You are a goddamned horse cock sucker.

(I watch too much Deadwood)

Fascinating fact for the evening; if you Google "goddamned horse cock sucker" (sans quotes) the first result that comes back is an Answerbag page in which somebody asks if anybody has any experience giving blowjobs to horses and receives a gobsmacking range of completely serious and practical advice.

I believe I have just taken this thread to its lowest level yet. I apologise. Let's have some music to get back on track. And, seriously - I do have some comments about your comments about my comments - but it's getting late and I've got to work tomorrow... so it'll have to wait a little bit!

Herr Salat: Thank you SO MUCH for that Yoshihiro Kanno score (and for the Crusher Joe OVA re-up)... discovering this "other" side of Kanno is just breathtaking... and so far removed from what I expect to hear given his classical music and Angel's Egg... Endless gratitude to you, my friend.

And now... a shameless crosspost with the Videogame Music section. This album didn't really get talked about much here but it's really, really good and now it's finally here in FLAC. I've edited all the rambling tech talk from this post - if you want to read it please visit this thread (Thread 126753) for the lowdown.



NOBUO UEMATSU et al
FINAL FANTASY ORCHESTRAL ALBUM
FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
Arnold Roth, conductor

http://item.shopping.c.yimg.jp/i/j/dss_sqex-20010

01 Medley 2002 [FINAL FANTASY I~III] (7:44) | 02 Medley 2004 [FINAL FANTASY I~III] (7:30)
03 Memory of the Wind ~Legend of the Eternal Wind~ [FINAL FANTASY III] (3:03) | 04 The Dreadful Fight [FINAL FANTASY IV] (4:16)
05 Theme of Love [FINAL FANTASY IV] (4:58) | 06 Final Fantasy V Main Theme [FINAL FANTASY V] (3:57)
07 To Dear Friends [FINAL FANTASY V] (5:17) | 08 Opera "Maria and Draco" Full Version [FINAL FANTASY VI] (13:52)
09 The Mystic Forest [FINAL FANTASY VI] (4:13) | 10 F.F.7 Main Theme [FINAL FANTASY VII] (6:31)
11 One-Winged Angel [FINAL FANTASY VII] (4:28) | 12 Aerith's Theme [FINAL FANTASY VII] (5:04)
13 Eyes On Me [FINAL FANTASY VIII] (5:42) | 14 Liberi Fatali [FINAL FANTASY VIII] (3:10)
15 Balamb GARDEN~Ami [FINAL FANTASY VIII] (5:19) | 16 vamo' alla flamenco [FINAL FANTASY IX] (4:17)
17 Unfulfilled Feelings [FINAL FANTASY IX] (5:03) | 18 At Zanarkand [FINAL FANTASY X] (4:27)
19 Suteki da ne -Orchestra Version- [FINAL FANTASY X] (6:23) | 20 Ronfaure [FINAL FANTASY XI] (4:41)
21 The Dalmasca Estersand [FINAL FANTASY XII] (4:02) | 22 Fang's Theme [FINAL FANTASY XIII] (3:35)
23 Battle Medley 2012 [FINAL FANTASY I~XIV] (14:57)

FLAC - 44.1khz 16 bit - Bluray Extraction - Fully tagged in English

MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!BxRUjQ5T!aK6ibkZZSBucVn_yBULbzVGCzxI7uoPlnm4l7EW qRtY
Gamefront: NU-FFOA-FLAC.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22892402/NU-FFOA-FLAC.rar)

An utterly immaculate, CD quality album of Final Fantasy music - 90 minutes of brand new recordings (and a handful of new arrangements) and an additional 30-40 minutes of old favourites you've all heard before but which are fantastic and do warrant a re-listen. Enjoy! :)

Links coming up in a few minutes.

(I watch too much Deadwood)

An utter impossibility. That show is manna from heaven.

Have you guys listened to Hisaishi's Departures soundtrack? You guys might find the tenth track awfully familiar if you listened to tango's rip of Adiantum Blue, which was done by Ooshima.
Just an amusing discovery while listening to both soundtracks. :]

I don't know about horses, but I have had experience with the odd Black guy, lol.

A news of a more bitter affair: Normand Corbeil, composer of Heavy Rain, passes away at the age of 56 due to pancreatic cancer.

Heavy Rain composer passes away aged*56 | Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/27/3922960/heavy-rain-composer-passes-away-aged-56)

Whoa, that is sad indeed so young!

Horrible news... although perhaps it might be a fitting tribute to spell his name correctly; Normand Corbeil.

RIP.

This is an era where any overtly thematic music is avoided. Themes are no-go. Leitmotif, forget it. Emotion, no chance.


Out of curiosity tango, what's your opinion of Bear McCreary's Human Target score? I think every character got at least a motif and it was so nice to hear actual development of themes.

Human target was alright for a TV show score, but the West still has yet to catch up to the Japanese who give even a crappy animated fanfiction like the Gundam Seed series a spectacular score performed by the freekin' London Symphony Orchestra.

I thought the score was pretty good my self, but I felt that the way the music was presented made it too difficult for me to listen through it. I am obsessed with listening to an album through it's entirety when I first get it...and 3 hours of music, with bonus music at the end of each cd instead of putting it at the end of the chronological music just made that close to impossible. Never did listen beyond disc 1 because of that.

I thought the score was pretty good my self, but I felt that the way the music was presented made it too difficult for me to listen through it. I am obsessed with listening to an album through it's entirety when I first get it...and 3 hours of music, with bonus music at the end of each cd instead of putting it at the end of the chronological music just made that close to impossible. Never did listen beyond disc 1 because of that.

Yeah, that's always been my one gripe with McCreary's tv show releases - they're never in episode order! I have a playlist of Human Target cues in order if anyone wants it.

Human target was alright for a TV show score, but the West still has yet to catch up to the Japanese who give even a crappy animated fanfiction like the Gundam Seed series a spectacular score performed by the freekin' London Symphony Orchestra.

Gundam has been huge in Japan for ages now. I don't mean that as a defense of SEED, but as an explanation for why Gundams get treated seriously. 99% of the rest of anime doesn't get the LSO, heh.

Yeah, I feel we need to look at things in context here. Gundam has great music - but also because it has the reputation to get that great music.

I asked Jessie to share his Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV (Thread 126666) in MP3 V0. You can PM him for a link if you want to give it a listen.
I also have Romance of the Three Kingdoms V (http://vgmdb.net/album/3051) in FLAC (orchestral tracks only) if anyone wants it. :D

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Score composed by
YASUO HIGUCHI
AKAI TORI NIGETA?
赤い鳥逃げた? (https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%84%E9%B3%A5%E9%80% 83%E3%81%92%E3%81%9F%3F&oldid=50225213)
(lit. The Red Bird Flew Away?)
[1973 Movie]

Track 7 - Lyricist: Mizuho Fukuda | Singer: Minami Yasuda
Track 9 - Lyricist: Mizuho Fukuda | Singer: Yoshida Harada

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 13 Tracks | 41:47 | 303 MB

Original Release Year: 1973 (Vinyl)
Re-Release Date: 11.04.2007
Label: Universal Music
Catalog Number: UPCY-6388



01. Main Title
02. Mako's Theme
03. In the Middle of the Journey
04. Hunting Gun
05. Building
06. Cat
07. Akai Tori Nigeta? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X32BZ4Iw5oQ)
08. Uptown
09. Aijou Sabaku (Love Desert)
10. Kou's Theme
11. Orange Bridge
12. When I Opened the Envelope
13. Akai Tori Nigeta? (Instrumental) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuY5em1IpLs)

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The following review is from record store Tiliqua Records (http://www.tiliqua-records.com/rare/reco_O-P.html) about the original 1973 LP pressing. I'm not sure in which track this "Momoi Kaoru" is supposedly singing. Maybe the CD release doesn't have that song.

�Hopelessly obscure soundtrack balancing the tightrope between butt shaking songs, orchestral lullabies and folk excursions, all created by Higuchi Yasuo a renowned musical director who had his hand in countless movie soundtrack productions. Some of his obscure violence pink movie scores got some years back released by Ultra Vibe I believe but his most famous soundtrack to the movie “Akai Tori Nigeta?” remained elusive for many decades. Ranging from razor sharp cutting guitar riffage, demented swirling horns, funked up vibes towards folk-ish female vocal escapades and cinematographic scores, “Akai Tori Nigeta?” embraces all a good soundtrack should behold. Higuchi’s eye for detail and wide musical interest are fully coming to blossom here, touching on a wide range of styles but all executed with so much finesse he turns every track into a true shimmering jewel. As for female vocalist fetishists out there, it features the intoxicating vocal chords of Momoi Kaoru and Yasuda Minami amongst others, each bringing forth totally addictive songs you will keep on going back to. In short, this LP will appeal to the mid-1970s groove heads out there. Again a tough one to unearth on these shores, only took me 6 years to find me a copy and finally here is a spare. Highly recommended.�

DOWNLOAD
mega.nz (https://mega.nz/#!10tSiBBZ!J4oHsD5Z-7mHPl6JLca4yU5h-VRpTmQVxGEdNkjgnQs)

Oh, you are just too much, mate... A billion thanks! :D

Thank you Herr Salat for Akai Tori Nigeta! I could use some old-fashioned Japanese soundtrack with elements of disco and enka. :]
And as for Track 11's title, I always approve of Engrish. :D But it should be read "Orange Bridge" if anyone wants English in all the track titles.

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Toshiyuki Watanabe is talking about just finishing a substantial recording session, with a full symphony orchestra, for an unnamed television anime project. No more information than that, at the moment - except to say that I am almost 100% sure he's not talking about Space Brothers. I wonder what this could possibly be???

Hey tango, could you direct me to the article/interview/website where you found this? I am dying to find out what music Watanabe could have made with a full-sized orchestra. *DROOLS*

Akashi San - it's here, somewhere. ??? | ??????????????????????????????? (http://www.toshiyuki-watanabe.com/blog.html)

My understanding was through a machine translation, so for all I know he could've been reading us his laundry list... but hopefully you might be able to shed some light for us...? :) Try the blog entires around January 15th.

From Google Translate:

The soundtrack of the animated television the other day, was recorded, I hope to achieve is likely to be so into CD. Song selection is great because I am worth it and CD2 songs. It is music for the television anime vacates wrote in the New Year, I have successfully completed the recording strings and woodwind, piano, choir, brass and percussion to 7 days, 8 days dubbing the guitar and harp. In order to organize a lot of little instruments in a limited budget, this time, I have devised various ways.

He also seems to suggest in a September 2012 post that Space Brothers may go beyond 50 episodes... Ooh...

On another project, there's a tantalising photograph of him standing in a studio with Akira Senju and Taro Iwashiro.

It indeed is for an anime not mentioned anywhere in his blog... What could it be?! On one post, he said he recorded 2 discs worth of music but also suggested that only a handful of cues will make it to the soundtrack; the usual fare, I suppose.
He also mentions that he's working with a very limited budget so he had to figure out some techniques to make the orchestra sound bigger (he really sounds like he's trying his best :D). He had ONE day to record 50 pieces (!) and had to trust his studio musicians to not fail. :(
On a brighter note, he will be busy working on an orchestra concert (http://www.orchestra-ensemble-kanazawa.jp/concert/2013/02/post_310.html) in February. I really hope no Japanese orchestral music composer starves from lack of work in this RC/MV scores era.



On another project, there's a tantalising photograph of him standing in a studio with Akira Senju and Taro Iwashiro.

Watanabe says he won't reveal the details of this project until February. All we know for now is that there will be 8 composers participating. I hope Ooshima and Amano are there to make it even better. :)

And by Yen_'s request:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms V (ORCHESTRAL TRACKS ONLY) [FLAC]
Music by Takayuki Hattori

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/?9jxb74j9c6j9zjx)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/?9khvcsjiauzc686)

the bird that flew away album is so nice thanks

You are a "goddamned horse cock sucker".
Do you mean that in a good or bad way?

Just looking through VGMDB a bit and noticed this:
New Wataru Hotoyama/Yasunori Mitsuda : KDSD-00619 | SOUL SACRIFICE Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/36956) SOUL SACRIFICE Original Soundtrack
New Shiro Hamaguchi - VTCL-60335 | Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru soudesuyo? Sound... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/37080) Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru soudesuyo? Sound Community II
New Takeshi Hama - VTCL-60338 | Maoyuu Maou Yuusha O.S.T. Maoban - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/37514) Maoyuu Maou Yuusha O.S.T. Maoban
New Toshio Masuda - TMS-312 | Kamisama Hajimemashita Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/37385) Kamisama Hajimemashita Original Soundtrack
New Hiroshi Takaki - COCX-37900 | BAKUMATSU GIJINDEN ROMAN BGM & SONGS - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/37487) BAKUMATSU GIJINDEN ROMAN BGM & SONGS
And some new live album - ~Live at Symphony Hall~ - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/35736) ~Live at Symphony Hall~

Soul Sacrifice should be interesting if Hokoyama composed a good portion of the soundtrack. :D Youtube link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0DMSUiz9s)

Download (http://www.directmirror.com/files/EJQ3I8ZM)
MP3 /192~320/58 Tracks/103min

This is the complete cinematic score from the Killzone series. Just like Ryomaden I combined three volumes to a single film score. Killzone is the best orchestral work for a shooter in my opinion (Halo is massively overrated). The series itself had huge potential for an anti-war story, exploring the facets of propaganda and showing the true horror of war. It also had beautiful visuals and artdesign. Sadly it amounted to nothing more than another generic pro-military fantasy. But at least the music tells the story the games don't. From the excellent Killzone march, giving a feeling of dread for the Helghast but also stating their noble and proud nature, fighting for what is rightfully theirs, to the tragic fall of Visari, dying by the stupidity of gunblazing grunts, who have now opened the box of pandora. The Main Theme has many variations throughout the score, accompanied by a major motif, first heared in the Prelude. This is music written in the style of great Hollywood composers and is an absolute pleasure to listen to.


(This is my CD version, the full score is still 58 tracks)




Enjoy

Many thanks Klnerfan. Your custom soundtracks are very much appreciated. I really enjoyed Ryomaiden.

EDIT: Though I recognize that this score to "The Red Bird Flew Away" is rare and thus appreciate the posting, I can not say it is particularly my style of music in the least. Far too much jazz/funk and combined with the dated sound. I did enjoy one or two single tracks from it but that is about all. I'm glad others are enjoying it though.

Herr Salat, thank you for the kind upload of Crusher Joe, this is my first film (?) score by a Eastern composer that I have listened to, and I love it!, the beginning of the Main title in the symphonic suite sounds almost like the flying theme from Skyward Sword...

[center]Norio Maeda
CRUSHER JOE



thank you very much for this

News: Space Brothers will continue beyond the expected fifty episodes! From April - by which time it should've finished - it will move to the coveted 5:30pm Saturday evening slot. It's currently airing at 7am on Sunday morning; where it is pulling in ratings regardless.

So...

a) It's doing extremely well.
b) It's moving to a better time slot.
c) It's going to continue past 50 episodes.

This could mean all manner of things... firstly, I think it significantly increases the odds of a proper soundtrack release at some stage. Secondly, it means at least another hour of score to release... and finally, it might explain what Toshiyuki Watanabe's mysterious bumper recording session a couple of weeks ago was all about. My belief that there would be no further score required was based on the assumption that the show only had a further seven episodes left to run... which is now an incorrect assumption. It's probable that the timeslot shift has been accompanied by a budget increase, which makes me believe that the mystery session is a Space Brothers score upgrade.

Possibly.

I could be massively wrong. But it's an assumption that fits the current facts. It explains why Watanabe has been busily recording something while his current major project is still running and why he hasn't been announced as working on any new show.

So, keep your ears open in April! :D

Either way, it's good news. More Space Brothers, or the second new orchestral score from Watanabe in as many years. :D

I wonder how the anime market here in the US will go as the economy recovers. Back in the day .Hack//Sign had bonus CD soundtracks with their DVD releases, and Jin-Roh had a special 3 disc edition with the soundtrack CD. Not as nicely packaged as the Japanese CD release, but it was still a domestically released soundtrack. If in a "cheaper" packaged form.

T-Square - Harmony [FLAC/CUE/LOG]
Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and T-Square Royal Jelly Orchestra (!)


SAMPLE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWobdJ074wU) - This is a different performance by New Japan Philharmonic

Something different from albums usually posted here. :D T-Square has been a popular fusion jazz band in Japan since the 80's. They decided to have a series of orchestral arrangement albums during their peak in the 90s - this is the second one among three. I wish they could have forgone their usual jazz instruments completely for a 100% symphonic experience, but I guess they wanted to try something new since the first one in this series was almost entirely orchestral...

The album credits Keiichi Oku for orchestration and conducting the Royal Jelly Orchestra session. John Altman conducted the session with the RPO.
Some of you will hate the blend of jazz instruments and orchestra; tracks after the first one lose orchestral complexity and intensity. It's still a fun listen and it has its moments here and there..

If you somehow liked this, like I did, I can upload their first orchestral arrangement album. :)

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/?5bng79uv4hn1enu)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/?9zffawn8biaxd0u)

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I also uploaded Kanno's Nobunaga no Yabou Tenshouki (http://vgmdb.net/album/935) and Creation (http://yokokanno.wikia.com/wiki/The_Creation_%28album%29) in lossless here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/yoko-kanno-music-collection-44707/30.html#post2263735)

Hey don't knock jazz instruments mixed with orchestral. Look at Gershwin and all that other fantastic Americana from his era. Pretty awesome stuff.

thanks for t-square

speaking of t-square anyone got this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHlryUqpdo

OMENS OF LOVE / T-SQUARE New Japan Philharmonic i have many version of song on my ipod ,

this version just makes be so happy i cry a little

ill try googling it

Hey don't knock jazz instruments mixed with orchestral. Look at Gershwin and all that other fantastic Americana from his era. Pretty awesome stuff.

Anything that merits a comparison/reference to Gershwin must be worth listening to. I'll be sure to grab this later when I get home. Thanks!

This could mean all manner of things... firstly, I think it significantly increases the odds of a proper soundtrack release at some stage. Secondly, it means at least another hour of score to release... and finally, it might explain what Toshiyuki Watanabe's mysterious bumper recording session a couple of weeks ago was all about. My belief that there would be no further score required was based on the assumption that the show only had a further seven episodes left to run... which is now an incorrect assumption. It's probable that the timeslot shift has been accompanied by a budget increase, which makes me believe that the mystery session is a Space Brothers score upgrade.

Possibly.

I could be massively wrong. But it's an assumption that fits the current facts. It explains why Watanabe has been busily recording something while his current major project is still running and why he hasn't been announced as working on any new show.


Or it could mean a movie's in the works. Good possibilities, both.


Crystal Tales
Music by Mina Kubota



crystal tales.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22908492/crystal+tales.rar)

Can't remember if I posted this one, but Gamefront is notoriously spotty, so one more time couldn't hurt. Twenty-one full tracks of Kubota's rare but inimitable brand of fairytale orchestral musing. Warm, sumptuous, life-affirming stuff that doesn't hold back on the emotion. Enjoy!

Magic Knight Rayearth (My Compilation) [MP3 V0]
Music by Matsuo Hayato


Anime series (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=127) from 1995 about girls who use magic (not cliched... ;D)
Mostly short violin and piano pieces with interspersed orchestral tracks... Youtube sample (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZnwxSF2sCs)

This is my compilation consisted of 70 minutes of music pulled together from Magic Knight Rayearth's 5 soundtrack releases. The vast majority of music in the series was done with a synthesizer, so I used only the orchestral and solo instrumental pieces to form this compilation. The flow of this compilation leaves a lot to be desired because this lacks the synthesizer tracks that connect each thematic piece. :(
I plan on doing this treatment to Hattori Takayuki's work for Nadesico (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=180), which hopefully will be a better compilation. :D

And about Matsuo Hayato - he has no recent work to boast of besides Hellsing. His newest work for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9304) contains many orchestral tracks, but they are themeless and atrociously recorded. Let's hope that he comes back in a better shape soon..

Link (http://www.mediafire.com/?lj212uxlz7asbr5)

EDIT: Tracks 5 and 25 are switched in order. But you can leave them unchanged since they are essentially the same melody.

Akashi San - I want to commend you on your great contributions to this thread recently and I hope you continue to post interesting music :) I do hope you don't go too overboard right off the bat, or as they say blow your load too fast.

I am enjoying the electric guitar in this T-Square album very much. It also has some other great melodies.

If you haven't noticed, I was "bk7530" before I had a username/sex change... :D But on a more serious note, I keep buying new music and will have a lot of stuff to share in the future as well, so no worries :) I got more music from this thread than anywhere else on the Internet, so contributing feels very fulfilling for me.
If you liked that T-Square album, I can post their other two orchestral arrangement albums later (I just got them yesterday).

Ah yes I hadn't noticed. That makes sense now.

Great news, Magi gets a "real" offical soundtrack at the end of march! Amano must have had some influence on Sagisu's work as of late because this and the recent Berserk sound more like Amano scores than being simply orchestrations.

In joyous news, the people who brought the Kid Icarus: Uprising soundtrack to the West are working on a 33 track(and hopefully comprehensive) behemoth for Hisaishi's Ni no Kuni, complete with artbook. Looks like we'll be getting every glorious note of the game after all.

In joyous news, the people who brought the Kid Icarus: Uprising soundtrack to the West are working on a 33 track(and hopefully comprehensive) behemoth for Hisaishi's Ni no Kuni, complete with artbook. Looks like we'll be getting every glorious note of the game after all.


im downloading that demo now i never play a jrpg everyone raving about so im gonna play the demo

Great news about Magi and Ni No Kuni. :)

Surprising orchestral score alert: Brand new series "Beast Saga" - the composer is Koichiro Kameyama. It's a small-ish (a real one) orchestra, with the music somewhere in the territory of Sahashi / Terada. The show is silly as arseholes, but the score has a bit of promise... :)

And now, some music.


MEGUMI OHASHI
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie:
Protect the Tokyo Enetower!
(Tokyo Enetower wo Mamore!)
Studio Orchestra



MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!I05yRTob!LWok1D8CAkZ5Ws0GeC1kOy0FmP8z_R2MfiRgEXp JjZo
Gamefront: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22911490/MO-TSGB-3-FLAC.rar

My rip. Score - FLAC Level 8, Drama tracks - MP3 (LAME 3.99.5 -V6). Scans included. Romaji tags. (Because I'm not thrilled with this score, I have cut corners with the tags. Sorry... but I'd rather get the album up with crappy tags than not at all, and I don't have the motivation to spend a lot of time on this one.)

Well, here it is at last, folks - the third (of five) score release of 2012's Super Sentai series, as composed by knockoff Sahashi specialist, Megumi Ohashi. I have discs 4 and 5, and will upload these later today.

This disc covers most of the score from the central theatrical outing - the movie "Protect The Tokyo Enetower". What can I say about it? It's exactly 100% what you'd expect from a Sentai score. Not a single surprise. It's good enough... but I think it's starting to dawn on me that Megumi Ohashi's range is severely limited - and let's just say that this score does not compare favourably to Kousuke Yamashita's glorious Gokaiger the previous year... Ohashi's score isn't offensive, or poor, or even mediocre. It's a rollicking good fun Sentai score. Definitely one of those scores that's fantastic to listen to, and absolutely flawlessly functional in the series for which it was written... but go in with the expectation that it won't try anything new, won't break any new ground, won't make any attempt to extend the style, and won't move one inch outside of the composer's comfort zone.

In addition to the score, this disc is shamelessly padded (as all Sentai albums are) with a stupid twenty-minute radio drama and a thousand different versions of the opening and closing songs. I have downgraded the drama to MP3 quality at -V6. It shaves about 60mb off the final upload size and in my view that's worth doing. The drama is talking and sound effects. FLAC is simply not necessary. Nobody wants to listen to it, anyway. If this particularly offends anybody and I get enough complaints, I'll grudgingly upload the drama in FLAC... but, you know... I'll resist... ;)

Thank you for Ohashi :'D

Thanks for all these links. It's kind of sad that the older links are mostly dead.




JOE HISAISHI
Ni No Kuni - Wrath Of The White Witch
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestrated and conducted by Joe Hisaishi

Flac link is dead, and unfortunately, I can't PM. Which is odd.

Thanks for all these links. It's kind of sad that the older links are mostly dead.



Flac link is dead, and unfortunately, I can't PM. Which is odd.

Not very odd really. After you reach 3 posts there is a time-delay of up to an hour before the PM facility is enabled for you...

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Thread 110559 ;-)Thanks very much.

I note that the one in this thread is a combination of a gamerip and the 2011 CD OST. The looping might make them odd, I'll get both and sort it out later.

This post is recommended: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/377.html#post1929872

It contains the original 2011 OST CD (in FLAC) plus missing orchestral tracks from the PS3 version. No looping, no redundant crappy synth cues.

Additionally, welcome to the thread, and I mean that most sincerely... but he who helpeth himself prospers. Obviously it's much easier to just ask somebody to reupload than it is to spend five or ten minutes doing a search... but it would seem to be the courteous thing to do given that uploaders are working out of the goodness of their hearts.

Sorry, Tango. I didn't know the Depositfiles link still works ^^"

This post is recommended: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/377.html#post1929872

It contains the original 2011 OST CD (in FLAC) plus missing orchestral tracks from the PS3 version. No looping, no redundant crappy synth cues.

Additionally, welcome to the thread, and I mean that most sincerely... but he who helpeth himself prospers. Obviously it's much easier to just ask somebody to reupload than it is to spend five or ten minutes doing a search... but it would seem to be the courteous thing to do given that uploaders are working out of the goodness of their hearts.I actually wanted to PM you. The FLAC link is dead, so I was asking for a re-up. Google yielded nothing.

The FLAC link is *not* dead, because I'm downloading from it right now.

The FLAC link is *not* dead, because I'm downloading from it right now.

"Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.peeje.com."

Down For Everyone Or Just Me -> Check if your website is down or up? (http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/peeje.com)

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ARGH, what the **** is going on? It was working a few minutes ago and now it's not. OK, you win, my apologies. :)

Reuploading now. :)

Copy the link address. Change "www.peeje.com" to "www.peejeshare.com" and it works fine.

Copy the link address. Change "www.peeje.com" to "www.peejeshare.com" and it works fine.That works, looks like they're having problems with dns propagation.

Interesting. Thanks for the catch TM - re-upload ceased. :)

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MEGUMI OHASHI
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
Sound Missions 4 and 5

Studio Orchestra



MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!lwgEiD5Z!BZkByRfqAA7kRMzkoXNkC1WPYOc_hC60xBh9Lub 2O_U
Peejeshare: http://www.peejeshare.com/files/363539113/MO-TSGB-45-FLAC.rar.html
Gamefront Disc 1: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22912918/MO-TSGB-4-FLAC.rar
Gamefront Disc 2: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22912923/MO-TSGB-5-FLAC.rar
Booklet Scans: http://www.mediafire.com/?gbn5og16kgv17go (I accidentally missed the scans off the Gamefront links so you need these. Scans are included in the Mega and Peeje downloads.)

My rip.FLAC Level 8. Scans included. Romaji tags. (Because I'm not thrilled with this score, I have cut corners with the tags. Sorry... but I'd rather get the album up with crappy tags than not at all, and I don't have the motivation to spend a lot of time on this one.)

Here are the two final Go-Busters discs - lots and lots of score on here, and no shitty drama tracks either! Yay! (It's a two disc set - hence one cover.)

Warning: BIG download. 850mb. Good luck. ;) If you have Google Chrome I recommend going for the Mega link.

Peeje is the Gomer Pyle of the uploading world. It works, but most of the time it makes you shake your head.

Interesting. Thanks for the catch TM - re-upload ceased. :)

I've had that on some of my old Peeje links. They used to change them to Peejeshare.com, but now they don't.

Hey Tango did you not get my PM? I was asking about the turntable equipment you used recently to rip that vinyl album Orientation Herr Salat sent you to upload.

Guys, check this one, it's about score for new Capcom game "Remember Me":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhR4eRnk7Vc

I love the idea of glitching orchestra. Imo it's great, much more interesting approach comparing to "let's pump it up adding samples and fake instruments". Reminds me a bit of incredible Drag-On Dragoon score. And Deriviere is competent and more than solid composer - which U can here in this "making of" actually. Anyway they just got my attention;).

Well, I'm not going to judge the music before actually getting to hear it on album...but I was bored. The music seemed rather uninspired, tried, and absolutely forgettable.

*sigh*

Yet another inept composer who is given access to one of the world's finest symphony orchestras, but doesn't have the technical faculty to wield it properly... so resorts to cheap electronic manipulation and distortion "tricks" for the desired effect, which should have been achieved with skilled composition and artistic orchestration.

Poor Philharmonia... :(

...Are we actually agreeing on something here Tango? Is this really happening?

I'm getting some beer. This calls for a celebration.

Many thanks Tango for the Sentai music although I'm not sure if I will be able to stand it. The Yamashita you posted earlier from some recent Sentai series was painful.

Are you serious? It was one of his finest symphonic scores of all time. Sure, you have to skip some trash... but for 90 minutes of Yamashita's orchestral A-game, I'd think it was worth the effort...

Edit: http://www.mediafire.com/?0d2qrvcz19rdz8d <--- Painful? Eh?

I don't recall it really doing much for me the few times I tried to get into it. Not much I can say beyond that. I tried listening to it a few times but ended up deleting it.

EDIT: Yeah tango, sometimes I really have difficulty figuring out exactly what it is you hear in scores. These Sentai scores by Ohashi also fall into that category. So much cheep jazzy sound, disco synth, horribly small orchestra, I have difficulty conceiving exactly how these scores belong in this thread. I guess I should be glad that they have longer tracks than some anime scores but then we get some where the beginning is orchestral followed by electric guitar or jazz. I really do hope others in this thread enjoy this but I just can't. And no I didn't get through the entire score. There was just so much that drove me bonkers. Maybe I'll give it another chance tomorrow before I delete it if I am in a good mood. Also a bunch of 1 minute tracks are not more interesting if they happen to be combined into 3 or 4 minute tracks together. Oh, and while I'm at it, does every Japanese score really need a music box version of their theme? I mean really, please stop that, it isn't cute Japan.

Yet another inept composer who is given access to one of the world's finest symphony orchestras, but doesn't have the technical faculty to wield it properly... so resorts to cheap electronic manipulation and distortion "tricks" for the desired effect, which should have been achieved with skilled composition and artistic orchestration.

Deriviere is educated composer, he's not some random guy from rock band. Decision to glitch music is an artistic decision, not skill oriented. Is this hugely original? No. Interesting? Yes. Deriviere says by himself here, that he knows how beautiful is an orchestral sound. He just decided to distort it. It's wonderful that actually even electronic sound comes from a live instruments here :).


cheap electronic manipulation

You actually need skills and imagination to do that;P.

You actually need skills and imagination to do that;P.

No, you don't... you need a crappy DAW package, some multitrack masters, and you're on your way.

And even if skills and imagination were required... so does making a football-pitch-sized replica of the Mona Lisa entirely out of dog turds. It doesn't necessarily follow that the finished product will have artistic merit.


Deriviere is educated composer, he's not some random guy from rock band. Deriviere says by himself here, that he knows how beautiful is an orchestral sound.

Then why is the music boring, cliched to a point of ridiculousness, and atrociously orchestrated?


He just decided to distort it.

Yes, because he undoubtedly realised that the music itself was lacking and required a cheap gimmick to make it relatively unique.


Decision to glitch music is an artistic decision, not skill oriented.

I rather believe that any genuine artist would not defecate on the miracle of the modern symphony orchestra in this manner...


It's wonderful that actually even electronic sound comes from a live instruments here.

No, the sound of live instruments come from live instruments. The electronic sound comes later because some idiot pushed the recording through a bunch of silly distortion filters, just as your gut soaks the gastronomic delights of yesterday's dinner in acidic bile, then pushes it through your lower intestine and out of your anus.

:D

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EDIT: Yeah tango, sometimes I really have difficulty figuring out exactly what it is you hear in scores.

I like good music.


So much cheep jazzy sound, disco synth...

Yep, like every other Japanese score on the planet. If you don't like them, you can always skip those tracks.


...horribly small orchestra,

Eh? The Sentai scores have some of the largest orchestras assembled for Japanese domestically-recorded scores. They're 60 piece, at least. In any case, it's the music that counts.

And didn't you like Fractale, Priceless, and Space Brothers? Both considerably smaller orchestras than the Sentai scores.


I have difficulty conceiving exactly how these scores belong in this thread.

I was under the impression that this thread was for good music, performed by an orchestra. I don't see it written that the orchestra has to be 120 players or that the scores can't have a few dud tracks. That's the way Japanese scores are.

If you're going to cast condescending judgements on my posts perhaps you should apply your own rules to your yours and remove mindless electronic trash like Bodacious Space Pirates which is 95% synth, with about three minutes of a 20 piece orchestra stuck in the mollases of noise. And dozens more which you have posted with impunity over the years.


And no I didn't get through the entire score.

Ah, so you have judged the whole based on a small sample. I do understand that there's a lot to wade through... but almost every Sentai score is a 90 minute exclusively symphonic masterpiece surrounded by four hours of crappy synth, drama, and such nonsense. The presentation is atrocious but the music is splendid. Orchestral, check. Action, check. Music, check. Oh, I wonder what thread I should post these CDs (which cost me �120) in...


Maybe I'll give it another chance tomorrow before I delete it if I am in a good mood.

No obligation, none at all; the loss is all yours. ;)

That said, I think you miss out on a lot of really good stuff because you make snap judgments based on a handful of tracks. With these Japanese scores, you have to be in it for the long haul. You have to work for it.


Oh, and while I'm at it, does every Japanese score really need a music box version of their theme? I mean really, please stop that, it isn't cute Japan.

On that, at least, I will agree with you wholeheartedly.

Well I should be clear Tango, I did get through volumes 3 and 4 before posting that and then half of volume 5. Although some of the tracks were skipped in their entirely. This latest sentai share mostly reminds me of the music to the Devil Summoner games by Shoji Meguro. I don't know what it is about that funky Japanese jazz sound that drives me bonkers but I hear a lot of that here. I should probably skip the rest of the Sentai scores rather than mucking up the thread with my attacks.

While I can't tell the size of an orchestra there is something lacking in the sound of the orchestra in Ohashi's Sentai scores. I'm not sure what it is I'm hearing but they certainly sound small to me. Maybe it is how they recorded it but either way it sounds off.

Attack away, my friend - I just can't understand your aversion to these scores... and I definitely can't understand your very deliberate statement that they don't belong in this thread when they absolutely do and when a significant percentage of your past posts don't. ;)

I stated early on in my Ohashi post that it's not the best score in the world and I'm not thrilled with it as I was with Gokaiger... but in the end, it's still over an hour of orchestral music - albeit surrounded by trash. Not the most intellectually stimulating music in the world, but tuneful and fun to listen to. Ohashi... I always had her down to be the next Sahashi but she's barely progressed in recent years. There's still some good stuff to be had.

That seems like every other Japanese score going. The only differences that I can see are a) Sentai is a shit load of discs to plough through, and b) most tracks contain multiple cues.

Just to clarify a little - I skip over the disco stuff and the banal J-jazz and the "here's an orchestral cue oh wait HA HA HA HA HA actually now it's gonna be some electric guitar crap" tracks religiously. You have to pick and choose...

I'll be sure to bring lots of Sentai when I visit. ;)

Yeah see I normally skip through to the cues I enjoy but this last one somehow combines the orchestral stuff with synth in the same cue. Its like the Quartet release of The Santa Claus that combines the Christmas medley with another major cue in one track. Totally shameful that I have to cut out one to cut out the other.

Hehe I agree that many things are subjective as far as what should be shared here although I should have known by now that I should never expect all your posts to be 100% orchestra.

I really can't explain what makes some Japanese trashy jazz/electric guitar stuff sound enjoyable to me (the stuff in Space Brothers) and others drive me nuts (Ohashi's Sentai stuff). I wish I knew what it was so I could better avoid that stuff in the future. Maybe I was molested as a child to jazz, who knows.

Ah, it's just one of those things. :)

I would repeat, though... most of the orchestral cues in Sentai do not mix synth or anything with the orchestra. They just cram three or four cues together in each track. They're individual cues and they're kept apart from each other by a few seconds of silence. They just need to be separated. I'll be buggered if I know why they do that, other than to annoy people like you and me. It's just one of those things I've got used to; Sentai scores are atrociously presented and require quite a bit of manual intervention to get to a listenable condition if you're not a fan of all the cheap bullshit in between the good stuff.


100% orchestra

If that were a requirement, I think 99.9% of the posts in this thread would have to go. ;)

I've tried posting "just the orchestral bits" compilations and I get whined at by people who like the other stuff and think I'm depriving them on purpose. I've tried posting the "just the orchestal bits" compilations and all the rest of it separately in different archives and I get whined at by people who don't want to dick about manually picking files out of two archives to get one album. I've tried posting the whole damn thing and I get whined at by people who don't like the electric guitar trash and its presence in a handful of cues makes them detest the whole score.

One simply cannot win. ;)

I still say that 08 - Goukai Ouja Kettei Sen!_silence_2.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?0d2qrvcz19rdz8d) is worth sifting through any amount of crap to get. ;) I mean, seriously... what the f*** more could you possibly want from an orchestral action cue???

Tango, do you still have your custom ULTRAMAN MAX 15 minute symphonic suite from 2008 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/196.html#post1468982)? Could you please re-upload for me? I, and others, need to listen to this insane/untypical (Sentai) score. Your description of it really made me interested :'D

EDIT: big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/454.html#post2266897 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/454.html#post2266897)

Then why is the music boring, cliched to a point of ridiculousness, and atrociously orchestrated?

Well, it's just your opinion which I disagree with.


Yes, because he undoubtedly realised that the music itself was lacking and required a cheap gimmick to make it relatively unique.

I'm gonna ilustrate this statement with music that is not orchestral, but also uses live instruments and glitch / distortion etc.:

Sound Reactive Boids in a Flowsphere: Stella - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQbJJzV3ds)

So, U think that this guy (who is great artist IMO) decided to use all those electronic modifications, glitches etc. because he thinks that his music is not good enough without it? I beg to differ.

Drakengard OST - Seere's Prayer - In the Sky - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXu_S7-SOYU&list=PLEE87394006A443D6)

Yes, live performance of great classical pieces butcherd in editing room and glued together in absolutely horrible way. And they did that probably because they don't know what note means, right? Or maybe, just maybe, they DECIDED to make something diferent, original?

Imo electronic modifications gives lots and lots of incredible opportunities to enrich / change / create sound worlds. But those worlds are just not for everybody.

And please - less fecal metaphors. They are shitty xD.

So now, after those horible things above, listen to this:

Thread 127125

:).

Space Brothers is a good example where guitars are used as a part of the orchestra, not as the lead instrument. I believe every instrument, even synth, can sometimes be used to enrich the orchstral sound. Hirano, Yamashita and Sahashi really are masters in this field (Hirano is a genius beyond all comprehension anyway).

The First Step to Glory II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXk9Bps9Bnc) Hirano

Element Hunters Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyAWMH69caY) Sahashi

Force of Mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D5eHLolL6g) Yamashita

The problem is most people don't know how to use them as "instruments" and most of the time it's just layers and layers of samples.

I agree Klnerfan and it really comes down to the feeling they use it to convey. Perfect example, the electric guitar in that T-SQUARED orchestral album is used beautifully to give a regal sound that is mellow and fits the rest of the music perfectly. I don't mind various other non-orchestral instruments or synths in all cases but the way that many Japanese composers tend to use them in the Sentai scores does not interest me in the slightest.

Tango- Even though Space Brothers is a small ensemble score, you have two or three instruments playing off each other at the same time beautifully. If that same thing is present in the sentai scores I just don't hear it. There is something about the way that both the Yamashita and Ohashi scores are recorded that makes them sound strange to me. And no, I don't really find that Yamashita track you selected as the best part of his Sentai score to be very exciting. Just not my style.

I think I need to saw off the top of your head to check a few things... ;)

Regarding Sentai, the orchestra doesn't sound all that strange to me. Infact, I really love Gokaiger (even the instrumental of the opening). It's a great Action-Hero score with Themes, Leitmotif, military marches and bombastic action. Exactly what is missing in Hollywood action-scores. Granted it is not in the same league as Glass Fleet or even Nobunaga's Ambition but it's definetly good music in my opinion (perhaps an orchestral collection could persuade you ;)).

Heh! I uploaded the best cue of the damn score and he calls it "painful" - I think we'd better give up. ;)

Herr Salat: Yes, I do - here it is, in lossless! :D Kuniaki Haishima - Ultraman Max (orchestral suite).flac (http://www.mediafire.com/?6pa389gks5cejrs)


^^^ Warning! Nobody download that link. It contains orchestral action music performed by a mid-sized orchestra! Such things don't belong in this thread, it seems. ;) ;) ;) ;)

Seriously, i still cant see why some Tokusatsu OST like Ryukendo, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, Ultraman, Sentai series, etc. wouldnt fit here...

And this is not for argue with Sirus because its an opinion and i respect it (But im not thinking that way...).

Lets see that Ultraman!

Heh! I uploaded the best cue of the damn score and he calls it "painful" - I think we'd better give up. ;)


I think you should read what I wrote above. I don't believe I called that specific track painful. It just doesn't do much for me.

"And no, I don't really find that Yamashita track you selected as the best part of his Sentai score to be very exciting. Just not my style."

Just like you said that DAVE doesn't do much for you even though it blows my mind, some of these Sentai scores don't do much for me. I'm sorry if I have attacked them in ways that seem inaccurate but I am trying my best to articulate what it is that I don't like about them.

Drakengard OST - Seere's Prayer - In the Sky - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXu_S7-SOYU&list=PLEE87394006A443D6)

Yes, live performance of great classical pieces butcherd in editing room and glued together in absolutely horrible way. And they did that probably because they don't know what note means, right? Or maybe, just maybe, they DECIDED to make something diferent, original?
I like some electronic music. But you're reaching for the Standard Parodied Misunderstood Artist arguments here. "It's not accidentally bad, it's intentionally bad!" "you just don't understand my genius!" "you're hurting my feeeelingggs, you terrible person" "you're not qualified to judge". This has the usual underlying flaws which lead to it being a typical parody of the pretentious; we're not judging the person (at least, not until they make a spectacle of themselves, at which point we also judge the person), we're judging the quality of the art. This is even worse to do for a video game - this is aimed at the masses, not the mythical art gallery elite with highly refined tastes for the bleeding edge of art innovation. Saying "you MUST praise my originality" isn't going to work. That's for the listeners to decide.

Further, distorting something and overlaying a heavy beat in post-processing isn't original anymore. It's older than more than half the crowd who'll be playing the game. The originality here is that it matches the plot of the game, not that it has distortion. And it sounds like it may work very well in the context of the game. But, much like I can appreciate the skill that goes into scratching records - that doesn't mean I like listening to the results. The very quirk that makes it work in the game is going to sound like I downloaded a corrupted file of the soundtrack. And since I don't particularly like a heavy techno beat blasting over things, it's not going to matter that there used to be an orchestra underneath that beat.

I think you should read what I wrote above. I don't believe I called that specific track painful. It just doesn't do much for me.

I was kidding, my friend. :)

I'm reminded of the recent rigamarole surrounding Alicia Keys' Super Bowl performance.

"The Star-Spangled Banner/modern symphony orchestra is a flawless, Alpha and Omega of musical expression that should go forever unblemished by individual ideas and expression, as it is beyond reproach and exists for all. Now do it the way I want."



"...but I will hilariously argue in the exact same breath you should give this other thing I enjoy a fairer shake."


we're not judging the person (at least, not until they make a spectacle of themselves, at which point we also judge the person), we're judging the quality of the art.

Except when you call the composer in question an incompetent gobshite countless times and make sweeping, condescending assumptions about intent based on absolutely nothing. But you're right, dude, video games NEVER make attempts at achieving artistic merit, so what's the point in defending such attempts or even trying? Talk about a relief...

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Except when you call the composer in question an incompetent gobshite countless times and make sweeping, condescending assumptions about intent based on absolutely nothing. But you're right, dude, video games NEVER make attempts at achieving artistic merit, so what's the point in defending such attempts or even trying? Talk about a relief...

Except he didn't say anything even close to resembling what you are insinuating. The closest thing Tango had ever said to what you suggest is that he has no interest in games whatsoever (which is a shame, but that is his prerogative), and that is distinctly different from saying that games are not artistic (which to be clear, games had been artistic ever since they started being "good", so way back in the days of the Atari, and arguably even older than that).

Michiru Oshima
FOR THE EAST (for String Quartet)
The Ravel Quartet

1st violin, Gilles Colliard
2nd violin, Reiko Kitahama
Viola, Pierre Frank
Cello, Christophe Beau

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8237/lavel2.gif

MP3 -V0 + SCANS | 7 Tracks | 34:03 | 90 MB

Release Year: 2004
Label: Triton
Catalog Number: TRI 331140



1st movt. Life
2nd movt. Hometown
3rd movt. Festival
4th movt.. Cherry Blossoms
5th movt. Traffic Jam
6th movt. Nuclear Bomb
7th movt. Mother

The booklet scans only include the important written parts. It has some blank pages, which I did leave out.

For her "Orashio" symphony, as mentioned in the booklet, there's a low quality link on Niconico (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/467.html#post2295875).

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!4pEhjB5J!J3M0vXw7Kg_UPRkMqsAoYx2-6NB-qu1p3cipXpc-z_E
or
http://www.adrive.com/public/wsH66Y

Pretty girl playing the violin! This was her debut album as a classical/crossover violinist and Ooshima and Iwashiro dedicated a track each.

Emiri Miyamoto - Smile [FLAC - TRACKS 1 and 7 ONLY]



Ooshima's track (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8l9zg7c860pg7z4) (very beautiful!)
Iwashiro's track (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iy9qjiamoh2l8jy) (I'm not a fan of Iwashiro, but this one is good although a tad bit repetitive)

Both tracks are accompanied by an orchestra. :D

And I just placed an order for this obscure album that I couldn't find any information online (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8C%E7%86%B1%E7%A0%82%E3%81%AE%E6%83%91%E6%9 8%9F%E3%80%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8% E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0-%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%8 3%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF/dp/B00005EHDM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1360195152&sr=8-4). It's apparently a 100% symphonic arrangement album of some Playstation game performed by Moscow Symphony... Absolutely delicious samples (Tracks 2 and 9 in particular) are available on that Amazon link.

EDIT: OH, YES! Thank you so much for that Ooshima's original composition! You just made an ultra-devout Ooshima follower very, very happy. :D And as for that GIF... I love it as well as everything about that anime!

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Except he didn't say anything even close to resembling what you are insinuating. The closest thing Tango had ever said to what you suggest is that he has no interest in games whatsoever (which is a shame, but that is his prerogative), and that is distinctly different from saying that games are not artistic (which to be clear, games had been artistic ever since they started being "good", so way back in the days of the Atari, and arguably even older than that).


Except no.


Yet another inept composer who is given access to one of the world's finest symphony orchestras, but doesn't have the technical faculty to wield it properly... so resorts to cheap electronic manipulation and distortion "tricks" for the desired effect, which should have been achieved with skilled composition and artistic orchestration....

Yes, because he undoubtedly realised that the music itself was lacking and required a cheap gimmick to make it relatively unique.

I rather believe that any genuine artist would not defecate on the miracle of the modern symphony orchestra in this manner...

If you want to criticize the music, criticize the music. Don't bash the artist or smugly pull assumptions for the composers' conscious decisions that directly contradict reasons given in the linked interview out of thine arse. And for God's sake, don't do it in what's basically a three-way argument of guys all going, "I can't understand what you see in this awful garbage I've given a less-than-three-minute tentative listen to. That said, why can't you come around to X?"

The game's thing was in reference to evilwurst alone.

Moving on...


The Tragedy of M
Music by Yugo Kanno




Tragedy of M.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22925251/Tragedy+of+M.rar)

Speaking of what good orchestra writing should be... here is something that I have gotten back into listening. For those of you who have not listened to this, do yourself a favor and listen to some great music. I present Bruce Broughton's score to the movie Tombstone :). This is the Intrada release so it is more complete than the regular version. This is not my upload so thanks should go to WildwoodPark.

Here is the link to the thread: Thread 93098.

I really love the movie Tombstone and I feel like that was probably one of the best casts in a Western, imo. The music is sweeping and heroic, but can be playful and even visceral at times. All of these emotions are expertly portrayed to depict the struggles of the Earp family as they try to live a quiet life in an otherwise dirty and dangerous town.

Any Broughton is good Broughton. Thanks for reminding me of this.

I can't stand Tombstone really. There may be some good parts to it but most of the time I've listened to the score I haven't made it through the complete score.
Though more recently Intrada released a fantastic classic Elmer Bernstein: Cahill US Marshall CAHILL UNITED STATES MARSHAL (http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7971/.f)
And Kritzerland released David Raskin's full score for Laura: Music from the motion picture "Laura" with Music by David Raksin (http://www.kritzerland.com/Laura.htm)

The game's thing was in reference to evilwurst alone.
I only mentioned games in the context that it's music for a game, meaning the intended audience is "normal people". As in: it's probably safe to say that the composer isn't going the ultra experimental route, and probably isn't trying to please some niche experimental music critics. If that came across as disparaging of gamers, well, I seriously screwed up my word choices.


(For reference, I'm vehemently not part of any bah-humbug-games-aren't-art crowd. I probably haven't ranted about it here before, because I don't post much. Actually, I think the last time I ranted about it was back when a certain famous movie critic ran off his mouth about it before I'd even discovered this site).

I only mentioned games in the context that it's music for a game, meaning the intended audience is "normal people". As in: it's probably safe to say that the composer isn't going the ultra experimental route, and probably isn't trying to please some niche experimental music critics. If that came across as disparaging of gamers, well, I seriously screwed up my word choices.


(For reference, I'm vehemently not part of any bah-humbug-games-aren't-art crowd. I probably haven't ranted about it here before, because I don't post much. Actually, I think the last time I ranted about it was back when a certain famous movie critic ran off his mouth about it before I'd even discovered this site).

Well, read for yourself. (http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/liners/drakengard.shtml) They even readily admit Drag-On Dragoon's score, as just an example, likely wouldn't satisfy out of context, but they greatly enjoyed tinkering with orchestral music electronically the way they did and did so out of their own artistic sensibility and how that could best fit the game. Same with Remember Me or whatever it's called. ;p

Plus, I'm not sure I agree that games are made with the concerns of "normal people" in mind. They're made for...whatever the audience the game itself is aimed at, and there are countless niches and tastes out there. Not to mention, not a whole lot of "normal people" attend many Handel concerts or the like in their lifetime...

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@Akashi San Thank you for pointing out Oshima's track, I always wondered which one was hers. I thought Iwashiro's track was a four part movement on this album?

In case there are others here who are interested in Iwashiro's next work: [PV1] Suisei no Gargantia / Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy75OfrQDas) [by the makers of FMA: Star of Milos]

Oops. Thanks for pointing that out (I totally did not post the other three tracks just because I found them boring) :awsm:

Here (http://www.mediafire.com/?915ed92recd46hr) are the other three tracks in that "suite".

And on a relevant note, Ooshima had the honor to write a violin/piano piece for Hilary Hahn in 2011 (http://imgartists.com/news/hilary_hahn_announces_online_contest_to_select_her _27th_encore/) along with other well-known contemporary composers. No album is released yet, though. :(

Joe Hisaishi will also score Kaguya-hime (https://twitter.com/tsk06/status/299371564011491329), Isao Takahata's upcoming film. He will replace Shin'ichi� Ikebe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichiro_Ikebe), also a contemporary film music/contemporary classical music composer.

Dude's on a roll. Still on the look out for Tokyo Kyoudai.

In other news, Hans Zimmer declared "musical prodigee" by deranged, vigilante psychopath broken by LAPD corruption. (http://gawker.com/5982438) Truly always sobering to see the devastating effects prolonged exposure to Remote Control(and Piers Morgan) can have on the brain.

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In case there are others here who are interested in Iwashiro's next work: [PV1] Suisei no Gargantia / Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy75OfrQDas) [by the makers of FMA: Star of Milos]
Woohoo! :)

La La Land has hinted (https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/posts/10151467325183755) that they will release John Debney's Lair this year.

Berserk
Golden Age Arc

Shiro Sagisu & Masamichi Amano
The London Studio Orchestra



Download (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0KRX6D64/Berserk_-_Golden_Age_Arc.7z_links)
MP3 / 320kbps / 25 Tracks / 80 min




So here's yet another custom score of mine. I really like doing them afterall :D. This time it's a score written for a movie trilogy about the first arc of a dark fantasy epic. Berserk is a very dark and twisted story and the Golden Age Arc is perhaps the most important part of it, it's climax is one of the most shocking moments in all of fiction. So when I heared Sagisu would get the job to score it I was worried at first. Afterall a movie adaptation of berserk screams for a dramatic and symphonic "gothic" score. Personally I would have chosen Hayato Matsuo or Hirano for the project and I'm sure they would have given us something to let our jaws drop to the floor BUT I'm not at all displeased with what we got, on the contrary, given that it's Sagisu who scored it (percussion and electronics galore), we got (with the help of Amano) more or less exactly what I hoped for. There's still some of the usual Sagisu and a bunch of period music on the offical albums so I combined the orchestral parts of the three volumes (plus the guitar version of the Main Theme and the Love Theme) to a single film score.
My personal favorite is "Night of the Eclipse", basically Amano's take on the Main Theme and absolutly stunning. "The Siege of Doldrey" is also something to behold.
I really enjoyed the movies as well and hope the third film is every bit as good as the score written for it. The Berserk Saga project will also continue, either in the form of another series of movies or OVAs, so hopefully we will hear even more of this excellent music (even more so when the influence of Amano is getting so strong he becomes the lead composer).



Enjoy

Here we go again, no music destroying distortion in this one, but the EQ (to just a few tracks, so the material would mesh) may aggravate .some.


JOHN WILLIAMS: 1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark Complete Score



Tracklist:1. Raiders March (2:30)
2. In The Jungle (4:14)
3. The Idol Temple (3:56)
4. Escape From The Temple (1:41)
5. Flight From Peru (2:24)
6. Washington Men / Indy's Home [#] (1:05)
7. A Thought For Marion / To Nepal (2:12)
8. The Medallion (2:54)
9. Flight To Cairo (1:30)
10. The Basket Game (5:03)
11. Bad Dates [#] (1:13)
12. The Map Room: Dawn (3:56)
13. Reunion In The Tent/Searching For The Well (4:11)
14. The Well Of The Souls (5:30)
15. Uncovering The Ark (5:32)
16. Marion Thrown Into The Pit (0:33)
17. The Statue (0:42)
18. Indy Rides The Statue [#] (1:08)
19. Escaping The Pit (2:09)
20. The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing (4:37)
21. Desert Chase (8:17)
22. Marion's Theme/The Crate (2:10)
23. The German Sub (1:22)
24. Ride To The Nazi Hideout (3:19)
25. Indy Follows The Ark (1:40)
26. The Miracle Of The Ark (6:07)
27. Washington Ending & Raiders March (6:52)
28. Reunion In The Tent/Searching For The Well (Short) (4:02)
29. Desert Chase (Short) (7:33)

Link:
LINK (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22930428/ROTLACS.zip) Sourced from Concord, Prototype, and DCC CD/LP, I edited the Escape from the Temple insert from the boots into the opening of the cue, .and used the Escaping the Pit Alternate/Insert from some files I received.

Berserk
Golden Age Arc


friend klnerfan
Masamichi Amano is a composer that I must listen.
Herr Salat and you always have rejoiced with his works.
Thank you



Brasil 2014

Space Brothers is a good example where guitars are used as a part of the orchestra, not as the lead instrument. I believe every instrument, even synth, can sometimes be used to enrich the orchstral sound. Hirano, Yamashita and Sahashi really are masters in this field (Hirano is a genius beyond all comprehension anyway).

The First Step to Glory II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXk9Bps9Bnc) Hirano

Element Hunters Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyAWMH69caY) Sahashi

Force of Mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D5eHLolL6g) Yamashita

The problem is most people don't know how to use them as "instruments" and most of the time it's just layers and layers of samples.


the 2nd that and 3rd track are so going on my ipod thank you :)

Here we go again, no music destroying distortion in this one, but the EQ (to just a few tracks, so the material would mesh) may aggravate .some.


JOHN WILLIAMS: 1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark Complete Score

Tracklist:1. Raiders March (2:30)
2. In The Jungle (4:14)
3. The Idol Temple (3:56)
4. Escape From The Temple (1:41)
5. Flight From Peru (2:24)
6. Washington Men / Indy's Home [#] (1:05)
7. A Thought For Marion / To Nepal (2:12)
8. The Medallion (2:54)
9. Flight To Cairo (1:30)
10. The Basket Game (5:03)
11. Bad Dates [#] (1:13)
12. The Map Room: Dawn (3:56)
13. Reunion In The Tent/Searching For The Well (4:11)
14. The Well Of The Souls (5:30)
15. Uncovering The Ark (5:32)
16. Marion Thrown Into The Pit (0:33)
17. The Statue (0:42)
18. Indy Rides The Statue [#] (1:08)
19. Escaping The Pit (2:09)
20. The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing (4:37)
21. Desert Chase (8:17)
22. Marion's Theme/The Crate (2:10)
23. The German Sub (1:22)
24. Ride To The Nazi Hideout (3:19)
25. Indy Follows The Ark (1:40)
26. The Miracle Of The Ark (6:07)
27. Washington Ending & Raiders March (6:52)
28. Reunion In The Tent/Searching For The Well (Short) (4:02)
29. Desert Chase (Short) (7:33)

Link:
LINK (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22930428/ROTLACS.zip) Sourced from Concord, Prototype, and DCC CD/LP, I edited the Escape from the Temple insert from the boots into the opening of the cue, .and used the Escaping the Pit Alternate/Insert from some files I received.

Interesting, I'm listening to a 22 track film version someone posted a while ago on a torrent site and it is quite good, also from multiple sources.

Anybody want Kosuke Yamashita's "Nobunaga no Yabou -Tendou-" and "Nobunaga no Yabou -Kakushin-" ???
Quite beautiful. I just need to familiarize myself with a way to present it in a clean fashion here on this thread, so that navigation is easy and inspiration inextricable.

Sure, endymione :'D

Kosuke Yamashita
Nobunaga no Yabou Tendou Original Soundtrack
Composed, Arranged and most likely conducted by Kosuke Yamashita
Performed by the Tendou Orchestra and Choir (I had difficulties gaining any profitable information regarding this mysterious orchestra,
but they play well enough)

Should please those allready enamoured by Yamashita, or simply lovers of beautiful music.
Though not the soundtrack of the century, it's filled with adventure, enjoy


Nobunaga Tendou.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22937362/Nobunaga+Tendou.rar)
mp3 320kbps

Edit : Will upload Nobunaga no Yabou -Kakushin- Original Soundtrack as soon as i can.

Many thanks indeed! The Nobunaga's Ambition series has something of a tradition in recent years which is to name the orchestra after the game. Hence the credits in other scores by Yamashita; performed by the Kakushin Orchestra, and the Tenka Sousei Orchestra. In reality, they're simply the standard freelancing Japanese studio musicians who turn up on every single score. :)

The Nobunaga's Ambition series has something of a tradition in recent years which is to name the orchestra after the game. Hence the credits in other scores by Yamashita; performed by the Kakushin Orchestra, and the Tenka Sousei Orchestra. In reality, they're simply the standard freelancing Japanese studio musicians who turn up on every single score.

Cool, thanks for the information mate :D Though i feel a bit silly, the game is called Tendou after all, i should have been able to connect the HUGE swirling singing dots!!!
...i'm probably just very tired.

Salaam

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Genso Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Kentaro Haneda
Now this is a true gem for me. I grew up playing Suikoden, and it truly is a paragon of emotional and experimental narratives, as far as video games are concerned, but my god, the music, the melodies...It was the first game that inexorably altered my preconception of the boarders surrounding the video game worlds, and that beautiful melodies doesn't have to be communicated by a tempestuous orchestra...even though that is most definitely desired and sought after
Anyway, here is a little something that i would like to share, in case some of you have not yet heard it
This is a collection of orchestral/ensemble arrangements by a multitude of great composers, based on themes composed by Miki Higashino
Kosuke Yamashita, Michiru Oshima, Hiroshi Takaki all make an appearance on this album, and Kentaro Haneda plays Piano and Harpsichord on most of the pieces
It's not a grand, soul-shattering symphony, but there are some truly, truly wonderfull moments in here, especially if you have grown up with the games (and loved them) but mostly if you just like to feel deep emotions and like to dream
suikoden kenhaneda.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22937772/suikoden+kenhaneda.rar)
sadly the quality of the mp3's, mind you, vary, but nothing below 150 kbps

I hope you all like

Here's another entry in my "Actually Purchased In Tokyo" series which I started last year; I still have about three discs to go and I had totally forgotten about this one... until Sora No Woto appeared, and I figured it was time to continue with the recent run of Michiru Oshima we've had... So, here is a disc I don't think has been shared online at all, despite its release last September...


Composed and Conducted by Michiru Oshima
Gokusen - The Movie (2009)
(Studio Orchestra)


Please Re Upload



Brasil 2014

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Lennertz Christopher Saint Sinner download please ?????

Nobunaga no Yabou -Kakushin- Original Soundtrack
Kosuke Yamashita
2005
Tags are in original Japanese (i could not find translations of the titles anywhere, and i respectfully refrained from attempting to translate them myself)
mp3 320 kbps

Nobunaga Kakushin.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22940037/Nobunaga+Kakushin.rar)

Enjoy



Salaam

FUZJKO IN PARIS
Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, piano
Artis-Quartet Vienna

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 4 Tracks | 46:26 | 298 MB

Release Date: 31.10.2007
Recording: Paris, Salle Gaveau, 19.12.2006 (Live)
Label: Universal Music Classical
Catalog Number: UCCD-1198



1. Summertime from "Porgy and Bess", for piano and string quartet
2. Piano Concert No. 1 in E minor, for solo piano and string quartet: First Movement - Allegro maestoso
3. Second Movement - Romance: Larghetto
4. Third Movement - Rondo: Vivace

Track 1 - Composer: George Gerschwin (1898-1937) | Arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano
Tracks 2-4 - Composer: Fr�d�ric Chopin (1810-1894) | Arrangement for String Quartet by Othmar M�ller (Artis-Quartet Vienna)

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!4p0gAT6C!ZSJBFSxKU0YOUQy687LBvAKbXLwI1Uj3ZvwPwIE tOA4
or
http://www.adrive.com/public/Dhv6Ua (http://www.adrive.com/public/Dhv6Ua/)

Mr. Herr Salat, you should listen to more Chopin! I recommend Nocturnes and Etudes which are beautiful staples of every pianists' repertoire. :D
And a big thanks to endymione for reminding me of the Genso Suikoden arrange album. I have it in higher quality and will post it later...

FUZJKO IN PARIS
Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, piano
Artis-Quartet Vienna





THX Herr Salat

Yes you should absolutely listen to more Chopin. My first introduction really was Eternal Sonata and the pieces used on there and it got me to look for more.

Interesting, I'm listening to a 22 track film version someone posted a while ago on a torrent site and it is quite good, also from multiple sources.

Is it the "righteous edition" or whatever?

From what I remember, the unreleased tracks were really hissy and warped. (which is not the case in my version, however one of the cues has clipping, but is much clearer than in other edits)

Genso Suikoden Music Collection Produced by Kentaro Haneda [FLAC]

EDIT: Go here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/lossless-video-game-soundtrack-thread-v2-126974/10.html#post2274207) to get this album.

Here is the very enjoyable album in high quality that endymione posted earlier (Not trying to steal any thunder from endymione's MP3 share, of course) :D

And as a bonus, here is one cute/charming opening cue to an anime series from last season. I don't want to upload the whole album since it's not orchestral even in the vaguest sense...

LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9z1fkjc22hcsof4)

Akashi, thanks for uploading the Suikoden album in a higher quality!

No problem. Thank you for reminding me how delightful the album is! It would have rotted away in my hard drive otherwise. :)
Again, I'm posting something not orchestral but this is a wonderful album played by real acoustic instruments! I'll post a 100% symphonic album really soon (still waiting for one on mail)

EDIT: Decided to not clutter up this thread with non-orchestral music. Go here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/lossless-video-game-soundtrack-thread-v2-126974/10.html#post2274207) to retrieve what I uploaded. :D

Omoide Poroporo
Kurashikaru Ansanburu
Only Yesterday
Classical Ensemble
Composed and Arranged by Katsu Hoshi

Omohide Poro Poro Classical Ensemble.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22946106/Omohide+Poro+Poro+Classical+Ensemble.rar)

i haven't seen this around, so i just uploaded it, in case anyone wanted it

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what the flippin heck is happening to my posts!!!??? they are switching around and melting into one-another and doing crazy things! ffshrine needs an exorcist...

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what the bleeding flip happened to my "the cat returns soundtrack" upload...?? this is why my activity has been non-existant for so long, because i'm haunted, and shit just goes to heck whenever i touch anything...anyway, here it is again.

Yuji Nomi. Beautiful. Not Hisaishi beautiful, but just nice. Tokyo Philharmonic and Czech Philharmonic chamber orchestra. bla bla bla, here you go - Neko no Ongaeshi Orijinaru Saundotorakku.rar | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22946053/Neko_no_Ongaeshi_Orijinaru_Saundotorakku_rar)

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.....i give up. goodbye.

endymione, there's a Questions, Feedback, Assistance here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/questions-feedback-assistance/). Maybe they can help you if you provide them a screenshot showing your posting problem.

Some promising music for Free-to-play MMO War Thunder. Soundtrack release is almost certain.

War Thunder: Preview 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yuHuSMxVs)
War Thunder: Preview 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpY8PNHp6c)

Composed by Jeremy Soule.
Music performed by Baltic Symphony Orchestra

The amount of Engrish on both that YouTube page as well as the official site is awe inspiring. A fine balance between making sense and "WTF".

I don't think that's Engrish... it seems like "idiots who can't spell" to me... ;)

And the music is dreadful. ;) (Sorry, but let's be honest... you expect this from me and would be disappointed if I didn't say so.)

The day that Tangotreats likes anything by Jeremy Soule is the same day that Vagabond and Berserk come out on a monthly basis.

2. "The Magic Match" - Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup Video Game Soundtrack - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmDVVU8i7Q&list=PL0360678390A52A97) :P

Still not anywhere near the calibre Soule thinks he is, but rather nice all the same.

In other news Oshima will score original scifi-romantic animation film "Hal" (release in June). Perhaps a more lighthearted, romantic score (judging by the trailer) but we're getting all the drama and bombast we need with Tempest just around the corner. Let's see how long it will take to appear on the internet, I don't think I can handle another Space Brothers case.

I reckon Tempest will show up pretty quickly...

Music of Richard Addinsell [FLAC/CUE/LOG]



Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wcwrrls2w0uwu)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/?g7ne9qe9ay940st)


wimpel69 uploaded his MP3 rip here (Thread 119985), but it's no longer available. I made a FLAC rip from my CD for those who missed it.

Enjoy!

Music of Richard Addinsell [FLAC/CUE/LOG]



Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/?m2wcwrrls2w0uwu)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/?g7ne9qe9ay940st)


wimpel69 uploaded his MP3 rip here (Thread 119985), but it's no longer available. I made a FLAC rip from my CD for those who missed it.

Enjoy!

Thank You for FLAC Akashi San!!!

I reckon Tempest will show up pretty quickly...

I sure hope so.

chad seiters star trek score is fucking awesome.
this is 2 of 120mins
The Ultimate Co-Op Experience - Star Trek: The Video Game - Making The Game - Part 1 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRFXAcniuO0)
Giacchinos Star Trek with the badassnes of Fracture.Gimme!

Tangotreats rebuttal in 3...2...1...

i don�t think there is reason for it.fracture was fantastic and thematicly strong and symphony of the godess is stunning and continues to evolve with additional concert pieces every few concerts,man i hope one day a collection of all the concert pieces comes out on cd.

Hrm. I'm not sure how I feel about the 2009 theme being in the game, unless the game also overlaps with parts of the movie.

I guess I've been associating the 2009 themes only with the 2009 movie, as opposed all of Star Trek or all of the TOS reboot movie series. In other words, I thought those were the themes of those specific events, not "this is the new theme of the Enterprise". I guess we'll find out when Into Darkness is out?

I'm sorry if it has been posted...

Takayuki Hattori - Karei naru Ichizoku OST (2007)
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Takayuki Hattori.

(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/karei.jpg/)

The quality is 128kbps and the titles have not been tagged properly. I'm really sorry for it >.< I haven't found better quality yet, but this should do until better rips are found.

VBR -V1:

http://www.adrive.com/public/Vr6yHK

Source: Xiami (http://www.xiami.com/album/203245)

Tangotreats rebuttal in 3...2...1...

Am I that predictable?

Seriously, though... this is pretty bad. Though there are some promising facets; most notably, Seiter seems to be recognised that the 2009's theme isn't really a theme, it's a motif - and not a very good one, at that. It works best when it's driving something else - as in the fanfare at the beginning, and in the action cue at 1:24, where it receives a significant expansion, shifts to major key, etc - it almost becomes a theme in its own right...

That said, the music in this trailer is mostly themeless, as is the modern style. I'm not going to write off the score yet - I think it's going to have some genuniely impressive moments - but I'm not expecting too much from Chad Seiter, who proved himself completely not up to the challenge of Zelda and who isn't really progressing at all from his "Chris Tilton's Assistant" style - which, given that Tilton himself is stuck in "Michael Giacchino's Assistant" style... doesn't really give him a lot of hope.

Still... it could've been worse. I'm tentatively intrigued.

2. "The Magic Match" - Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup Video Game Soundtrack - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmDVVU8i7Q&list=PL0360678390A52A97) :P

Still not anywhere near the calibre Soule thinks he is, but rather nice all the same.

I like his scores to the Harry Potter games. Better than Hannigan's offerings, imo. Thanks for sharing, Tango!

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Some promising music for Free-to-play MMO War Thunder. Soundtrack release is almost certain.

War Thunder: Preview 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yuHuSMxVs)
War Thunder: Preview 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpY8PNHp6c)

Composed by Jeremy Soule.
Music performed by Baltic Symphony Orchestra

I am glad to see Soule get the chance to use a real orchestra. I liked Skyrim and Guild Wars 2, but nothing beats real instruments played by real people ;). The previews remind me so much of Total Annihilation mixed with a little bit of Medal of Honor.

Tango - no surprise you aren't impressed by him because he is essentially using the Giacchino style, that both of us seem less affected by than the general group of film score fans. I'll give it a listen though if it gets a release and see if it is any better.

Scary, I had the exact same thought as Tango regarding Star Trek, the whole theme/motif thing. I have no expectations for the new Star Trek unless Giacchino goes into full Goldsmith pastiche mode. Seriously, it has been almost 10 years since Giacchino wrote music like Secret Weapons over Normandy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Wyz0-9rVI) (which I highly recommend when playing War Thunder).

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Guuuuurgh...

Dammit ^^

Well, that trailer didn't do much for me... It's definitely not up to the usual Oshima standard. :(

It's time for some...


GAVRILL MOTHERFUCKING POPOV
SYMPHONY NO.1
London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein
FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 18 Tracks | 1:05:24 | 335 MB



https://mega.co.nz/#!Bg1DUSwB!fdbq3iDvIqqICHOcSyai3k4-9UhfiGAepXGX-zMvNgo
or
http://www.adrive.com/public/ssju96

A little history:

Gavrill Popov was a ninja from the far east who often dabbled in composing. He conceived of this symphony during the physical act of love, then wrote it by carving the notes into the Berlin Wall (which later crumbled.) After it was first performed Stalin banned this symphony from ever being played again, so one night as Stalin slept, Popov broke into his bedroom and banned him from ever breathing again. The symphony later went on to become the national anthem for the whole universe.

Also included is an early peace by some dude named Shostakovich.

Nessa no Hoshi Orchestrated Illusion Image Album

Music by Kiyoyuki Yoshikawa
Performed by Moscow International Symphonic Orchestra


Album Information (http://vgmdb.net/album/4054)

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?os0fcgfgvdlc93i)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?co49ke8odoeau7m)

I finally got this in the mail, only to be disappointed by the atrocious sound quality. Moscow Symphony+1997=1970's recording acoustics? This is quite puzzling. :( Oh well, at least I'm getting the decent music out of its grave.

My rip in FLAC. Enjoy!

Crikey... I could forgive even THIS http://www.mediafire.com/?1pi0z6jufkdi1us level of sound quality for music as a good as this...

Thank you! :D

Well, Sahashi's first Sentai score since 1998 passes the first test - he has real people playing it! There's not a whole heap of orchestral score in the first episode - most of it is noise and the "cool" stuff you'd expect in episode one... but right at the end there's a smashing little orchestral cue that's pure, vintage, old school Sahashi. So far, very promising indeed!

In other Sahashi news, his latest drama score - Dinner - is out shortly. It's tuneful, unlike his two other recent efforts - an atrocious electronica ambient score for Koko Nyushi, and the equally drab and forgettable Super GUREITO Wonderful Heroic Police Detective Totori!!!!!!!!! (I forget the actual name... suffice to say, it's something in that ballpark.)

I think it's another cheapie, a-la Saint Seiya... but it might be worth a spin.

Symphonic Sentai
Orchestral selections from the Super Sentai Series
Hiroshi Takaki, Kousuke Yamashita, Megumi Ohashi
Studio Orchestra



MP3 at various bitrates. Shinkenger and Gokaiger at 320kbps. Go-Busters is my own rip at -V0. Magiranger bonus tracks at 256kbps. Boukenger bonus track at 192kbps.

If anybody is wondering about the cover, it's the Boston Symphony Orchestra; the legs belong to Charles Dutoit.

Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!Qlxi0CwD!fMI66QkHMmqYwiv7OXUi5EX2Sq9P7yxj43b9lyn CAiE
GO4UP (various mirrors): http://go4up.com/dl/1HXBDii6eFSJ
Gamefront: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22964918/VA-SS-MP3.rar


I'm not sure if I will be able to stand it. [Gokaiger] was painful. Sometimes I really have difficulty figuring out exactly what it is you hear in scores. I have difficulty conceiving exactly how these scores belong in this thread. - Anonymous Poster With Tin Ear. ;)

Hopefully you'll enjoy this because I spent all bloody weekend on it... The Super Sentai series has some genuinely magnificent music - but as some of you will know, the presentation leaves a lot to be desired. You have to plow through literally dozens of CDs of trash and radio drama and electronic filler and multiple variations of tacky electric guitar theme music... Multiple cues are squished together in the same track, making it difficult to filter out the good stuff. it's easy to get lost. So, I have taken it upon myself to prepare three orchestral suites from three recent Super Sentai series, with cues cherry-picked and re-ordered to provide a satisfying listening experience. Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012) with music by Megumi Ohashi, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011) with music by Kousuke Yamashita, and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009) with music by Hiroshi Takaki. Because my intention was to produce a CD-sized compilation, due to my slightly-off timing calculations, there are three bonus tracks - two from Yamashita's earlier Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) and one from Kotaro Nakagawa's GoGo Sentai Boukenger.

The compilation runs for 77 minutes and is non stop symphonic music - no electric guitars, no cheap Japanese jazz, and no annoying drama segments. Incidentally, the scores are presented in the order they're in (2009, 2012, 2011) because I wanted to put the weakest score in the middle so the album could begin and finish on something great. There is method in my madness. :D

For a fan of orchestral music, Sentai music is difficult to enjoy without putting in some effort. The intention of this compilation is twofold; first, to provide an "easy route in" for people who may be wondering what sort of scores they actually are, and second to make a good and enjoyable album of music to be taken upon its own merits.


Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009)
Music by Hiroshi Takaki - Time: 19:29

Shinkenger was, in many ways, an antidote to the brightly-coloured silliness of 2008’s Engine Sentai Go-Onger, featuring traditional Japanese influences and a more grown-up story. Hiroshi Takaki was fresh from Tytania when he scored Shinkenger; and although his score does pay lip service to the Sentai “house style” it has a great deal in common with the earlier sci-fi score. Takaki’s music is full of brassy heroism, and surprisingly tender romanticism.


Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012)
Music by Megumi Ohashi Time: 20:44

Scoring the show *after* the big budget 35th anniversary spectacular must have surely been a thankless task. Her score is prototypical Sentai, following the house style to the letter. It’s a good score, traversing the expected range of moods… but at the same time, it’s relatively unremarkable and does not particularly stand comparison to its predecessor. Nevertheless, it’s very listenable, heaps of fun, and pushes all the right Sentai buttons; overall an enjoyable piece of work.


Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011)
Music by Kousuke Yamashita - Time: 31:06

Gokaiger; truly the gold standard of Super Sentai scores. Announced as a prestigious, celebratory series marking the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai, there really could be only one logical choice for composer – and sure enough, Kousuke Yamashita returned to the series for the first time since 2005’s Magiranger. Yamashita’s score plays it completely straight – as an ambitious pirate adventure with romance, action, grand heroism, evil villains, and life-and-death situations; a rambunctious, old fashioned battle between good and evil. Driven by memorable melodies, this intricately thematic and meticulously orchestrated score must surely rate as the finest Sentai score of all time.


Bonus Tracks:

Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) (Music by Kousuke Yamashita) - Two delightful cues from Yamashita’s first venture into Sentai. The first is a relentlessly cheerful orchestral version of the opening theme song. The second is an all-guns-firing brassy “finale” cue.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger (2006) (Music by Kotaro Nakagawa) - A genuinely frustrating composer. His score for Boukenger frequently buries the (large) orchestra under his trademark electronic, but lurking in between are a handful of wonderful moments. This cue is a beautifully dreamy, mysterious piece with some light (sensible) electronics, building to a powerful brassy climax; ending the album in style.

Symphonic Sentai
Orchestral selections from the Super Sentai Series
Hiroshi Takaki, Kousuke Yamashita, Megumi Ohashi
Studio Orchestra



Oh my! Did you have this in your arsenal? :O

Ted, he "spent all bloody weekend on it". It's a custom compilation :'D

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. If the music is as glorious as that cover, I'll be thoroughly pleased. Thank you. :awsm:

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Well... here are the first few samples of Bungie's "Destiny" project by Martin O'Donnell.

Link 1: Destiny Soundtrack Music Samples [Bungie&#39;s Destiny Reveal] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwZxU6VUNs)
Link 2: Destiny Pathways Out of Darkness - Gameplay Trailer Vidoc [HD] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWS8vdXri80)

The first link contains two pieces but I love both of them. The first is an emotional tour de force and the choral writing of the second piece is just gorgeous. The second video is the official ViDoc from Bungie and contains more samples from the score. The part at the 3:29 mark gave me goosebumps! The bass note is what really made those chords so unique. What I have gleaned from internet sources, O'Donnell has already finished recording 50 minutes with a 160 piece orchestra at Abbey Road with most tracks clocking in at 5-7 minutes. I am so looking forward to this as I love O'Donnell's style!

[Patented Tango negativity alert ahead. Here be dragons.]

160 piece orchestra? Come off it. Who said that? Even Wagner didn't go that high. Why is that second link playing synthesiser music against images of musicians in Abbey Road?

As for the music itself, well, it's utterly atrocious. The segments that are played by an orchestra sound like electronic shit. Amazing how you can take an allegedly 160 piece orchestra (more than twice the number of musicians on f**ing STAR WARS, for Christ's sake) and make it sound like a bunch of keyboards. That's what incompetent composition and lacklustre orchestration will do for you, every single time. Clearly this project had a whole heap of money behind it... pity it didn't have sense in equal measure.

Christ... can you imagine. 160 piece orchestra in Abbey Road, and you make them play THIS? Holy crap. I would cut off my dick with a rusty bread knife for just five minutes with that orchestra...

*sigh*

Really tango? You call this shit? After listening to that travesty with that French composer? Come now, I know you can't be that unreasonable. Now, the opening action piece of the first video was decent at best, but the chorus that followed? That was pretty damn good - it created a great sense of mystery and dread.

We'll see how this goes. I don't subscribe to the party of "Halo is the greatest musical contribution to Video Games", but I do think it was very good. I'm excited to see what Salvatori contributes to Destiny.

...and goddamnit Bungie, I know you were a Mac developer once but give us PC gamers some love for Christs' sakes!

By Tango's suggestion (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/444.html#post2243702) from some weeks ago, I decided to check out Ali Project's Gothic Opera and Grand Finale, both of which are arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano. Really, really good stuff in both albums. The vocal might be a little off putting for those who grew up with western female singers, but the tunes are immensely enjoyable! I especially like the last track of Gothic Opera, which is basically Mahler's 5th (Adagietto) with her singing on top. Strangely enough, I found this version to be a very efficient, truncated version of the original. So, big thanks to Tango for the recommendation! I also have both albums in lossless if anyone wants them.

Thanks Tango. Mr. Tin Ear will give it a true listen :D (maybe two!)

I would cut off my dick with a rusty bread knife for just five minutes with that orchestra...

*sigh*

Well that did make me laugh at least ;).

Oh and Doublehex, this game will be for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC ;). Despite Tango's negativity to this score, I remain optimistic but then again everyone's tastes are different. I thought Halo 4 was a piece of crap that isn't worth the title of calling it music; however, there are people who felt the score was a fresh and innovative turn to the music of Halo. Davidge has about as much skill in writing as a tone deaf hobo under a bridge, but that is just my opinion.

John Williams to Return for More Star Wars? - IGN (http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/18/john-williams-to-return-for-more-star-wars)

A new hope? (couldn't resist)

Well... here are the first few samples of Bungie's "Destiny" project by Martin O'Donnell.

Link 1: Destiny Soundtrack Music Samples [Bungie's Destiny Reveal] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFwZxU6VUNs)

That "thematic" piece at the beginning of this video represents everything that's gone wrong with film music and game music since the huge Zimmer influence of the early 90s. It's a rock song played by an orchestra. Here's a hint to anyone having trouble hearing it: try filtering out the melody line and just listen to the notes in the bass (trombones and low strings).

0:00 - D minor
0:16 - D C G Bb (repeat)
0:30 - G Eb G F Eb F G
0:45 - Bb C G D Eb F C
0:59 - G Eb G F Eb F G
(repeat again and again)

It's music like this that appeals to the masses: it's very simple, and it sounds like the stuff you hear on the radio, but played by an orchestra.

Giacchino is better at orchestration, but his Star Trek does not escape the pop music-influence:

Here's the bass line of the Star Trek theme from track 01 of the 2009 soundtrack (same D minor key as above, obviously...):

D Bb Eb A

Then it plays the exact same thing a second time, the only difference being the melody goes up instead of down. Genius!

D Bb Eb A

While I like the tritone from Eb to A because it sounds otherworldly (exactly what Horner used for the bassline of Spock's theme from Wrath of Khan) the new Star Trek theme is still a simple 4-chord riff. This was probably done intentionally to help "connect" to new, younger audiences, and we will probably see more of this simplification of film scoring to come with the new Star Warses.

edit: Wow, just as I was typing this it's announced Williams may return afterall? Sweet!

Sorry everyone, but I guess the first track called Reveal is not from the game. The only official track in it is the choir piece at the end.

Did any of you not like O'Donnell and Salvatori's music for the Halo franchise?

I simply cannot believe that Williams would even CONSIDER coming back for these movies. He said he'd had enough of Star Wars in 2005, and now he's actively pursuing the new franchise?

If he wants to do it... they'd be bloody fools to turn him down.

Do not underestimate their ability to be bloody fools.

Giacchino will score these movies, or at least the first one.

I think you're probably right, Tango. They've made a big deal about making a break from the "old" generation of filmmakers with these new Star Wars movies; otherwise Steven Spielberg would have been first in line to direct Episode VII. Giacchino will get the gig, I have almost no doubt about that.

Unfortunately, I'd say that comment was likely just wishful thinking on the part of Williams and is probably indicative that he's been kept out of the loop. The line about "more work with George" is particularly telling, since Star Wars is now Abrams' and Kennedy's show.

Streich - I wish your post made sense to me but I have no idea what you are saying except that they took rock riffs and played them to orchestra. Then again, a list of notes that way doesn't really mean much to me.

He's showing that, compositionally, the music is nothing more than drab mainstream rock... and that it's repetitive, cliched, and boring. ;)

Well, if what people are saying are true, that first track in the ViDoc isn't even from Destiny, so criticizing O'Donnel over it is kinda stupid.

I'm just writing out the bass line measure for measure. Rock music tends to have one harmony (chord) per measure, which means the fundamental purpose of the bass line (played by the bass guitar) will be to play one note per measure.

This is a simplification, but it is accurate for the purposes of analysis. Of course bass guitar players will play more than just one note per measure, but if they do, it is merely an elaboration of a standard "one chord per measure" harmony.

If the song is in 4/4 time, then each note will be sustained for 4 beats per measure. This will create a sound we refer to as "block chords." It is one of the most simplistic and derivative ways to write music. When I write out the Star Trek theme as D Bb Eb A, I am indicating that the first measure is a D chord with the trombones (bass guitar) playing a D, the second measure is a Bb chord, and the third and forth measures are Eb and A.

Four measures, four chords, four notes in the bass line. It sounds silly and amateurish and has little place in Star Trek, but then again, it's not like Star Trek is a thinking man's franchise anymore anyway.

14 Sai no Haha Original Soundtrack [MP3 V0]
Music by Kan Sawada and Yuu Takami



LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/?2354q2bi5c4tk92)

Hanazakari no Kimitach e Original Soundtrack[MP3 320]
Music by Yuu Takami and Shin Kouno



LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/?wv9nyqh89xd44ky)

Like most J-drama soundtracks, they have some feel-good yet forgettable tracks with what some people may classify as "schmaltzy" orchestral music. For listeners who don't want to bother with going through these, I'll later list which tracks are purely orchestral (if I feel less lazy).

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I already have that one, but don't remember if I got it from here. Since the link is down, may I ask for a re-upload of the scans only?

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I'm so tempted to drop $100 on the Zetsuen no Tempest blu-ray just for the soundtrack. What are the chances that we will have a case of Space Brothers Soundtrack 1 where it was unavailable for months before it surfaced the web? :(

I'm sure it will come quickly enough.

a) It's Oshima.
b) Tempest is big news.
c) It's only $100 as opposed to $400 for Space Brothers.

Besides, the moral of the Space Brothers story is that you wait and wait and wait, nothing happens, then some poor bugger caves in and buys it, and 24 hours later suddenly somebody uploads it. ;)

I just wish Tempest hadn't taken such a massive turn half way through. I still don't know if the show will redeem itself.

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Sirus: Has Tempest got crap? Is it the old 26-episode anime syndrome "oops we don't have enough story so here are ten episodes of stupid shit" or something else? :(

I thought the show had a good premise but never executed it well. Oshima's FANTABULOUS score is the only saving grace for that show but sadly, the general population is treating it like every other anime soundtrack.

Sirus: Has Tempest got crap? Is it the old 26-episode anime syndrome "oops we don't have enough story so here are ten episodes of stupid shit" or something else? :(

Well my guess is they ran out of story and tacked on something different. Without spoiling anything, they pretty much got to Episode 12 with a big finale and showdown that it had been building up to. After that, the story spent one or two episodes explaining what happened and then it completely shifted focus such that half the time I am wondering if the stuff we are seeing is filler. I'm barely satisfied by what we have going for it now to keep watching but my boyfriend insists that it has something worth waiting for so I'm hanging in there for the score. I suspect the second volume will not be anywhere near as good as the first.

Every review of Tempest I've seen has spoken very highly of the score - which is amazing not only because they're praising the score but because they're actually talking about the score at all. It's a fact, though, that whilst Oshima is a name thought of very highly in soundtrack circles, she barely registers with casual anime fans. Which is a colossal shame.

Still, the music is fantastic and clearly producers love her to pieces - enough for them to record Tempest in Moscow, which will be the first time in nearly a decade Oshima has recorded there and indeed almost as many years since any Japanese project has recorded there. I really thought Oshima's "prestige" score days were behind her - not that there's anything wrong with her domestic scores or the recent batch of Paris recordings... but magical things happen when she lets rip in Moscow. There's just some extra fizz in the writing.

As for the show, hopefully it will surprise you. It's not unheard of for an anime to start off really strong, dither around with filler in the middle, and wake up for a grand finale. In any 26 episode series there are usually between five and ten episodes that could really be exorcised completely without hurting (and possibly significantly benefiting) the story... and in 50 episode shows you can usually do away with half.

Saint Seiya Omega OST 2 has made its way online. I haven't gotten a chance to download or listen to it yet.

Well Tempest got better in the most recent episode. Hopefully it keeps it up leading to the finale. And Space Brothers is still fantastic.

...Wait, so Tempest was ever actually good? Did we see the same show? As in, the Tempest where characters who make the literal bumps on logs look like charismatic orators never not walk around in such striking locales as "Grey City" and "Grey Forest" and exposit endlessly about stupid crap nobody cares about(and remarkably makes not a wit of sense for all the info they force-feed you about it) while pretending acknowledging books exist makes you smart(right, Psycho-Pass?) and spend more collective time just infodumping on a hill than fucking Sisyphus? All while Oshima's overblown score blares over everything and highlights how astoundingly up it's own ass it all is? That Tempest?

Cause that Tempest makes me want to die a little.

(Should note that Oshima's score is of course wonderful and "overblown" is one of my favorite moods in music, but goddamn if it just never seems to fit, and the show's attempts to affect such grandiosity through it only attracts the eye to how far its reach exceeds its grasp. I'm jumping on that score standalone, but in effect it's nearly Ouran-levels of self-parody.)

thoose japanese power rangers ablums are a great listen orchestred got any more ? liek them songs orchestred

tajdjd, check out Graeme Revell's Mighy Morphin Power Rangers score (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers +-+Graeme+Revell&oq=+Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers+-+Graeme+Revell&gs_l=youtube.3...6339.6339.0.6462.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0. .0.0...0.0...1ac.1.). I haven't looked into each series' soundtrack, but that may be the only orchestral one in the franchise.

Power Rangers is all cheap electronic shit, with the sole exception of the movie, which is Graeme Revell's one and only symphonic score.

Somebody might have it losslessly (as in, physically owns the CD) and might be willing to share it if asked by PM - of course, he would be forbidden from doing so openly due to the Label That Shalt Not Be Posted embargo... But that doesn't mean this theoretical person wouldn't willingly participate in a bit of underground skulduggery...

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Well I enjoyed Tempest for the first arc of the story. Sure it may not have been as intelligent as it could have been but I enjoyed the large scope of it all that was more interesting than I usually see in anime. The last few episodes of the first arc really got epic. I thought the show did a good job bringing that back in the last episode.

I of course can't tell how accurate the quotes from Hamlet and The Tempest were because I never cared for Shakespeare.

Symphonic Sentai
Orchestral selections from the Super Sentai Series
Hiroshi Takaki, Kousuke Yamashita, Megumi Ohashi
Studio Orchestra



MP3 at various bitrates. Shinkenger and Gokaiger at 320kbps. Go-Busters is my own rip at -V0. Magiranger bonus tracks at 256kbps. Boukenger bonus track at 192kbps.

If anybody is wondering about the cover, it's the Boston Symphony Orchestra; the legs belong to Charles Dutoit.

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Hopefully you'll enjoy this because I spent all bloody weekend on it... The Super Sentai series has some genuinely magnificent music - but as some of you will know, the presentation leaves a lot to be desired. You have to plow through literally dozens of CDs of trash and radio drama and electronic filler and multiple variations of tacky electric guitar theme music... Multiple cues are squished together in the same track, making it difficult to filter out the good stuff. it's easy to get lost. So, I have taken it upon myself to prepare three orchestral suites from three recent Super Sentai series, with cues cherry-picked and re-ordered to provide a satisfying listening experience. Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012) with music by Megumi Ohashi, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011) with music by Kousuke Yamashita, and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009) with music by Hiroshi Takaki. Because my intention was to produce a CD-sized compilation, due to my slightly-off timing calculations, there are three bonus tracks - two from Yamashita's earlier Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) and one from Kotaro Nakagawa's GoGo Sentai Boukenger.

The compilation runs for 77 minutes and is non stop symphonic music - no electric guitars, no cheap Japanese jazz, and no annoying drama segments. Incidentally, the scores are presented in the order they're in (2009, 2012, 2011) because I wanted to put the weakest score in the middle so the album could begin and finish on something great. There is method in my madness. :D

For a fan of orchestral music, Sentai music is difficult to enjoy without putting in some effort. The intention of this compilation is twofold; first, to provide an "easy route in" for people who may be wondering what sort of scores they actually are, and second to make a good and enjoyable album of music to be taken upon its own merits.


Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009)
Music by Hiroshi Takaki - Time: 19:29

Shinkenger was, in many ways, an antidote to the brightly-coloured silliness of 2008�s Engine Sentai Go-Onger, featuring traditional Japanese influences and a more grown-up story. Hiroshi Takaki was fresh from Tytania when he scored Shinkenger; and although his score does pay lip service to the Sentai �house style� it has a great deal in common with the earlier sci-fi score. Takaki�s music is full of brassy heroism, and surprisingly tender romanticism.


Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012)
Music by Megumi Ohashi Time: 20:44

Scoring the show *after* the big budget 35th anniversary spectacular must have surely been a thankless task. Her score is prototypical Sentai, following the house style to the letter. It�s a good score, traversing the expected range of moods� but at the same time, it�s relatively unremarkable and does not particularly stand comparison to its predecessor. Nevertheless, it�s very listenable, heaps of fun, and pushes all the right Sentai buttons; overall an enjoyable piece of work.


Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011)
Music by Kousuke Yamashita - Time: 31:06

Gokaiger; truly the gold standard of Super Sentai scores. Announced as a prestigious, celebratory series marking the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai, there really could be only one logical choice for composer � and sure enough, Kousuke Yamashita returned to the series for the first time since 2005�s Magiranger. Yamashita�s score plays it completely straight � as an ambitious pirate adventure with romance, action, grand heroism, evil villains, and life-and-death situations; a rambunctious, old fashioned battle between good and evil. Driven by memorable melodies, this intricately thematic and meticulously orchestrated score must surely rate as the finest Sentai score of all time.


Bonus Tracks:

Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) (Music by Kousuke Yamashita) - Two delightful cues from Yamashita�s first venture into Sentai. The first is a relentlessly cheerful orchestral version of the opening theme song. The second is an all-guns-firing brassy �finale� cue.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger (2006) (Music by Kotaro Nakagawa) - A genuinely frustrating composer. His score for Boukenger frequently buries the (large) orchestra under his trademark electronic, but lurking in between are a handful of wonderful moments. This cue is a beautifully dreamy, mysterious piece with some light (sensible) electronics, building to a powerful brassy climax; ending the album in style.

Cant believe this post is gonna pass away without very few people noticing the hard recopilation work. Thanks for this! I'll try it today when i go to the Gym or doing some cardio.

And the cover is hilarious, hahaha. Nice done!

I'm so tempted to drop $100 on the Zetsuen no Tempest blu-ray just for the soundtrack.
AmiAmi sells the DVD for 5030 yen, and the BD for 6230 yen should you choose to purchase it. Cheapest you'll find outside of paying someone to forward you a package from Amazon.co.jp for the 4600 yen Vol.2 DVD LE

AmiAmi [Character & Hobby Shop] | BD Zetsuen no Tempest Vol.2 [Completely Limited Production Edition](Tentative Preorder) (http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=MED-DVD2-18032)

Tango do not get me started on Graeme Revell. His "score" for The Crow was a note for note rip off of Peter Gabriel's Passion. Pisses me off too.

Cant believe this post is gonna pass away without very few people noticing the hard recopilation work.

Indeed, this is a fantastic compilation. I previously did not give Takaki's Shinkenger much attention, what a bloody fool I was. Now I wish for a place on the internet where all Sentai, Kamen Rider and Ultraman scores are shared in flac (perhaps on an unknown Japanese site but impossible to find for someone like me).


Here's a preview of the upcoming OST for Soul Sacrifice "Melody of the Souls - main theme" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVAG7hIk3aw)

I'm still not sure what to expect, the piece is very heavy on percussion and rock (then again, some pieces of Kid Icarus are as well), perhaps the rest is more like Xenosaga (which I really love).
Wataru Hokoyama is also listed as composer so I have high hopes regardless.

By Tango's suggestion (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/444.html#post2243702) from some weeks ago, I decided to check out Ali Project's Gothic Opera and Grand Finale, both of which are arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano. Really, really good stuff in both albums. The vocal might be a little off putting for those who grew up with western female singers, but the tunes are immensely enjoyable! I especially like the last track of Gothic Opera, which is basically Mahler's 5th (Adagietto) with her singing on top. Strangely enough, I found this version to be a very efficient, truncated version of the original. So, big thanks to Tango for the recommendation! I also have both albums in lossless if anyone wants them.

I'm interested, Akashi San! :'D

Check out Tango's compilation of Hirano's long cues:

Write up (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/367.html#post1912375)
Re-up link (http://www.adrive.com/public/SK8SSn)

Announcement: It is my intention to leave the Shrine permanently by the end of this month. Thank you everybody for your kindness and generosity of the years. I'll pass around my contact details if anybody wants to stay in touch, of course. I've got a few more posts to offload then I'll be going. If you want to know why, see the Star Trek DS9 thread - particularly the vicious and sustained assault on me and the complete lack of anybody providing any moral support or assistance whatsoever.

Tango's rants are half the fun of this thread. Without them we would be horribly lost, IMHO.

Sorry I didn't involve myself in time in that thread. I read every new post, but this mob...nothing could persuade them.

:'(

It would undoubtedly have ended up with more blood. You're too much of a nice guy to get caught up in that crap, anyway...

?! I hope you are not making a hasty decision out of anger, Tango. The pitchfork attitude toward anyone who says anything other than "Thank you" exists in almost all forums, although I do think that you could have been a little softer with your criticism (it was totally valid, of course). I really hope you take back your decision to leave this forum because frankly, this thread of gold won't be the same without you. :(
For your own good and sanity, I think you should stop posting in that thread.

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Tango I think I speak for most of us when I say you are much too valuable for this thread and the shrine in general to go out like that. In many cases you were a voice of reason and above all a true goldmine of musical knowledge. It is both sad and true but most people on the interent take on a very aggressive and insulting attitude towards anyone with common sense daring to start a discussion. Everyone takes any form of argument as an insult these days. But I hope you will not leave one of these rare threads behind where discussion is actually encouraged and people have different opinions without insulting each other constantly. With you and arthierr gone this thread will definetly lose some of it's splendour.

Announcement: It is my intention to leave the Shrine permanently by the end of this month. Thank you everybody for your kindness and generosity of the years. I'll pass around my contact details if anybody wants to stay in touch, of course. I've got a few more posts to offload then I'll be going. If you want to know why, see the Star Trek DS9 thread - particularly the vicious and sustained assault on me and the complete lack of anybody providing any moral support or assistance whatsoever.

What are U, 12? Seriously, man, it's internet! People will talk shit about you, just as you say lots and lots of shit 'bout others. Yeah, I know, most of people who U bash are composers, who are not here, so U can call them morons, idiots, uneducated cretins or whatever, and say that all they do is sound of flushing toilet. Right? Grow up!!!

Tango - I appreciate that you have been having a bad week even though I don't know the details. I do hope you will learn from this experience and in a way gain a thicker skin or stop posting your criticisms on threads.

I had a guy claim that he was no longer going to post anything because I criticized the way he tagged one of his scores because I thought he used the incorrect date tags. People can't even take me nitpicking the tags without getting all butthurt and others flaming me for causing problems.

In the same way, when I try to suggest the mastering of certain scores is bad (of any score, lets not get into specifics) people on various threads tell me I'm a moron and hate the labels.

You either need to say something and be prepared for the shitstorm or you just sit back on the sidelines and do nothing.

In the end, 99% of the people spending their time posting music on the internet are insecure and can't deal with criticism. Learning to deal with criticism is a fact of life and so you either get stronger and weather the storm or get the fuck out. I know you are stronger than this though.

Bah, the same as always. This go for everyone. We have to learn to respect everyone's opinion. Facts are facts but some opinion are intended to be facts... Thats the problem.

For example, if i didnt like Sibelius a lot of people will bash me with tons of posts regarding my stupidity, etc. (Its not the case, love his symphs.), if someone who dont like Sibelius post shit about it we will bash him, etc etc. A vicious cyle, solution: Care about your personal ideas and enjoy the life, simple as that.

What are U, 12? Seriously, man, it's internet! People will talk shit about you, just as you say lots and lots of shit 'bout others. Yeah, I know, most of people who U bash are composers, who are not here, so U can call them morons, idiots, uneducated cretins or whatever, and say that all they do is sound of flushing toilet. Right? Grow up!!!

Thanks a bunch, old friend.

What are U, 12? Seriously, man, it's internet! People will talk shit about you, just as you say lots and lots of shit 'bout others. Yeah, I know, most of people who U bash are composers, who are not here, so U can call them morons, idiots, uneducated cretins or whatever, and say that all they do is sound of flushing toilet. Right? Grow up!!!

Tango has high standards. He will of course write a post, his opinion, on the latest trailer for X promising good music. In the case of Oliver Deriviere's music for Remember Me, he stated, in his view, is boring. You like it. It is personal preference. Same for Sawano which you also like and he does not. Tango criticises the music foremost.

The only time Tango uses a pejorative term against a composer you can be sure it's justified (e.g. composer X truly did something hideous in real life)

"U" are not helping at all...:'(

What are U, 12?

Wow ... so everything I said before was just me bullshitting ... I'm done.

Thank you. I have always made it a policy to never talk s**t about people - as Mr Salat observes, primarily my comments are about the music. Yes, occasionally it veers into comments about somebody's professional competence but in a professional role you have to expect that. If John Smith is a racing driver and he writes off his car on the way out of the pits and I say he's a bad driver... well, you can't really argue with that.

I have a passion for facts and I am of the (unpopular) school of thought that says that some music is better than other music (objectively) - because, to me, that's just common sense. It doesn't matter one jot if one likes it but that doesn't change what it is. I really love German eurodance electronica group E-Rotic. They sing silly songs about condoms and penises and enormous breasts ("Hey Fritz, your key fits nicely / My body opens to your touch / So ring my bell / And just entice me / I need your lovin' oh so much / Cus he's wild and Baby / When he aims, he hits / Oh, Fritz / I know you love my tits")... I've even got some of their albums. Do you think I pretend for one damn second that they're high art? Of course not. They're complete and utter shit. Any idiot can hear that. And I like them all the same.

If you're really lucky I'll post some.

To everybody... except herbaciak... Thank you. My heart is always warmed when I hear comments like that and not just because I'm in a bad mood and I need some ego-boosting praise... but because it's a sign that you can accept me as I am. I have a lot of trouble with this sort of thing in real life. I am sensitive, I am emotional, and I can't just "turn it off" because I'm on the internet. When you spend years and years getting to know people, you meet some of them for real, you talk to them on the phone, you whine to them about your problems, they send you Christmas cards, you SPEND MONEY ON THEM, and they spend money on you... you feel like you are among friends. And when members of that community turn on you without warning or provocation... well, yes, it hurts. A lot.

Apparently that makes me twelve... personally, I believe emotional freedom and openness, and the ability to express oneself emotionally is a human's greatest strength.

Some folk have no emotional sensitivity. This week, my family is preparing to commemorate ten years since my grandmother died. I got viciously rejected by a girl I asked out last week. I lost my best friend (he's not dead, he's just not my friend any more) about a month before that - my closest friend I have known since we were both nine years old. I have insomnia and I'm permanently tired and I can only sleep for two or three hours a night. I'm twenty nine in three months and I'm going bald. I have Asperger's. Etc, etc, etc. Nobody ever thinks more than two inches in front of them. Nobody ever thinks that this behind this avatar and username there is a bloody human being with problems and stresses and FEELINGS and emotions. Nope, they just launch straight in with their attacks or with their patronising "WHAT ARE U? TWELVE???!!?!" - I don't know if they genuinely think they're helping or whether they just enjoy upsetting people... but there you go.

So, in a nutshell. Yes, getting abused on this forum hurts me. I'm not stupid for letting it get to me. I'm human. I know I've been guilty of some pretty serious meltdowns here (I'm not as bad as Yannis, though!) but I think most of you know me well enough to let it pass, remind me occasionally that you think I'm basically a nice guy, and it all works out.

We do not suspend our humanity just because we're in front of computers...

And here I was thinking years of dealing with me would've made your skin thicker than that. :p

In all seriousness, pay those jokers no mind. You don't know them, they don't you. Forums can be nasty places, just what happens when you have a collective of often very young egos that just want to pirate and gab about the music they love(to pirate) but you can always find at least one place to hide from the vitriol....most of the time. You always have something worthwhile to post and something to say, and it'd be a shame to lose that.

Been suffering insomnia maself for years. It fucking sucks and destroys all desire to be productive. Protips: keep to a strict sleep schedule, never try to force yourself to sleep, cut out caffeine, booze and pills and look up vitamin-heavy diets to get your immune system back in check. Hopefully, that helps.

To cheer you up, tangotreats, I'll come out of the deep three-year hiding and tell you this. It has always been a great pleasure to read your opinionated, but also quite accurate, posts on orchestration and the quality of today's film music. A shining beacon in the sea of general acceptance of the mediocrity served to people in cinemas nowadays. Those posts were the reason for me to revisit this forum every now and then. For them I thank you and wish there will be still more to come!

I hope this announcement was only a temporary effect of all the overwhelming bad things concentrating at the same moment (balding, sleep problems, death commemoration, losing a friend, being rejected... and now a nail in the coffin - also feeling that you've lost what was perhaps considered a safe haven here) and that you will get back in a better mood soon.

Tango, it would be a great shame if you decide to follow through and leave the Shrine.

Truth be told, I've considered packing up and sailing on a few times myself. I've cut back on the time I spend on here and have avoided sharing a few things, but I haven't left. Of course, I also haven't been attacked or slandered the way you were in the DS9 thread. The prevailing attitude on this forum (and indeed the internet as a whole) is a bitter, ironic one that ridicules sentiment and carries a tremendous sense of entitlement. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter encourage mob mentality and narcissistic behavior, turning everything into a never-ending popularity contest to get as many "likes" and "retweets" and "friends" and "followers" as we can to raise our score. Horribly misogynist, homophobic, racist humor is the norm, even encouraged. Real life, real emotion, real thoughts and reflections seem to matter less and less as time marches on. Here at the Shrine, thousands swarm over five hours of music based around three chords in 4/4 time while resplendent gems go all but ignored for years. Attempts at conversation in threads beyond "Awesome" or "Thanks" are greeted with hostility. Shares that have been labored over for hours/days/weeks are greeted with "FLAC?" or "MP3" or "GameFront or bust." It becomes soul-crushing after a while. You wonder, "Is this it? Is this really what life has to offer?"

But there are bright spots, too. The occasional charity case on Reddit. Reconnecting with a lost friend. A kid discovering Jerry Goldsmith. This thread is one of those bright spots, and you, my friend, are one of the brightest candles within it. Your humor and passion for music has been infectious and inspiring; I lurked on this forum for a long time, but it was the dialogue in this thread, particularly involving you and streichorchester, that motivated me to grow a pair and start participating. The discourse on this thread has usually been friendly, engaging, and filled with thoughtful analysis not only of the music shared and discussed within but a variety of topics, up to and including life itself. You have been a big part of that.

You were bullied in the other thread and you've been having a rather rough time lately. We've all been there. Coincidentally, tonight is the fourth anniversary of my brother's death. I'm still in love with my best friend who lives almost 9000 miles away and who doesn't love me back. I'm stuck in a menial, shit job with shit pay and unpredictable hours. The world is dark and people are cruel -- past, present, and future. But there are also the lights that burn through the darkness.

Focus on the lights, let them drown out the rest. Focus on being one of the lights, and others will shine for you.

Ouch. I've walked away from forums that got toxic before, so I can kind of relate. But I like to think this thread is an interesting subset that is plenty "safe". I haven't actually looked at the rest of the site, to be honest.

Re:Zetsuen no Tempest anime plotline: it's mostly following the source (manga). I don't watch this for seriousness, I watch it for how the characters react to absurdity, and the flashbacks of the one girl teasing the guy :). And the music too, yes.

Tango,

I know that we have disagreed on things musical before, but I have learned many a thing about music from our discussions. For this, you have my utmost respect. You have made this thread better for it and I hope you will reconsider your present course. However, with that being said you should do what you feel you must do. It has been an immense pleasure, sir. I wish you well and perhaps one day our paths will cross again. Best of luck, Tango!

So what, seriously... You are 12?;D Nah, just kidding. Don't get me wrong, I value your opinion (even if for most of the time I don't agree with you) and I actually think that your taste is quite ok. You shouldn't talk about E-Rotic though (oh, I remember them...). The problem is that IT IS INTERNET. You are not only person alive here, some people here are smarter, some are dumber, some emotional, some cold as ice and some are ignorants. You are sometimes all of them at once. So do I. My previous post was about slaping you in your face, it sometimes helps. I'm not a "there there" kind of a person.

Also about bashing someones music - I remember when Tango posted his overlong but interesting piece. I said some words which he didn't like too much... So yes, bashing someones work is sometimes even more than bashing person.


In the case of Oliver Deriviere's music for Remember Me, he stated, in his view, is boring. You like it. It is personal preference. Same for Sawano which you also like and he does not. Tango criticises the music foremost.

VS


Yet another inept composer who is given access to one of the world's finest symphony orchestras, but doesn't have the technical faculty to wield it properly

It's not about being boring or interesting. It's about saying how lame is person behind it.

So that's all. Now I'm going to my work, which I hate.

Im still thinking this wont be the best solution Tango.



some music is better than other music (objectively) - because, to me, that's just common sense


THIS is exactly your problem. Thats not common sense, thats a very respectful opinion but never will be a FACT. Anyways...

At least my thoughts are that Real life is real life and Internet is another story my friend. In Internet you can meet a lot of good people, assholes, people who think they always are right, people who only know to bash others to claim a superiority they wont ever have in the "real" life, etc.

�And? �whats the problem? �Are you gonna bang all the people who dont respect you/your comments or who wont agree you? C'mon. My advice is to take the whole life (2 indeed, at least nowadays) with more relax, less thinking "What people will be thinking about me or my posts?", "How can i defend my thesis to sure "X" is better than "Y", etc.

Its all a matter of focus the things in a right direction. And this is for the Shrine, other forums, networks, friends, cyberfriends, etc.

Hope you have understood me (yeah, my english is crap but i tried my best xD).

Describing a composer as inept is criticising the music - calling a bad racing driver a bad driver is criticising his driving. I know what I mean. A lot of people know what I mean. In the example cited, I called a composer inept on the basis that I found his music inept. I didn't call the man names, insult his parentage, question his sexuality, or mock his weight or haircut.


The problem is that IT IS INTERNET.

As klnerfan observed, that is the INTERNET'S fault - and on a larger scale, society's fault, not mine. My "shrine life" and my "real life" have become very blurred in recent years - I am now real life friends with a number of Shriners. I see the Shrine as just another social venue - and my personal thresholds are the same here as they would be anywhere else. I do not have the ability to brush things off because "it's the Internet" because to do so devalues everybody here - it places the Shrine and its members in a secondary, less-important circle as compared to the rest of your social life.


�Are you gonna bang all the people who dont respect you/your comments or who wont agree you?

I think, by now, you should appreciate that I positively enjoy people disagreeing with me - what I do not enjoy is a lack of respect, being browbeaten and bullied by people who, frankly, don't know what they're talking about...


THIS is exactly your problem. Thats not common sense, thats a very respectful opinion but never will be a FACT. Anyways...

Really? The difference between Mozart and Ramin Djawadi is nothing but personal taste on the part of the listener? Ditto a comparison between Michelangelo's "The Last Judgement" and the childish doodle I did on the back of a napkin whilst waiting for the bill at the pub last night?

Taste and quality are not the same thing.

I despise Mozart's music with a vicious passion - but I do not for one second pretend he wasn't a formidable genius or that he didn't write the most naturally pure, perfect music ever to be filtered through a human brain... I just don't particularly like it. I respect him, I respect his music, I respect the influence he had on others, I respect the effect his music had on future generations.

My apologies, but it's clearly not an opinion - but, as I asserted originally, a fact albeit one which escapes many people.


You are not only person alive here, some people here are smarter, some are dumber, some emotional, some cold as ice and some are ignorants. You are sometimes all of them at once.

Wow, you should be a psychiatrist with that bedside manner. Tell somebody who's feeling crappy about themselves that they're dumb, emotional, cold, and ignorant.


My previous post was about slaping you in your face, it sometimes helps.

I appreciate your intention, but it didn't help and neither did your last post. Lesson one of being sensitive to other people is that you cannot solve their problems with the application of more of the thing that made them upset in the first place...! ;)


Also about bashing someones music - I remember when Tango posted his overlong but interesting piece. I said some words which he didn't like too much... So yes, bashing someones work is sometimes even more than bashing person.


I knew you'd bring that up. :P

My problem at the time was that pretty much all the comments were critical - and that folk who have decided that some truly atrocious music is really great then decide to criticise my music - by saying it's absolutely atrocious! But yes, I was over-sensitive and yes I over-reacted. I am human. And a pretty fucked up human, for that matter.

I think there is a big difference between a guy who shares his music and gets roasted by his friends, and a rich composer who writes to commission and gets roasted by a critic.

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I feel like we're veering pretty hard off the "cheer up, bud" thing and more toward a wholly unnecessary "Let's Air Our Grievances with Tango Intervention Power Hour." The guy's asking for help, and the dumb Star Trek drama had zero to do with insulting composers or whatever.

Tango, don't let any of this drag you down.

Sod me, Naota sticking up for me? Has the world gone topsy-turvy? Thank you. (And, to everybody - even herbaciak, who I do understand to a point - even if his methods are terrible and his tact completely absent, I appreciate the intention...) :)

And, seriously, also to everyone - I'm sorry for the drama. I realise I don't handle these things well and I realise that this probably came across as a "Wah wah wah, tell me I'm wonderful, I want to TALK ABOUT MYSELF FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!!!!" which it really wasn't... [Please start this Gokusen OST - Way - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYo19rBFGw&list=PLC8D5F7461F0ADF4C) playing this in the background before reading the rest for the fullest effect] but all the same, a lot of people have come through with some ridiculously kind words... and that is a humbling experience. I fear that you will not know how much I appreciate it - if you guys knew the real-life version of me, I think you would know just how important these things are. I have my demons, I have my problems - but they say that the man who has the capacity for feeling the deepest pain also has the capacity for feeling the warmest joy... and in the midst of this miserableness the support you've shown me has genuinely given me joy.

SO... I will post some more music tonight to say thank you - and then, on we go, in this wonderful thread of music, debate, kindness, and friendship.

[End music]

Thank you once again. :)

I don't understand how this evolved into another unnecessary bickering when the shit at the Star Trek thread was enough. To Herbaciak: Tango obviously didn't need another "slap in the face." If you see a man who is obviously distressed, one or two kind words would have been enough instead of posing an aggressive attitude.

EDIT: That track from Gokusen is so beautiful! Has that particular Gokusen OST been shared here before?

I'm fairly sure it has been... but I wouldn't be surprised if the links are dead by now...

Perhaps a re-up when I get home from work. A score about hopeless, cynical misfits discovering themselves thanks to kind and heartfelt words... appropriate, I think... :)

Never me mind. Found it right here (Thread 86679)! :D

It's in serviceable 192kbps but for an Oshima album, anything in higher quality is most appreciated (if anyone has it). I don't see the Gokusen 2005 soundtrack being uploaded here, so I just placed an order for that through Amazon.jp...
Sorry for getting off the subject by the way... Tango, I hope you are feeling at least a little better now. :)

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There's a certain amount of repetition in Gokusen... the absence of OST 2 isn't that painful but having said that, since you've ordered it, it'll be fantastic to have. Of course, this puts pressure on to upgrade the other Gokusen scores. I can help with the movie... but the others, we will need to work on.

I'll eventually get the first one as well when my financial situation improves slightly. :angel:

Talking about Gokusen makes me want to watch it again. My sister and I had some good fun watching the original series, so this is one soundtrack I must purchase! :D

I'm off for maybe 24 hours and this happens? Sheesh, I'm surprised you got so pissed Tango, but to be fair the ONLY threads I go to here so far are the lossless anime and game music threads, and this one which makes three. Yep, people online are right twatty pillocks. They love the anonymity of hiding behind a computer monitor and would cower with fear if faces with an actual angry person, made angry by their stupidity. Another good thing about the internet is if you stop frequenting a thread those people don't exist. They are words on a screen. Takes a short time to read and an even shorter time to forget. Remember, words on a screen from nameless faceless entities.

May I ask for a re-upload of Getsumentoheiki Mina Soundtrack that arthierr posted here (Thread 55847)? Listening to Garasu No Kantai made me want more Yamashita that I haven't explored yet. :D Yamashita also worked on a drama last year which had a soundtrack release (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%81%8B%E6%84%9B%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88~%E5% BF%98%E3%82%8C%E3%81%9F%E6%81%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AF %E3%81%98%E3%82%81%E6%96%B9-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%8 3%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%88% E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-TV%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9/dp/B006RWMF4O/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1361512024&sr=1-1). Wonder how good that one is... If it's any good, I might need to rob a bank to buy it.

Seems like this (http://www.mjp-anime.jp/13music/index.html#update) is what Toshiyuki Watanabe has been up to. CGI infested mecha anime called Majestic Prince.

THAT FOURTH TRACK!

And I'm definetly sure that it's a parody of mecha anime.

Pardon my French, but... FUCK YES! So, Space Brothers was in fact the mere prelude to a proper, ballsy, old-fashioned sci-fi score from Watanabe! (Don't get me wrong, I love Space Brothers to bits - but I admit I was hoping the music would head in a more overt sci-fi direction and it never really did.)

I've been wondering for a long time who'd end up scoring Majestic Prince - and now we know. Great detective work. Thank you!

Thanks, Detective TheRancor :'D

THAT FOURTH TRACK!

And I'm definetly sure that it's a parody of mecha anime.

Heh! That sounded like some kind of cross between Superman and Star Driver.

I think I have judged Oshima's Fuse Teppo-Musume No Torimono-Cho (damn these long titles) a little too harshy. Well, a lot too harshy. I won't pretend it's her greatest work but there is some superb work in there and it is WELL worth hearing. I would say that most of it is excellent even if some isn't particularly to my taste. Oshima squeezes every last drop out of her 36-piece orchestra towards the end with a trio of straight symphonic cues that almost make up for the comparatively spotty score that went before. Just when you think all is lost, suddenly there's a a five minute action / magic / mystery piece that works in just about every trademark "Oshima-ism"... Tiny, tiny orchestra, but big music... and stunningly well recorded for a Sound Inn score. Slightly close-miked (not that there's much choice in Sound Inn because it has almost no natural reverberation and in all honesty is really unsuitable for any ensemble size over 40 players...) but not claustrophobic like some of those old Sahashi scores. Yes, it has that "cheap Japanese orchestral score" sound to it, but it works awfully well.

I do have the score but I must check with my anonymous source (it's not my rip) whether s/he is OK with me sharing it... hopefully they will give their blessing and if so, I will get it posted in a day or two. :) (And, sorry folks, but this isn't one of those "PM me and you get it anyway" deals - I seriously cannot and will not circulate it in public or private without the direct permission of the source. So there.) :awsm:

God dammit, it's nothing but repeats, these days! How about one of my "timely" reposts? I'm in a Michiru Oshima mood, I'm in a Gokusen mood... so what better score to post than...


Composed and Conducted by Michiru Oshima
Gokusen - The Movie (2009)
(Studio Orchestra)



New 2013 rip - FLAC Level 8 - English Track Titles (not perfect but not bad) - Scans Included

Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!VpYCkSzD!PTpRJCQXNRJDXCD1GMMLGTxc9rNqXoIIJvUq_yX 36jM

Warning: Sound Inn. Here be dragons. Lots of fake reverb because the recording studio has none. Definitely a score where the music is better than the recording.

Note about the track titles; they're not perfect. Herr Salat would call them a "wonky translation" but I think that might be a bit too generous for these. They were translated with a mixture of three different online dictionaries plus a smattering of my own limited (but increasing) gaijin Japanese. All things considered, I think they're accurate enough; though a native (or at the very least, fluent) Japanese speaker would probably scoff at them, they serve their purpose. If anybody fancies contributing better translations... PLEASE DO! Additional note about scans: My previous upload of this score had full booklet scans but a virtually illegible back cover. I have since upgraded my scanner and have taken this opportunity to rescan the back cover - so it is now quite readable! The other pages are the original scans. I have kept the old back cover scan as well for anybody who's interested in seeing just how terrible it was.

Gokusen, for those of you who aren't familiar, began life like so many Japanese TV dramas as a manga - by Kozueko Morimoto. In 2002, it was adapted for television - it was enormously popular and spawned three full seasons, and finally in 2009 a theatrical feature film. It tells the story of Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi - an idealistic high-school teacher who is thrown in at the deep end - for her first ever class, she is assigned juvenile delinquents. She's quite pleased, however, as she is from a powerful Yakuza family - she has some remarkable fighting skills, and her unusual background (combined with her determined, trusting, kind-hearted nature) allows her to relate to her students in a particularly special way.

It's a wonderful series, and I wholeheartedly reccommend it to anybody. Oshima scored all three seasons (though I won't deny that whilst excellent the subsequent scores are massively repetitive) so it wasn't a great surprise to see her attached to the theatrical finale. The score reprises themes from the TV show - including the wonderfully anthemic main theme "Road To Gokusen" - into a wonderfully coherent album. The orchestra has a slight upgrade from the TV series too (both in size and quality) although it is still a small ensemble by Oshima's standards. (Standard strings compliment, plus one flute, one oboe, one clarinet, three trumpets, three trombones, piano, harp, and two percussionists. Note the bizarrely small woodwind section and the complete absence of French horns.)

Suffice to say, as usual she makes excellent use of the ensemble.

The score includes everything we've come to expect from Oshima; wonderfully lyrical themes, tender nostalgic solo piano, and even a number of action cues that recall her work on Fullmetal Alchemist. And, of course, there's that cracking main theme that could almost function as a national anthem; it's bold, heroic, and extremely noble.

Glad you're back on form TT! Any chance for a link?

Haha! Whoops, yes, that would be quite helpful... :awsm:

Link added.

Yeah, I'm back. Writing you a message as we speak. :)

Lot's of styles (even enka in Sister!) and great melodies to enjoy here. Thanks TT. I've been in a many a Japanese classroom and never, ever, seen one quite as untidy as this one though! But then kids are more good-natured in Tōhoku where I taught.

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Have any of you checked out the How to Train Your Dragon thread that just popped up? Well if you like the score to it or even if you are curious to see it note for note, the uploader has provided complete sheet music for the collection. This isn't just a mere piano rendition, but the complete orchestra conductor's scores. Now I'll provide the link, but the credit goes to mgm5215 for bringing us the sheet music and the complete recordings.

Thread 127936

My two favorite tracks are This is Berk and Romantic Flight ;). I'm so glad to have the sheets so now I can study them.

Also posted on the "Classical By Request" thread. Enjoy!



FLAC Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/?ktt219hl95smzqx)
FLAC Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/?on6aliunjnknq8m)

Good news for those who enjoy the Elder Scrolls music ;). Jeremy Soule is working on getting a concert done in New York featuring music from all of his scores from TES. Enough people liked his proposal on Facebook which I believe the goal was 2,500 likes.

To celebrate this news, I have decided to share an oldie from Soule. This is called Never Say Goodbye and I think it might be from his score to Azurik, but I'm not sure. In this video, the music is obviously set to Peter Jackson's King Kong and I think the composition goes very well with the scene. I would have preferred this over the score done by James Newton Howard any day.

Jeremy Soule: "Never Say Goodbye" on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/56538718)

I think I have judged Oshima's Fuse Teppo-Musume No Torimono-Cho (damn these long titles) a little too harshy. Well, a lot too harshy. I won't pretend it's her greatest work but there is some superb work in there and it is WELL worth hearing. I would say that most of it is excellent even if some isn't particularly to my taste. Oshima squeezes every last drop out of her 36-piece orchestra towards the end with a trio of straight symphonic cues that almost make up for the comparatively spotty score that went before. Just when you think all is lost, suddenly there's a a five minute action / magic / mystery piece that works in just about every trademark "Oshima-ism"... Tiny, tiny orchestra, but big music... and stunningly well recorded for a Sound Inn score. Slightly close-miked (not that there's much choice in Sound Inn because it has almost no natural reverberation and in all honesty is really unsuitable for any ensemble size over 40 players...) but not claustrophobic like some of those old Sahashi scores. Yes, it has that "cheap Japanese orchestral score" sound to it, but it works awfully well.

This happens to be Oshima's only album to be listed on American iTunes. If buying this licensed album increases the chance of bringing more anime soundtracks to iTunes, I would do so in a heartbeat. But I'm buying it regardless in hopes that Oshima gets at least a penny from my purchase. Here' (https://itunes.apple.com/album/fuse-memoirs-hunter-girl-original/id578361224?v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo%3D1)s the link to the album.

Good news for those who enjoy the Elder Scrolls music ;). Jeremy Soule is working on getting a concert done in New York featuring music from all of his scores from TES. Enough people liked his proposal on Facebook which I believe the goal was 2,500 likes.

To celebrate this news, I have decided to share an oldie from Soule. This is called Never Say Goodbye and I think it might be from his score to Azurik, but I'm not sure. In this video, the music is obviously set to Peter Jackson's King Kong and I think the composition goes very well with the scene. I would have preferred this over the score done by James Newton Howard any day.

Jeremy Soule: "Never Say Goodbye" on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/56538718)

Yawn, lets call it Jeremy Soule - An Ambient Symphony. Maybe if the concert is good he will do a recording of it.

Thank you, Jean Sibelius Cantatas(1999)(ODE 936-2).

Ali Project: Grand Finale [FLAC]



All tracks arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?koiohwr6b16t81z)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h92n3bo73571llz)

Ali Project: Gothic Opera [FLAC]



Tracks 1~7: Arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano
Tracks 8~10: Arranged by Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Track 10: Composed by Gustav Mahler

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?92rbl0rg4uez09n)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ubb8p7rea8tktid)

I wrote about these two albums a few days ago:


By Tango's suggestion (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/444.html#post2243702) from some weeks ago, I decided to check out Ali Project's Gothic Opera and Grand Finale, both of which are arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano. Really, really good stuff in both albums. The vocal might be a little off putting for those who grew up with western female singers, but the tunes are immensely enjoyable! I especially like the last track of Gothic Opera, which is basically Mahler's 5th (Adagietto) with her singing on top. Strangely enough, I found this version to be a very efficient, truncated version of the original. So, big thanks to Tango for the recommendation! I also have both albums in lossless if anyone wants them.
Grand Finale is definitely the better of the two because Hirano had more artistic control over arrangement, but I do like some of the softer melodies in Gothic Opera.
Enjoy!

EDIT: One more...


Ali Project: Les Papillons [MP3 320]



Tracks 1, 2, 4~7, 10: Arranged by Yoshihisa Hirano
Tracks 3, 8, 9: Arranged by Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Tracks 5 and 9: Composed by Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven, respectively

LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?f1lxlk75a5gx2dg)

This is Ali Project's latest collaboration album with Hirano. In my opinion, this is more enjoyable and easier on your ears :) (The other two are excellent, but I like the lighter sound in this one)