnerfan: Great stuff! I already posted several Dynamedion scores in this thread, and this new one is very welcome. These guys are really good to make lush orchestral scores for VG. Since I enjoyed a lot the previous Anno series, this one is quite promising. Thanks a lot for posting, and for your nice presentation (even though a smaller image would have been better).





Eureka 7 Movie Original Soundtrack
Composed by Naoki Sato


Man, I just noticed this was the MOVIE score, not the anime one. This is very welcome, since I didn't have this one and didn't even know it existed! I just tried some tracks and it's typical Naoki Sato: grand, lyrical, powerful...

It would be a good idea to add to this great post the anime scores, which are also marvellous osts. I've found this torrent with Eureka SeveN soundtracks 1 and 2 re-encoded to 224kbps (Lame) from FLAC, I've tried them and the sound is actually very good.



Eureka SeveN OST 1 and 2

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4888182/Eureka_SeveN_OST_1_and_2

Hi all,

New track from me. I've been extremely busy lately and I have a live orchestra session coming up to prepare for, but I figured I haven't posted anything here in a while so I may as well now. The track I'm about to show you is for the introductory sequence of an upcoming game called Angels Fall First, based on the popular UT mod of the same title. It's a space game, so much of the score is far more ambient, but the opening is a bit more intense so I figured it's the thing to show off in here. Take a listen if you like:

"Angels Fall" (http://www.mathazzar.com/Music/AFF%20Intro.mp3)

Enjoy! :)
Marvelous! Powerful! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing. I can't WAIT to hear anything you get to record with a live orchestra (or buy it on CD if that is available!).

Thanks, arthierr
A high quality version of Eureka is always welcome.
I forgot to resize the image but it is now fixed. I'm glad you liked it, although 160kb/s is all we get, it is still a marvelous score and their greatest project yet.

Thanks a bunch Sirus, glad you enjoyed! The work I'll be recording will go on my demo reel as soon as it's done, so you guys will definitely get to hear it, but it may be another few weeks before that. :)

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway



If we have to vote from 1 to 10, can I give 11?

Man, this is a magnificient piece of symphonic greatness. SAHASHI was in superb shape when composing it, and Greenaway and the LSO are remarkably good, their performance is more than brilliant, incredibly powerful and vivid.

This is probably the best album I've heard since months. Thank you, Sir!



Hi all,

New track from me. I've been extremely busy lately and I have a live orchestra session coming up to prepare for, but I figured I haven't posted anything here in a while so I may as well now. The track I'm about to show you is for the introductory sequence of an upcoming game called Angels Fall First, based on the popular UT mod of the same title. It's a space game, so much of the score is far more ambient, but the opening is a bit more intense so I figured it's the thing to show off in here. Take a listen if you like:

"Angels Fall" (http://www.mathazzar.com/Music/AFF%20Intro.mp3)

Enjoy! :)

Oops, sorry. Your post was stuck between 2 more "flashy" posts so I missed it.

Although it's too short and therefore doesn't have much room for significant development, it's really good. I especially appreciate the tense beginning, and the choral part at the end, nice stuff.

And don't forget to post some live orchestral music samples, once done. It will be very appreciated. :)

Lens: this is a very beautiful suite. Not very familiar with Copland's music, I noticed that it has a genuine John Williams feel at times, especially from E.T. Interesting to see that he's one of the composers who inspired the Maestro. Do you happen to have the full score for this? If so please upload if you can, this is too rare and good to not be posted!
This suite is all that's ever been released of The Heiress I'm afraid. Until FSM get onto it the only way to hear more is with the film itself. I'll post the full Copland Film Music disc with The Red Pony, Our Town and a few other bits and bobs :)

If we have to vote from 1 to 10, can I give 11?

Man, this is a magnificient piece of symphonic greatness. SAHASHI was in superb shape when composing it, and Greenaway and the LSO are remarkably good, their performance is more than brilliant, incredibly powerful and vivid.

This is probably the best album I've heard since months. Thank you, Sir!

Indeed! Perhaps the best thing I've heard from Sahashi(?) :D

Edit: Ooops, soz for the double post. Meant to edit.

..And Mathazzar, thanks for that sample. Great stuff! I love the opening section in particular, with the gorgeous rising horns.

For those who did not know, there is a new and shiny topic with only music from French composers... and usually orchestral one :)

Thread 73275

OH YEAAAAAAAAAAH! WE'RE BACK! :-D

To celebrate, here's just a little something...


ROBOT JOX
Composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Frederic Talgorn
The Paris Philharmonic Orchestra



2009 Remastering / LAME 3.98.2 -V0: http://uploadmirrors.com/download/MO2NJWLH/FT-RJOST.rar

Other options (including FLAC) coming up tomorrow.

Here's a rare one, and one of the best kept secrets in film music... RobotJox has actually been posted at the Shrine before, last November, although it was in a fairly rotten quality 128kbps rip (sadly the best circulating rip online). It didn't garner a lot of attention although it really should've done. So here it is again, freshly ripped from my own CD, in lovely -V0 LAME 3.98.2 quality as well.

The sound quality on this CD is absolutely awful. Whether that's a deficiency in the recording (likely) or a case of substandard mastering, or possibly both, nobody can tell - but it certainly doesn't show off this incredible music in its best possible light. For starters, the recording acoustic is dry and boxy, particularly bass-heavy, and not at all realistic. There are also TWO loud pilot tones throughout the album that manifest themselves as high-pitched whistles during quieter moments.

I have addressed both of these problems in producing this remastered edition of RobotJox. I have filtered the pilot tones (by judicious application of two bandstop filters, if you're interested,) and have tonally re-balanced the album (a relatively new technique which allows you to "repair" badly equalised recordings by applying a graphic equaliser "fingerprint" obtained from another good quality recording - in this case, the tonal balance has been derived from Toshihiko Sahashi's Gundam Symphony). The difference is in many ways quite subtle, and then again, it's also something of a revalation. It's sometimes amazing what you can achieve by doing seemingly very little (the purest form of restoration; do only what is necessary and no more) - a rebalancing has brought out the warm sound of the Paris Philharmonic, and Talgorn's ravishing orchestrations are revealed to be absolutely masterful; his Wonderfully articulated strings and powerful brass stand forth like never before.

Finally, I have re-sequenced the disk slightly, pushing out two terrible synthesiser tracks to the very end, where they function far better as bonus tracks than they do when they inexplicably spring up right in the middle of the score. Lurching from a powerhouse Williamsesque brassy action cue straight to some ghastly synthpop doesn't do anybody any favours. If you want the original experience, feel free to resequence the album according to the tracklisting in the accompanying booklet. For what it's worth, I think it really helps the score shine.

As for the score itself, well, anybody familiar with the great Frederic Talgorn will know exactly what to expect; if you enjoy John Williams in his full-blooded 70s and 80s style, this will greatly appeal. Sadly there is only 31 minutes of music here (the overture is a badly edited excerpt from the end titles and whilst it opens the album nicely, it's a bit of a cheat to duplicate the exact same piece on such a short album) - since the score was recorded in France, there would have been no re-use fees and no incentive for the album producer to scrimp on music... so we can only assume that there was either barely any music in the film to begin with, or perhaps it was merely decided that these thirty one minutes provided the best listening experience. Not having seen (or intending to see) the movie, I can't tell - but regardless, the current presentation is indeed a most satisfying, self-contained album.

Enjoy!

Many thanks for your share Tango! I look forward to giving it a proper listen this week during my studies.

EDIT: Also in other news, Elfman's score is back in Wolfman:
http://moviescoremagazine.com/2010/01/elfmans-score-back-in-the-wolfman/
Sadly he is unable to compose new material further than what was already composed before his work was rejected but it is unclear how much music will have to be filled in by other composers. Still I look forward to his alleged Bram Stoker's Dracula style score.

EDIT 2: ABSOLUTELY RAVISHING! I am blown away by the wonderful warmth of this orchestra as well as the powerful music. Many thanks for sharing this gem with us!

OH YEAAAAAAAAAAH! WE'RE BACK! :-D

To celebrate, here's just a little something...


ROBOT JOX
Composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Frederic Talgorn
The Paris Philharmonic Orchestra


Let me be the first to say thank you for up this by Talgorn.
I heard his score for Asterix, which i liked, so i'm expecting that this will be in the same level, but perhaps with less comic moments.
And speaking of a French composer, there is a rumour that Desplat is the choice for the last Potter movie. This is good news in my opinion. It would be better if Williams could end the cycle of course, but it's a chance for Desplat to prove the talent that i think he has.

Edit: Well Sirusjr was faster than me XD

I am going to jump on the "Hey, we're back! Let's celebrate!" bandwagon by posting a long overdue request.



THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
(http://img189.imageshack.us/i/folderpg.jpg/)


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PT4KR443

I will also be uploading a bunch of Ennio Morricone classics - all three Dollar movies (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America, and The Mission, as well as a few scores you probably haven't heard of (Abramo, Exorcist 2, and Red Sonja).

Stay tuned! :)

Thanks Tangotreats !

Can I add your upload to my French composers topic ?

@All: Robot Jox is a pleasure. Glad you're enjoying it. The disc turned up in a second hand store in London for �5 so I couldn't really turn it down. ;)

@Yeti: Oui, oui, mon ami! :D (I badly need to spend some time in your thread... if one is after quality, one rarely has to look further than France. For most things in life... apart from cars.) ;)

@Sanico: Asterix was my favourite non-Asian score of 2008. Wonderful piece of work. Robot Jox certainly has stylistic similarities but in many ways, it's even more retrospective (which is good) - the film is particularly militaristic and Talgorn responds with some appallingly complicated heavy percussion action cues (proper use of percussion, folks!) that really knock your socks off.

The news about Elfman is a damn miracle. I can't tell you how delighted (and gobsmacked) I am that his rejected score has been un-rejected. This also happened in 2007 with Stardust - Ilan Eshkeri scored the movie, then was replaced by John Ottman (whoes score didn't go down too well with the producers) and so they rehired Eshkeri... and that was a HELL of a score.

With a guy like Conrad Pope in charge of filling in Elfman's blanks, combined with the various reports on the style of the score (we're sorely overdue a good, old fashioned, symphonic masterpiece by Elfman) I think we might be in for a treat.

As for Desplat on Potter, well, that sounds like a VERY fine proposition too. I'm at a stage, however, where John Williams could score a Mexican soap opera and I'd dote on it - the gentleman is 78 years old, he's almost retired (from scoring, anyway) and even after nearly sixty years in the business, he still manages to make even his mediocre efforts a cut above most other composers very best works. I want Williams to score Potter. Badly. Desplat will write a firecracker of a score (hopefully, if that moron Yates lets him; he wouldn't dare dictate to John Williams, but he might try it with Desplat) but it's still a crushing disappointment. Here's quietly hoping that there will be a surprise announcement that Desplat is off the movie, or at least that Williams will be back for the final installment. Having said that, anything would be better than another Hooper snoozefest.

Until then, I'll dream of waking up, going to FSM and reading the news story:

"JOHN WILLIAMS banged his head and has suddenly started writing music completely authentically in his late seventies, early eighties style. He said in a statement 'Time to clear up all this crap in film scoring. I did it with Star Wars and I'll do it again. RC/MV and other dispicable organisations that seem to think music composition is a business better watch out. I've agreed to score fifteen films this year, all with a 120 piece LSO and no electronics. And all directors have agreed to allow me full and free reign to take the music wherever I like.'"

@Yeti: Oui, oui, mon ami! :D (I badly need to spend some time in your thread... if one is after quality, one rarely has to look further than France. For most things in life... apart from cars.) ;)
Thanks! And our car are not bad at all... Citroen is one of the best in the world ;)


As for Desplat on Potter, well, that sounds like a VERY fine proposition too. I'm at a stage, however, where John Williams could score a Mexican soap opera and I'd dote on it - the gentleman is 78 years old, he's almost retired (from scoring, anyway) and even after nearly sixty years in the business, he still manages to make even his mediocre efforts a cut above most other composers very best works. I want Williams to score Potter. Badly. Desplat will write a firecracker of a score (hopefully, if that moron Yates lets him; he wouldn't dare dictate to John Williams, but he might try it with Desplat) but it's still a crushing disappointment. Here's quietly hoping that there will be a surprise announcement that Desplat is off the movie, or at least that Williams will be back for the final installment. Having said that, anything would be better than another Hooper snoozefest.
I'm so scared... I love Desplat, but he does'nt have the shoulders (even when working with Conrad Pope ^^) to carry such a big score!

JOHN! COME BACCKKKK!!!

The info about Desplat in HP is true. His manager (or someone important) confirmed it. I never cared about Potters, but god damn it, Desplat is everywhere! And I don't like it, 'cause I mostly hate his music... And as for Elfman - yeah, it's awesome that he is back with the Wolfman, but don't forget about his another colaboration with Burton.

http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/ - a bit of his music in background, sounds FANTASTIC, even if it's only "classic" Burton/Elfman:).

This sudden explosion of Desplat all over the place (if you'll forgive the slightly awkward almost-mixed-metaphor) is bizzare. He's now doing six or seven films a year (and already has three pencilled in for 2010) and I'm worried that he's going to burn himself out this way.

It is bothersome, although I'd rather have fifty Desplat scores than fifty MV scores. I'm not the biggest fan of Desplat to be honest, on an entirely personal level - but I do at least appreciate the exceptional quality of his work, even if I don't necessarily adore all of it.

Alice might be OK, although I've really given up on Burton... his films seem to have become pastiches of themselves and Elfman will never better works like Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. Corpse Bride was the final nail in the coffin for me (forgive yet another poor pun) - I thought the film was dreadful and the score was an insult to the memory of Nightmare and others.

But who knows - he might turn out something good... Like Desplat, I'd sooner have an Elfman than a Jablonsky, even though in some cases it's taking the lesser of two evils.

Alice might be OK, although I've really given up on Burton... his films seem to have become pastiches of themselves and Elfman will never better works like Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas.

Well, I wouldn't be so hard on Tim - even that I hated Charlie with Chocolate, and I (probably) won't like Alice as well (as much as I like Deep, he's starting to get me creeps with those fucked up characters - Willy Wonka was creepy in a very bad way and Mad Hatter looks like more hardcore version of him, at least that's my impression...), I'm far from giving up on him. I really adored Big Fish, I liked Sweeney Todd, and I rather liked Corpse Bride (but yes, it wasn't near as good as Pumpkin King;)). Alice gives me mixed feelings, so I'm not waiting for it too much. But when score cames out, I will check it definitely.

I was so happy when i heard the Elfman unrejection news.
Speaking of symphonic Elfman, i searched and couldn't find this on the thread so thought i would share it with all of you.



Danny Elfman
Serenada Schizophrana


I. Pianos
II. Blue Strings
III. A Brass Thing
IV. Quadruped Patrol
V. "I Forget"
VI. Bells & Whistles
End Tag
Improv for Alto Saxophone

http://uploadmirrors.com/download/14CIJDZK/DESS.zip

Alice might be OK, although I've really given up on Burton... his films seem to have become pastiches of themselves and Elfman will never better works like Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. Corpse Bride was the final nail in the coffin for me (forgive yet another poor pun) - I thought the film was dreadful and the score was an insult to the memory of Nightmare and others.

Well based on the newest trailer, Alice has epic battles and a dragon so it will be interesting to see how that works out.

SYMPHONY YAMATO 2009
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Naoto Otomo[/COLOR]


You said everything about this release: "Absolutely stunning stuff".

Muito Obrigado !!!

TheManFromBrazil

I have to admit, I am just as excited about Elfman being put back on The Wolfman as you guys. From what I read, his soundtrack was very moody and gothic, full of choirs that are similar to Kilar's Bram Stoker's Dracula. I was almost crushed when I heard that it was rejected because it was too old fashioned.

I was almost Gabriel Yared's Troy all over again!

Now I can't wait for February. I will definitely be going opening day to see The Wolfman. You never can get enough werewolves. :)

I have to admit, I am just as excited about Elfman being put back on The Wolfman as you guys. From what I read, his soundtrack was very moody and gothic, full of choirs that are similar to Kilar's Bram Stoker's Dracula. I was almost crushed when I heard that it was rejected because it was too old fashioned.

I was almost Gabriel Yared's Troy all over again!

Now I can't wait for February. I will definitely be going opening day to see The Wolfman. You never can get enough werewolves. :)
I was actually going to boycott the film based on the use of Haslinger after elfman had already been slated to do the score. Thankfully I don't have to do that because the movie looks really good.

I was actually going to boycott the film based on the use of Haslinger after elfman had already been slated to do the score. Thankfully I don't have to do that because the movie looks really good.

I never heard a thing Haslinger did, but I know he was part of Tangerine Dream and that was enough for me to instantly dislike the initial decision.

I never heard a thing Haslinger did, but I know he was part of Tangerine Dream and that was enough for me to instantly dislike the initial decision.
Haha for a time I actually thought he did some good scores but then I realized they were all crap. Pretty much what you would expect from an ex-tangerine dream member.

Mike Vertas Ultraman Score actually blew me away. It was easy to ignore the fact that all of it is synth. the music is so powerful and energetic like old 80/90s williams-scores, i like it (much) more than Williams New Prequel Scores. Hearing it with a real orchestra would kill me.Got it from PlayAsia for little more than 20 Euros.An it was worth it. My reservations against synth scores were gone in a matter of minutes.Don�t let the synth ruin your pleasure. I didn�t for me, and i hate synth.Just remember the synth demo of cutthroat on cd2 of CI Complete. Its like that, just more professional.

People are still searching for a high quality version of Chris Tiltons and Chad Salters outstanding Score for the Lucas Arts Game Fracture. I told Chris that the Promo was out there and he seemed to imply that its good that people are finally able to hear it apart from the game. So, Ladies and Gentleman, i proudly present the Fracture Promo in good quality:

https://www.yousendit.com/download/VGlkZGluTmEzMWtLSkE9PQ

For all of you who still don�t have it....i think its one, if not the best fullorchestral action score of the decade. It has strong, memorable themes, tons of massive military action music and suspense music with great build-up. Enjoy! *

Nice thanks for posting fracture in promo form. I'm sure its better than the gamerip.

Nice thanks for posting fracture in promo form. I'm sure its better than the gamerip.

haha its a difference like day and night.

Wow!

Where's my letter, Mr Tilton? I pay your salary, you know. :-P

Rant over. If Tilton is happy for Fracture to circulate, I'm certainly happy to hear it and I'm grateful for both his leniency and your upload. Thank you.

On the subject of Mike's Ultraman... I promised him a detailed critique, which I *will* provide... But briefly - WOW. Synth or no synth (even considering the slightly ropey synth at times) it's a textbook example of how great music overrides all other considerations. Mike said he approached the score almost as a classical ballet and doesn't it show! Such cohesiveness, even across gargantuan twelve minute cues, and that wonderfully imaginative Williamsesque elegance of themes passed around the orchestra. It really is music that's simply a pleasure to hear. It really shows up the hamfisted amateur efforts being passed through Hollywood's bowels right now; for all their teams of orchestrators, co-composers, producers, programmers, conductors, and their gigantic ensembles... they can't hold a candle to the work of one man with genuine talent.

On the subject of Mike's Ultraman... I promised him a detailed critique, which I *will* provide... But briefly - WOW. Synth or no synth (even considering the slightly ropey synth at times) it's a textbook example of how great music overrides all other considerations. Mike said he approached the score almost as a classical ballet and doesn't it show! Such cohesiveness, even across gargantuan twelve minute cues, and that wonderfully imaginative Williamsesque elegance of themes passed around the orchestra. It really is music that's simply a pleasure to hear. It really shows up the hamfisted amateur efforts being passed through Hollywood's bowels right now; for all their teams of orchestrators, co-composers, producers, programmers, conductors, and their gigantic ensembles... they can't hold a candle to the work of one man with genuine talent.
Indeed! The biggest feel I get (largely because it sounds like he uses similar samples) is hitoshi sakimoto. It simply ooozes sakimoto in a way that makes me so happy. I don't think I've heard a single other album from any other composer that had such a wonderful sakimoto vibe.

With all this talk about John Williams style music, Film Score Monthly has just announced the release of Black Sunday a special 10,000 print run!!
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/443/Black-Sunday/

Black Sunday was a large-scale thriller about an attempted terrorist attack on the Super Bowl, adapted from a novel by Thomas Harris (The Silence of the Lambs), produced by Robert Evans (Chinatown) and directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate). Robert Shaw (Jaws) stars as an Israeli Mossad agent teaming with the FBI; Marthe Keller plays a terrorist who is manipulating an ex-POW pilot (Bruce Dern) into flying a blimp over the crowd at the Super Bowl and exploding rifle darts into the 85,000 spectactors.

Black Sunday is a minor masterpiece of grim 1970s international espionage (decades later, Steven Spielberg and John Williams would revisit the genre in Munich). Much of the film’s success is owed to director Frankenheimer, renowned for his handling of large-scale physical action in films such as The Train, Grand Prix and French Connection II. The film’s climax at the Super Bowl—much of it shot at the actual Super Bowl X—features some of the most spectacular footage ever captured for a Hollywood movie.

John Williams was a natural choice to score Black Sunday. Not only was he a veteran of the 1970s disaster cycle (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno) but his landmark score to Jaws marked him as Hollywood’s top composer at a time when Paramount Pictures was positioning Black Sunday to be the blockbuster of 1977 (a claim to fame shortly taken by Star Wars).

For the Frankenheimer film, Williams composed a taut, suspenseful score with an obsessive terrorist motive and grim but noble minor-mode theme for Shaw’s character. As the film expands in scope from claustophobic backrooms to the sprawl of the Super Bowl, so does the score grow from quiet tension to large-scale action-adventure, climaxing in furious symphonic writing for a showdown aboard the (would be) killer Goodyear blimp.

This premiere release (in any form) of the Black Sunday soundtrack is in complete chronological order, remixed by Mike Matessino from the original 16-track 2” masters recorded on the Paramount Pictures scoring stage for stunning sound quality. Liner notes are by Scott Bettencourt, Mike Matessino, Jeff Eldridge and Alexander Kaplan.

A final note about this release: In recent years, a limited edition of this sort would sell out quickly. FSM has negotiated with the American Federation of Musicians (whose players performed the music and are due “re-use” fees for the album) to make this CD a limited edition of 10,000 copies (not the customary 3,000)—enough so that everyone can get one. But if your response to this is, “Good, I’ll get it later”—truly no good deed goes unpunished, and we’ll never try this again! Black Sunday is John Williams action scoring circa 1977—what are you waiting for? Buy it now!

I am ordering this monster immediately! Because of the special print run here, do not take the usual stance of "oh yeah and everything at FSM sells out instantly so I'm going to let the fans buy this release and find it online. If this sounds like your kind of score from the samples, take part in owning a piece of movie soundtrack history and support this wonderful label for releasing this soundtrack and giving it a big print!

COPLAND - MUSIC FOR FILMS
(Leonard Slatkin, St Louis Symphony Orchestra)



http://uploadmirrors.com/download/19RJKPT6/Copland- Music for Films.rar


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COPLAND - ORCHESTRAL WORKS
(Antal Dorati, Detroit Symphony Orchestra)



http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1FUM03TL/Copland - El Salon Mexico_ Rodeo etc.rar

ENNIO MORRICONE

THE DOLLAR TRILOGY



I've included all 3 of the soundtracks from that famous Spaghetti Western trilogy, The Dollar Trilogy (aka The Man With No Name trilogy). A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly are all included in here.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7A35J0K3


THE MISSION




http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YJODV1P6

Thanks for the copland posts Lens! Much appreciated.

When Arthierr said he was unfamiliar with Copland I just had to post :) Tooth Fairy sounds like a fun, solid comedy score. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

And thanks to everyone for all recent uploads! I'm catching up as I type.

I am actually unfamiliar with Copland as well. I caught the recent Naxos Digital only Of Mice and Men/Our Town and was quite enthralled by his style. Since that is a recent release though I can't post it in this thread.

There is a big chance, that this one is somewhere here already (I really don't like FFshrine search engine), but if it's not, than it definitely should be.

It's a score from an old game (well from 1999) Silver. And it's awesome orchestral piece of music by an unknown composer Dean Evans (it's the only thing I've heard from him...). Very enjoyable listen, sometimes it's a bit dark, sometimes heroic and adventurous, but always very fun to listen, very melodic. So if U haven't heard it before, then try it now. And after listening to the score, try to get the game - which is quite awesome too:).

Silver by Dean Evans



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q5Z0P35W

And even if U know it, than it's always great idea to listen to it again:). This is really one of my favourites game scores, even if I know, that it's not perfect. It just reminds me of me being younger;).

P.s.
If it's here already, then there is a chance, that it's actually from me xD. That would be funny. Or not;).

Thanks for the share herbaciak. I will give it a listen.

Tango, just wanted to mention how impressed I was with the remaster of RobotJox you did. Beautiful work. Congrats and thanks!