Parts 1 and 2 point to the same file - Part 1.

Fixed. Thanks for letting me know quickly Bishty, but could you not quote the entire post? :laugh: And Tango, that would be immensely appreciated! :-D

Upload delayed - my apologies, tomorrow... :)

There are some absolute corkers in Masamichi Amano's Magi this week. The soundtrack can't come soon enough... It's released today. How soon...? :D

Has Chrono Stone appeared yet? I'm tempted to buy it but I will probably wait till I have enough money to buy a huge sum of soundtracks from CDJapan.

Regarding Magi, the soundtrack may not have those if the title is any indication and there's only 15 orchestral tracks based on the samples.

EDIT: Holy cow! That was fast: Magi here (Thread 130074)

I wish there were more Magi... 23 minutes of orchestral score. Bum. Still, it's f**king excellent, so I'm not complaining.

No Chrono Stone yet... don't suppose it'll be long because it's got Yasunori Mitsuda written on it...

I return back to the world at large after my journey through (a good chunk of) Infinite, and what do I find? Infinite's (sure to be) controversial score is finally uploaded, and two great soundtracks by Hirano and Sagisu/Amano. I'm going to drag my bandwidth down to hell, but who cares? Thanks for the great music gents.

I'm telling ya, I am not going to have enough time to do all the things I want to do. Need to finish up Doctor Who Series 6, need to finish Bioshock: Infinite, need to listen to these soundtracks... We never ever have enough time.

Speaking of mai husbando Mr Hirano... there has been some "activity" on his website of interest. He appears to have finished a recording session for the ongoing Driland project - it's unclear whether he's talking about a series 2, a movie, or simply a new batch of music for the current series... but whatever it is, it seems to me that it's a sign of vastly improved release prospects...

Something tells me we'll see it after all...

He recorded the music for the sequel (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9784). Hope we see a soundtrack release or two... :)

Hey-hey! :D

Here's a custom cover for Magi:



I hope the second volume will be announced soon.

Second volume? I think that's it... Show's finished next week...

I tried digging up some more Hirano. Here's (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/video-game-concerts-video-collection-~-enjoy-111438/) the thread with an avi rip of FINAL FANTASY XI Vana♪Con Anniversary (http://vgmdb.net/album/30715) to which Hirano contributed 4 AWESOME-SAUCE tracks. Check it out if you haven't yet. The video file's quality isn't very good, but the music is still very listenable. :)

EDIT: Found a Youtube Playlist for all the tracks from the concert... I recommend just streaming it since the avi is really LQ and sounds pretty much the same as the YouTube video. Below are the four cues arranged by Mr. Hirano

Fighters of the Crystal ~ Ark Angels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXg58lT3--g)
Ragnarok ~ Alexander Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZgfRCyPlc)
Sword Songs ~ Battle Medley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUEWsvB6cdI)
Melodies Errant ~ Abyssea Battle Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RntTXziXY)

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Herr Salat - thank you so much for that album! Loving it, although finding Mr Amano somewhat upstaged this time around...! :-O

Here's five minutes of bits and pieces from Driland, just so you folks know what you're missing. Just for a bit of context, Driland may well be the stupidest show ever made. I will never understand a country which allows Yoshihisa Hirano to sneak this sort of music into that show. This is no watered-down Hunter x Hunter... this is Hirano with his foot to the floor... and... THAT STUPID SHOW! Does not compute... THIS MUST BE RELEASED... Somehow...

- hirano driland.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?jxd495iw8ru5vxw)

Sorry about the noise and whatnot - these were very noisy episodes... If you can tune out the distortion and assorted crap the quality of the music stands out quite obviously. :)

YOSHIHISA HIRANO
Top Secret - The Revelation (aka Himitsu)



My rip. FLAC Level 8. Scans included. Track titles in English (thank you Mr Hirano!)

GO4UP: http://go4up.com/dl/1AArhoMdt6Ny
MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!Ux4UCJaJ!9clk9hYbg72QmQILvBQVHcJIpIM32Befll-wmKrj1zg

GameFront: http://www.gamefront.com/files/23128791/YH-TSTR.rar



Note about booklet: This is an odd one - the booklet is actually one giant piece of paper that folds out; on one side is the booklet, and on the other is a big poster of the two main characters. Because I'm tired I haven't split the booklet into pages - I've just scanned the whole thing. So, have fun with that. Moaning about my scanning choices / techniques will be met with vociferous remonstration. It's also printed on horrible bobbly paper, if you're wondering why it looks all lumpy.

As a little bonus I've also included the poster in full.

Tell you the truth, I'm not even sure this is available online. Yoshihisa Hirano in funky dude mode - warning, here be dragons. Yes, there is absolutely an orchestra here and it's wielded with typical Hirano panache... but in most cues there's a beat as well, and other obnoxious things like drums, guitars, and synthesisers. Hirano can get away with it because it's so damn classy. The usual terrifying clash of styles you'd expect, but meshed together so well that it all seems completely natural. Schoenbergian harmonies, electric guitars screaming, cool trumpet melody, military brass fanfare, otherworldly soprano vocalist... all at the same time?! Yeah, bring it on.

Incidentally, there are a handful of straight symphonic cues as well - The Elite's Restless Works is a lovely little piece of comedy relief, The Celebrities is an Ouran-esque waltz, The Freshman is a mini piano concertino, etc. That's not all. Everything's in here. Great score, heaps of fun, and every note just pure quality.

:happycroc: Yes, yes! Thank you, thank you! I don't wanna ask for too much... but any chance of getting Meine Liebe? :love:

Of course. :)

Coming up hopefully shortly...

Got my Gokusen after it was finally retrieved by my local post office. I suspect it was rerouted to my location after an unknown mishap. I'm also going to buy the first Gokusen soundtrack so we will have ALL of Oshima's Gokusen in losslesss. :cool:


Michiru Oshima: Gokusen 2005
FLAC|CUE|LOG|16 Tracks~45:55


Amazon Japan Link (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%B 3%BB%E5%9C%9F%E6%9B%9C%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E-%E3%81%94%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93-2005-%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/B00078SL92)

FLAC Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jgl451lrykpzjg2)
FLAC Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rk7jcs0iffn48hw)

Only 45 minutes long with some rehashes of the music from the first series. It's still a fun listen nonetheless.

EDIT: Track titles are switched for 6 and 7. It seems freedb (metadata DB used by EAC) has the information wrong.

Much gratitude!

Glad it showed up... it wouldn't surprise me if it's been on a magical mystery tour.

I work in IT - we sent off a broken hard disc to a contractor in Manchester (about 200 miles) which they fixed and posted back to us - but after a week it hadn't arrived. The delivery firm said they had no idea where it was, and a month later the hard disc turned up - in Johannesburg. The post office in Jo'burg picked it up and forwarded to us, but when we tried to track it the parcel was listed as in transit to Auckland. It then went to Seoul, back to Johannesburg, then to Warsaw, and finally back to us in London... after THREE MONTHS of being sent around the world for no damn reason whatsoever... All for a 200 mile journey I could've done by train in under two hours. I wish this were a joke.

Gotta love the postal service.

As for having all of Gokusen in lossless... I'm afraid there's a third soundtrack (from the 2008 series) as well... ;)

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A re-upload would be appreciated, but I can do it myself in two hours or so... :)

Aaargh. I actually had it... and I stupidly saved the new Gokusen on top of it... Stupid idiot.

Muchos gracias in advance for reupload... :)

Second volume? I think that's it... Show's finished next week...
It says "TV Animation 'Magi' Original Soundtrack Vol.1" on the obi. But it's Aniplex so you never know.

Gokusen 2008.7z.001 (http://www.mediafire.com/?tmj7cqgy5c0jc6o)
Gokusen 2008.7z.002 (http://www.mediafire.com/?f85vgi9qh41z8f7)

Here's a re-upload of Gokusen 2008. I'll provide an English tracklist for both Gokusen 2005 and 2008 later...

Thank you so much!

Meine Liebe and a few other bits and pieces coming up from me this evening. Stuck at work right now. :(

I had fun translating the tracklist for these albums since each track name is ultra-indicative of the corresponding cue's mood (and it helps that I know the show pretty well). And for reference, Gokusen = Abbreviation of Gokudou Sensei (Yakuza Teacher)

Gokusen 2002
1. Road of Gokusen
2. Gang or Teacher?
3. Memories of Mother
4. Successor
5. Quiet Fight
6. Deliquents under the Sun
7. the Mother
8. Cunning Adults
9. Let's Enjoy!
10. Road Leading to Compassion
11. Teacher→Yakuza
12. Spilling Tears
13. Homeroom of Misfits
14. Accelerating Romance
15. Maiden falling in Love
16. Rage Boil!
17. Important Things...
18. Road of Gokusen (Short Version)
19. Feel your breeze (Piano Solo Version)
Gokusen 2005
1. Road of Gokusen ~Returns Version~
2. An Angel Residing in the Drift of Leaves
3. Fight Time
4. Allies of Students
5. Idle Faculty Room
6. Successor -Returns Version-
7. Road of Gokusen -Music Box-
8. Campus Scenery
9. Unsuitable Teacher
10. Rage Boil! -Returns version-
11. Teachers Falling in Love
12. Evil
13. Class 3D
14. Road of Gokusen -Cello Solo-
15. NO MORE CRY -Piano Solo-
16. Bonus Track. Oedo Family the Fourth Generation!
Gokusen 2008
1. Road of Gokusen ~Again~
2. Because I believe
3. Bring it on
4. Real Friends
5. Challenge of Resolution
6. Confidence Lost
7. Creeping Shade
8. Emergency Outbreak
9. Calm Peace
10. Yankumi was Here
11. Road of Gokusen -Piano Solo-
12. Gathering Hearts into One
13. Doing Things My Way
14. One's Own Place
15. Idle Afterschool
16. Great Menace
17. The Chosen Way ~Gokusen~
18. Rainbow -Piano Solo-
Gokusen the Movie
1. Yankumi was Here -Movie Version-
2. Hi...jack
3. That Ain't an Apology!
4. Urgent Sortie
5. Family in Harmony
6. Sister (Nee-san)!
7. Secret Talk
8. Ah~Misunderstood
9. Suspicion
10. Jumping the Gun
11. The Dearly Missed Time
12. Rage Explosion!
13. Support of Heart
14. Yearning to be that Person
15. Attacked
16. Road We Believe ~Gokusen~
17. Things that She Taught me
18. I'm Going, Now
19. I am a teacher
20. To Protect Things that are Important
21. Happy Daydreaming
22. I told you I got it, Vice Principal!
23. Look of Misgivings
24. Because I believe
25. I'm not Alone
26. Smile of the Mastermind
27. Absent-minded Catch
28. Looming Evil
29. Exposed Evil
30. Cornered
31. Desperate Situation ~Praying Mind~
32. Priceless Treasure
33. Road to go Forward ~Gokusen~
34. Deflated Faculty Room
35. Road of Gokusen -Movie Version-
On an irrelevant note, I was looking through my old hard drive and came across Mina Kubota's contribution to Maaya Sakamoto's album Kazeyomi. Vento (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjfmYP5xer0) - it's very good albeit a little short. And this is my new guilty pleasure from her spanking new album: Tooku (http://www.mediafire.com/?avvf21aocvgbaa6) For some reason, I can't help but love the chorus part and the song vaguely reminds me of Kanno... :D

EDIT: English tracklist for Gokusen 2002 and Gokusen the Movie added. Note that Track 2 in Gokusen the Movie OST reads "hijack", not "Hi, Jack" And Track 11 in Gokusen 2002 is a wordplay of two words that read the same... (the latter is a made-up word) 教師→強師, which would literally mean Teacher→Strong Master/Leader. I couldn't capture the essence of the wordplay in English, but you get the idea in the context of the show.

Toshihiko Sahashi: Dinner OST
AAC|17 Tracks~39:08
Not My Rip


Amazon.jp Link (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%95%E3%82%B8%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%B 3%BB%E6%97%A59%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%80%8C dinner%E3%80%8D%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8 A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3% 83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-%E4%BD%90%E6%A9%8B%E4%BF%8A%E5%BD%A6/dp/B00ALQEHFM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1364507554&sr=1-1)

English Tracklist
1. Mangiare for Life!
2. Welcome to Ristorante
3. Cut! Grill! Make!
4. Wish You were Here
5. Life is Sorrowful
6. Unexpected Incident
7. A Genius Chef is Coming
8. Duel of Cooking
9. Rest Just a Minute
10. Pumping Heart
11. It's bad, It's poor, It's a failure
12. Italian Sibling Restaurant - Our Hometown
13. Invigorated Cooking
14. Courage that Resolved Difficulty
15. Nothing but Energetic
16. Music (Strings Ver.)
17. Music (Piano Ver.)
AAC Link (http://www.mediafire.com/?u17qdol1nzwqijk)
A pretty enjoyable album and a whole bunch better than some of Sahashi's recent efforts, but nothing too serious.

Hmm, my translation wasn't so bad after all! Though "Hijack -> Hai Jack -> Yes, Jack!" is awfully embarrassing... I really don't know how I didn't put that together.

How did you arrive at "That ain't an apology"? Unless I'm being dense, that's not what the official track title is! Did you do what I did and pinch a line from the movie? ;)

Since I wasn't quite sure I went with the slightly sanitised line "Hey, You - Shut Up!" but watching back, yours makes more sense...

The expression is pretty colloquial. It roughly means, "I can't forgive you!" But I am also trying to be literal at the same time without losing the rather coarse nuance. "勘弁" means "pardon" or "excuse", so I did make a roundabout translation there. Sometimes, I go with whatever that comes to my mind that is a rough equivalent in terms of both tone and actual meaning.

Ohh, THAT one! Yurusenai, isn't it?

Stymied again. Also, thank you for the Japanese lesson. :D

Translating Japanese is often a nightmare... I'm trying to get a lot quicker and more accurate at it since I do plan on making a living out of it someday. :) So if you have any translation request, don't hesitate to ask or PM me.

EDIT: I belatedly noticed your translation of "Yes, Jack..." from the rip you provided. :awsm: Love it!

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Haha! Look at that Marco guy completely missing the point about the Wagner quote in Ponyo. Nothing to do with Miyazaki... Hisaishi wrote the damned thing, after all... Ponyo is also known as Brunhilde... so Hisaishi makes a musical pun by quoting an iconic theme from The Valkyrie. I like those moments where the composer is almost breaking the fourth wall. It's a little wink between composer and listener - and more importantly, one which doesn't interrupt the flow of the score within the context of the film. If only more film and media composers were savvy enough about the classical repertoire to do this sort of thing. Gone are the days where a composer would drop in a sly quote of the Dies Irae.

Except in Japan, where a composer can still crack a opera joke in a kid's cartoon...

But the day is coming when a composer in the West can do the very same. :D

Assuming that day ever comes, by the time it's "permissible" will there be any "composers" left who are that well versed? Remember, we're talking about the "That's not a fucking tune, it's a fucking bassline!" generation...

I imagine so - we just got three scores in a row (Oz, Jack the Giant Slayer, The Croods) that have orchestral music. And they don't suck! Recall that said quote was a quote not from the composer's own mouth, but rather a quote of what the director wanted him to write.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Have some faith! It will help with your complexion. ;)

Oh, well... :)

Zetsuen: Hamlet Recital CD (NOT MY RIP)

Link (http://www.mediafire.com/?y28jmwhh4typzct)

Has a few cues not released on the first CD... Think of this as a short preview of some tracks in the second OST. The romantic cue that plays during Hamlet's death (Track 9) is very nice. :)

You see, this is what I don't understand about Japan. They stop doing soundtracks because they don't sell... then they start doing bonus CDs. They do a soundtrack album with 40 minutes of music, then they do a radio drama of 24 minutes. Um...

40+24 = 64, which would've made a nice SINGLE CD release... and the presence of the drama would probably have boosted sales to make a standalone release worthwhile.

Do not understand the logic. Is there any?

Edit: HAMURETTO DIES? Spoilers, man, spoilers! ;)

It's Japan. This is the same place that came to the realization that putting tentacles in woman's vaginas is hot.

To some people.

<_<

>_>

It's not me. I WAS ONLY CURIOUS! :rolleyes:

Aaaaaaanyway...


YOSHIHISA HIRANO
Gin'yuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe



https://mega.co.nz/#!oxIHnZSb!TKd-4XyNwMHQpc7fjIAeUw9XPN9mA6md0R_ISIamFag

Not my rip - gratitude to Nipponsei. MP3 @ 192kbps. Booklet scans included. Track titles in English and Latin.

What a score. I do understand that you've probably learned to ignore whatever I say about a Hirano score on the grounds that I'm a biased fanboy... which is true... but this one is really special. It's a jaw-droppingly mature orchestral work that functions as a mass-without-words - titles named for and inspired by the respective passages of the religious text. Every single cue is a highlight... but I must single out a few particularly special ones: Aria 1 squeezes more music into sixty seconds than most other composers manage in their entire careers - a soprano vocalist snakes sensuously around shifting orchestral harmonies... so magical. Later recycled in Super Robot Wars as Chant 2 and in Break Blade as The Mysteries Of The Stones... but this is where it began. Aria 2 revisits the material with a saxophone taking the role of the soprano. Dies Irae takes a surprisingly robust approach (even for Hirano) to a familiar idea - a thrilling, brassy cue where Hirano lets it all hang out.

It's all great. Just wonderful. Enjoy. :)

Oh, I forgot to mention... the third "soundtrack" of Space Brothers is now out - it's the BGM Medley disc. All I can find out about it so far is that it's 10:48 in length... With any luck it will turn up soonish...? :D :D :D :D

Regarding Anno: It's downright criminal that the scores for 1701 and 1404 were not released and 2070 is getting 3cds. Don't get me wrong, it is nice music but not in the same league as 1701 or 1404. After all this time there's still no score release, even on the dynamedion store. I don't understand what is going through their minds, at least give us something more than the sound files from the game.

They did get released:

ANNO 1404 Anno 1404 Original Game Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20209)
ANNO 1701 Anno 1701 Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/6654)
ANNO 1701 Add-On Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon Official Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/19458)

Funny, I've had Meine Liebe on my hard drive for a while and all I can remember is finding it not particularly interesting. Time to give it another listen.

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Edit: That's unfair... it's not *terrible*... but it's not Hirano.

https://mega.co.nz/#!88JA1JKK!a4ajXABCpnzjvKWL1b10n3aVp_Emdmbs2VvbYso wM8g

Just so you know, track 1 not included by Tango in the link above, Yutaka Minobe's Meine Liebe Wieder score. I guess for the better (probably non-orchestral opening/song)...

I must've wiped it at some point... oh, well... :)

I feel asleep trying to listen through Wieder but thanks a lot for the upload, Tango. I tried searching for it years ago because I thought Hirano scored it as well. The tracks that Tango excluded from his upload are Akatsuki - Alice Nine - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjf9Q9nTRhI) and Kioku no Shandelia - Alice Nine - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33S3tkgEzQ) (I used to be a big fan of this band and these were my favorite songs! :D)

Naoki Sato - Good Luck and Orange Days (Edited)
Uplifting, somber, relaxing, piano, strings
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/6507/orangedaysfrlittle.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img835/2266/goodluckfrlittle.jpg
Download (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/EMEOZSAE/Good_Orange.rar_links)

Both of these scores had a lot of really bad non-orchestral tracks that I couldn't stand. When I edit them down though they are quite lovely. Both contain only the highlights. I combined them in one post so that you get approximately the length of one album. Enjoy!

Tempest has officially ended with its 24th episode. I wonder how much music we could expect from the second soundtrack. :D

Happy news, Tango! Magi gets a second season so volume two is certainly on it's way ;) (And why would Amano record with Warsaw for just 23 minutes of score in the first place...)

Here is a little something for the poeple who like calm and atmospheric music

The music in the game folder was in CD Quality .wav files, I compressed them to .flac




Anno 1602 (1998)
Composer Alexander Roeder


There is at least 1 additional song in the add-on but I don't own it


here for some Previews: Anno 1602 OST - In the Beginning - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8l7K67idZc&feature=share&list=PL6923F8B2CA038346)

Doenloads (Password is "jahr")

http://www.mediafire.com/?94g43f3glvdx86o
http://www.mediafire.com/?6wain6oz3pvdc17

Little Witch Academia has just appeared online... HOLY CRAP what a score! It's not long... but Oshima makes every note count. Don't think I've ever heard her so exuberant and forthright. Odds for a release are slim... but Oshima's really done it this time. :D

Here's the grand finale cue and almost two minutes of clean end credits music. :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?t1fcdgcdw1d9ws5

MICHIRU OSHIMA
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
The Moscow International Symphonic Orchestra
conducted by Konstantin D. Krimets



OST1 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769140303%2C1769140304%2C1769140305%2C1769140306% 2C1769140307%2C1769140308%2C1769140309%2C176914031 0%2C1769140311%2C1769140312%2C1769140313%2C1769140 314%2C1769140315%2C1769140316%2C1769140317%2C17691 40318%2C1769140319%2C1769140320%2C1769140321%2C176 9140322%2C1769140323%2C1769140324%2C1769140325%2C1 769140326%2C1769140327%2C1769140328%2C1769140329%2 C1769140330%2C1769140331%2C1769140332%2C1769140333 %2C1769140334%2C1769140335/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/19826)
OST2 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769140352%2C1769140353%2C1769140354%2C1769140355% 2C1769140356%2C1769140357%2C1769140358%2C176914035 9%2C1769140360%2C1769140361%2C1769140362%2C1769140 363%2C1769140364%2C1769140365%2C1769140366%2C17691 40367%2C1769140368%2C1769140369%2C1769140370%2C176 9140371%2C1769140372%2C1769140373%2C1769140374%2C1 769140375%2C1769140376%2C1769140377%2C1769140378%2 C1769140379%2C1769140380%2C1769140381/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20011)
OST3 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769140382%2C1769140383%2C1769140384%2C1769140385% 2C1769140386%2C1769140387%2C1769140388%2C176914038 9%2C1769140390%2C1769140391%2C1769140392%2C1769140 393%2C1769140394%2C1769140395%2C1769140396%2C17691 40397%2C1769140398%2C1769140399%2C1769140400%2C176 9140401%2C1769140402%2C1769140403%2C1769140404%2C1 769140405%2C1769140406%2C1769140407%2C1769140408/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20012)
Movie OST Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769140448%2C1769140449%2C1769140450%2C1769140451% 2C1769140452%2C1769140453%2C1769140454%2C176914045 5%2C1769140456%2C1769140457%2C1769140458%2C1769140 459%2C1769140460%2C1769140461%2C1769140462%2C17691 40463%2C1769140464%2C1769140465%2C1769140466%2C176 9140467%2C1769140468%2C1769140469%2C1769140470%2C1 769140471%2C1769140472%2C1769140473%2C1769140474%2 C1769140475%2C1769140476%2C1769140477%2C1769140478 %2C1769140479%2C1769140480%2C1769140481%2C17691404 82%2C1769140483%2C1769140484%2C1769140485%2C176914 0486%2C1769140487%2C1769140488%2C1769140489%2C1769 140490%2C1769140491%2C1769140492%2C1769140493/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/19981)


Oshima's is a fan favourite - it's a big, meaty symphonic score performed by the Moscow International Symphonic Orchestra. I would have said it was her finest until Tempest came along...

MP3 -V0

OST 1 - http://www.adrive.com/public/mh9s6q
OST 2 - http://www.adrive.com/public/ju6w7p
OST 3 - http://www.adrive.com/public/BABDeu
The Movie OST - http://www.adrive.com/public/P7rgVC

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All 4x OSTs (FLAC, converted from TAK rips. Source: Sakurahana (http://sakurahana.com/forum/lossless-music/35786-fullmetal-alchemist-osts.html))
https://mega.co.nz/#!AN02hQIY!CYz1ZRqNKF3_kmiXLMRC_GS1snU6_0porzhsLSB GO4M

Everyone should listen to Oshima's and Senju's work on their respective FMA series. While both are absolutely great, I prefer Senju's work just a tad bit more. :D

Happy reading! (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-original-soundtrack-1-a-70553/2.html#post1350530) :'D

Ahhh, crap! ;)

*hides*

A generous user has shared Sato's Machine Robo Rescue in lossless. It's one of the most joyous Sato scores I've heard, and I don't think it's been shared online in high quality before. Go check it out! Link to the thread (Thread 130243)

JOE HISAISHI
Onna Nobunaga



https://mega.co.nz/#!5tZCEQQQ!PvOhp1Q_yM5W8op-bJPTMQnjgHwfLoEeH20FmVwUriI

Not my rip. From iTunes, I think - with many thanks to Mr Anonymous.

No time for my usual fifty thousand word thesis, I'm afraid - but I wanted to post this sooner rather than later. I'm rather surprised at how quickly this one showed up... suffice to say, Hisaishi does it again. He even manages to pull off the Hollywood cliche sound (very occasionally, I might add, for those who worry) with great panache. A splendid, brooding theme... some rollicking action... just lovely all the way.

Enjoy... and BUY! :D

YES YES. I was hoping this would pop up sooner rather than later.

Now if only Zetsuen was that quick.

EDIT: Courtesy of VGMDB, a translation of the soundtrack. Just pop this into a .txt as is, then have MP3tag convert it from .txt file. Convert -> Text File - Tag.


Messenger from Espa�a
Desperate Situation
Surprise Attack
Female Nobunaga
The Child of Fate
As a Successor
Unfortunate Destiny
Despot
Onou
The Death of a Father
Nobunaga is Born
Ambition
Battle
Castle Town
Love
To the Capital
Hanzo Hattori
Played Love
Oichi
Mitsuhide Akechi
Providence
Nobunaga's Sorrow
Decisive Battle
A Scene from Hell
The Strongest Enemy ~Takeda's Army~
Heroic Resolve
Nobunaga & Mitsuhide
Honnouji ~Theme of Love~
Ieyasu's First Love
Release from Nobunaga
A New Era

Thanks for sharing so quickly TT. A rather solemn score I thought, with few memorable themes like in his anime scores. Onna means female in Japanese and the story falsely assumes that the first of the big three leaders to unify Japan in the late 16th-century, Oda Nobunaga, was a woman. One of Oda's direct descendents, Oda Nobunari, is the 2008 Japanese national figure skating champion.

Thanks for sharing so quickly TT. A rather solemn score I thought, with few memorable themes like in his anime scores. Onna means female in Japanese and the story falsely assumes that the first of the big three leaders to unify Japan in the late 16th-century, Oda Nobunaga, was a woman. One of Oda's direct descendents, Oda Nobunari, is the 2008 Japanese national figure skating champion.

It doesn't falsely assume anything - this is Alternate History. Pretty much a big "What If?"

So, what are the possibilities of us English speakers getting a hold of this?

Ton of thanks, Tango, for the Nobunaga download. Been starving at the bit it hear what always appeared to be rare darkly-tinged score from Hisaishi. Glad to hear it doesn't dissapoint.

Lots of interesting names showing up this season, though time will tell if that means much of orchestral fans. Mina Kubota's on some mash of white bread called Photo Kano, Yasuharu Takanashi on Crime Edge: Anime Barbershop Has Never Been So Hot, Hikaru Nanase on Red Data Girl(though I can verify she's in her low-effort, twee slice-of-life mode, as she's been in a while, sadly) and of course, Taro Iwashiro making a rare anime appearance on Gargantia. The big news for this thread, I think, would be Akira Senju on Valvrave. Curious to see what they'll all turn out, as few of these series seem suitable material for sweeping concert movements.

Additionally, if it fell under your radar, Hitoshi Sakimoto appeared last February on the score of some thing called Iron Vendetta. It's zeroeth episode, mind you. Don't ask. It went unsubbed from what I can tell and was rarely noticed, seeming to appear from nowhere, but you can find it here (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1361514178) if you're curious.

Wouldn't expect much, though. Sakimoto's on complete autopilot.

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No idea who's scoring Majestic Prince, but what I've heard in the pilot is quite good, if rather small. Sahashi, maybe?

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Ah, thanks.

Wouldn't expect much, though. Sakimoto's on complete autopilot.

It sounds like the music is synthesized. I long for another score like Romeo X Juliet. He is clearly competent with orchestral writing so why not get an orchestra?

It sounds like the music is synthesized. I long for another score like Romeo X Juliet. He is clearly competent with orchestral writing so why not get an orchestra?

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Yeah I guess that would be true, but you would think a composer like Sakimoto would be able to get funding as he has been involved with big projects.

99% of which were done with synth. Just like Soule, he has been typecast as the go to synth composer.

Yeah I agree. Even Sakimoto's next game score, Dragon's Crown is going to be 100% synth.

and the double CD of Ni no Kuni has been leaked online...

Oooooooooooooh! :D

Shiro Hamaguchi (with Kenji Inai) on Karneval (started last night) and appears to have an actual budget! A little difficult to judge based on the first episode - there's a lot of electronic stuff which I'm guessing is Inai... but something tells me this will be one to watch...

Additionally... (relative) newcomer Go Sakabe has an orchestra for Date A Live (whatever the bloody hell that's supposed to be) - first episode's score is quite promising. Again, too early to tell... but definitely worthy of attention.

Kubota's Photokano (thanks for the heads up, NaotaM) is rather pleasant... she has a little orchestra and it's a cheery little tuneful score.

Finally, loving Majestic Prince. Welcome back to straight sci-fi Mr Watanabe. :D

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Thanks TT for sharing a new Hisaishi.
If you prefer MP3-320: https://mega.co.nz/#!0FtwSKjK!PUS6CDbGGoZFdpqNGJ4ixiUp7IdJveE-X9DS5kXxNSE

Having listened to the score again I found the Western orchestral and choral parts not very interesting. Tracks 2, 4, and 13, which used Japanese instruments, were much more enjoyable I felt.

For Doublehex: I happen to have a degree in Japanese Studies and merely wanted to point out that this story is fiction, in case someone thought one of the great military leaders of Japan, Nobunaga ODA, really was a woman!

and the double CD of Ni no Kuni has been leaked online...

�? The Official release date wasn't April? Oh shit..

I think your turn of phrase implied that the TV series was a result of incompetent historians, rather than a straight work of fiction. :)

Either way... thank you for the additional info, which is always welcome and is a valuable companion to the music.

I hope I'm not in the minority here, but I'm really loving dark and brooding Hisaishi. This score, at times, reminds me of his concert music - an interesting turn for him to make. The guy is still innovating even after forty years in the business. But never, ever, does it lose that indelible Hisaishi sound; pitch perfect orchestration, structure, melody, and a strange feeling of effortless elegance.

The traditional elements are very interesting - that Hisaishi melds them so matter-of-factly with his style is a testament to his skill. I really don't know how the guy does it. I suppose that's genius in its purest sense... :)

Wonderful, just wonderful...

Scott. Antonio y Cleopatra. 2008.07.12 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPlmYxCTWCI)

Well I love the complete release of Ni no Kuni. The new pieces are nothing less than fantastic. I really am digging "Battle II" at the moment. It is a better variation than its predecessor which ditches the slower and foreboding to the energetic and tense. I can't stop listening to it lol!

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I am also enjoying Onna Nobunaga. I think this certainly shows Hisaishi's ability to write in a different style. It is nice to see him use different orchestral colors, but retain that Hisaishi sound. The flutes give it away for me ;). Thanks for sharing, tango!

So that day has come and you all are my lab rats... I mean, you have an oportunity to hear it first;). My first, fully orchestral album!




http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/pixel-legend-original-orchestral-album-130674/#post2319633

That's all for now :D.

Really liking Kubota's Photo Kano and Watanabe's Majestic Prince. Sakabe's (never heard of this guy) Date A Live has good potential, but the show is stupid... If you guys want something to watch, there is Aku no Hana, which so far has featured 0 orchestral music if any music at all. It's one of those well thought-out series that doesn't require music to be played every 30 seconds.

I've been watching Psycho Pass (Score by Yugo Kanno). So far the score is nothing exciting. I am not sure if I will continue to watch the show either.

If you guys want something to watch, there is Aku no Hana, which so far has featured 0 orchestral music if any music at all. It's one of those well thought-out series that doesn't require music to be played every 30 seconds.
This show has really great atmosphere and I'd say the ominous ambient soundtrack played it's part well.

I've been watching Psycho Pass (Score by Yugo Kanno). So far the score is nothing exciting. I am not sure if I will continue to watch the show either.
The music was pretty subtle in the anime, I think. I was surprised when I listened to soundtrack vol.1 because I didn't even remember hearing some of the tracks in the anime.

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Don't mind this post, just hoping it gets E-mail updates sent to me again, haven't had any in some days.

Well, Attack on Titan is out... Has Hiroyuki Sawano surprised us all and finally written the first music score of his career...? Or has he turned in some fourth-rate noisy trash with lots of percussion and electronics, no themes, no subtlety, no variety, and no artistry whatsoever?

That was a rhetorical question. It's the latter. Oh, well... expect nothing and get nothing - so no disappointment, there.

Slightly more disappointing is Hirano's Driland 2... only one episode so far, but I'm distinctly unimpressed with what we've heard. Still, the first series took a few episodes for the good music to start to come in, so who knows? It's Hirano, so it's got to have something going for it... I fear, however, that this time he's writing a little more to the show as it is rather than the first series which he scored like a first rate adventure of heroism, villainy, and camaraderie...

We shall see, gentlemen, we shall see...

The soundtrack to Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA The MOVIE 2nd A (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/415.html#post2068576)'s (I posted this fun score many months ago) is available on Nyaa in FLAC now for those who enjoyed it.

Senju's Valvrave will premiere next week, so that's something to look forward to. Oshima's Aura (83-minute movie) will be opening in Japan as well. There still are other series whose composers have not been identified yet - at least that's the case on AniDB.

Well, Attack on Titan is out... Has Hiroyuki Sawano surprised us all and finally written the first music score of his career...? Or has he turned in some fourth-rate noisy trash with lots of percussion and electronics, no themes, no subtlety, no variety, and no artistry whatsoever?

That was a rhetorical question. It's the latter. Oh, well... expect nothing and get nothing - so no disappointment, there.

But the manga is absolutely fantastic in every single way (well, except for the art) so the show should be good!

Tango - I am really enjoying the new Hisaishi score. Indeed quite lovely in this form of textures.

AKIRA SENJU
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, and Choir
conducted by Mario Klemens, and Akira Senju
Studio Orchestra (Tokyo)
conducted by Akira Senju

FLAC + SCANS*

Thanks to the original uploader: OST1+2 by FDP, OST3 converted by Van from an unknown source. I got these from the torrent over at BakabBT (http://bakabt.me/147508-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-sound-collection.html). Since Senju will be scoring the upcoming sci-fi/mecha show Valvrave the Liberator (previously Mobile Suit Victory Gundam and Tetsujin 28 [2004]), might as well re-bring his Fullmetal Alchemist score to attention (Hopefully, he went to Warsaw again for Valvrave :'D).

*Scans only available for OST1+2. OST3 only has the front cover. That also means there's no breakdown (on VGMdb as well) which tracks were performed from the Warsaw or Tokyo recording sessions, but I think while just listening to OST3 it should be easily noticeable.

For some reading about this (and Oshima's score), read Tangotreats and NaotaM, et al.'s discussion here (Thread 70553).


I strongly suspect "Battle Scherzo" was temp-tracked with Star Trek: Nemesis. The opening is *very* reminiscent of Final Flight, virtually a verbatim quote in fact... and the rest of the cue is superficially reminiscent of Jerry Goldsmith's post 2000 action style (though harmonically the melodically, the cue is all Senju's.)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009/2010) - Battle Scherzo (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/8039100d97/25._battle_scherzo.mp3)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) - Final Flight (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/e357z7gl9q/12._final_flight.mp3)

OST1 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769168029%2C1769168030%2C1769168031%2C1769168032% 2C1769168033%2C1769168034%2C1769168035%2C176916803 6%2C1769168037%2C1769168038%2C1769168039%2C1769168 040%2C1769168041%2C1769168042%2C1769168043%2C17691 68044%2C1769168045%2C1769168046%2C1769168047%2C176 9168048%2C1769168049%2C1769168050%2C1769168051%2C1 769168052%2C1769168053%2C1769168054%2C1769168055%2 C1769168056%2C1769168057%2C1769168058%2C1769168059/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20167)
OST2 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769444448%2C1769444449%2C1769444450%2C1769444451% 2C1769444452%2C1769444453%2C1769444454%2C176944445 5%2C1769444456%2C1769444457%2C1769444458%2C1769444 459%2C1769444460%2C1769444461%2C1769444462%2C17694 44463%2C1769444464%2C1769444465%2C1769444466%2C176 9444467%2C1769444468%2C1769444469%2C1769444470%2C1 769444471%2C1769444472%2C1769444473%2C1769444474%2 C1769444475%2C1769444476%2C1769444477%2C1769444478/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20166)
OST3 Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769632576%2C1769632577%2C1769632578%2C1769632579% 2C1769632580%2C1769632581%2C1769632582%2C176963258 3%2C1769632584%2C1769632585%2C1769632586%2C1769632 587%2C1769632588%2C1769632589%2C1769632590%2C17696 32591%2C1769632592%2C1769632593%2C1769632594%2C176 9632595%2C1769632596%2C1769632597%2C1769632598%2C1 769632599%2C1769632600%2C1769632601%2C1769632602%2 C1769632603%2C1769632604%2C1769632605%2C1769632606/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/20148)

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!YNsFjLDK!bkeGmhqzelzUnkKS7Kdc7ncoaHI1zJWmsmxHgtI Dq9U

(Hopefully, he went to Warsaw again for Valvrave :'D).

Guuuuurgh...

Kakumeiki Valvrave/Valvrave the Liberator PV 3 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzCPZe0R-M8)

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Haha!

I'm sure Senju's score will be good... if not completely great all the way through, it'll have its moments. I'd be an idiot if I judged the whole score based on twenty seconds of not-very-good music in the trailer... I doubt it'll be a Warsaw score, though... though stranger things have happened.

Senju, to me, just isn't an action composer. You hear it all over his work. He's in his element writing grand, colourfully orchestrated melodies but he flounders when something fast paced is required. He reuses music - sometimes entire cues verbatim, and falls back on his old cliches; he seems to be consciously and actively wasting time and it's all woven into the music itself. All signs that he's uncomfortable or unhappy writing certain forms. It makes me wonder why he takes so many sci-fi assignments!

Senju on a tragic love story... could be his best ever score... Senju on an action sci-fi mecha show? We'll see... ;)

@blackjack21

I'm afraid the orchestal stuff is all I have. I also don't have the time to harvest all of the good stuff from Xiami at the moment. But I can assure you the leftovers aren't worth talking about.

Fireboys: Megumi No Daigo



Download (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0ZHT4VMF/Firefighters.zip_links)

Thanks very much for posting this, and the bombastic music is sensational. What is Xiami, though? I'd be happy to get stuff from / through them if I could learn how. :)

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AKIRA SZENJU
FULLMETAL ALCHEMISTDOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!YNsFjLDK!bkeGmhqzelzUnkKS7Kdc7ncoaHI1zJWmsmxHgtI Dq9U

MEGA didn't ask me to OK their Terms of Service before I could download this item. Is that a change in their policy?

They have never asked me to OK their Terms of Service.

And I'm still not getting E-mail updates for this site, what's going on?

And I'm still not getting E-mail updates for this site, what's going on?

No idea. I get plenty of updates.

Have you looked in your subscriptions folder? There should be an option for you to decide what type of notifications you will get, and the frequency of them.

I found an interesting Amano album today. I will be posting it later this week hopefully. No hints.

Tanken Driland is getting a soundtrack release on June 19th. Rejoice.

Amazon.co.jp: テレビアニメーション 探検ドリランド オリジナルサウンドトラック (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00C955TO6/)

F**k me, I didn't see that coming! Thanks for the news! :D

Masamichi Amano (Masamicz Amano) - Celebration!
FLAC rip with EAC, includes cue and log
Akita Minami Senior High School Wind Ensemble, Conducted by Tomohiro Abe, BOCD-7150
classical, wind ensemble
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/1328/celebrationcover.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img51/5543/celebrationback.jpg
Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!qVsyiSrB!FzyTtVaP9RiAM_Mc5xy4UQZ_wCUTNNtOoL1jqNl 9x1I)

As far as I know this has not been posted. I found the CD at my local used Japanese CD shop for $2 :) I only scanned the back insert and front cover.

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And if you fancy inviting some nosy parker from England to your recording sessions, you know... he'd be very grateful. ;)

Apologies for replying late to this, as I've been away for some time and only had chances to check in intermittently. As much as I enjoy it, this is still a business affair- I'm not sure the others would approve of me bringing in someone new completely out of the blue close to the production. But I'll see what I can do. At the least, I'm grateful for all the good music that's been shared here!

Back on topic slightly, I watched Gargantia last night. The music in it seemed quite good, at least compared to everything else I've managed to watch so far. It wasn't sampled either, which was a pleasant surprise.

Also, I'll just leave this here... eek!

From the Composer of Skyrim - Soule Symphony No. 1 by Max Steiner Agency Inc. ? Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499808045/from-the-composer-of-skyrim-soule-symphony-no-1)

It seems almost worth donating $1500 just to walk up to Soule and give him a smack in the mouth...

I skimmed Gargantia... seemed like typical Iwashiro trash to me.

Howdy folks. Been a long time since I posted in here last, if you even remember what little I did. Actually, I posted Hirano's Harakanaru Toki no Naka de soundtracks and now I don't have them anymore after a hard drive death. Could I get a re-upload? [Here is the post (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/314.html#post1713952) for reference.] Anyway, I read the thread but I hadn't been coming to the forum for awhile so I fell so far behind.

Jeremy Soule seems to me like he has some talent, but just a completely different musical philosophy from me and most people around these parts. It frustrates me so much to hear his music because instead of spending all that effort on something that fades into the background, he could have made something memorable. Maybe he'll do something good with this symphony since it should stand on its own instead of being ambiance for something else. He seems like a pretentious bitch though. "Soule Symphony No. 1" (and it's Opus 1, no less. We know we're dealing with a serious "symphonist" now). Ugh. Quote, "Some darker moments in The Northerner will reflect the night sky and the ancient light that has always caressed our eyes." Pff. Now that deserves a smack in the mouth.

Jeremy Soule does more than just video game music?

I want to be unbiased until I hear it, but the description does reek of pretentiousness. I don't think a composer has been this proud of what he's "going to" do since R. Strauss.

"Some darker moments in The Northerner will reflect the night sky and the ancient light that has always caressed our eyes

Oh God. That is High School "poignant" poetry bad. I know he is a composer and not a writer...but geez.

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That would be appreciated, Herr Salat. I have the other two in lossless and will upload them after I get some sleep...

Naoki Sato: Hiroikku Eiji:D



Download (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0DUJCRHP/Heroic_Age.zip_links)
MP3 / V0 / 33 Tracks / 80min


So here's another score that could easily fit on one cd (...you know the drill). This time Sato wrote perhaps the best majestic theme in his career. Especially the choral version still gives me shivers. It's sweeping epic music fitting for the sea of the stars. The rest of the score is excellent as well even if there are some typical Sato temp tracks to be found.
Nonetheless, this belongs in any Sato collection, it's a great SciFi score with a stunning Theme.

Enjoy

Thanks Klnerfan. That was one of the scores that inspired me to make my compilations. I could never get through it without edits.

YOSHIHISA HIRANO
HARUKANARU TOKI NO NAKA DE 3
Kurenai no Tsuki

MP3 320kbps | 29 Tracks | 00:40:05 | 93 MB

Release Date: 23.01.2008
Label: Koei
Catalog Number: KECH-1456
Source: Xiami (http://www.xiami.com/album/375304)



Playlist (Xiami) (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1769450593%2C1769450594%2C1769450595%2C1769450596% 2C1769450597%2C1769450598%2C1769450599%2C176945060 0%2C1769450601%2C1769450602%2C1769450603%2C1769450 604%2C1769450605%2C1769450606%2C1769450607%2C17694 50608%2C1769450609%2C1769450610%2C1769450611%2C176 9450612%2C1769450613%2C1769450614%2C1769450615%2C1 769450616%2C1769450617%2C1769450618%2C1769450619%2 C1769450620%2C1769450621/object_name/default/object_id/0) / VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/5359)

too lazy; didn't listen: Track 28.

According to Wikipedia, the title literally means "In a Distant Time 3: Crimson Moon". First track and last track are songs. Probably studio orchestra and conducted by Hirano himself.

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!ZBEixSBB!MfbUhBC0Fa_OcncWkcF3BlcImCdW6fQigpcjWts YIsc

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Amano still sounds like Amano, even on a crappy Nintendo 64 sound chip... :D

Yoshihisa Hirano: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyoushou~ Original Soundtrack
FLAC|CUE|LOG|32 TRACKS~46:45
NOT MY RIP


Album Information (http://vgmdb.net/album/33816)

Yoshihisa Hirano: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Maihitoyo Original Soundtrack
FLAC|CUE|LOG|28 TRACKS~50:04
NOT MY RIP


Album Information (http://vgmdb.net/album/34322)

Mediafire Links
HarukaNaruHachi.7z.001 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3u4rheyywne8n4v)
HarukaNaruHachi.7z.002 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6a1azpli4uetdo9)
HarukaNaruTokiMovie.7z.002 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w3ctu3mdb0ms4ct)
HarukaNaruTokiMovie.7z.001 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eqeey2kb78obqek)
Also posted in the Tempest Soundtrack thread:

News: OST Vol. 2 will be bundled with the fifth volume of LE Blu-ray and DVD. May 22nd is the date.
And as a bonus: a random track from a cutesy visual novel that I found randomly (very intimate): Hidamari Shoukei (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?69y2sern4yx6pc1)

Masamichi Amano (Masamicz Amano) - Celebration!
FLAC rip with EAC, includes cue and log
Akita Minami Senior High School Wind Ensemble, Conducted by Tomohiro Abe, BOCD-7150
classical, wind ensemble
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/1328/celebrationcover.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img51/5543/celebrationback.jpg
Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!qVsyiSrB!FzyTtVaP9RiAM_Mc5xy4UQZ_wCUTNNtOoL1jqNl 9x1I)

As far as I know this has not been posted. I found the CD at my local used Japanese CD shop for $2 :) I only scanned the back insert and front cover.

Can't wait to hear this. It sounds brilliant. :)

They have never asked me to OK their Terms of Service.

I figured it out. If you are registered @ MEGA and logged in, you are not asked to OK their terms before you download. But if you are not registered, or just click someone's MEGA link and are not logged in, you will be asked to check the box.

Thanks a lot, Herr Salat and Akashi San! You guys are great. And thanks to Tango for sharing Top Secret ~The Revelation~ as well. I was waiting on an old MP3 torrent to hopefully someday get a seeder show up, but then here you come and post it in FLAC! Oh, and there was the Ali Project stuff some weeks back, and so on. Blanket thanks to all Hirano posters!

I'm also looking for Seven of Seven ~side story of nana II~; Hanada Shonen-shi; Silkroad Kids Yuto; and Fuyu no Semi if anyone's got any one of them. I'll have a nice FLAC share of a very good orchestral game soundtrack, from my own CD, of something I first learned about from this thread a couple years ago. I don't believe it's ever been posted publicly in lossless, on the English-speaking part of the Internet at least.

I'm also looking for Seven of Seven ~side story of nana II~; Hanada Shonen-shi; Silkroad Kids Yuto; and Fuyu no Semi if anyone's got any one of them.


Yoshihisa Hirano, Masashi Sada, Yoshiaki Ohuchi
FUYU NO SEMI (Winter Cicada)

MP3 -v0 + SCANS | 27 Tracks | 00:45:18 | 89 MB

Release Date: 26.03.2008
Label: Amuse Soft Entertainment
Catalog Number: ASCS-2330
Source: eiennorenai (https://www.4shared.com/zip/8F0noI0o)



VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/34324)

15 tracks out 27 composed by Hirano, rest by others, but most of them arranged by him, too. Tracks are romanized.

Small ensemble (no indication how many violin players are in the Yukihiro Nishimoto Group), probably conducted by Hirano himself, though the booklet doesn't say.

eiennorenai's 4shared download link found while searching for this score. Re-uploaded to Mega since 4shared requires registration for downloading.

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!xcdinL7J!TODh3iR5xLeo7nKJdW6kkkwVx9EWLh-lwxAQ3TvEDFY

Thank you, Herr Salat. I remember not liking Fuyu no Semi but maybe I should revisit it today, since it is by Hirano after all!... Seven of Seven would be wonderful to have as well (really loving Track 5).

Haha, Ouran AGAIN! ;)

You surely wanted to tip 'Ouragan'.

... You're welcome.

Yes, Arial: Hirano is a musical hurricane :'D


I think I posted an "Ouran High School Host Club" suite.

Tango, can you post that "Ouran High School Host Club" suite you once shared again? ^^"

Yoshihisa Hirano - Ouran High School Host Club (Suite for Chamber Orchestra)
FLAC: https://mega.co.nz/#!lwoGmbrL!D-tJSwhJk2OdozZmEXDqVhKBN-RQkraAkORewQPKL9M
MP3: https://mega.co.nz/#!k94VGACS!NJ1qwRRsbAoRNUQ86UeXTje3TF5qprCTE10bu-IVYDc

In 2007, I made this 18-minute "summary" of what is still for me, Hirano's finest score. This suite really hangs together so well... even though there is a certain bias towards the music on the first CD - I'm not sure why. I've kept the edits largely as they were in the original albeit with a handful of minor (literally, tenths-of-a-second timing tweaks) changes here and there. I think another may be in the offing... In the mean time, please enjoy. :)

I hope we see a tracklist and samples for Tanken Driland soon. Does the show only have 1 disc worth of music when it ran 37 episodes long?...

The music was spread pretty thin, it has to be said. There was a lot of cheapy filler stuff padding out maybe half an hour or a bit more of orchestral score. It was quite common for the same cue to be re-used twice or even thrice per episode in every single episode.

I imagine it'll be a pretty well-stocked single CD...

While that's slightly disappointing, I'm sure it will be well worth the money. I need to cut down on my frivolous spending so I can fund for Tempest OST 2 and Tanken Driland hehehe... I also have Super Robot Taisen OST 2 in lossless and will post it soon.

Yoshihisa Hirano - Ouran High School Host Club (Suite for Chamber Orchestra)
FLAC: https://mega.co.nz/#!lwoGmbrL!D-tJSwhJk2OdozZmEXDqVhKBN-RQkraAkORewQPKL9M
MP3: https://mega.co.nz/#!k94VGACS!NJ1qwRRsbAoRNUQ86UeXTje3TF5qprCTE10bu-IVYDc

In 2007, I made this 18-minute "summary" of what is still for me, Hirano's finest score. This suite really hangs together so well... even though there is a certain bias towards the music on the first CD - I'm not sure why. I've kept the edits largely as they were in the original albeit with a handful of minor (literally, tenths-of-a-second timing tweaks) changes here and there. I think another may be in the offing... In the mean time, please enjoy. :)

Wait, so you mean to say that after all that Hirano had done, after he had scored to shows where the protagonist was a mad fascist in possession of a book of the death, a show that detailed the epic battle between giant machines, of the battle between medieval-futurist kingdoms, that his very best work was...a show about a lower class kid thrown into an elite, rich academy and the hilarity thereof?

I guess I should try to find the complete soundtrack then.

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I don't remember seeing that at all! But then again, I watched Ouran when it was airing...

While that's slightly disappointing, I'm sure it will be well worth the money. I need to cut down on my frivolous spending so I can fund for Tempest OST 2 and Tanken Driland hehehe... I also have Super Robot Taisen OST 2 in lossless and will post it soon.

I don't mind only 30 minutes with Hirano, because he packs so much in.

As for Tempest... something tells me that you might be better off taking the inevitable download for OST 2 and waiting a little while more... The whole thing just reeks of "We'll release it properly later" - and frankly, if Driland - a show for five year old kids that features an avant-garde symphonic/choral score and which finished two weeks ago can get a release... bloody Tempest sure as hell can too... Surely they'd sell twenty times more Tempests than Drilands...

The link to "Pomp & Pipes" does not work anymore... Can you please share a new one? Thanks!

Takayuki Hattori
I.Q FINAL PERFECT MUSIC FILE
(I.Q Intelligent Qube & I.Q FINAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)


FLAC with log + CUE + SFV - 203 MB (http://depositfiles.com/files/7rrdoew1k)
MEGA mirror (https://mega.co.nz/#!tU1lzRJI!RTVCqCtPBwKWQZshfcc1Q00LsaNanfAK1PEodSv mtw4) courtesy Herr Salat

I think the regulars here are well-acquainted with this soundtrack. For those who aren't, Takayuki Hattori is a rather big time composer of movies, TV, and anime, and you may have heard some of his arrangement work on the the very first Final Fantasy arranged album, Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy. Clearly he's a real pro with an orchestra and, though this was written for a 1997 Playstation puzzle game, it is pure orchestra with occasional choir, and no synth. I'll admit I feel it's patchy with really memorable stuff, but it's all a good exercise in orchestration, harmony, and compositional development. These mostly are not straightforward tunes. When a simple, easy to remember melody appears, the piece often changes significantly in tone or pace soon thereafter. Just try stopping whatever else you're doing and follow along with "The 1st Tide" throughout its minute-and-a-half loop and see how much it changes before coming back around to the beginning. Though it's complex and often thick with dissonant harmony, I don't think the soundtrack ever gets too dense to be appreciated by anyone except music theory students. It is at times pretty gloomy, but I think its brassy, triumphant sound is its defining character. I don't love it as much as I do some much more simple and melodic music, but, thankfully, we don't have to choose. It has its place and I'm very happy to own it, which would likely never have happened if it hadn't been shared here.

It's actually still available at CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SVWC-7015) at a very reasonable [for Japan] price if you want to do "the right thing".

I hope DepositFiles is okay with everyone. My MediaFire account got a couple strikes (that I really think were in error, but I can't really dispute it because it's true I didn't own the copyright) and I prefer not to risk it a lot further. Somebody can mirror if they want and I'll add it to this post.

Yoshihisa Hirano: Arrangement Work Compilation
14 FLACs + 5 MP3s = 90:57
Source: Various

Tracks 1~13: Ali Project's studio albums
Track 14: Arrangement of Wagner's Nuremberg Overture from Boogiepop Phantom
Track 15: Hirano's original composition for J-Pop singer Shibasaki Kou
Tracks 16, 17: J-Pop singer Hiromi Iwasaki
Tracks 18, 19: J-Pop duo ManaKana

Just a quick write-up before I hit the bed: This is pretty much another Ali Project album in the same vein as Grand Finale. So if you don't like Ali Project, then stay away from this one. I realized that I could make a compilation of substantial length by pulling Hirano's scattered effort on Ali Project's regular releases. Some detective work was done to find out which tracks feature Hirano's delicious arrangement in Ali Project's vast discography. Luckily, I was able to find most of them in high quality - the 5 MP3 files are in 320kbps. I left off tracks where Hirano was only responsible for strings arrangmeent, such as this one: Troubadour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqaysClpnsE). It's a damn shame because the first 22 seconds are one of the most magnificent things I've heard recently. Anyway, Hirano (baroque-minded) and Ali Project (gothic pop) are a match made in heaven!

My favorite here is Ranse Eroica (Track 13 in this compilation), which starts off with Debussy's string quartet note for note, and then develops into Hirano's magical insanity full of his characteristic dissonance. Each track is romanized and is tagged with its original composer plus corresponding album artwork. And I intentionally put J-Pop arrangements at the end, so it would be easier for you guys to delete them. While Hirano did arrange them, they only sound like J-Pop with Hirano's light touches here and there. On another thought, I might as well call this Ali Project & Hirano Compilation. :'D



That's Tanaka Kouhei in the background, I believe...

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0iiea0weue5tp4q)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?od7gl9z9rh70gu2)
Part III (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kiid4mbvu6zhia1)

EDIT: Argh... is there any way to cut the first 22 seconds of Troubadour without an abrupt end? Just thought it would make for a splendid opening/interlude to this compilation. :-D

.

Thank you, nothingtosay and Akashi San!

Hirano's arrangement of Wagner is just delicious! Wagner occasionally resolves into focus and then Hirano completely disassembles it layer by layer and then puts it all back together wrapped up in dissonant insanity... the control he had over his orchestra and his raw material even here at the very beginning of his career (he was just 28, here!) is jaw-dropping... very grateful for you digging this one out.

Nothingtosay: More spookiness... I was thinking about IQ last night and I kept waking up with the score in my head... and then you have posted it. This has happened before a few months ago with Crusher Joe; that time Herr Salat answered my nocturnal and involuntary request!

Depositfiles is a little difficult for me but that's not your problem - I'll manage to grab this somehow, sooner or later... :)

Thanks to you as well!

EDIT: Argh... is there any way to cut the first 22 seconds of Troubadour without an abrupt end? Just thought it would make for a splendid opening/interlude to this compilation. :-D

Here (http://www.mediafire.com/?wmmccdihnyd307a)'s my attempt. I'm not sure this is the best I could do, but it's past bedtime for me so cut me some slack. :P Grabbed a 320 kbps MP3, edited, and then re-encoded to LAME V0. If you have a FLAC copy I'd be glad to do it again though. Re-encoding MP3s bugs me.

nothingtosay, I've got...nothing to say about lvalice2 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/lossless-video-game-soundtrack-thread-v2-126974/42.html#post2322715)'s comment after you shared Intelligent Qube in the Lossless Video Game Soundtrack Thread. S/he questioning this "Do the right thing" and saying "Buying a physical copy doesn't guarantee support." Wow.
The guy is one of those people who feels entitled to free downloads/complains when an uploader doesn't provide lossless/doesn't contribute anything himself.


Here (http://www.mediafire.com/?wmmccdihnyd307a)'s my attempt. I'm not sure this is the best I could do, but it's past bedtime for me so cut me some slack. :P Grabbed a 320 kbps MP3, edited, and then re-encoded to LAME V0. If you have a FLAC copy I'd be glad to do it again though. Re-encoding MP3s bugs me.
Thank you, nothingtosay! I don't mind it very much, but is there a way to cut without re-encoding? (I am a total newbie with audio editing)


Masamichi Amano: Stratos 4 OST
TTA|CUE|LOG
NOT MY RIP


VGMDB Entry (http://vgmdb.net/album/31521)

Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xbyxo3cpzomd94z)
Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cb0tl9e6blgljhv)

A very obscure find... I haven't checked which ones are orchestral yet.

5, 7, 13, 15, 17, and 20 (17 minutes 44 seconds) fully orchestral, 16 partially but goes off into some silly electronica noise halfway through.

A very, very rare one! Thank you again. :D

Additional Mega mirror for nothingtosay's share of Takayuki Hattori's I.Q FINAL PERFECT MUSIC FILE score. Reposit this link :'D

https://mega.co.nz/#!tU1lzRJI!RTVCqCtPBwKWQZshfcc1Q00LsaNanfAK1PEodSv mtw4

nothingtosyay, I just re-uploaded Hattori's documentary film score "Nihon Retto Ikimonotachi no Monogatari" in FLAC here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/takayuki-hattori-nihon-retto-ikimonotachi-no-monogatari-112618/#post2322884), in case you (anyone else) missed it ^^"

Thank you, nothingtosay! I don't mind it very much, but is there a way to cut without re-encoding? (I am a total newbie with audio editing)
Not so much with this song. I used reverb to create an artificial ending because a fade would sound much more unnatural since it goes so quickly into the main body of the song. With MP3DirectCut you can do fades without re-encoding, but not real processing. I hate to do it but, realistically, there's not really any audible degradation using such a high bitrate. My offer still stands for now and forevermore, if anyone finds it in lossless, I'll redo it and put my best effort into getting it to sound seamless. Or someone else may well be able to do it better.


Thanks for the mirror, Herr Salat. Added to my posts here and in the lossless thread (now Tango's got it, I'm sure). And for Fuyu no Semi. And I didn't see the documentary score before so I'm getting it now. And thanks, Akashi San, for sorting through all those Ali Project albums and the others for the Hirano stuff. You folks sure make a guy feel welcome.

Hey tango do you know if the second season of Tanken Driland has new music? I'm wondering this because I read that the setting and characters are all new.

It might be getting a soundtrack release now because they didn't want to release the second season's music before it aired?

Yessir, new music. Hirano recorded the score for season 2 in March. Too early to tell what it's going to be like.

It is odd that they release Season 1's soundtrack just as Season 2 premieres... Japan works in mysterious ways... :)

If that's the case then it might just be because Nippon Columbia, the label, is often slow (recent example would be them releasing a Lupin III soundtrack 8 months after it aired on TV).

Hopefully they will release the second season's soundtrack faster (if at all).

Yessir, new music. Hirano recorded the score for season 2 in March. Too early to tell what it's going to be like.

It is odd that they release Season 1's soundtrack just as Season 2 premieres... Japan works in mysterious ways... :)

It's not THAT odd. I mean, we usually the boxset of a TV season just as the next one begins. GoT Season 2 came out in March, Season 3 started in April.

It's odd for Japan. Soundtracks come out right in the middle or near to the end of the season they represent, to maximise interest. Releasing months after the show has finished is strange because 90% of people will have forgotten about it by then. You lose the "Wow, this show that I'm watching has great music - I'm gonna go out and buy the soundtrack album" crowd; all you have left are the "HOLY S**T YOSHIHISA HIRANO FOR THE WIN HAVE MY BABIES YOU BLOND-HAIRED HUNK OF MAN!!!" which aren't likely to be be sufficiently numerous to make tens of thousands of sales... ;)

I'm not quite sure if this would count. But i found the music in this anime to be very orchestral and a joy to listen too.

LACA-9281~2 | Notes of School idol days - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/37503)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/LACA-9281_zps82d68ad3.jpg.html)

Title: TV Anime "Love Live!" Original Soundtrack Notes of school idol days
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yoshiaki Fujisawa, 森慎太郎, Yusuke Itagaki, Takahiro Yamada, 河田貴央, 佐々木裕, Kyo Takada, yozuca*, Yugo Sasakura
No. of tracks: 68
Format: MP3 and FLAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Apr 10, 2013
Size: MP3 303mb/ FLAC 843mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/FLAC

Tracklist

CD 1

1. Morning of the Beginning (Main Theme) [LM01]
2. Despair [LM05]
3. We are in the Middle of Now (TV Size) [Opening Theme]
4. Happy↑Dull↓ [LM06]
5. Relaxed Lunch Break [LM17]
6. Huh??? [LM24]
7. Days Gone by [LM09]
8. Morning Training [LM18]
9. Private Wars [Episode 1 Insert Song]
10. Negotiating with Principal
11. I Love You Hooraay! (Prepro Piano Mix) [Episode 1 Insert Song]
12. A Young Day's Setting Sun
13. Advance→Tomorrow (TV Size) [Episode 1 Insert Song]
14. Last Time on Love live! [LM15]
15. Jumbled [LM16]
16. Awkward Mood [LM26]
17. Strategy Meeting [LM07]
18. Chase [LM33]
19. Twinkle [ED Arrange]
20. Evening of Gloom [LM03]
21. School Route of Sakura Trees
22. Serious Look [LM27]
23. START:DASH!! (Prepro Piano Mix) [Episode 2 Insert Song]
24. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・KotoHonoUmi) [Episode 2 Ending Theme]
25. Boo hoo... [LM20]
26. Friendship [LM21]
27. Operation Start [LM22]
28. No One's Here [LM23]
29. START:DASH!! (TV Size) [Episode 3 insert Song]
30. Night of Sadness [LM04]
31. Easygoing Early Afternoon [LM25]
32. Hanayo's Determination [LM25]
33. Fun Club Activities [LM28]
34. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・MakiRinPana) [Episode 4 Ending Theme]

CD 2

1. Suspicious One, Niko [LM29]
2. ＞ω＜/ [LM08]
3. Let's Explain! [LM30]
4. The Strong [LM14]
5. Niko's Past [LM31]
6. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・Niko Solo) [Episode 5 Ending Theme]
7. Someday from Now (TV Size) [Episode 6 Insert Song]
8. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・NikoRinBanaMakiKotoHonoUmi) [Episode 6 Ending Theme]
9. Love Live! Opening!! Commencement!! [LM37]
10. Arisa [LM32]
11. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・EriNozo) [Episode 7 Insert Song]
12. For Tomorrow's Victory [LM35]
13. What Eri Wants to Do [LM41]
14. μ's Beginning [LM36]
15. Our LIVE LiFE with you (TV Size) [Episode 8 Insert Song]
16. Maid Cafe [LM45]
17. Minarinsky [LM40]
18. Important Things [LM01 TypeB]
19. Wonder zone (TV Size) [Episode 9 Insert Song]
20. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・Kotori Solo) [Episode 9 Ending Theme]
21. Dangerous Mermaid festa [LM38]
22. Slapstick Comedy [LM34]
23. Start from Adversity [LM44]
24. No brand girls (TV Size) [Episode 11 Insert Song]
25. Premonition of Storm [LM42]
26. Regret [LM19]
27. Separated Apart [LM43]
28. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size・Honoka Solo) [Episode 12 Insert Song]
29. To a new location [OP Arrange]
30. Akiba Investigation [LM39]
31. Typical Days at Akiba [LM11]
32. Dance! Dance! Dance! [LM46]
33. START:DASH!! (TV Size) [Episode 13 Insert Song]
34. We Definitely Hear our Youth (TV Size) [Episode 3・8・10・11・13 Ending

320 kbs MP3

https://mega.co.nz/#!DYZUSaYA!fWtqaH0Q0Vt1VLZt3d0Yq0rIhbtvd0FDO1AV05G kNag

FLAC

https://mega.co.nz/#!KARwRC4C!VEtrDkTbaMmZNhYWO0esMl-DvZFC9TJckZLReHCUPew


Scans are included. Tracklist was translated by Akashi-san ;3

It's odd for Japan. Soundtracks come out right in the middle or near to the end of the season they represent, to maximise interest. Releasing months after the show has finished is strange because 90% of people will have forgotten about it by then. You lose the "Wow, this show that I'm watching has great music - I'm gonna go out and buy the soundtrack album" crowd; all you have left are the "HOLY S**T YOSHIHISA HIRANO FOR THE WIN HAVE MY BABIES YOU BLOND-HAIRED HUNK OF MAN!!!" which aren't likely to be be sufficiently numerous to make tens of thousands of sales... ;)

I freaking wish it was like that all the time. Every time i see an anime with aniplex involved i roll my eyes. Because the majority of the time they release the soundtracks with Blueray/DVD bundles MONTHS after the anime finishes. Heck Sword art online ended like 6-8 months ago and it isn't until now that the second volume is getting released. That crap pisses me off! >:/.

Seems like more and more companies are doing it that way too.

HUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAA VALVRAVE!

Promising...

Edit: Oh, Akira, don't you ever stop using those chord progressions to fill in time... http://www.mediafire.com/?j00vguvee4bjwcm

YOSHIHISA HIRANO
SEVEN OF SEVEN
Side Story of Nana II

MP3 320kbps | 39 Tracks | 01:07:23 | 156 MB

Release Date: 26.06.2002
Label: King Records
Catalog Number: KICA-578
Source: Xiami (http://www.xiami.com/album/458238)



VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/33845)

Most tracks are already translated, but some (parentheses) are still in Japanese (read: I did nothing ^^").

DOWNLOAD
https://mega.co.nz/#!BY82TQbB!Bq3G7iGQq7gDT7c_Hxnm8Bha2psLcD5LAMTATxz nk3A

Akira Senju: Victory Gundam Symphonic Suite 'Thousand Nests'
MP3 320 KBPS
Source: Herr Salat's download from Xiami

Conducted by Anthony Inglis
Performed by Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra


Amazon Japan Entry (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8C%E6%A9%9F%E5%8B%95%E6%88%A6%E5%A3%ABV%E3% 82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%80%8D%E3%80%9C %E4%BA%A4%E9%9F%BF%E7%B5%84%E6%9B%B2%E7%AC%AC%E4%B A%8C%E7%95%AA-THOUSAND-CRACOW-SYMPHONY-ORCHESTR/dp/B00005F65F/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1)

Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?0zxs2qdpq2qcn4p)

Senju reuses the beginning of the 6th movement in "Air Rendezvous" from The Dream of Africa. There's definitely more recycling to be spotted, but that's the only one I can recognize immediately. The music is very good and I would enjoy this more than listening to all three volumes of Victory Gundam soundtracks. And is it just me who can't imagine Gundam with Senju's music? His music tends to be too tender for the action-heavy mecha anime. But I do adore his work on V Gundam as standalone music, especially this particular track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNP4xha7Q0s), which is incorporated into the 6th movement of this suite. Eternal gratitude to Herr Salat for snagging this in high quality.

NOTE: This seems to be Senju's symphonic suite #2. I'm guessing his suite #1 would be Walkure Story (http://vgmdb.net/album/5437).


Akira Senju: Tetsujin 28 The Movie Soundtrack
FLAC|CUE|LOG
NOT MY RIP


Amazon Japan Entry (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%89%84%E4%BA%BA28%E5%8F%B7-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%8 2%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9% E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-%E5%8D%83%E4%BD%8F%E6%98%8E/dp/B000765MTG/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1365743238&sr=1-5&keywords=%E9%89%84%E4%BA%BA28%E5%8F%B7)

Mediafire Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?exbthlbl2xl7vt8)
Mediafire Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7fhxcixjr9zwc7i)

Track 6 and 20 mildly quotes the above Youtube track from V Gundam. There's nothing much to say about this one except that it's a very solid album written strictly in Senju's established style. Track 17 in particular is very good (sans the repetition). :D

So I found this (http://vgmdb.net/album/21825) score today :D. Surprised me in the bargain bin. I was lucky enough to find the vgmdb link on google when I searched for the catalog number in the store. I enjoy it much more than the same composer's work arranging for Cobra the Animation, though it is still a bit cheesy. I will try to post it tomorrow or sometime soon.

Damn buggery blast. Shiro Hamaguchi's Karneval is indeed another penny pincher; bloody fake brass all over the place. Why the hell do they keep doing this? (Rhetorical question; I know full well why they keep doing it.)

To make Tango say weird British curses, that's why!

I'm also looking for Seven of Seven ~side story of nana II~; Hanada Shonen-shi; Silkroad Kids Yuto; and Fuyu no Semi if anyone's got any one of them.

nothingtosay, HCL. re-uploaded Yoshihisa "Hunk" Hirano's Hanada Shounen-Shi score here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/hanada-shounen-shi-ost-2003-yoshihisa-hirano-74216/#post2323714) :'D

Akira Senju: Tetsujin 28 The Movie Soundtrack

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! :D

Nonetheless, regarding track 17... Oh, come the f**k on...
Track 19... OK, now this is getting a bit beyond a joke...
Track 23... AGAIN? Ooooo... kay... Patience on the wane.
Track 27... OK, f**k this, I'm done...

(whistles nonchanantly) http://www.mediafire.com/?imm6gpxwgkdvsa8

:awsm:

Is this thread all anime scores now? I'm not complaining, I just don't see anything else here, and wonder if the title should reflect that.

Is this thread all anime scores now? I'm not complaining, I just don't see anything else here, and wonder if the title should reflect that.

Emm, no, recently was shared some classical music, videogame music and a lot of anime music. But its not only anime music.

The thread title is fine besides "BIG" and "ACTION". We still post classical music and sometimes bring up new western scores if they aren't RC/MV. I think the last 300~400 pages of this thread discussed good ol' scores well enough already.

The thread title is fine besides "BIG".

The thread is big though ;)

The title of this thread was appropriate for about fifteen minutes. Five years and almost 500 pages later, it's now about good music, regardless of genre... The fact is that 99% of good music is coming out of Japan today, so an anime bias is only natural.

Well, I scrapped my plan to buy Tenpest for now and ordered Hirano's piano album instead... :-D
Thanks to Tango, I may as well be a Hirano worshipper now hohoho. :'D

Hands off, asshole - he's mine. ;)

So I just saw AURA was released in Japanese theaters today. The film has a run time of 82 minutes and was scored by Michiru Oshima... and yet there's no soundtrack release in sight.

What's happening? First Aniplex does this enclosure business with Tempest and now Lantis isn't even releasing her music? I fear for the future.


Oshima and her crew in Paris, December 2012

Not worried... yet... if it gets to DVD time and still no soundtrack, I'll be very, very upset...

Not worried... yet... if it gets to DVD time and still no soundtrack, I'll be very, very upset...
Yeah, but movies usually don't do bonus CDs. Even Aniplex rarely does it for movies.
I think Pony Canyon is the distributor for this movie and they have never done a movie+soundtrack bundle as far as I know. This would be their first.

Just to clarify, I'm not expecting a soundtrack with the DVD... I'm expecting a soundtrack announcement somewhere around the time the DVD comes out. :)

Well since Bear McCreary announced his own record label "Sparks and Shadows" we will start seeing more frequent releases (I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Walking Dead score). In fact, he has released the Main Theme to Da Vinci's Demons. I like the melody and the fact that he has done his research on Renaissance composition techniques. This looks to be promising and a welcome deviation from his synth experiments.

Da Vinci's Demons, Main Title Theme - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f04U-pu4DEQ)

Oh and here is the entire first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1ircCjjMw

I love how the main theme is beautifully and seamlessly implemented throughout the show. I had chills a few times when the theme soared.

nothingtosay, HCL. re-uploaded Yoshihisa "Hunk" Hirano's Hanada Shounen-Shi score here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/hanada-shounen-shi-ost-2003-yoshihisa-hirano-74216/#post2323714) :'D
Thanks, dude. You're a real trooper. One day I'll actually get to listen to all this music. :laugh:

Yawn another boring McCreary score. Just because he now actually has a decent ensemble that isn't overblown by percussion doesn't save his lack of good theme. It is a theme but not particularly interesting.

Yoshihisa Hirano: Hajime no Ippo NEW CHALLENGER OST
MP3 320KBPS|34 Tracks~69:18
NOT MY RIP


VGMDB (http://vgmdb.net/album/30203)

DOWNLOAD
Hajime no Ippo - Next Challenger OST.7z (http://www.mediafire.com/?u3l177vqife3tcs)

I also re-uploaded the last Harukanaru Toki no Naka de soundtrack here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/yoshihisa-hirano-harukanaru-toki-no-naka-de-79713/#post2324138) (big thanks to nexday)... :)

REQUEST (yet again...): Could I ask for a re-upload of Hana Yori Dango 2 Returns (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/376.html#post1926932)?

Yawn another boring McCreary score. Just because he now actually has a decent ensemble that isn't overblown by percussion doesn't save his lack of good theme. It is a theme but not particularly interesting.

I found the music to be very melodic, but to each their own I suppose ;).

Here is a look at all the major themes from the show. I actually like the Rome Theme quite a bit. The chromatics are well written and implemented, imo.

Da Vinci's Demons - Themes - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ymDF3CdBc)

Could I ask for a re-upload of Hana Yori Dango 2 Returns (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/376.html#post1926932)?


Something I noticed while browsing way back into the thread. Hana Yori Dango 2 was only 128kbps but now that it's down ... well we can't have that!

Hana Yori Dango 2 Returns



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!0RNRwTSC!REaon1YMsprCqyftcUF9kH-tSnxp51-Vg3Q1rGD5ADg)
MP3 / V0 / 13 Tracks / 40min

Ripped from CD and with english tags. Yamashita's reprise of the Returns Theme in Final was superb but I still prefer the original theme afterall.

Thank you SO MUCH, Herr Salat! Big thanks to klnerfan for the original rip as well. :D

Do you need a laugh, this Sunday afternoon? Why not listen to what happens with a fledgling budget classical label decides to cash in on popular film music, records compilation albums on a shoestring budget with an under-rehearsed Czechoslovakian orchestra?



VARIOUS ARTISTS
Star Wars
and other Sci-Fi Classics
Richard Hayman and "His Orchestra"
(a pseudonym for The Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, currently known as the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)



My rip (yes, I know... it was a gift, don't blame me) - FLAC Level 8 - Scans included

https://mega.co.nz/#!ZlQy2YZJ!YpIdeFrRAgNcbsayBz1fpy-KZxA8_5Lea_LbvlOW68g

In the late eighties, Naxos were still building up their reputation and their catalogues, and some bright spark decided to embark on a series of ultra-low-budget film music compilations, all recorded in Czechoslovakia and conducted by veteran arranger Richard Hayman. Some were better than others... and honestly, this one isn't the worst going, although it does have the cringe-worthy Hayman arrangement of Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra; all going so well until 1:19 and then suddenly we cross the point of no return; poor taste reigns supreme.

Some of the other recordings featured music for which scores could not be obtained; so we were treated to Hayman's very own by-ear reconstructions... and boy, were they terrible... I'll be posting some others purely for their comedy value.

This one, it seems, had scores available - and the recordings are reasonable - although Gerhardt did the Star Wars suite better... Meteor is muscular, Alien is a surprisingly competent survey of Goldsmith's ultimately rejected main title, Battlestar Galactica presents the main theme and also snatches of score from the movie, and Close Encounters re-imagines the famous "conversation" music as a brief but exciting brassy action piece...

Also notable are Peter Dempsey's liner notes, which are stuffed with misinformation from start to finish. John Williams was now born in 1937, not 1932, and has a whole slew of random movies that he had nothing to do with added to his filmography; The Stud (music by Biddu Appaiah), Jaws 3 (music by Alan Parker), Airplane (music by Elmer Bernstein), and Superman II (music by Ken Thorne). Meteor is credited on the back cover to "Larry" Rosenthal, and Glen Larson scored Battlestar Galactica with Stu Phillips as his orchestrator! It goes on. Absolutely shocking beyond belief...

This is a 2006 re-issue of the original 1989 album. Yes, they actually re-issued this crap and reprinted the same wrong liner notes almost twenty years after they were written... The mind boggles.

Enjoy... or not! ;)

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, John Williams (born 1937, the composer of blockbuster motion pictures such as Airplane, The Stud, and Jaws 3-D and contemporary of Glen Larson and Larry Rosenthal) scored a film called E.T. The Extra Terrestrial... and it was a terrible, terrible score. A lumbering, poorly orchestrated, dumbed-down beast of a score - Spielberg's delightful film was spoiled by this musical incompetence and Williams' career never recovered; leading to his scoring atrocious low-budget knockoff trash like Jaws 3-D!

Some poor bugger who was duped as I was, posted this album in MP3 a few weeks ago - here's an upgrade to FLAC so you can experience the horrors with greater clarity...


JOHN WILLIAMS
The Best Of John Williams
Richard Hayman and The Philharmonic Rock Orchestra
(another pseudonym for The Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, currently known as the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)



My rip once again. Purchased age 9, didn't know any better back then. FLAC Level 8 - Scans Included.

https://mega.co.nz/#!pwx2laLY!cikoBAdOkKYudjLoBFVrM3Wa1yM-bSGPfE-IFhoXf9w

Well, if you thought the other one was bad, get a load of this... Again, some tracks are better than others, but the bad ones are really really terrible. The star of the show has to be the "Selections from E.T." - Hayman's own arrangement... It's E.T. but it's not... Williams' detail and deft touch are gone in favour of slimmed down, simplified, and tacky orchestrations - performed with amazing lethargy. The rendition of Superman makes Ken Thorne's slimmed down arrangement for Superman II (back here in the real world) sound like 120 members of the LSO. Star Wars is represented, bizarrely, by Parade Of The Ewoks(??!)... and Jaws has annoying seaside noises dubbed in - presumably to add a distraction from the shoddy arrangement and drunken performance. The famous "Mission" theme (from NBC Nightly News) is actually pretty good... but then we're left with a nasty taste in our mouths with the final track - the Raiders March... played by your local high school marching band. There are more unnecessary snare drum parts in here than in your average Megumi Ohashi score, and that's saying something.

All in all, a hideous piece of shit and a terrific insult to Williams. Enjoy! ;)

It really sounds like they are struggling to just play the right notes - no energy, minimal dynamics. And I lost it at Raiders' March. :awsm: Thanks for uploading, though!

Relevant: How to intentionally suck as an orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODLkaF8F-Y)

It really sounds like they are struggling to just play the right notes - no energy, minimal dynamics. And I lost it at Raiders' March. :awsm: Thanks for uploading, though!

Relevant: How to intentionally suck as an orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODLkaF8F-Y)

One of the most amazing and hilarious tunes ever created. TOP.

Ladies and gentlemen, sorry to divert from levity to sadness... but it's just been reported that British conductor Sir Colin Davis passed on this evening at the age of 85. A great man, and an equally great musician, his illustrious career spanned seven decades. Even though his international fame was principally as an interpreter of Berlioz, when I heard the news my mind started playing Elgar's third symphony as elaborated by Anthony Payne. He wasn't the first to record it, but I just adore his performance. This is a live recording he made at a concert in London, at the Barbican Centre, in December of 2001. It's a beautiful symphony which for me epitomises the true soul of Great Britain - and the understated, modest genius of Sir Colin.




SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Sketches elaborated by Anthony Payne
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor

The London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by
Sir Colin Davis

https://mega.co.nz/#!9h4SSLgC!XPVB-xGOILtkVE3ipIazoA926igmD6MhBNJUedE6Jmw



Sir Colin Davis: 1927 - 2013

Tango,

Do you still have Yoshihisa Hirano's Ouran High School Host Club OST 1 and 2 itself lossless? If so, can you upload it?

The suite you assembled for chamber orchestra is super awesome !

Thanks for your other recent ups too btw :)

Yessir, still got it. I think I got it from Download Ouran High School Host Club OST Collection [FLAC] torrent - BakaBT (http://bakabt.me/details.php?id=145008&hit=1) if you want to grab it from there. (Unless you can wait eight hours!)

Cheers,
TT

Anyone seen this: 魂の歌 Spiritual Songs (http://www.b-academy.jp/special/tamauta/index.html)

Original album performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with pieces by Michiru Oshima, Yugo Kanno, Kousuke Yamashita, Akira Senju, Toshiyuki Watanabe, etc. According to the credits the first and last track have a speaker reading over them but the rest are purely instrumental.

The CD was apparently released last month. They have a video on the site but it's pretty much just talking.

Do you still have Yoshihisa Hirano's Ouran High School Host Club OST 1 and 2 itself lossless? If so, can you upload it?

The suite (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/476.html#post2322489) you assembled for chamber orchestra is super awesome!

Ouran High School Host Club OSTs, FLAC, shared by Spectralfire at BakaBT (http://bakabt.me/details.php?id=145008&hit=1)

/ VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/25617)

/ VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/25618)

/ VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/25861)


Dear Yoshihisa Hirano,

I too want to compliment you on your incredible talent. Your arrangements and compositions have a distinct aura of experience and beauty that I find extremely pleasant; it provides me relief and enjoyment after a difficult day of college and work.

I do have one question about your work with the Ouran series. I was curious about the piano composition that is played by the character Tamaki in episodes 24, 25, and 26. Many people have mistaken it for Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op 9, No 2, although I do not quite agree. Could you tell me a little more about that piece? I find it alluring.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Sincerly,
Yvonne


Dear Yvonne

Thank you very much for your kind words that encourage me! I am so happy that my music bring you relief and enjoyment and help you when you have a hard time.

Actually, the piece you are curious about is NOT one of Chopin's Nocturnes. That is my own composition in Chopin style!
I composed music to the "Ouran series" under the idea of "parody of classical music in the different periods". That is to say, I applied different compositional styles and techniques of classical music to write music to "Ouran". So I understand that some people believe that piano piece is one of Chopin.Because it is certainly composed in Chopin style.
I needed to compose the elegant, and sad piece that expresses the unhappy background of Tamaki, who always behaves artlessly. And as long as he plays it on the piano, I thought the piece must sound just like a composition of the romanticist. (It is obviously ridiculous if Tamaki played a pop song-like-music to express himself as he is.)

Best Wishes,
Yoshihisa Hirano

http://www.yoshihisahirano.com/cgi/s_bbs39/s_bbs.cgi?action=return_html&txtnumber=log&next_page=120&max_rec=173

Watanabe was talking about Spiritual Songs on his blog a few months ago. It seems to be a very beautiful album... and it's one I definitely won't be pirating... :)

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Ooh, I wonder if Mr. Hirano is comfortable with speaking English. Thanks for the heads up, Herr Salat! I will try to write up a quick summary or even transcribe it if it's interesting.
The Spiritual Songs video is missing Oshima... :sad: Senju+Oshima+Watanabe+Yamashita plus Kaori Muraji to top it off *dies* = MUST BUY (for the good cause as well).

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Oh cool, Ayaka Hirahara ist there -- guess I have to check this out. Thanks for the link Meister Salat ;)

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SUPER ROBOT WARS OG -DIVINE WARS- O.S.T.02
FLAC|13 TRACKS~22:02
NOT MY RIP

YOSHIHISA HIRANO'S TRACKS ONLY

http://www.shinseido.co.jp/resource/cm_images/ssd/0/00000039/P2_G5377312W_l.JPG
VGMDB (http://vgmdb.net/album/34328)

DOWNLOAD: SuperRobot2.7z (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jkq98djf37xq7b3)

Credit goes to the original ripper and doppel9014 who uploaded this super duper rare album for me.

Well......... My feeling toward the new Superman theme by Zimmer is definitely conflicted.

What makes you so sure you have heard anything by Hans Zimmer?

you're right, it is premature to assume the music in trailer 3 is scored by Zimmer. The reason why I think that it is Zimmer's score is because of an earlier interview he did mentioned the use of a 12 man drum circle, and drum plays a heavy part in the trailer music, and the fact that Zimmer's score is also found in all the dark knight trilogy trailers further convinces me that the music used in the trailer is indeed composed by Zimmer. (It just sound like zimmer, call it instinct i guess)

Actually, you're correct. It's been confirmed that the new trailer contains a sample of Zimmer's score. I think it sounds better than the new Iron Man theme, but that's probably just me...

...Sounds great to me, nice riff on Williams' work with enough emotional impact to "build" a burgeoning hero. Really impressed.

I'm not impressed as it just sounds like his usual garbage. I'll at least give it a shot but to say that there is a nice riff on Williams in there is to mock the subject matter of the original Superman theme. I hear no such riff at all, not even a hint of the original theme and even if there was Zimmer would just take what Williams did and sodomize it beyond all recognition anyway.

Zimmer would just take what Williams did and sodomize it beyond all recognition anyway.

Jeez! First Zimmer is impugned (which is wholly understandable), but now sodomy is getting a bad rap? Come on…

Sounds like Vangelis

Sounds like Vangelis

Really? I don't think that sounds like him in the least. McCann sounds like Vangelis.

Don't insult Vangelis by comparing him to the present day Zimmer please.

I'm not impressed as it just sounds like his usual garbage. I'll at least give it a shot but to say that there is a nice riff on Williams in there is to mock the subject matter of the original Superman theme. I hear no such riff at all, not even a hint of the original theme and even if there was Zimmer would just take what Williams did and sodomize it beyond all recognition anyway.

Don't insult gay people by comparing this to sodomy. I agree though that I don't really hear any of the original theme.

How to extract files from YouTube to MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV or FLAC APE.

You need a dowloader for the video.
I recommend KeepVid / Program (http://keepvid.com/program) not need installation, only the java running

For the extraction of the audio file Efficient WMA MP3 Converter is very good and easy to use, and is free (also used to repair faulty file) Free Efficient WMA MP3 Converter supporting WAV,WMA,MP3,OGG,FLAC,M4A,RA (http://www.wmamp3-converter.com/)

First
With your chosen video - Copy the address of the browse the link yot want to download

Second
Call Efficient WMA MP3 Converter and choose the format and bitrate rate you want for your audio.

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Thank you very much Herr Salat
Isaias

Ohhh....... ;)

Rejoice! Shusei Murai will be scoring the Silver Spoon anime sometime this year. Between this and Oshima working on Hal, all we need is a Souhei Kano announcement and the news Yoko Kanno will be on whatever Shinichiro Watanabe's been up to and this will already be one of the better years in anime music in a long, long time.

@Youtube extraction toolchain: Very bloated setup. The python tool/script youtube-dl (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/) can do this in one pass.

youtube-dl -x url

Leaves you with a file containg just the audio part. As far as I can see this does not transcoding, so quality is retained.

Is there any way you could please reupload FIRE BOYS, with the complete soundtrack?

dreaminlimbo uploaded it here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/complete-naoki-satos-discography-130243/#post2324321) :'D

Inazuma Eleven GO vs Danball Senki W
MP3 V0|40 TRACKS~76:04
NOT MY RIP

http://www.gamers-onlineshop.jp/resize_image.php?image=12031347_50bc2ee6f224e.jpg&width=500
VGMDB (http://vgmdb.net/album/35453)

Warning: A bulk of this is synthesized. You might want to delete those and other filler tracks. Some action cues are still fun but the rest isn't worth keeping.
EDIT: After listening to parts of this again, I think the ones you would want to keep are those by Natsumi Kameoka - never heard of her, but she's good!

DOWNLOAD: InazumaDanball.7z (http://www.mediafire.com/?glb09o1ndemudj0)

Never heard of Natsumi Kameoka? Be still, my fragile heart...!

I do hope the TV series score turns up soon; it was recently released and whoops this one right into next week (no offence intended; much gratitude of course!) - but as far as I know has not materialised online as yet...

Speaking of Natsumi Kameoka, she had done some nice music for BLACK WOLVES SAGA (http://vgmdb.net/album/33890). I can upload a rip tomorrow.

Are there good Kameoka soundtracks I have been missing out? From her vgmdb entry, I see that she has done some terrific arrangement work (e.g., romeo x juliet) but not so much original composition...

She's really only-just starting out her career as a composer - so far, she's limited to "additional music" on Mitsuda scores... and frequently outshining Mitsuda in the process!

Thankfully in Inazuma Eleven Go Chronostone, she seems to be the "main" composer... with most of the setpiece cues going to her. The CD release seems to be a bit spotty though... I'm a little worried by the title; "Best Selection" which implies that there's buckets more which won't be released... Dunno... Maybe there will be another. There were THREE for the first series... but that was in the heady days of 2009 when soundtracks sold in decent numbers... so who knows?

EDIT: I bought two of my favourite Kameoka cues from the TV series score off iTunes, with the remaining 500 yen I had left on an old gift voucher! Have at it; five minutes exactly of Kameoka gold: http://www.mediafire.com/?q8u6zw2uwblco44

Dead Future Tournaments: Wonderful wonderful wonderful heroic cue, really showing off Kameoka's credentials as a slick orchestrator. Begins with a glorious full orchestra fanfare. Great brass, soaring strings, cheeky woodwind flourishes (0:14 and 0:17 - fun litte trills) and all the stuff we love. It's all those tiny details that make it so infectious for me; you can't hear everything that's going on in the show, and I don't doubt that Kameoka realised this when she was scoring it... but she still threw in all that polish and quality.

Protocol Omega 2.0: A much heavier action cue, again hyper-brassy... such quality in writing. Love it, love it. Almost Yamashita-standard here. Remember, we're dealing with a (to all intents and purposes) brand new composer of only thirty-two years of age... great things to come from her, I sincerely hope... she needs a big budget solo score SERIOUSLY BADLY.

I wish I could say the whole CD was like this...!

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Haha, Jesus Christ... I really do repeat myself a lot, don't I... :awsm:

Don't insult gay people by comparing this to sodomy. I agree though that I don't really hear any of the original theme.

Point taken ;). I think a comparison with Zimmer would probably be an insult.

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This is Kameoka? She's writes some solid original work. Until now I was only familiar with her arrangements. My first exposure was Drammatica and her arrangements were very good on that one. It's just too bad the mixing wasn't as good and the performance was lacking in a few spots (choir in Destati).

Yes, it is. My rip is tagged, so you can see what she composed (the score is split half-and-half between her and Shunsuke Tsuchiya). The info is of course also available on VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/33890).

AKIRA SENJU
(based on themes by Hiroyuki Kawada)
WALKURE STORY FOR ORCHESTRA
(aka Valkyrie Story for Orchestra)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Anthony Inglis



My rip. FLAC Level 8. Track Titles in English. Booklet included.

https://mega.co.nz/#!F8oVDQLA!V0sucVoEuv_vPTjf499mHQyLd54-GMlwjgafXOjs8Zo

This is a rare one; it's floating around online but has never been shared losslesly or with booklet scans. Long out of print, this is a 1993 symphonic suite by Senju, based on themes by Hiroyuki Kawada from two fairly obscure Japanese games - Walkure No Boken and Walkure No Densetsu. A splendid companion album to the similar Hikaru Genji Orchestra Version (Thread 125425) shared by Herr Salat. Yep, Senju is up to his usual tricks - wholesale theft, re-use of motifs, whole pages lifted from other works, etc... but it's excellent stuff, so he's forgiven. ;)

Enjoy :) TT


PS - Sirus; sodomy isn't the exclusive preserve of gay people. ;)

http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/gif/aa726de12a9e1b5e767c363f40d913d9ffbf27f0_t.gif
I have been looking for this for years! And here it is in lossless... Thanks a BUNCH, tango!!
And Distant Worlds is finally coming to my town!!! SO EXCITED...!! Great news and album to start my morning!!!

I've had gamemp3s release of this one for a while. It is similar to a lot of the VGM symphonic suites from that time. If you like them this will be for you. To me many of them are too classical. It is always good for lossless to appear.

Also if anyone is watching Space Brothers still, be warned that the last two episodes were recaps and the next two are likely recaps as well. Bloody filler.

Also if anyone is watching Space Brothers still, be warned that the last two episodes were recaps and the next two are likely recaps as well. Bloody filler.

Tell me about it... it's a f****g joke. One, I could understand... sort of... because they've moved to a new timeslot and a lot of new people will be watching... but this is a bloody joke. Definitely three filler episodes, and almost certainly a fourth... all with completely bugger all content.

:thumbsdown:

I don't even understand the point of that. Do they want to lose all of their viewers? If they did that here...my god, the ratings would plummet.

I don't even understand the point of that. Do they want to lose all of their viewers? If they did that here...my god, the ratings would plummet.
From July to December 2012 the series averaged a 2.8 TV rating. Earlier this month when they switched to the new timeslot they got a high 5.3 rating. They have a significantly larger audience now so it's only natural for them to be trying to draw the new viewers in.

Yes, but is putting the whole story on hold for FOUR episodes of clip-show really necessary?

^^^^^^^


I don't even understand the point of that. Do they want to lose all of their viewers? If they did that here...my god, the ratings would plummet.

Meh, same thing happened to Wolf's Rain and the reaction to that was just as overblown. BONES had a better excuse(SARS and all), but it'll come back and it's not like it's gonna dip in quality like EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW. Chill, watch something else for a couple weeks, maybe be productive. I've gotta ton of stuff to catch up on.

Plus, when SB finally sees a Western release, that's just one disc you'll never have to watch or spend cash on.

They'll make sure to put some fantastically necessary episode on there as well...

Yes, but is putting the whole story on hold for FOUR episodes of clip-show really necessary?
Probably not. But 50 episodes is a lot to summarize and it's most common for recap episodes to only cover around 12-13 episodes.

Either way, it's not a big deal. The new time slot is a good thing in the end because it means Space Bros has been successful and is here to stay for that much longer.

It's a big deal... it's buggered up my whole weekly routine! :awsm:

So... any new music for Space Brothers yet?!

Bugger all. I think there was a new piece a few episodes back (before the clip-show nonsense started) but not anything substantial. There's "OST 3" which was released a month back... which is a ten minute medley of the score performed by a full orchestra. Would be lovely if that turned up... :D

I'm also looking for Silkroad Kids Yuto if anyone's got it.


YOSHIHISA HIRANO
SILKROAD KIDS YŪTO

China National Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra (Japan), Koji Haishima (cond.)

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 28 Tracks | 00:53:47 | 409 MB

Release Date: 21.12.2007
Label: VAP
Catalog Number: VPCG-84865



Tracklist translated by by Akashi San.

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JOE HISAISHI, KŌSUKE YAMASHITA
CASTING BLOSSOMS TO THE SKY

MP3 -v0 + SCANS | 18 Tracks | 01:11:56 | 156 MB

Release Date: 20.05.2012
Label: PSC
Catalog Number: PSC-001



01. Sky Of Flowers
02. Letters From War
03. Young Girl From Kakigawa's Memories
04. Young Boy Arriving From East Japan
05. Living In The Hometown
06. August 1, 1945 Air Raid
07. Imagination, Death, Life
08. Air Raid, Dancing, Mother
09. At The Fire Bomb Saxophone
10. Natural Disaster, Blossoms Blooming In The Sky
11. Prayer, Rebirth's Epic Poetry
12. There Is Still Time For War?
13. Fireworks
14. At The Bombs Around The World's Fireworks
15. Farewell Only Once
16. There, The Summer In The Distant & Prayer To The Sky (Ending By Joe Hisaishi)
17. There, The Summer In The Distant
18. Sky Of Flowers

Honky tonky wonky translation. The film's original title: "Kono Sora no Hana: Nagaoka Hanabi Monogatari", Lit.: This Sky Of Flowers: The Tale Of The Nagaoka Fireworks.

Main theme by Joe Hisaishi. This motif is used by Kosuke Yamashita. Supporting saxophone solo by Akira Sakahata in track 9. Also, supporting performance by PASCALS in track 15. "There, The Summer In The Distant" written/sung by Shozo Ize, arrangement by Kosuke Yamashita (track 17). No mention of the orchestra and the conductor in the booklet, at least I haven't found them yet ^^"

Even though Hisaishi's motif shows up a lot in Yamashita's tracks, you can still tell it's him. I think Yamashita's only good track here is the waltzy "Fireworks". The real corker is the main theme (track 1, track 18). Not as dark as Onna Nobunaga (where Yamashita also helped orchestrating, also Sachiko Miyano from Ultraman Max fame), but as Tango once said, Hisaishi at the age of 62 is still full of themes :'D

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I haven't found out who's conducting, so I will check again since there's (bloated 600 DPI ^^") scans.
If you're still wondering, the conductor is Koji Haishima. I've added the full list of credits over at VGMdb.

Thanks for sharing.

I found a really cool version of the latest Superman Man of Steel trailer. I think this one is better than the Zimmer infested junk and it fits perfectly ;). Yes, even using the existing Williams scores would be better than listening to Zimmer.

Man of Steel Trailer 3: John Williams Re-Edit/Re-Score - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-DUiXZj1c7M)

Silk Road Boy Yuto Tracklist (revised):
1. Silk Road
2. March of Immigrants
3. Boy Yuto
4. Speed Game
5. Ups And Downs/Scenic Beauty
6. Disorder
7. Invasion of Enemy Cavalry
8. China-like Future City
9. Let's Walk the Grassland
10. Daybreak of the Earth
11. Meeting The Hero!
12. Men who Start a New Era
13. The Statue of Snowman Buddha
14. End of the Earth
15. Great City Chang'an
16. Women at the Mercy of the Times
17. The Journey's Rest
18. Ramon and Arumajiro
19. Rinran
20. Rivals' Waltz
21. Gina And Andy
22. Time Travelers
23. Super Dimensional Mixed Martial Arts Session Tournament!
24. Street Investigation
25. Men Who Start a New Era, Women at the Mercy of the Times, Another Perspective
26. Twentieth-Century Birthday Song
27. Sentiment
28. Reach the Sky (Silk Road Boy Yuto Ver)
I did this in 10 minutes - not 100% polished, but the meanings are all there. And to nitpick, VGMDB lists this as "Silkroad Kids Yuto", but it should be "Silk Road Boy Yuto"

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YUGO KANNO - PSYCHO-PASS SOUNDTRACK VOL.2
FLAC, 201 MB

VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/35899)
Catalog Number: TBR22425D-2
Release Date: Apr 19, 2013

Tracklist
01. 潜在犯 [2:15]
02. 矛盾に満ちた世界 [4:07]
03. 命の重み [2:27]
04. 光 [2:21]
05. 信念 [3:02]
06. 廃棄区画 [1:59]
07. 偶像 [1:42]
08. 犯罪遊戯 [2:32]
09. サイコハザード [2:55]
10. 精神構造 [1:37]
11. 聖者の晩餐 [2:16]
12. 神の意識 [3:09]
13. 楽園 [2:22]
14. 槙島聖護 [3:23]
15. PSYCHO-PASS Symphony [6:40]

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!JAEHXRwJ!Jo_NeU_ZxoFGYIEpwplLYxsOPwRV5RHgR2EbOPB DHMw


Haven't listened to this yet but it's Yugo Kanno and I liked what I heard on the first volume.

MASAMICZ AMANO
SIN: THE MOVIE
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Masamichi Amano

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 20 Tracks | 00:41:31 | 243 MB

Release Year: 2000
Label: ANIMEtrax
Catalog Number: AT9308



01. Kidnapped! / The Chase
02. Lorenzo consoles Blade
03. SinTEK Industries / Sinclaire and Mancini
04. Hardcorps / JC Confronts Blade
05. A Sacrifice is made
06. In the Bedroom
07. Elyse's flashback
08. Mutant Sighted!
09. Mutant vs. Hardcorps
10. Tragedy in Hardcorps
11. Blade Fire!
12. Back Up Arrives
13. Elyse's Secret
14. Hacking into SinTEK
15. Mutants Awake!
16. Mancini Prepares
17. Blade vs. Mancini
18. Final Battle
19. Fly Away Home
20. End of SinTEK?

VGMdb [QLM-0019] (http://vgmdb.net/album/30147)

Orie shared the rip of the Japanese CD here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/sin-movie-original-soundtrack-95968/#post1799618), MP3 320kbps. This is the ANIMEtrax / ADV Music / Right Stuf CD. Sound quality-wise, they are identical, I think, like Super Atragon (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/402.html#post2027654). But unlike Atragon, this one isn't that rare and probably not as super :'D

There's a symphonic suite version for wind band available here (Thread 125322), which summarizes all the good portions of this score.

Similarities to future Amano works:

Sin (1999): A Sacrifice Is Made (http://kiwi6.com/file/azg9l0ee98) (00:32 onwards)
Battle Royale (2000): The Person Put Into The Game, Put Out Of The Game (http://kiwi6.com/file/tcfse95d4g)

Sin (1999): Mutant Sighted! (http://kiwi6.com/file/2kxk1yo5wq) (01:44 onwards)
Stratos 4 (2003): Gigantic Comet Threat (http://kiwi6.com/file/5jj4hpys6i)

(Akashi San has recently shared Stratos 4 in lossless here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/476.html#post2322883))


On Battle Royale 2 (2003) there is a cue called Getting Weapons and The Death Of Shugo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAf9Sh9-fY). It is none other than a straight repeat of the setpiece action cue from Urotsukidoji New Saga (http://kiwi6.com/file/3q984hfbjb) written about a year previously, with a different melody overlaid - apart from that it's an absolute verbatim performance of the entire five minute cue. He must really, really like that music. Some of the ideas in the cue are heard in a prototypical fashion as early as Giant Robo I (1991), developed a little further in Super Atragon (http://kiwi6.com/file/ts0x7j6pf1) (1996), and they are still re-occuring as late as Mushiking 2 (http://kiwi6.com/file/361157e6s8) (2007) although he doesn't repeat the entire cue any more. The secondary subject (the grand, soaring string theme) makes a guest appearance in Sin The Movie (1999 in the cue Elyse's Secret (http://kiwi6.com/file/vay7edjc5q), as a faster action motif), in The Aurora (http://kiwi6.com/file/gufgjt5ajl) (2000) in a choral cue.

I hope I chose the right tracks for your quote, tango :'D

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YOSHIHIRO KANNO
ANGEL'S EGG
Tokyo Concerts (東京コンサーツ)
Conducted by Hiroshi Kumagai (熊谷弘)

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 14 Tracks | 00:44:29 | 269 MB

Original Release Date (Vinyl): 21.12.1985
Release Date: 24.05.2000
Label: Tokuma Japan Communications
Catalog Number: TKCA-71938



01. Prelude
02. Egg's Dream
03. Mechanical Sun
04. Main Theme
05. Memories of Water
06. Beyond the Window
07. Sea Bed's Town
08. Fish Hunting
09. Opera House
10. Accumulation of Time
11. Angel's Fossil
12. Night Thief
13. Transmigration
14. Different God

VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/35445) / Playlist (http://www.xiami.com/song/play?ids=/song/playlist/id/1771610350%2C1771610351%2C1771610352%2C1771610353% 2C1771610354%2C1771610355%2C1771610356%2C177161035 7%2C1771610358%2C1771610359%2C1771610360%2C1771610 361%2C1771610362%2C1771610363/object_name/default/object_id/0)


Yoshihiro Kanno - Transmigration (Angel's Egg)
Angel's Egg is one of the most completely strange - and also phsychologically rewarding - films you will ever see. The score, by highly respected classical composer Yoshihiro Kanno, fits it like a glove - veering towards classical modernism (well, OK, so it IS classical modernism) you'll love this if you can suspend your need for harmony, and appreciate something that manages to be terribly ugly and searingly beautiful at exactly the same time - this is not easy listening, but by God, it reaches inside you and squeezes your heart in ways you would never have thought possible.

The music/booklet has been ripped/shared before (http://bakabt.me/147113-tenshi-no-tamago-angels-egg-ost.html), so this is not an improvement over what you already have. But in case you missed it, here's my rip :'D

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Herbert Howells: Missa Sabrinensis, Stabat Mater
FLAC|CUE|LOG|2 DISCS, 13 TRACKS~127:50
MY RIP

Conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus


Chandos Link (http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%20241-27)

Two enormous scared choral works by Herbert Howells. Don't miss them!

Download (testing out MEGA after many failed upload attempts on Mediafire and because of its stupid 200M file restriction):
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About Psycho-pass: I watched the whole series and thought the music was way too RC'd for my taste. In fact, the first soundtrack gave me a headache so I dumped it. Thanks a lot for posting, though.

Oh geez. One nine hour shift and I have waaaaaaay too much music to listen to!

Thanks for all the uploads guys, even if you are going to drive me crazy. I am still only halfway through the Dragon Quest Symphonic Suites!