thanks for all the links everyone

... And Sirus, are you in Japan yet? Tell us how it's going if you are!

If I was in Japan I wouldn't be checking the forums ;)
I won't be flying out until late February. I'm trying to decide if it is worth taking the train out to check out the countryside in Okutama or if I should spend the three days I have there in the areas surrounding Tokyo. It sounds like from what I've been reading we should have more than enough to keep us busy (without spending much time searching for CDs if at all) without venturing outside of Tokyo. We'll be getting plenty of countryside in The Philippines, which is the main focus of the trip, though it is going to be much different.

I'll be having to rely on T-Mobile's international data to hopefully get some help getting around. I would expect that Tokyo would not have any slow mobile connections so it would probably upgrade us to something faster. I would appreciate suggestions for good guidebooks or other good ways to make sure I at least get most of that stuff planned before I leave.

You could spend a year in Tokyo and not cover everything. Okutama isn't a long way away, though... you could probably squash it in.

Tokyo has 4G pretty much everywhere - fast as **** but find out what your roaming charges are before you turn it on... Japanese roaming fees are EXORBITANT. I connected up last year for thirty seconds to look at Google Maps and that cost �17. The next day, another map, and while I was doing that some Apps decided to update themselves - that one cost �37. BE CAREFUL! ;)

I would say you might be better off picking up a Japanese SIM at the Airport if you're going to be using it much... print out an A4 copy of the English metro map (all the copies you'll pick up in Japan have no English or it's so tiny you can't read it) before you leave. It'll save your life at least fifty times a day. And it's useful for when you get out of the city and Romaji on train station names start to disappear... you can compare the Kanji and work out where the hell you are...

Wifi is surprisingly thin on the ground. You'll get it in coffee shops, maybe in some convenience stores, but it's nowhere near as prolific as elsewhere in the world. Definitely don't rely on it being wherever you are...

And finally... when you arrive at Narita you'll have the choice between a really cheap train into the city and a really really expensive one. Take the expensive train. Skyliner is fantastic (you'll come out at Tokyo station and change to the Metro to get wherever you're going) - Narita Express is good too, a bit cheaper, a bit slower, but still good. The cheap one is always rammed solid, the trains are smelly and old, there's no luggage space, it stops at something like 47 stations on the way, and it takes FOREVER. You'll either get crushed to death, suffocated to death, or beaten to death by some angry Japanese salaryman... ;)

Where are you staying in Tokyo?

Well that's the thing. T-mobile added free international roaming but it is supposed to be 2G. I don't think Japan would even have 2G though so I probably would get awesome fast data there (at no charge). We'll be staying in Hyatt and Hilton hotels in Tokyo. We considered some traditional style places but I can't sleep on a futon anyway.

Could someone reup John Scott's 20,000 leagues under the sea score? thank you.

javigoca's thread has a workling link:

Thread 131994

Well it turned out that "Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha" is the pleasant surprise I was waiting for. Very promising, since I love Takeshi Senoo's work for ARIA and the series seems to have a high budget, I have high expectations. He did not disappoint so far. It's mostly strings, woodwinds and piano but all skillfully arranged, I even got some Hisaishi vibes. I will probably buy the soundtrack when (and if) it's out.

Final Fantasy XII - Eruyt Village for piano + string quartet (arr. Josh Barron, incomplete) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETLbgC2F4g)

Another arrangement of mine... This is Eruyt Village from Final Fantasy XII. The rest of the strings will be mixed in soon; however, here is a peek at what it sounds like. I submitted this one a while ago in a FFXII competition. I hope you all like this one!

Lovely work, Josh. The piano + strings interplay is gorgeous, great harmonies and it has a gentle, improvised feel to it I really like. You've got real talent, man!

Did not see this coming: Bruce Broughton is up for an academy award for best song for some christian movie I've never heard of. You can hear it here: Alone Yet Not Alone (Song) Performed by Joni Eareckson Tada - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVyVMbSzM4)

It won't win, but it's surprising it made the cut considering how obscure it is.

Did not see this coming: Bruce Broughton is up for an academy award for best song for some christian movie I've never heard of. You can hear it here: Alone Yet Not Alone (Song) Performed by Joni Eareckson Tada - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVyVMbSzM4)

It won't win, but it's surprising it made the cut considering how obscure it is.

Here's the full story at deadline.com (http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/oscars-how-academys-most-obscure-nominee-maybe-ever-managed-to-beat-out-taylor-swift-coldplay-and-celine-dion/#comment-9263353).

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013)
Studio Orchestra
conducted by
Toshihiko Sahashi



https://mega.co.nz/#!xk4jSAba!cPkb42iRZNwQWfG-qPqfIT4z6vtaH6VrFLSmedT8IDs

MP3 at 320kbps and 256kbps. None are my rips; they are from Anonymous on 4chan.

So, here it is... Mindful of complaints received the last time I posted fully unedited Sentai scores (some of which were justified...) I have combined the orchestral cues from all four soundtrack CD releases and deleted the rock/electric guitar stuff and horribly wooden radio drama. We are left with just under 37 minutes of highly variable Sahashi. Sentai is Sentai; Sentai will always be Sentai... and Sahashi's first Sentai for fifteen years is no exception. You know what you're getting. I think, musically, in the end we got something that's considerably better than Megumi Ohashi's 2012 Go-busters... even though that had more orchestral music, Sahashi's just the better composer. It's a sad state of affairs that Ohashi at her best doesn't outclass the work of her mentor even when he's phoning it in.

With full awareness that that Sahashi is capable of far more than this, cues like Tracks 10, 14 are, in terms of structure, development, and thematic coherence, light years ahead of Ohashi's finest. Sahashi's skills are very evident.

The gold standard of Sentai remains, to my ears, Kosuke Yamashita's 2011 Gokaiger - exhuberantly orchestral, symphonic in construction, rich in themes (particularly that fantastic "villain" motif that achieves more in four deliciously melodramatic minor key chord progressions than most scores do in their entire length) and with unusually long cues by Sentai standards.

Sahashi's score, nonetheless, stands. It's miles ahead of Ohashi's Go-onger (2008) and Go-busters (2012), and a universe ahead of Kazunori Miyake's shameful Gekiranger (2007) and Goseiger (2010). Takaki's Shinkenger (2009) was very good, Yamashita's Magiranger (2005) was glorious as one would expect, but I feel like Gokaiger beats it in quality if not in sheer fun. Kotaro Nakagawa's Boukenger was very electronic, but I actually found the music rather good. Koichiro Kameyama's Dekaranger (2004) had its moments but they were few and far between... Abaranger (2003) was a case of too many cooks, with Ohashi, Takaki, Yamashita, Kenji Yamamoto, and even the legendary Kentaro Haneda sharing the credit. Kazunori Miyake's Hurricaneger (2002) was better than his later efforts, but was completely themeless... and going back much further, things are mostly average. Sahashi's Carranger (1996) and Gingaman (1998) were fun but musically unremarkable.

TL;DR - taken in context, Sahashi's score is a worthy entry... but it still leaves me worried for his future career and doesn't satisfy the itch for a new Gundam Seed, Steel Angel Kurumi, Simoun, or even Element Hunters.

Enjoy! :)
TT

Its finaly happening...Lalaland is gonna release a 4 cd set of Superman the animated Series with 5 hours and 15 mins of pure orchestral superhero fun and also a 2cd release of Batman the brave and the bold, which i have seen but yet cannot remember a single cue from it...well outside of the clock king musical which was hilarious.lets hope that they gonna release more volumes Superman.At least another 4cd set would cover all the major episodes and some of the smaller hidden gems.the episodes on the upcoming release start with the first and end with the final episode, so maybe its only this set and thats it.even then i am more than thankfull for one of my final holy grails being at last more than wishfull thinking.

Is that the Ron Jones score? I seem to remember it being pretty ropey on the FSM box, and that was only one disc... :O

Is that the Ron Jones score? I seem to remember it being pretty ropey on the FSM box, and that was only one disc... :O

no. that, my friend is the late shirley walker and her team which worked on batman and created a much more uplifting heroic score with a great main theme and tons of other themes and great action cues and whatnot.also MV said if it sells well theres gonna be more volumes of it.this is how a superhero score should sound.stupid hollywood nowadays,

Lovely work, Josh. The piano + strings interplay is gorgeous, great harmonies and it has a gentle, improvised feel to it I really like. You've got real talent, man!

NaotaM,

Thank you! It is still incomplete and it means a lot to see that you enjoy the music. I will be sending this to Sakimoto-san himself once it is done. I would love to do more FFXII pieces such as Ozmone Plains and Giza Plains. Ozmone especially since I want to use the strings as percussion to create some interesting effects. It is just hard to to do online and not in the presence of the ensemble. I will post the finished recordings here once they are up :). Thanks again for the kind words!

Its finaly happening...Lalaland is gonna release a 4 cd set of Superman the animated Series with 5 hours and 15 mins of pure orchestral superhero fun and also a 2cd release of Batman the brave and the bold, which i have seen but yet cannot remember a single cue from it...well outside of the clock king musical which was hilarious.lets hope that they gonna release more volumes Superman.At least another 4cd set would cover all the major episodes and some of the smaller hidden gems.the episodes on the upcoming release start with the first and end with the final episode, so maybe its only this set and thats it.even then i am more than thankfull for one of my final holy grails being at last more than wishfull thinking.

I remember brave and bold from a few years ago when i was in high school. Very jazzy and a pleasure to ears. I'm already broke this month but i'll give up food for a couple days to get it ^_^.

Muchas gracias

Many thanks Tango :) Lets see if I like this one.

As for more Shirley Walker superhero music I'll pass. I can't seem to get into Shirley Walker music despite all the praise it gets everywhere.

And I haven't listened to any Shirley Walker. Any good place to start?

And I haven't listened to any Shirley Walker. Any good place to start?
havent heard a bad score from her.best ones are turbulence, batman, superman,space above and beyond, willard.her additional music for mystery men is fun, as is escape from l.a., diariy of an invisible man,final destination 1-3. also she made several early zimmer scores waaay more enjoyable like backdraft.
turbulence is a terrible film but sports one of the greatest action scores of the 90s.she propably had james newtons howards the fugitive as temptrack but turned it into something even more awesome.the score just oozes badass.her batman and superman animated scores are easily amog the best music ever written for television.batman is thematicly strong, very dramatic and intense and wonderfully dark and moody.kinda like if you mix elfmans batman with a hint of joel mcneely or goldsmith.she had to use elfmans theme for the beginning but quickly wrote a new theme for batman which is perfect.superman is full on heroic action with a lot of romantic stuff, great, very memorable main theme and tons and tons of themes for all characters and villans,both batman and superman animated have myriads of highly enjoyable cues.her co-composers also did a fantastic job (except for one single episode of batman which was scored beyond terrible) the team went on to score the two justice league series but unfortunately lost the oppurtunity for a real orchestra. nevertheless, even with synth its better then most scores nowadays.oh and i almost forgot the silly flash live-action series...which like batman and superman is a real treat for superhero music fans.

And I haven't listened to any Shirley Walker. Any good place to start?

Like Sirusjr, I have trouble getting into much of Walker's work despite the near-universal praise. It's not that it's bad, but something about it usually doesn't quite connect with me. I tried Space: Above and Beyond a couple of years ago, and a few days of enthusiasm quickly gave way to boredom. Even the Batman: TAS scores, which I love in context, don't do much for me on their own. That said, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the best of the bunch and the only Walker score to really stick with me. I would personally start there before venturing further into her discography.

Sidebar: Not long ago, I laughed my ass off at a Youtube video where someone had pasted snippets of Elfman's "Batman" over the truck chase in The Dark Knight. I adore Elfman's theme, but it did not work AT ALL. But I feel that the more propulsive cues in B:MOTP just might have fit. Despite having been written for an animated film, Walker's score is more serious and dramatic.

Composed & arranged by
KOHEI TANAKA
Symphonic Poem GunBuster
Studio Orchestra
conductor uncredited

Comiket 85 release (December 29, and 31, 2013)
Publisher: Kohei Tanaka
Catalog Number: TNKH-0006



3 Tracks | 21:20 | 215 MB

01. Symphonic Poem "GunBuster" | 11:49 (http://kiwi6.com/file/7t8q0nokps)

02. Tsubasa (Wings) ~ Last Version
Lyrics: Ohji Hiroi
Composition, Vocals: Kohei Tanaka
Arrangement: Takashi Matsunaga, Kohei Tanaka

03. Tsubasa (Wings) ~ Last Version [off vocal]

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/43846)

My wonky rip. Original symphonic poem version ripped by norikotakaya (http://bakabt.me/154220-top-o-nerae-gunbuster-complete-original-soundtrack-collection-flac.html) as a bonus for comparison.

"Tsubasa" is a song from the Sakura Wars franchise.


It's lovely to hear that Tanaka actually wrote a new piece for this new recording, which is what its title says it is, unlike the original piece... Also fascinating to see from the credits that Tomoyuki Asakawa isn't the only harpist in all of Japan...


Very pleased to hear my favorite piece from Diebuster in this new poem.

ＦＬＡＣ + LOG + SCANS
Part 1 (https://rbfi.io/dl.php?key=/UXim/1-FallOutSugar.zip)
Pt. 2 (https://rbfi.io/dl.php?key=/Nzkx/2-GuestMagicianBar.zip)
Pt. 3 (https://rbfi.io/dl.php?key=/Altw/3-SniperWasKara.zip)

RE: Shirley Walker

I really like what I have heard from her on TAS, CBS's The Flash. Both available elsewhere on these forums, last I knew. Her Flash music carried on the traits started by Danny Elfman's theme for the show, with a really quirky side heard in many episodes. Fun for me!

Mark
Mark's Super Blog (http://markssuperblog.blogspot.com)
Spock's Record Round-Up (http://spocksrecordround-up.blogspot.com)

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Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert (Leipzig)

1. Official Opening Fanfare - GC in Concert 2007
2. Commodore 64-Medley (e. g. Last Ninja, Great Giana Sisters, Forbidden Forest, Wizball etc.)
3. Stranglehold (featuring Conny Kollet)
4. New スーパーマリオブラザーズ. (アレンジ: 古代祐三)
5. The Abbey (featuring Daniela Kosinova)
6. ラグナロクオンライン2: The Gate of the World (featuring Josef Krusek)
7. Rayman Raving Rabbids
8. StarCraft
9. Turrican II: The Final Fight (featuring Marek Zvolanek)
10. シェンムー / World Club Champion Football (ピアノ演奏: 光吉猛修)
11. WCCF: World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2006-2007
12. サガフロンティア II (featuring Jaromir Klepac)
13. 武蔵伝II: ブレイドマスター (featuring Jaromir Klepac)
14. Commodore Amiga-Medley (e. g. Alienbreed, Lionheart, Pinball Fantasies, Lemmings etc.)
15. The Sims 2
16. ファイナルファンタジー XI (歌唱: 増田いずみ 『プロマシアの呪縛』より「Distant Worlds」)
17. 聖剣伝説２
18. Settlers II - The Next Generation (オーケストラ編曲: 浜口史郎)
19. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
20. 悪魔城ドラキュラ (パイプオルガン演奏: 山根ミチル)
21. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (featuring Rony Barrak)

I think my post is a bit different to the normal track list, I'm sorry for this. Enjoy the music :3

Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert (Leipzig) (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K91J6ZU2)

This has been posted a kong time ago. Now, Megaupload is dead, and this music also,since it was the ONE download link in ALL the web. Anyone who downloaded it in the Megaupload time and has still it could reupload it ? If you don't, this beautiful concert will die forever !

You are in a ludicrous amount of luck... ;)

Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert (Leipzig): https://mega.co.nz/#!koJ3BKjD!HYKcHGnoBCCYF-oIhBDuqBCpszlOg3wmve75Ia0wHiI

Thanks you very, very, very much ! I have downloaded it and will try to transmit it on the Web as soon as possible. Thanks to you.
Thanks you, thanks you, thanks you !

You're very welcome. :)

Mr Salat, thank you for Gunbuster... where on earth did you get that?!

It's lovely to hear that Tanaka actually wrote a new piece for this new recording, which is what its title says it is, unlike the original piece... Also fascinating to see from the credits that Tomoyuki Asakawa isn't the only harpist in all of Japan... Additionally, a heartfelt thank you for the "added value" in your post, as is your very unique style; the blog links, transcribed credits, and bonus track are just another example of you going above and beyond the call of duty. It is always appreciated.

Here's to GUNBASTAR!

Thank you very much, Herr Salat! Very pleased to hear my favorite piece from Diebuster in this new poem. Now that I need more Tanaka, any news on Gaist Crusher?

The opening song (a redux of Overman King Gainer) is out, I believe, but no sign of a score release as yet...

I've tried some Shirley Walker on YouTube but like Tazer and Sirus, I didn't find any of them appealing enough to warrant a purchase (or even a download). I don't know if it makes sense but it sounds too "filmy" and melodies didn't sound unique. Good orchestration, though.

Oh well, thanks to people who still took time to reply.


Toshiyuki Watanabe - Voice of Heaven
FLAC|14 TRACKS~59:39
Not My Rip



I'm a little reluctant to post this here, because I just can't get warmed up to the vocal performances in here (plus that tacky ethnic sound). Typical heartwarming J-Drama tracks from Watanabe... not the most exciting music he made. There are some good moments here but I only recommend it to fans.

https://mega.co.nz/#!AEYhjB7Y!TXRK_0m5psD9heINgY2KzS7E7ogWqNdqu96FA-SocaQ

And digging up an old post...

Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru OST 1, 320kbps

https://mega.co.nz/#!5V8kQAYR!c2ERlwtAdxH18ul1C80juTUQjSBbUhhEqA2qICY W0yk

I posted Asakawa/Sahashi's Wataru OST 2 and 3 in lossless. Herr Salat helped me with OST 1 back then, but here it is in lossless (APE; not my rip obviously): https://mega.co.nz/#!0ZwD0bTY!U1VbfEey39MewZY6Y8DEwFAfJjkofwP1CCxNZW5 yrNM

As far as Shirley Walker goes, I always felt like she was the thinking man's Danny Elfman. She was absolutely the archetypal film composer, but I think she did it all so well. She was a hundred times more talented than she ever got to show in her career; a mixture of being around at the wrong time (just as her style of music was becoming marginalised), being in the shadow of Elfman, getting typecast as an orchestrator (or as the person you called if you wanted Elfman but didn't have any money), and probably there was a more than a touch of good old Hollywood sexism in there, too.

I think Space Above And Beyond remains her masterpiece... but my affection for her is definitely more for a case of "what could have been" instead of what "was"...

Whoa, I had no idea Tanaka had been independently releasing CDs... Going by the catalog number of the GunBuster CD, he's released 5 others since August 2011. At Comiket 83 it seems he released a CD with a 10 minute piano concerto. Going to have to research this more.

Edit: 5, not 8. That catalog number in the post is a typo.

And we're back... Here's something I got during the downtime.


KEIICHI OKU - SYMPHONIC SUITE "FROM THE NORTH LAND"
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 261.3 MB | 11 TRACKS | 00:55:00
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hisayoshi Inoue
Original music by Masashi Sada (1,2,4,6,8~11), Toshiyuki Watanabe (3,7), Yutaka Ozaki (5)


Catalog Number: PCCR-00282
Release Date: June 17, 1998

Tracklist
01. The Magnificent Earth (http://kiwi6.com/file/rwx379hcqq)
02. Goro's Theme
03. Jun's Theme
04. Rei's Theme
05. I Love You
06. Hotaru's Theme
07. Theme of Hotaru and Yuji
08. The City
09. Furano
10. Theme of Love
11. The Magnificent Earth (reprise)

Ripped, etc. by me.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!4VNk2YbA!WBhaQG6btuJ0FlQpv4gHcS3EtB4QDywtHt1Diqz rfIs

Symphonic memorial album for the popular 1981 drama "Kita no Kuni kara", recorded in 1992 and released in 1998.

Keiichi Oku's arrangements are apparently pretty far from the original pieces. I'm not familiar with the original work so I don't really know. All I know is that this sounds great.

Glad we're finally back again. I was worrying there for a moment.


Some good news:

Inari Konkon also has real brass and it's definetly the first "real" orchestral score of 2014 (considering the competition this is not a very difficult accomplishment).

Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission is better than Hirano's first movie score with more of his usual orchestrated madness.

To my surprise, Magi: To the Kingdom of Magic has not only leftovers. Judging by the samples it seems Amano's orchestral material is about the same length as the first volume and just as good. What's more surprising is that most of the Warsaw tracks in the second season so far are not on this volume. My guess is that Magi was indeed a 60 minute recording session and we still have one volume left.
Still, Magi is already my absolute favorite Arabian Nights score for an anime by a mile. A shame the show is using more of the out of place rock tracks rather than the more fitting orchestral score but I will never understand what makes people (in this case stupid Sagisu) think rock and metal work at all in an arabian fantasy setting about magic and kingdoms at war. But I'm happy that we still get a score like Magi in 2013/14 so I should not complain too much.

Well later down the road Magi kind of gets into the quote "DBZ power level" type of fights like people using entire oceans to attack, summoning giant monsters, creating giant balls of energy.........you know over the top stuff like that. Personally i've always loved guitars mixed with an orchestra blazing in the background (very much the reason why i like Takanashi Yasuharu so much). The combination can spew some very enticing pieces if arranged correctly which is why i'm never disapointed by anything Shiro Sagisu pulls out of his glorious azz these days (no homo). That's just me though :P

FYI, HxH: The Last Mission soundtrack is listed on Nyaa. I didn't quite like what I heard... I did like the overt Mozart bit in Track 2 (?) though.

Bad news: a popular Italian conductor Claudio Abbado passed away 4 days ago. His specialty lied in German romantic symphonies and operas and while I don't 100% appreciate his repertoire, there were unique warmth and delicateness in his reading that I enjoyed. A sad loss for all classical fans. :(

RIP Claudio Abbado

A very strong lineup this week with Shiro returning with Warsaw and Taku sporting some nice orchestral gems with Gatchaman. Crime Edge personally was one easily one of the most unique scores from Takanashi we've gotten in a long time. He's always at his best with horror in my opinion so it's totally worth a listen ^_^.


SVWC-7984 | MAGI SOUNDTRACK ~To the kingdom of magic~ - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42806)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/42806-1387373275_zpsedbf1930.png.html)

Title:MAGI SOUNDTRACK ~To the kingdom of magic~
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Shiro SAGISU
No. of tracks: 26
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 22, 2014
Size: MP3 179mb/ ALAC 457mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 A Storm is Coming to Us All
02 L'Arabesque_Fantaisie
03 Make Your Move_playback
04 L'Arabesque_Folie
05 L'Arabesque_Complot
06 Scat Bizarre_La Terre
07 Scat Bizarre_Les Vents_01
08 Interlude des Vents
09 Scat Bizarre_Les Vents_02
10 Et �a pr�sage quoi?
11 MYM_Warm Opera
12 L'Arabesque_Danse Toujours
13 Daily Opera_01
14 Teachers Ship
15 Daily Opera_02
16 Scat Bizarre_Longtemps
17 Dragon's Battle
18 Eye of the Dragon
19 L'Arabesque_Sindria
20 Warriors Ship
21 MYM_Youthful Spirit
22 Exclamation de Triomphe
23 Notre Empire_D�vastation
24 Cast to Damnation
25 A Battle so Gallant_short version
26 Wasteland_short version


320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - MAGI SOUNDTRACK ~To the kingdom of magic~.7z (http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/31915888/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!HNIilDxL!E9zdqH4fdpJmJ1-KCqj-_n5oAO0Z5wp-breN5hh689A


VPCG-84962 | GATCHAMAN CROWDS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -GALAX- - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42781)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/42781-1386938972_zpsd9db10c4.jpg.html)

Title:GATCHAMAN CROWDS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -GALAX-
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Taku Iwasaki
No. of tracks: 14
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 22, 2014
Size: MP3 144mb/ FLAC 284mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 M06
02 M07
03 M08
04 M11
05 M13
06 M16
07 M17
08 M21
09 M22
10 M25A
11 M27
12 Gotchaman ~ In the name of Love modern-retro remix Remixed by うたたP
13 Gotchaman ~ In the name of Love Modal Crowds Remix Remixed by toku(GARNiDELiA)
14 Gotchaman ~ In the name of Love ELECTROCUTICA Remix Remixed by Treow

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - GATCHAMAN CROWDS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -GALAX-.7z (http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/49819735/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!3VQFVCBD!S2Sv7GTbClHEK2r_FdYvSTfktIBDk7RDgffb-0I6l4M


PCXG-50257-2 | Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42804)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img004_zpsea2e1b02.jpg.html)

Title: Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack + Drama
Composers: Yasuharu Takanashi, Yu-pan., Gravity musik, Yusuke Shirato
No. of tracks: 35/3
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 24, 2014
Size: MP3 264mb/ ALAC 598mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Unmei no Ori (TV Size)
02 Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge
03 Senritsu no Senbu
04 Hiiro no Sadame
05 Killing Goods
06 Kami no Joou
07 Sono Toko Kara Kimi to
08 Uruwashiki Satsujinsha
09 Author no Noroi
10 Yousha Naki Shuugeki
11 Kanashii Kako
12 Soba ni Iru Kara
13 Unmei no Kizuna
14 Gossip no Okite
15 Sakashima no Ai
16 Akumu no Chousen
17 Ai no Dansaisha
18 Setsunai Negai
19 Yume no Youni
20 Little Romance
21 Satsui no Shihaisha
22 Majogari
23 Seigi no Shinpan
24 Tsumi to Sabaki
25 Kono Mi wa Kizutsuite mo
26 Utakata no Yasuragi
27 Afureru Omoi
28 Meikyuu no Shoujo
29 Senketsu no Kyousou
30 Imawashii Chi
31 Shinen Yori Mezameru
32 Ima Hito tabi no
33 Hoshi ni Inorite
34 Glass no Mikazuki
35 Kimi to Futari (TV Size)

320 kbs MP3
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ALAC (Loseless)
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Scans included as always. Big thanks to nextday for translating the tracklist for Crime Edge. Enjoy =).

Next week i'll be uploading Batman the Brave and the Bold, Strike the Blood, Freezing and The Unbreakable Doll ;).

Indeed, RIP Claudio Abbado. At the very least, he lived to a very respectable age, and his achievements will survive forever thanks to his wonderful recordings. I had the pleasure of hearing him conduct Brahms with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1996. A life-changing experience - but then great music and great musicians tend to have that effect.

Thanks Leatherhead, for Magi (wow), Gatchaman (surprising), and the others (I'm not interested in them but as ever I appreciate your kindness and hard work). I almost didn't bother with Gatchaman, but I put it on just because... and it's mostly not of interest to me, but old Iwasaki is creeping through... There are some cues that could have dropped straight out of Read Or Die, or even Bincho-tan. Iwasaki, the melodist. Iwasaki used to write music, then he wrote electronica... now he's writing both at the same time.

Magi, well... Masamichi Amano's score is great! Shiro Sagisu's does nothing for me. Amano is clearly doing infinitely more than orchestrating, here - the very basic thematic material sounds like Sagisu, but everything else - construction, development, structure, orchestration, is 100% Amano. MYM Warm Opera... IS FROM THE BLOODY SECOND MUSHIKING MOVIE! Amano is sending us a message, here... This is his score. Magi is Masamichi Amano's triumphant return to symphonic anime scoring in 2012. He's just been mis-credited and based his score on somebody else's themes. It's not like he's never done that before...

Akashi San: THANK YOU for bringing us the missing piece of the Wataru puzzle... Finally, Tomoyuki Asakawa's masterpiece (seriously, this score... Jesus Christ, it's superb) available in 100% lossless. Some track titles wouldn't go amiss, if anybody has some time on their hands... ;)

And thank you for the Watanabe as well... I think you undersold it a bit! Worth the download for track 4 alone, I think! Not his best overall, but some FANTASTIC cues.

nextday: THANK YOU for the Warsaw album... another one of those scores that this thread particularly seems to have a unique skill at digging out... It's really, really lovely... and yes, VERY far away from the original drama score... The drama can be discovered online. I skimmed a bit of it. Score stinks.

I have a stack of new stuff to post. I've found myself drifting away from film/anime music lately, finding refuge with my first love, classical music... so you'll be getting some of that, too. Don't panic, it's good stuff.

Greetings, everyone! :)
I would like to make a post about "Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians". A Tactical RPG made by both Yasumi Matsuno and PlayDek.
You know what that means right? ;) Where there's Matsuno, there's Hitoshi Sakimoto. The Game will be coming out on July 2015...so...we have some waiting to do. ;)
I'm sure with Mr. Sakimoto at the Helm of the Music, it will be a wonderful listening experience! And not only that, fellow Orchestral lovers, people have donated enough funds for Sakimoto to do live recordings on the WHOLE Soundtrack PLUS bonus Tracks for everyone to enjoy. But! It doesn't stop there, guys and gals. There's even enough funds for Sakimoto to do a live concert featuring songs from Titles that Sakimoto have composed for! I really hope that Sakimoto brings his Triple A Game on "Unsung Story" because Dragon's Crown and Crimson Shroud are disappointing Game Soundtracks to listen to...well...atleast IMO, they are. Anyone in here think like-wise? =O
Also, here is more information about Unsung Story, please, my fellow Music lovers, take a good look at this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482445197/unsung-story-tale-of-the-guardians

Romeo x Juliet was and still is a blast to listen to. Correct me if I'm wrong, guys and gals, but, will this be Sakimoto's FIRST EVER fully orchestrated GAME Soundtrack?

Also, I have another question to ask all of you...What's Sakimoto up to this year? I really hope he's gonna keep us busy 'Till Unsung Story OST Arrives!!! ;)

That has the power to be something really, really GREAT... or the most awful thing in the known universe... Nonetheless, I shall await it with baited breath.

It's slightly depressing that music was something like the TWELFTH thing on their list of important stuff. It should a base goal.

Ditto on Gatchaman being a little surprising. Iwasaki wrote some very decent melodies here (and some forgettable stuff)! There's an incredible French art song "Un beau leopard violet"on the first Gatchaman OST. The man definitely still has it. And thanks for that album, nextday. I dig the golden-age tune in Track 2!

EDIT: Wow, I think this is one of the better non-anime Japanese soundtracks I've heard. Thanks again, nextday!

Also ditto on that "drifting away from anime/film" scores. I have been gradually sailing on that boat for a while now. I don't know what it is... I started with an extremely open mind on anime and film soundtracks (I was mostly a jazz/classical piano guy before) and found SO MUCH good stuff in this thread. It's funny because even after buying and downloading so much stuff, my functioning library is getting smaller everyday. There is so much goddamn music out there! So many anime soundtracks have been posted but I only listen to a handful of them on regular basis (Romeo x Juliet, S. Haruhi the Movie, Tatami Galaxy, Turn a Gundam, Escaflowne)...

I still try to listen to many film and anime scores, but man, when I got back on listening and playing Chopin... Increasing neglect/apathy due to sick of practicing that had built up during my student years are all gone. I think I just became more able to appreciate piano music after exploring so much (ironically) orchestral stuff and partaking in discussions/trying to reason why I like/dislike certain music. So, big thanks to all the contributors to this thread.

Senseless rambling over. Back to music! (On a side note, I have to go to a club with my friends and listen to that god-awful house tunes they play over a dozen of $30 speakers. Hopefully I'll at least have some fun)...

While we are on Kickstarter projects, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a full symphonic orchestra score as a major strech goal for �500.000 as well as live medieval period music. It's almost up to �400.000 with 26 days left so getting an orchestral score is pretty much a given. No composer is credited as of yet. Kingdom Come: Deliverance (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1294225970/kingdom-come-deliverance)

super Mario 3d world soundtrack is out now amazing soundtracks some lovely orchestra pieces


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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Christian Ferras, violin
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Carl Schuricht



1954 recording. My transfer from vinyl. Fully restored scans included. FLAC Level 8.

https://mega.co.nz/#!x0olVbja!1zNBPh2pIv9eik4yyyfpMupZw4LUKAtMRXFn1Z3 b5xg

Christian Ferras' 1954 recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic and Carl Schuricht remains popular to this day. Copies of this LP are regularly changing hands on eBay for as much as �200. A digital re-issue in 2011 by Hallmark was made, like all of their releases, from worn vinyl on poor quality equipment, as is best avoided. Testament's re-issue is light years ahead, but only decent, whilst Decca's own is inexplicably muffled and lifeless. Every remastering attempt has its strengths and failures - on balance I think mine is at least as good as the others, and probably better.

I have kept this record in my collection for more than twenty years, and despite having acquired countless other recordings of the Brahms concerto, it's this one I find myself consistently coming back to. Perhaps there is some nostalgic connection there, but I do believe this is genuinely something very special and obviously record collectors agree with me.

This transfer is from a 1958 re-issue on Decca's budget "Ace Of Clubs" label. The "Ace Of Clubs" pressings were (and still are) very highly regarded and are arguably superior to the first (full price) 1954 pressing.

The record itself was in fairly good condition; not bad considering the age, but not perfect. The sleeve was in bad shape; yellowed, ripped, scratched, and crumpled. Therefore, significant effort was expended in preparing scans.

The transfer was preceeded by a thorough three-part cleaning with the PVA glue method. I found that side B responded better to a slightly higher tracking weight than side A. Light, non-destructive noise reduction was employed to deal with surface noise and tape hiss, which was particularly obtrusive at the beginning of the second movement. Minor EQ tweaks were made (using Anne-Sophie Mutter's 1981 recording as a guide) but in the end... this is simply an outstanding recording to which very, very little needed to be done!

There is some occasional high-end and inner-groove distortion audible during orchestral tutti's, which I have been able to soften slightly, and the change in background noise level between side A and B, despite crossfading, is conspicuous.

Occasional flaws notwithstanding (we are dealing with a vinyl record nearly sixty years old, after all) we have a delightful performance of the piece, by a first rate soloist and one of the world's finest orchestras at the height of their powers. It is somewhat depressing to learn that the VPO of 1954 still held in its ranks a number of former members of the Nazi Party and the SS... but the war was over, and music has the power of healing...

Enjoy! :)
TT

Greetings, everyone! :)
I would like to make a post about "Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians". A Tactical RPG made by both Yasumi Matsuno and PlayDek.
You know what that means right? ;) Where there's Matsuno, there's Hitoshi Sakimoto. The Game will be coming out on July 2015...so...we have some waiting to do. ;)
I'm sure with Mr. Sakimoto at the Helm of the Music, it will be a wonderful listening experience! And not only that, fellow Orchestral lovers, people have donated enough funds for Sakimoto to do live recordings on the WHOLE Soundtrack PLUS bonus Tracks for everyone to enjoy. But! It doesn't stop there, guys and gals. There's even enough funds for Sakimoto to do a live concert featuring songs from Titles that Sakimoto have composed for!

Romeo x Juliet was and still is a blast to listen to. Correct me if I'm wrong, guys and gals, but, will this be Sakimoto's FIRST EVER fully orchestrated GAME Soundtrack?

In the project goals it states that the project has to reach 2,000,000 in order for Sakimoto's music to be recorded by a full orchestra. Sadly, I do not think the project will reach that goal in 20 days time since the project has been the 400,000s for quite a while.

In the project goals it states that the project has to reach 2,000,000 in order for Sakimoto's music to be recorded by a full orchestra. Sadly, I do not think the project will reach that goal in 20 days time since the project has been the 400,000s for quite a while.

Hahaha! I didn't see that. They're only at four hundred grand. No chance in hell. At this rate they won't even reach the stretch goal for Sakimoto to join the project, let alone giving him an orchestra. Oh, well...

I've certainly been drifting away from game scores and anime scores lately. A few decent ones but I find myself going back to the classic film scores more and more. As much as I try to expand into classical it rarely ends well. Thanks everyone for sharing all the recent scores :)

I suppose we all have our "foundation" music... we all make excursions to survey other styles and other mediums - and even grow very knowledgeable about them and derive great enjoyment from them - but we then feel the need to return "home". It keeps things interesting as well, I think... if you get stuck on the same thing for too long, it starts to grate... :)

OK, more classical now. When I post classical music here, I try to come up with stuff that has a stylistic "link" to film music. Something that could attract people who don't generally consider themselves fans of classical music but can latch on to certain pieces if they "sound" right, if they produce an emotional resonance...


SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Complete Symphonies
and other assorted orchestral works
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by
Vasily Petrenko





Disc 1 (Symphony No. 1, etc) - https://mega.co.nz/#!YtpDCI7Q!ORoy-gbXn3hBkWLrI4aIdzSxoptd0tFEIWlBtxfeH8Y
Disc 2 (Symphony No. 2, etc) - https://mega.co.nz/#!B9AyjTSR!Otpmi0bi1ixqDOg9QRUFY2KoiqsEkjH3EEZthCW V2Vk
Disc 3 (Symphony No. 3, etc) - https://mega.co.nz/#!J540QQJA!F5FZrFwHZVnVsAXtoHYkpE9cDmh6dwhDlLtAdve 6qs0

Additional (Symphonic Dances, The Isle Of The Dead, The Rock) - https://mega.co.nz/#!doBFEb5a!X8BeajTdXqJRKHMD1VW5f11adZM_DRLHH01wNLT 3GJA

To me, Rachmaninov is the epitome of "filmic" - and when I say that I mean it as a wholehearted compliment, unlike some other music critics who use it as a term of denigration. Rachmaninov, the terminal romantic, the man who wrote long, achingly beautiful melodies when they were in fashion, and continued to do so long after the establishment left them behind.

Since Akashi San mentioned that he's feeling a bit worn out with Rachmaninov of late, what better way to rediscover the "six foot scowl"...?

The first symphony is less overtly romantic than the second; an orchestral tour-de-force by a young and fiery Rachmaninov famous for its calamitous first performance in 1897 which was conducted by an under-rehearsed and allegedly drunk Alexander Glazunov. The symphony was utterly savaged by the critics ("If there were a conservatory in Hell, and if one of its talented students were to compose a programme symphony based on the story of the Ten Plagues of Egypt, and if he were to compose a symphony like Mr. Rachmaninoff's, then he would have fulfilled his task brilliantly and would delight the inhabitants of Hell.") accelerating Rachmaninov's depression and subsequent breakdown. He found himself unable to write for several years and was eventually cured by hynotherapy; he dedicated his second piano concerto to his therapist. The symphony did enter the repertoire but ruthless cuts became commonplace and it wasn't until the 1970s that the symphony was rediscovered in its original form.

The second symphony, like his second piano concerto, is arguably the most accessible of the three - and I defy anybody to get through the Adagio dry eyed... a fifteen minute outpouring of sumptuous romanticism, yearning, and a "big tune" to rule them all. After the dismal failure of his first symphony, he found himself unable to tackle the form again for a decade. Still raw from Glazunov's butchery of that work, Rachmaninov conducted the premiere himself - to great audience and critical acclaim success.

The third is more mature (composed twenty years after the second) work showing Rachmaninov's symphonic technique at the height of its development - it doesn't wear its heart on its sleeve as the second does, and it lacks the seat-of-the-pants fiery exhuberance of the first - it's the "mellow" symphony of the three - occasionally sunny (by Rachmaninov's standard!) and comparatively sparse and calm. Following the premiere (conducted by Leopold Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra) reception was negative, but Rachmaninov himself was convinced of the value of the work. Like the first, it was "rediscovered" in the 1970s and has since gained popularity and received a number of high profile recordings.

These three discs, released on EMI Classics (now bought out by Warner Classics UK) give you all three symphonies in brand new, acclaimed recordings - and as space fillers, you also get Caprice Bohemien, Vocalise, Dances from Aleko, and an "early horror" (Gustav Holst's terminology) tone poem "Prince Rostislav" written in 1891. These discs, performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko, have met almost unanimous praise and have even, in the eyes of some critics, unseated such prestigious sets as Previn's (LSO), Jansons' (St. Petersburg Philharmonic), and Ashkenazy's (Concertgebouw).

My all-time favourite remains Previn's - only just - the RLPO with Petrenko are just that good.

Update 31st May 2014: I have added the earlier 2010 disc (on Avie Records) which features three further orchestral works. The Symphonic Dances is spiritually Rachmaninov's 4th Symphony - written four years after the third and revisiting some of the sumptuous, lyrical romanticism of the second. The Isle Of The Dead is a ravishing tone poem, written around the same time as the second symphony. The Rock is one of Rachmaninov's first published compositions - somewhat similar in style to the first symphony but showing signs of the expansive, enchanting melodies of his later work - there's even a prototype of a climax the composer would later incorporate into the second symphony; predating it by a decade.

Enjoy! :)
TT

I heard very good things about Petrenko's conducting in general (surprisingly superb Shosty released through Naxos... e.g.)

My waning love for Rach is that I find Scriabin to be more transparent and stylistically closer to Chopin (who I adore), and Prokofiev to be more exciting. Could be that all the Rach performances I've heard tend to be very heavy-handed and not romantic enough. The same could be said for most Brahms stuff but I think I simply don't like his music that much (his Double Concerto is good, though).

I still listen to Rach's Moment Musicaux for solo piano pretty regularly. IMO it's his best.

But really, thank you very much for this. Will try to go through some of this tonight!!!

Some of you might not like Bear McCreary, but his latest score for Black Sails would have to be my favorite pirate score when you compare it to Pirates of the Caribbean and Assassin's Creed Black Flag. The writing is unique and I love the drum work combined with the sea-shanty violin and Calder Quartet. I also love the Main Theme and how he came up with it.

Black Sails - The Sound of Sails - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On_Lh1wiSjk)

Sigh ... what a way to proof you're just another run of the mill composer that infests Hollywood with the kind of bullshit that made me leave modern film music altogether. Yes, Accordeon is such a WEIRD instrument and yes what you're doing sounds so original and not done to death a million times before (even by yourself). Yes I'm totally hearing a political pirate thriller and I totally feel like I'm on a pirate ship and not in just another TV special of Battlestar Galactica.
Of course a John Williams approach would not work, that way you would give the show some sort of identity and flesh out the characters and locations with themes and thematic progression and actually make them memorable.

I don't care how "dark" and "gritty" justifies anything here. You know, Temple of Doom was dark and gritty too and Memoirs of a Geisha was not sunshine and rainbows either. But you really want to know what does not work in a supposed "authentic" pirate setting: ELECTRIC GUITARS!. I'm fine if you say upfront you want to make a Folk metal album about Pirates with some world percussion cues because you have not the skills to do John Williams music or you have to do this because of studio decisions but actually saying that this sounds more appropiate for the setting than traditional film scoring which has the greatest range of tone imaginable for any kind of setting is pissing me the fuck off. It's basically saying: "Look, this is what mature film/tv music for a mature show sounds like, not this John Williams shit for kids. Also check out my amazing hurdy-gurdy skills, I'm such a great musician." I'm sorry but even if that was not your intent, that's how it came across.
Bear McCreary is already overrated enough as it is but now I'm actually angry about it.

kinerfan: Oh come on, I think you're too harsh. Yes, I also wanted more traditional swashbuckling music in Black Sails in the vein of Korngold's SEA HAWK, Debney's CUTTHROAT ISLAND, or even Williams' HOOK. I even asked myself why they don't hire John Debney to do the job - he's very underrated composer, who seems to get to score only stupid, forgettable comedies in last decade. But I think this kind of scoring would not work for this particular TV show. I think they're aiming for Black Sails to be more a gritty show, not the adventurous, swashbuckling one. Also, I think the shows' screentime will be more spent on land, than on sea (for budgetary reasons), so the use of bold, full-orchestra sound would simply not fit. With this said, I've seen the first episode, and even if the music was rather forgettable (or I just didn't notice it), and I even hated the main theme, I think the music will work more as a stand-alone listening experience on CD. And I think McCreary is able to deliver some pleasant, sea-shanty fiddle tunes without the use of electric guitars and/or taiko drums.

Also, please name one composer currently working on TV shows, who is using live players, rather than electronics. I think McCreary is a beacon in the television industry, who in every project still insist on using live musicians and he does not cop out with the entire use of fake orchestra and sequencer.

I really like the music at 1:40 in the video. The music just sounds fun to me and his musicians always seem to have fun playing the music. I never see musicians this happy to play Zimmer or his army of likenesses. And I agree with Lhurgoyf that McCreary does use live musicians. We need composer like him to keep orchestras and musicians in general employed. That is why I can't stand synthesized scores. All it does is give the composer or the film producers more money to put in their pockets rather than a musician's pocket.

Lhurgoyf,

What did you not like about the main theme? Was it it too heavy? I found it catchy and the accordion kind of had that Astor Piazzolla vibe to it. The chords there reminded me so much of tango music.

klnerfan: WELL SAID!

Yes, it's great that somebody is employing live musicians - but frankly, most of those musicians will be making a very comfortable living playing real music by actual composers in the concert hall.

The musicians look like they're making the most of a bad gig - and McCreary's scores give them marginally more to do than the average MV score... but I suspect not one (competent) musician has any respect for the music they're playing - or if they do, it's endemic of how bad things actually are that McCreary's scores stand out. When you walk into the studio to play ostinato for Bear McCreary, and the day before you were playing Mahler or Rimsky-Korsakov or Ravel or Vaughan Williams in Symphony Hall, well, you know... Or they even remember back thirty years when they were going into the studio not knowing if they'd be working for the likes of Rozsa, Goldsmith, Williams, Poledouris... Now they probably go in and say "Oh, Bear McCreary... well, at least I'm going to get to play some notes today."

Orchestral music has proven itself to "fit" in sci-fi, romance, action, suspense, thrillers, and a thousand other types of production over the past 100 years. An orchestra can be gritty. Music can be dark and still be music.


Also, please name one composer currently working on TV shows, who is using live players, rather than electronics.

Alf Clausen (The Simpsons)
Ron Jones (Family Guy)
Joel McNeely (American Dad)

UK:
Murray Gold (Doctor Who)
Rob Lane (Merlin, Atlantis)
Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms)
George Fenton (documentaries)

etc, etc

Japan:
(Dozens)

I do take your point though... but it's possible to simultaneously respect McCreary for using live players and despise his atrocious music. Live musicians ain't the be all and end all. What we're talking about here is crappy music; crappy on paper, crappy on the synthesizer mockup, and crappy in front of a sixty man orchestra.

JBarron2005: It all has to do with expectations. I heard the main theme for the first time during watching the first episode, and I expected that it will open with some pleasant, sea-shanty-like, grand adventurous melody. What I got was screeching out-of-tune sounds with no harmony (later I learned it's instrument called hurdy-gurdy, which I never seen or heard before), with use of rock drums in the second half of the theme, which of course has no place in pirate music. But with multiple listenings, I'm starting to like it a little bit more, and I totally get, what McCreary is trying to do and where he is going with it.

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tangotreats: Oh, come on, your list of US TV shows using live orchestra is rather wonky. Why there are only animated shows? I don't watch Family Guy or American Dad, so I can only comment on Simpsons, but I think that Simpsons are using snippets of Clausen already-recorded music over and over again (especially for the transitions). He doesn't score the show episode-by-episode (correct me if I'm wrong). Even if he had, there is so little music, that it's barely noticeable. Instead, McCreary's music in every show in every episode is newly composed and scored, and if the episode has 42 minutes, it requires enormous quantities of music, so I think the man is starting to get over-worked.

I admit that McCreary is not Williams or Sahashi or whoever, and he is not trying to be. He has his own style, which hits the right balance between the need of compose music in timely manner, and within the budget studios give him. He literally has 3 days to compose, record and mix the music for one episode. And tango, you really don't (even a little) like his music for Battlestar Galactica? I've listened to it just now and it still holds up. I mean, when you compare it to Ron Jones music for Star Trek TNG, it seems that Jones is using a LOT of background underscore with no melodies as if he's on autopilot. McCreary is on the other hand very melodic in every episode of BSG and the music is very prominent and very important part of the show.

Well, doing ANYTHING at all to TV schedules is hard work. Something has to give - whether it's sharing the work out amongst a team of composers, giving the main composer an army of orchestrators, re-using music, or sacrificing quality, it's an inevitable fact of business.

I know they're animated shows, but they're keeping these poor, penniless musicians in the recording studio, so by your own definition they fit the criteria. Clausen does indeed score every episode of The Simpsons, to picture, with an orchestra of between 36 and 50 pieces depending on the needs of the individual episode. After twenty-five years, his music sounds the same from episode to episode and The Simpsons hasn't been any good since 1997, but again - an American TV show with a regular orchestra. They must have literally hundreds of hours of music in the can, so I don't know WHY they keep on with scoring each episode - but they do, and it's real people in a studio playing music for a popular TV show.

I do agree that McCreary seems to be taking on too much - but that doesn't change my opinion of his music. I absolutely respect that his scores are predominantly acoustic (in the sense of being performed by actual people) despite the fact that has nothing whatsoever to do with him and everything to do with the money men at the studio. Live musicians are becoming more commonplace in TV (not just in the US) as TV becomes more cinematic. Some of the stuff we get on TV today would have been unthinkable twenty years ago. Times change, focuses change... :)

Some of Battlestar Galactica (which, scarily, was ten years ago, by the way) was very good - not much, but some. McCreary has got himself stuck in the rut. Yes, it's the industry's fault as much as his (probably moreso) but the end result is the same: not-very-good music.

I don't have a problem with the style - it's the (lack of) skill that's an issue.

And yes, a lot of Ron Jones' TNG scores stank to high heaven. They were cheap, repetitive, and nasty. Some were masterpieces.

Da Vinci's Demons proved to be a great work that is both melodically sound, accurate to the time period, and competent. He isn't afraid to appeal to the crowd because he write the music he wants to write. Even if you don't like his work, the fact that the man does what he wants is something that many composers in the industry need to do. That way we don't get sellouts like MV composers who do it just for the check. An artist is someone who says "I am a rebel and I will have my music embody what I am not what society wants it to be" or in this case: the director/production team.

We are past the age of John Williams scores. It sucks, I know as I enjoyed those days when orchestral scores were competent works by competent composers like Williams, Goldsmith, heck even David Arnold wrote some great stuff in the 90s (i.e. Stargate and ID4). McCreary only takes on projects he has a connection with so that he can make the music relevant to the story. The music is a character of its own. In the blog video featuring the music from "The Killer Withing" from Walking Dead, you really understand just how crucial his music is in telling the story and how emotionally vested and versed in the story that is written by Robert Kirkman and the writing.

I find him competent and none of you can look at Human Target and say that doesn't get you to reminisce about the good ol' orchestra days. McCreary is also still new to the industry and I like that he tries different things. His ideas and his attention to detail such as using instruments that go to the period as in Black Sails and even Da Vinci. He even used Da Vinci's mirror writing to make the theme as well as using real Renaissance compositions in the score to signify House Medici and liturgical texts from the Vatican. I would say McCreary does his homework and I think his attention to detail and his ability to craft melodic and relevant music is the reason why musicians respect him.

I will agree the competition in the industry has become stale with MV dominating every project; however, I believe he will be someone to watch over the next few years. And for the record, BSG wasn't my favorite score to start. Once I really listened to it, I started like it. I love Roslin and Adama's theme :).

Even if you don't like his work, the fact that the man does what he wants is something that many composers in the industry need to do.

Very true. I just wish that, in addition to doing what he wants to do, he was actually good at it. ;)


We are past the age of John Williams scores. It sucks, I know as I enjoyed those days when orchestral scores were competent works by competent composers like Williams, Goldsmith, heck even David Arnold wrote some great stuff in the 90s (i.e. Stargate and ID4).

Yes, it sucks... I wish people would start thinking of good music as something irretrievable and in the past. Good music isn't dead. Even McCreary can write it. He just doesn't often.


I believe he will be someone to watch over the next few years.

Ten years ago, he was someone to watch... I've given up watching now... ;)

Alien Invasion: Space & Beyond 2

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

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K5NCJV79

Track listing


Disc/Cassette 1

1. MARS ATTACKS - Introduction & Main Title (04:02)
(Danny Elfman)
2. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Suite (05:40)
(Bernard Hermann) - Outer Space / Radar / Farewell & Finale
3. DUNE - Suite (08:42)
(Toto)
4. STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (05:38)
(Jerry Goldsmith) - Klingon Attack
5. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (03:10)
(Dennis McCarthy) - One Last Visit
6. STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (05:10)
(Jerry Goldsmith) - End Title Suite
7. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Suite (08:28)
(Leith Stevens) - Main Title / Foreword / Doomsday Drawing / The Takeoff / The New World
8. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (04:04)
(James Horner) - Theme
9. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD Suite (07:34)
(Dimitri Tiomkin) - Main Title / The Melting Sequence / The thing Electrocuted
10. TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE End Title Suite (06:29)
(Jerry Goldsmith) (includes THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV Theme - Maurius Constant)
11. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Suite (11:07)
Prologue (Stu Phillips) / Main Title (Glen A. Larson / Stu Phillips) / The Destruction of Peace (Stu Phillips) / A Chance to Live / Exodus One (Glen A. Larson / Stu Phillips)
12. STARGATE - Giza 1928 / Going Home (04:46)
(David Arnold)

Disc/Cassette 2

1. FORBIDDEN PLANET - Prelude (03:15)
(Louis & Bebe Barron)
2. MARS, THE BRINGER OF WAR from THE PLANETS (08:07)
(Gustav Holst)
3. CONTACT - End Title (08:49)
(Alan Silvestri)
4. STARSHIP TROOPERS - Bugs (02:07)
(Basil Poledouris)
5. STARSHIP TROOPERS - Fed Net March / Klendathu Drop (05:03)
(Basil Poledouris)
6. PREDATOR - Theme (04:07)
(Alan Silvestri)
7. WAR OF THE WORLDS - Suite (10:35)
(Leith Stevens) - Main Title & Introduction / Martian Man Dies / Evacuation & Finale
8. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - The Imperial March (03:13)
John Williams
9. INVADERS FROM MARS - End Title (03:44)
(Christopher Young)
10. SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND - Suite (07:32)
(Shirley Walker)
11. V - Theme (01:50)
(Joe Harnell)
12. STARMAN - End title (Symphonic Version) (04:44)
(Jack Nitzsche)
13. INDEPENDENCE DAY - End title Suite (09:01)
(David Arnold)
14. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD - The Thing Lives! (02:12)
(Dimitri Tiomkin) - Bonus Track

Total Duration: 02:29:09

Howdy! Is there any chance of this becoming available again?

Thanks!

Mark
Mark's Super Blog (http://markssuperblog.blogspot.com)
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KEITH BURSTEIN
Symphony "Elixir"
Songs Of Love And Solitude
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Rita Novikaite, mezzo soprano
Conducted by The Composer



Digital only release. FLAC Level 8. Covers, text, and programme notes included.

https://mega.co.nz/#!V9p2GbYb!E_QWOILPqgxhQgwpY6Dj1qzFwQh9aQZjPz3q-NcaNUE

Ohh, where to begin, folks... where to begin? Burstein is relatively famous in the UK, for two reasons; firstly, his tendency to sue any media outlet which describes him or his music in less-than-complementary terms... and secondly, for his controversial 2011 opera "Manifest Destiny".

He's also well known for his stance against atonality. His music is deliberately melodic and shamelessly tonal, to the occasional extent of shoving the melodies down your throat. There's nothing subtle or smart about his music; it's syrupy romantic harmonies, nostalgic love themes, and utterly manipulative. It doesn't set out to merely pull on your heartstrings - it tries to tear them from your chest. A perfect antidote to modern "squeaky gate" music. If you're sick and tired of themeless, endless, miserable classical music that favours orchestral effects and mathematical smart-arsery over effective themes and genuine emotional content... this, I think, will appeal.

Critics have described Burstein as everything from an incompetent hack to a visionary genius; the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but of course you should make up your own minds.

Note must be taken of the performance; this Naxos release might very well represent the most hopeless orchestral performance in the label's history. I include the early sweatshop Czechoslovakian and Hungarian recordings in that assessment; they have nothing on this motley band of Lithuanians... not even the City Of Prague Philharmonic on their darkest, most drunken, under-rehearsed day match the catastrophic standard of dismal failure herein. Raggedy, cracking brass, wispy out-of-tune strings, weak woodwinds, and haphazard percussion that will remind you of your local high school band... they try, oh, how they try...

It simply beggars belief that this was deemed to reach the necessary standard to release; particularly on Naxos in 2013 - a label now firmly established in the big leagues with a reputation for quality. I have to believe some money exchanged hands. The mind boggles.

That said, don't ask me why, it actually works. For better or for worse, the style of music and facepalm performance combine to make this one of the most human endeavours ever committed to disc.

As a companion to the symphony (which runs for 36 minutes) we also get a rather lovely song cycle for Soprano and Orchestra entitled "Songs of Love and Solitude"... though the less said about Rita Novikaite's English the better. ("Oi a-door you / Oi a-door you / I know you forgettih me / Ee gwight moamats erloan / Armoosed by sunfick / Wuh thuh thlooook of compleeeee joy a-beer!")

Burstein is trying to steer classical music back to melody and lyricism - without descending into the banality of pop music. Those efforts deserve applause, support, and respect whether you like the symphony or not. It's fairly obvious why classical music has suffered a massive drop in popular appeal in the last century... it's because most people think it now sounds like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25j1wcO7yfY

Enjoy! :)
TT

Interesting stuff at the Grammy last night (only the classical categories, of course, which nobody pays enough attention to...). You can read about it here (http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/classical-grammy-awards/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=carousel&utm_content=item0).

Maria Schneider's album Winter Morning Walks written for Dawn Upshaw came out as the biggest winner. I listened to a 3-minute YouTube sample and it sounded great! It's Schneider's first foray into classical music (she's a jazz artist) and while it's not the most cutting-edge composition, there seemed to be many beautiful moments in there worth checking out. Double brownies for me because it has many jazzy parts.

If I can forage it online, I'll upload it here (will 100% order a copy if it turns out to be good as a whole).

YUGO KANNO - TAIGA DRAMA "GUNSHI KANBEE" ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.1
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 341.8 MB | 29 TRACKS | 01:15:42
NHK Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Junichi Hirokami [track 1]
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michał Dworzyński [tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28]
Studio Orchestra (Tokyo), conducted by Koji Haishima [tracks 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29]


Catalog Number: SICL-30001
Release Date: Jan 29, 2014

Tracklist
01. Kanbee The Tactician Main Theme (http://kiwi6.com/file/skqtw5jqe7) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
02. Kanbee The Prodigy
03. Turbulent Country
04. Hideyoshi The Ruler
05. Kohee The Loyal
06. Otatsu The First Love
07. The Lord of Himeji Castle
08. Kanbee Runs
09. Nobunaga the Revolutionary Leader
10. Zori Tokichiro
11. Buhee the Aide
12. Shigetaka the Eye Drop Seller
13. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child
14. Love for One's Mother
15. Masahide of Tatsuno Castle
16. Iwa's Affection
17. Mankichi of Conviction
18. Sign of Genius
19. Kanbee Travelogue I
20. Kanbee The General
21. The Beloved Wife Teru
22. Tahee The Spearman
23. Sakyounoshin The Brother-in-Law
24. Power Relations in Harima
25. Hanbee The Tactician
26. Shojumaru The Heir
27. Stirring Lords
28. Tenka Fubu Seal
29. Kanbee Travelogue I (TV Size)

Ripped, etc. by me. Translated by Akashi San.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!RAkHTara!POYbHOmct5S5zwgzaYs_en0km5Hx-KCUkSmJNV701mc

Not only is Yugo Kanno perhaps the youngest composer to score one of the prestigious NHK taiga dramas but he was also allowed to record his music in Poland with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

I guess you could say this is what we've all been waiting for from Kanno. It's an excellent orchestral score with no electronics and it boasts a great main theme. Personally, this is best score I've heard from Kanno and no doubt the highest quality one. It's good to see he didn't let this opportunity go to waste. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I do.

Goodie! Didn't even know this was coming out so soon. Thanks a bunch!

Yep, the next volume should be in around six months or so.

Jesus... it took young Yugo Kanno, best known for electronica and cheap drama scores, to turn out one the most mature, symphonic Taiga scores in recent memory.

He gave us a cracking main theme... let's have a bit of analysis, why don't we?

Straight in with the NHK drama sound for the opening fanfare, and then a lovely bittersweet old fashioned "melodrama" theme, on low strings and then violins. I love the piano work here - somewhat classical! Kanno messes with the "Fast-slow-fast" plan a little bit here, beginning with a fanfare and the majority of the theme being almost Adagio - albeit with that brief Allegro interlude midway, with rushing strings and woodwind flourishes... I can't quite work out the "point" of that section... it doesn't really have any thematic content; it's just a bit of orchestral acrobatics before launching back into the restatement of the theme, this time on brass. Nonetheless, we get a trademark Kanno modulation (more Senju in here; main theme of Brotherhood?) and then an epilogue of sorts; Kanno strips out the first few notes of the theme and plays it on brass against a rising string accompaniment, leading to a lovely major key close.

Structurally, I find the theme somewhat suspect... but there's no arguing with the melody or the impact it leaves.

And if that weren't enough, almost every Warsaw cue could, in its own way, be a main theme all of its own... as it happens, track 8 seems to me like it should have been the main theme... Track 20 is also a strong contender, with its harsh opening, great tune, slow and romantic mid section, and restatement at the end.

Track 22 is just glorious... even if Kanno is using MY chord progressions again for the wonderful shimmering opening... then a ravishing horseback ride through the countryside, with an almost Irish flavour... and, dare I say it, more than a hint of Hisaishi!

Well, Kanno, I had a feeling that this would be good... but I really wasn't prepared for this. Reservations about the theme aside, this is just wonderful... and I really can't wait for the next volumes.

(Even the cheap Tokyo orchestra cues are great... they really pushed the boat out for this one...!)

Thank you, nextday, for the insanely fast upload.

So it wasn't just me who thought "Brotherhood?" :)

And I thought some part of the main theme was very Rach-like (mainly the piano part). Overall, this is a fantastic score! Kanno's definitely pushing his edge and it's showing.

Quite!

This is still surprising me. Just look at what happens when Japanese composers are put before a real, living, breathing, classical orchestra. Almost without exception, they step up and do something amazing. Whether it's a recognition of the unprecedented opportunity to work with such skilled musicians, or a fear of presenting something half-assed to a prestigious ensemble, or both, or neither... it's amusing (and depressing) to contrast to what most Western composers are more than happy to throw in front of the London Symphony Orchestra, or the all-star Hollywood/LA pickup orchestras populated with musicians who used to work with the likes of Goldsmith and Williams. Does it never run through these imbeciles minds?


Wow, half of these people played on f*****g Star Wars, Superman, and Raiders, and yesterday they were in the Barbican playing Mahler's 8th. What must they think of this utter turd I'm asking them to play?!

Intimidated? Nah, just sling some ostinatos in front of them and pile on the electronics and the f*****g duduk in post production!

And yet here, we have a very young (by composer standards) gentleman who has never really had the chance to test out his orchestral chops on a lengthy score; and look at what happens.

Exactly right Tango. Sometimes I wonder why they even bother with the LSO. For example why does Brian Tyler bother using the LSO for Iron Man 3 and Thor 2? Sure he has a few decent themes but the whole score could be just as easily performed by any other orchestra just fine. Not to mention that the way it is mixed you don't even get to hear the full quality of the orchestra.

On other release fronts I thought I should mention a few scores I got recently. Kritzerland put out a lovely full release of The Buccaneer by Elmer Bernstein. Though some of the themes sound a bit familiar and likely lifted from either folk songs or classical on the whole it is a solid score with great sound for the age. I'm not sure yet that I am blown away by the Kritzerland release of Demetrius and the Gladiators but then I didn't listen to the original release enough times to really recognize the difference. Either way it is great to see them continue with the golden age releases.

Half those scores don't even really need live musicians, really, do they? You could replace the orchestra entirely with synthesizers and they wouldn't suffer. At the very least they could get one of those crummy Bulgarian remote control orchestras to literally phone the whole thing in. Would anybody notice underneath the layers and layers of electronica and the shitty ULTRA-MAX, all-levels-to-11, muddy, clipped mix?

*sigh*

Japanese projects with big budgets, please come to London! Warsaw is great but we're better! ;)

The only pair that consistently goes to London is Sagisu/Amano but even they went to Warsaw for their latest score. I guess these Japanese composers just really like Warsaw... or maybe it just costs less.

And yet despite this talk of these big orchestras increasing quality, there's still some big composers like Hisaishi that never seem to leave to Japan. I remember Yoko Kanno joking in an interview that it's because they're shy.

What a great score. One could not ask more from a Taiga Drama.

I could do without some of the traditional instrumentation at times but for the most part it is a solid score with some lovely themes.

I could do without some of the traditional instrumentation at times but for the most part it is a solid score with some lovely themes.

@Sirusjr nice to see you around again.

@Sirusjr nice to see you around again.

I've been around, just mostly in this thread. Not a lot to post about other places.

Thanks for the new Taiga drama nextday :) I believe this is the first time Yugo Kanno is doing a Taiga and reading all your comments seems to be quite a good score.

So far i could only heard the first and the last track. The main theme is right away memorable just after one listen. That is a very good thing i'm tired enough of listening dull music composed these days, that nothing happens during the whole album. Lovely solo of the main theme in the last track too. Can't wait to hear the whole soundtrack now when i have a chance.

What a great score. My only complaint is very minor: many tracks don't seem scored to picture so each one kind of sounds like its own miniature concert piece, so as a cohesive whole it feels disjointed. Also, not a lot of tension for a drama, but I haven't seen it, so what do I know?

Tracks 8, 15 (some tension here), 22, and 28 are amazing.

Poledouris influence in track 28?

Amazing work. I need to catch up on my NHK drama scores.

The only pair that consistently goes to London is Sagisu/Amano but even they went to Warsaw for their latest score. I guess these Japanese composers just really like Warsaw... or maybe it just costs less.

Warsaw is cheaper, and they're fantastic, so no complaints really... it would be nice to see the LSO let loose on some real film music from time to time...

Sagisu and Amano don't use the LSO, but yes, at least they're HERE...


And yet despite this talk of these big orchestras increasing quality...

It's not the size that matters, it's the standard of musicianship.


there's still some big composers like Hisaishi that never seem to leave to Japan.

Hisaishi recorded Melodyphony and Minima Rhythm with the LSO in 2009, Howl's Moving Castle Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic in 2004, that horrible Castle In The Sky rescore in Seattle in 2002, Princess Mononoke Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic in 1998, WORKS 1 with the London Philharmonic in 1997, and possibly others I can't remember.

When he records in Tokyo, he is invariably blessed with a) a decent recording space (a rarity in Japan, hence coming overseas so often; it's not only to save money, it's because they don't have the facilities or the engineers) and b) a full-strength orchestra, and that orchestra is usually c) an established classical ensemble, not the Shinozaki Strings + 20 freelancers that usually turn up. There ain't nowt wrong with, say, the Tokyo Philharmonic. They're not the LSO, but they're no slouches.

Ironically, it's probably more expensive for a Japanese production to record in Japan than in Warsaw, even when you consider travel, accomodation, and translators. You'll be paying the orchestra 20% of the salary they would expect in Japan and getting musicians every bit as good, if not better. It's probably more annoying to have to go abroad, but if it means you can get the job done on budget...

(The music in most orchestral television scores is usually very good, but the orchestras are tiny and poor, and the recordings are atrocious. Stuff like Majestic Prince is as good as you can do domestically for a reasonable price...)

Hisaishi probably gets to dictate his demands and the budget people find the money. He probably says "f*** sitting on a plane for ten hours each way, I want to do it in Tokyo!" and because he's who he is, they don't mind forking over the cash.

Some composers seem to love doing it just for the international jetsetter lifestyle thing... Look at Michiru Oshima. She's spend the last six or seven years going all the way to PARIS to conduct a shitty 40 piece orchestra in a rubbish studio. And she went to Moscow more times in 2013 than I went to the toilet. And Masamichi Amano went to London in 1993 for Gradius In Classic for one reason only; to stealthily re-record a seven Giant Robo suite with the London Philharmonic on somebody else's dime! ;)

Horses for courses... :)

As for Kanno... She's NEVER recorded a major orchestral score in Japan in her ENTIRE career; going instead to Israel, Warsaw, and more recently, Vienna.

Oh my... Gunshi Kanbee Tracks 8 and 22 are really amazing. Track 8 especially might as well have been the theme (f*%king awesome)... but I guess the more melodic content in Track 1 suits better as the main theme than the magnificent mini-concert piece that Track 8 is. And that menacing string opening in Track 15 is something too...

Thanks again, nextday! I am definitely purchasing a copy of this. Will also try to put out an English tracklist when I can.

Isn't it also wonderful to be able to say all these great things about the FIRST VOLUME! Time and time again I find myself listening to the first volume of something, finding two or three decent cues, and thinking "Oh, well... it's bound to pick up in the next two volumes!"...

Not so with Kanbee. Almost completely superb from the outset. I'm almost scared of what might be still to come. This must be one mammoth score.

The Warsaw cues from OST 1 round out to 35 minutes. At the very least, there's another 25 minutes to come (assuming a round hour recorded)...

Knowing it's so much cheaper, it's a wonder some composers don't head overseas more often. The brass and sheer, rich vastness of sound that comes with a crackerjack Warsaw score always hits me.

How similar is Kanbee to Kanno's typical work? Gotta translate before giving it a spin.

I was thinking that aswell. Especially with Japanese scores I tend to make countless custom soundtracks with all the worthwhile music on one (or two) CD. Whether it is Ryomaden or even Escaflowne, there is just not enough good stuff on one CD to justify a purchase. Not to mention most pieces seem to be on the disc without order or reason. Kanbee is a very pleasant surprise in that regard, nearly 80 minutes of music of consistent quality and style without some strange track order. If that is not worth a purchase alone aside from giving Kanno the respect he deserves I don't know what is.

(In response to NaotaM)

I guess there must be a measure of patriotism involved... not to mention the obvious logistical nightmare of shipping the music and God-knows-how-many-people to another country and back again for the sessions...

There are "remote control" sessions now, where you basically email your scores to the orchestra, pay the bill, supervise the session over a video conference from the comfort of your own studio, everything is handled at the other end, they record the music and upload it somewhere for you to download... I imagine most composers have an inbuilt "need" to be there physically, and probably the money men don't like the idea of massive sums of cash being spent in foreign countries without somebody from the production actually there to keep an eye on things... Still, it's got a HELL of a financial incentive going for it. You can literally email a bunch of PDFs and �10,000 to Bulgaria and that's IT.


How similar is Kanbee to Kanno's typical work? Gotta translate before giving it a spin.

Think "more grown up" and you won't be far wrong. Kanno's knack for a good tune is very much on display and the way he processes his themes is very much characteristic, but whereas he is usually known for electronics and crazy sounds galore, this time round he's fully exploiting his gigantic orchestra. It also spends quite a lot of time in the minor key. It's more mature, a little more internal dialogue, and seems to "breathe" better than his previous scores. Brassy, strident, almost always melody-led, highly professional... I think that about covers it. :)


I was thinking that aswell. Especially with Japanese scores I tend to make countless custom soundtracks with all the worthwhile music on one (or two) CD. Whether it is Ryomaden or even Escaflowne, there is just not enough good stuff on one CD to justify a purchase. Not to mention most pieces seem to be on the disc without order or reason.

Yeah, you certainly have to pick and choose a lot of the time. There's always terrific diversity in Japanese scores and that inevitably means you'll end up throwing away some things that are of a style you personally dislike. That used to bother me quite a lot, but it doesn't seem to harm the flow most of the time - in fact I find it tends to HELP the flow. Giving Magi as an example, I tend to think of it as two separate scores; Amano's and Sagisu's - the orchestral music has its own pulse, its own flow, and its own thematic consistency, and Sagisu's cues do too... So, if you're batting for Sagisu, you can throw away the Amano cues and have a great time, and if you're batting for Amano, you can do vice versa.

Likewise (Yoko) Kanno's scores... If you cherry pick the orchestral cues and run them together in a vaguely sensible order, you've got a f*****g symphony half the time. A coherent, multi-movement work that tells the story and satisfies from a musical perspective.

Edit: Just hit "like" on NaotaM's post. Who'd have ever thunk it? ;)

How similar is Kanbee to Kanno's typical work? Gotta translate before giving it a spin.
It's more mature and, I guess, more raw than his usual. It's also a lot more professional. Usually with Kanno you'll get a good number of filler tracks but not here. He was fully focused on the task this time.

If you'd like, I can upload a compilation with all of his main themes (+ a few extras) to date that are available. It's a bit long and it's not entirely orchestral (~60% orchestra w/ no beats/electronics) but it's a good representation of his works to date.

Is Manny Mota pinch hitting? ;)

Definitely focussed... Kanno's been taking on a lot of stuff lately - it's no wonder he ends up on auto-pilot sometimes. But as you say, with this one, it seems like he's cleared everything else out of his head and concentrated on every single note.

Desplat is back with some orchestral force with his 'The Monuments Men' - The Monuments Men - Alexandre Desplat - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3J2wfUb4M4)

Yay! It has been a while since a modern score has taken the less serious military side on. Sounds like it should be a blast. And the film is going to be so much fun too!

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


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

Akashi San (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/452.html#post2263956): "Something different from albums usually posted here. :D T-Square has been a popular fusion jazz band in Japan since the 80's. They decided to have a series of orchestral arrangement albums during their peak in the 90s - this is the second one among three. I wish they could have forgone their usual jazz instruments completely for a 100% symphonic experience, but I guess they wanted to try something new since the first one in this series was almost entirely orchestral...

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

Album Information (http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~far_east/discspec.htm)

Akashi San's share, re-up :'D

FLAC - http://www.adrive.com/public/6Nh6sq
MP3 -V0 - http://www.adrive.com/public/6QQqYJ

^^ Oh, right. I forgot to ask about that after I posted that recent Keiichi Oku album. Akashi, would you mind uploading the other two T-Square albums? I'm curious.

Also, I should be getting another soundtrack by him any day now...

They'll be in your inbox IF I can find them (private rips). Funnily enough, I don't even remember posting that album. Chances are, they were gone when I wiped my HDD (never bothered to back them up...)

Orchestration by
KEIICHI OKU
FOREVER AYRTON SENNA
Requiem for the Greatest Champion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Friends
conducted by Harry Rabinowitz

Release Date: 01.05.1995
Publisher: Pony Canyon
Catalog Number: PCCH-00054



FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 7 Tracks | 36:08 | 235 MB

01. Gloria ~Hymn of Glory~ (http://kiwi6.com/file/4e34rervwe)
Music & Arrange: Keiichi Oku
02. Play For You, Ayrton
Music: Masahiro Ando
Arrange: Keiichi Oku
03. Immortal Hero
Music: Masahiro Ando
Arrange: Keiichi Oku
04. Legendary Battle Royal
Music: Masahiro Ando
Arrange: Keiichi Oku
05. Solitude
Music: Masahiro Ando
Arrange: Keiichi Oku
06. Unforgettable Saga
Music: Hirotaka Izumi
Arrange: Keiichi Oku

07. A Latchkey (Bonus Track)
Music & Arrange: Jun Sato

"Friends"
Drums: Taro Kanbe
E-Bass: Toshimi Nagai
E-Guitar: Jeff Beppu
Piano: Keiichi Oku
EWI: Takeshi Ito
Alto Sax & Soprano Sax: Makoto Hirahara

My wonky rip.

Like those symphonic T-Square albums, this one jumps between jazz fusion and orchestral music.

Both Harmony and this album feature arrangements of the 1993 T-Square track Play For You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeX2WQErjuM). Track 3 is partly T-Square's Truth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zumBnYEXUs), Japan's Formula One theme. Track 5 is a re-arranged version of Good-bye Blue Wind from that Harmony album.

FLAC - https://mega.co.nz/#!nIQHwK5D!DlvM31VXs0ria30sxX0Qa66gap15bf2ievSjgC8 8LV4

MP3 -V0 - http://www.adrive.com/public/Vr2TUb

I have a suggestion for Nextday and anyone else who may occasionally upload a soundtrack where there is more information in the text that is not included with the actual folder. This would be especially helpful for anything that is uploaded with Japanese tags as Nextday tends to post them. Perhaps a simple text file could be included in the folder called info.text that includes all the composer and track name information that is included in the post. Though sometimes because of my own failure to properly note what is included in something I sometimes end up with a soundtrack where the only information I have in the folder is the name of the folder and the rest of it is in Japanese. Though I understand why certain soundtracks are largely tagged in Japanese, it would be nice to have a basic text file with that info so that I could easily find out composer information that might not be easily readable in the tags. This could also include the catalog number and release date, any information that is frequently included in the title of the post.

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Great. Thanks

Thanks for all recent contributions. I would like to ask for a favor though, it's about Gunshi Kanbee. Is there a chance for mp3's? Why? Cause I'm on limited data plan, that's why. And it sucks. If it's not possible I'll wait till midnight. After that hour I have no limitations and I can feed my hard drive with some megabytes.

Second thing... my new piece! 25 minutes, 4 parts, every part in sort of different style, "symphony" in it's name etc. If you heard my previous pieces you know what you can expect - for example uilleann pipes, long notes and some short ones too;).





Skyscraper Symphony | Piotr Katzpersky (http://piotrkacperski.bandcamp.com/album/skyscraper-symphony)

Gunshi Kanbee MP3 (LAME -V0) - https://mega.co.nz/#!V4w1UbBL!TEedTg8UNtriZ4wA9jfqt4FZiM4eHWgM2Wvju4u xi0Q

Hope nextday is OK with this. :)

Edit: Will listen to your work very closely after dinner. I always look forward to hearing your music. :)

Desplat is back with some orchestral force with his 'The Monuments Men' - The Monuments Men - Alexandre Desplat - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3J2wfUb4M4)

You know for some reason I am imagining Down Periscope when I hear this lol.

Gunshi Kanbee English Tracklist
1. Kanbee The Tactician Main Theme
2. Kanbee The Prodigy
3. Turbulent Country
4. Hideyoshi The Ruler
5. Kohee The Loyal
6. Otatsu The First Love
7. The Lord of Himeji Castle
8. Kanbee Runs
9. Nobunaga the Revolutionary Leader
10. Zori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zori) Tokichiro (Probably refers to the fact that Hideyoshi was a sandal-carrying servant of Nobunaga)
11. Buhee the Aide
12. Shigetaka the Eye Drop Seller
13. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spare_the_rod_and_spoil_the_child) (Seems to be the closest equivalent proverb)
14. Love for One's Mother
15. Masahide of Tatsuno Castle
16. Iwa's Affection
17. Mankichi of Conviction
18. Sign of Genius
19. Kanbee Travelogue I
20. Kanbee The General
21. The Beloved Wife Teru
22. Tahee The Spearman
23. Sakyounoshin The Brother-in-Law
24. Power Relations in Harima
25. Hanbee The Tactician
26. Shojumaru The Heir
27. Stirring Lords (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo)
28. Tenka Fubu Seal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga) (This is a historical item that I won't translate)
29. Kanbee Travelogue I (TV Size)
Tedious translation with many historical names and idiomatic kinks, but I think I did a pretty good job. :)

RE: T-Square

I lost the lossless rip of Classics but have a 320kbps rip that I can post here if anyone wants. I skimmed through the tracks again and found some well-done parts, especially the extremely Debussy-like orchestration and harmony bits in Track 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGr3qHATSgY) (around the 5 minute mark). In fact, I think Oku just directly modeled it after one of Debussy's pieces.

Thanks Tango for quick response. Now I can go to sleep at normal hour ;).

THANK YOU Mr Salat for the latest rarities... Disturbingly catchy, and in the case of the last album, a splendid tribute to Mr Senna, which strikes a fine balance between dignified mourning, gravitas, and the fun exuberance of his chosen career. :)

And now, a little music...



VARIOUS ARTISTS
(but mostly John Scott)
Concerts pour l'Aventure 2004 and 2005
Les Plus Belles Musiques de Films (The Finest Film Scores)
L'Orchestre du Festival Jules Verne (The Orchestra Of The Jules Verne Festival)
conducted by
John Scott



My rip at FLAC Level 8. Scans and booklet notes (in French) included.

Disc 1 & Scans at Solidfiles: http://www.solidfiles.com/d/bb1e175e01/JS-CPA-DISC1-SCANS.rar
Disc 2 at Solidfiles: http://www.solidfiles.com/d/dcb09b68a3/JS-CPA-DISC2.rar

Both discs and Scans at Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!YoIARBDR!3ZoX1_5e1flet-3f8ooEJqcmhzjWFa_q4vHR0QDN4yE

John Scott sure gets around... Despite his ripe old age of 83, he shows no sign of retirement (long may he continue) and juggles his career in his native England with his position as Artistic Director and Resident Conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra.

As a result of his glorious scores for the prestigious French "Jacques Cousteau" documentaries he enjoys considerable fame and adoration in France.

In 2004 and 2005, he conducted two film music concerts for the Jules Verne Festival, at Grand Rex in Paris, and it is these concerts here preserved.

The selection is diverse; Richard Strauss makes an appearance, with his over-familiar opening to Thus Spoke Zarathustra. We also get Lawrence Of Arabia, Indiana Jones, Out Of Africa, Titanic, Superman, Spartacus, The Sand Pebbles, Testament, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Maginificent Seven, and Star Wars - relatively pedestrian selections...

...but what sets these concerts apart from the crowd is that they feature an awful lot of Scott's own music too. In addition to suites from his scores Greystoke, King Kong Lives, and The Final Countdown, there are also a number of fascinating concert pieces mixed in as well.

"Death Of Indian Nations" is a symphonic suite for orchestra and percussion, in four movements, and was written especially for the Festival. It commemorates the fatal meeting between native Indians and European settlers during the Conquest Of The West.

The Jules Verne Festival Overture was composed in 1999, revised in 2002, intended as a theme tune for the Festival concerts.

L'Expedition Jules Verne is the fourth movement of Scott's "Symphonie du Belem" inspired to Scott's voyage on the three-mast Belem as a part of the Jules Verne Adventures team.

Usual words of warning: Sound quality is a bit odd. The mastering is a disgrace and the recording is one of those "a hundred microphones, fix everything later on in post production" dealies that actually sounds very good, but not at all like an orchestra in a hall! There is also some pretty alarming chair-squeaking going on in the first concert... Check out the Strauss...

Nonetheless, they're great concerts, the orchestra is excellent, and this is the only release of "Death Of Indian Nations" making it somewhat essential to fans of John Scott.

Enjoy! :)
TT

So I just got some fantastic speaker upgrades though they are probably way too big for my room. It is immediately clear how natural they make things sound.
F-20 Floor Standing Speaker |High Quality Home Audio by Klipsch� (http://www.klipsch.com/f-20-floorstanding-speaker)

(October 2013) The grail i'm hoping to buy soon is the disc with his 3rd symphony released by Koch. It's going for $40 on Amazon right now... Bennett experimented with his version of tone row influenced by Boulez, and his work from that period before 80's-ish may not appeal to everybody. Regarding his 3rd symphony, which is shamelessly lyrical and almost free of the European avant garde-ism, he said he has really matured. I have still yet to hear it though!

Well, better late than never...! This is for Akashi San, although I really hope there's something in here for everybody...! Ladies and gentlemen, a bit more from Richard Rodney Bennett.


RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto
Diversions for Orchestra



Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
Vadim Gluzman, violin
conducted by
James DePreist

https://mega.co.nz/#!F55k2RBA!-xeclF4iiciPKGZPIczd4fBF3aKyQ--om1i-HTWRVuE

This is a severely fascinating album. It consists of three pieces each with a very distinct voice, and each from a particular stage in Bennett's compositional development.

The newest piece on the album, Diversions, is twenty minutes of pure joy. By 1990, Bennett's classical style and film style had completed the merging that they began in the early eighties. Therefore, the music on display here is tuneful, tonal, exuberant, and approachable. From the outset, the Irish-themed melody appears like the composer's thumbprint, recalling his many film scores - particularly Far From The Madding Crowd, which is for many people, his masterpiece.

Symphony No. 3 was written in 1987, and is a little bit harder to digest. The music feels like Bennett's internal working-out process of how "tonal" he should be in his serious music. It's not quite as overt as, say, Diversions or his 1995 Partita, but it's well on its way and remains deeply enjoyable, and quite approachable for the slightly adventurous. There are passages of pure lyrical beauty, and passages of pretty harsh dissonance... and there are also many passages that, again, conjure up his film scores. Check out the piano work in the first movement.

The Violin Concerto of 1975 is brutal, angular, vicious, dissonant, and for the most part, fairly unsettling. You won't be whistling this one on the way to work! It certainly packs a punch! The fast movement goes hell-for-leather into pandemonium, whilst the slow movement is grotesquely beautiful. This music will get inside you. You'll listen the first time and think "Jesus, what the hell is this?!" but listen again, and again, and again... you will literally feel your brain making new connections and it will sound different. It's quite a fascinating process to go through.

The orchestra (a strange choice if ever I saw one) play wonderfully, Vadim Gluzman is silky and sensitive in the Violin Concerto, and the sound quality is excellent (engineered by the legendary Michael Fine). The late conductor James DePreist (sadly, he passed away last year at the age of 76, following a heart attack) is very attuned to the needs of the music and to Bennett's sound in particular. In all, it's a rather splendid disc, which I gather is a bit rare there days... so enjoy!

James DePreist RIP - 1936 - 2013



The only Western conductor to ever appear in a Japanese anime? (Nodame Cantabile)

TT

Thanks for both albums, Tango. I did manage to obtain the Bennett disc about two months ago and kinda forgot about posting it here. It's quite a lovely disc that gives you a good look into Bennett's transitional work. I also have quite a number of his twelve-tone works but Romantic rules!

And is that really DePreist? I have never watched Nodame although I feel like I should.

Anyone up for a serious musical HURRICANE? Listen to this: Feinberg - Piano Sonata No. 3; III "Sonata" (Part 1/2) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGfxRvFoSt8)... The sheer complexity and angst destroyed me. Definitely for Scriabin fans.

@Sirus: room acoustics play a huge role in how your speakers sound (EQ helps a lot if you know what you are doing). I played a long game with audio equipment ($$$$) and acoustics ($$$ and room-specific constraints) for a long time before giving up trying to achieve perfection. Now I just play music through my laptop speakers mostly due to tiredness and laziness...

It's him. He was for a time engaged with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, and ended up conducting the soundtrack to Nodame. He appeared in the anime (as himself) as music director of the Roux Marlet Orchestra.

Feinberg is amazing... he did with the piano what most people can't do with a 90 piece orchestra. I believe it is the composer himself performing in this recording? Forget that, I is are dumb.

I am so glad that you find Feinberg amazing. At first, I didn't even know what the hell I was listening to besides "is this one of Scriabin's middle-year works?" The bloke must have been depressed all his life. Out of all 12 Piano Sonatas I listened to, I heard no single happy note. His Piano Sonata 2 is probably the most romantic but with a negative, longing undertone. Piano Sonata 3 IMO is one of the grossly overlooked masterpieces... I simply can't get enough of it. The pianist who undertook to record all his sonatas (Christophe Sirodeau) is surely one HELL of a pianist. Most pianists wouldn't even touch that with a ten-foot pole. Seriously, how do you even make it sound poetic and work the chaotic phrasing without destroying your hands?

Feinberg and Sirodeau, you magnificent bastards.

@Sirus: room acoustics play a huge role in how your speakers sound (EQ helps a lot if you know what you are doing). I played a long game with audio equipment ($$$$) and acoustics ($$$ and room-specific constraints) for a long time before giving up trying to achieve perfection. Now I just play music through my laptop speakers mostly due to tiredness and laziness...

What? Laptop speakers? that seems insane considering how they tend to sound these days. A basic set of speakers could be easily connected to that laptop via a decent DAC. Thankfully I didn't spend a ton of money on these and I am very satisfied by the overall sound.

I am so glad that you find Feinberg amazing. At first, I didn't even know what the hell I was listening to besides "is this one of Scriabin's middle-year works?" The bloke must have been depressed all his life. Out of all 12 Piano Sonatas I listened to, I heard no single happy note. His Piano Sonata 2 is probably the most romantic but with a negative, longing undertone. Piano Sonata 3 IMO is one of the grossly overlooked masterpieces... I simply can't get enough of it. The pianist who undertook to record all his sonatas (Christophe Sirodeau) is surely one HELL of a pianist. Most pianists wouldn't even touch that with a ten-foot pole. Seriously, how do you even make it sound poetic and work the chaotic phrasing without destroying your hands?

Feinberg and Sirodeau, you magnificent bastards.

You've sent me scurrying for these pieces. I know the First Piano Concerto, a really bleak and desolate work (Sirodeau is the soloist). Kind of reminded me of Munch's Scream in polyphony, but how draining it is listening to Feinberg.

Some news: Break Blade is getting a new TV anime in April and Hirano is on board.

Edit: It looks as if it's the movies but recut and reanimated for TV so maybe not a new score... but maybe they'll at least release a complete soundtrack this time.

GAAH. Hiranogasm and Facepalm in the face of twenty minutes...

Still... a proper release becomes much more likely as you say, and would be really, really nice...

And there's always the outside chance they may record a new score... but unlikely given that they have 90 minutes of orchestra in the can already...

Edit: Ooh, Happiness Charge Precure! Good old Hiroshi Takaki... :D

What? Laptop speakers? that seems insane considering how they tend to sound these days. A basic set of speakers could be easily connected to that laptop via a decent DAC. Thankfully I didn't spend a ton of money on these and I am very satisfied by the overall sound.

I sometimes use my system and headphones if I want to listen more critically. And it's really easy to get good sound for not a lot of money nowadays. I just spent about $35 on a pair of earphones to be used at work. They measure and sound very good hooked up to my smartphone.


You've sent me scurrying for these pieces. I know the First Piano Concerto, a really bleak and desolate work (Sirodeau is the soloist). Kind of reminded me of Munch's Scream in polyphony, but how draining it is listening to Feinberg.

Hi there! I agree - Feinberg's first 4, 5 sonatas are polyphony monsters (he was also a pianist known for his Bach playing and transcriptions). I am hoping to buy that concerto disc soon. I hope it's good!

Ok I have been watching a little bit of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and I have watched some of the older ones too. Is it Akira Senju that composes Brotherhood? Who scored the original Full Metal Alchemist series? I am new to the music from this and I have been looking for quite a bit on here. What are the best Full Metal scores?

Brotherhood was indeed Senju. The first series (and the first movie) was Michiru Oshima.

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...

I actually rather like Senju's too, although I wonder if Senju was the ideal choice for the series. I think the theme is mesmerising, but he gets stuck in his uncertain action style and it ends up not quite convincing me... although I do find a lot to enjoy.

:)

Speakers:

I don't use them. Akashi San's right - obviously nice speakers will be better than crap speakers, but what really makes the difference is a) speaker placement and b) room treatment. You can't just throw some speakers in a room and experience audiophile sound. You will end up spending lunatic sums of money, and by the time you've done that and then realised that your music is disturbing the neighbours, you could've spent a few hundred on a good pair of headphones and bypassed the problem entirely. Provided headphones are of decent quality (ie, relatively flat frequency response) and fit comfortably on your head, the rest is semantics.

Edit: Oof, Christ... not a good week for Bruce Broughton...! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26005900

Well I notice some clear improvement in the accuracy of bass with these new speakers. My old subwoofer is pretty mediocre so these have much better sound and don't need to use it. I agree that a good pair of headphones is also a good way to go about things but these speakers were on a great sale ($100 each) so I couldn't resist.

Plus I already have solid headphones so I couldn't convince my husband to buy me new ones ;)

Good price!

tango, I read an old post (I tried searching for it for quotation but failed) from you regarding your historic record of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A friend jokingly throwing it for you to catch it...and you nearly breaking your back to save it. Do you still have it? Will you transfer the vinyl for us?

Oh, yes! Of course, I'll try to do it tomorrow. :)

I did upload it a few years ago, but the link is long dead and I hated the transfer so I didn't keep hold of it... so this is a good opportunity to do it again, properly!

:)

Signed this for Broughton the other day - Petition In support of Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/in-support-of-bruce-broughton-and-dennis-spiegel)

I saw Don Davis sign it the other day and he wrote something.

Brotherhood was indeed Senju. The first series (and the first movie) was Michiru Oshima.

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...

I actually rather like Senju's too, although I wonder if Senju was the ideal choice for the series. I think the theme is mesmerising, but he gets stuck in his uncertain action style and it ends up not quite convincing me... although I do find a lot to enjoy.

Mind sharing the Oshima ones? I can't seem to find those on here either. If they are on here, the links are long dead. I have yet to hear Oshima's work for FMA.

The splendid Herr Salat uploaded a bumper pack to Mega which contains all four TV soundtracks plus the movie. It can be found here...
http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/lossless-anime-music-thread-66456/96.html#post2316382

:)

Regarding Oshima, her score for Patema Inverted is bundled with the DVD/Blu-ray, 25th April and about 30 minutes of music.

I spotted that. Thank God! I was beginning to worry about Patema... I suspect it may turn out to be the best of the recent Russian scores (Tempest excluded, of course)...

Well, better late than never...! This is for Akashi San, although I really hope there's something in here for everybody...! Ladies and gentlemen, a bit more from Richard Rodney Bennett.


RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto
Diversions for Orchestra



Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
Vadim Gluzman, violin
conducted by
James DePreist

https://mega.co.nz/#!F55k2RBA!-xeclF4iiciPKGZPIczd4fBF3aKyQ--om1i-HTWRVuE


The Violin Concerto of 1975 is brutal, angular, vicious, dissonant, and for the most part, fairly unsettling. You won't be whistling this one on the way to work! It certainly packs a punch! The fast movement goes hell-for-leather into pandemonium, whilst the slow movement is grotesquely beautiful. This music will get inside you. You'll listen the first time and think "Jesus, what the hell is this?!" but listen again, and again, and again... you will literally feel your brain making new connections and it will sound different. It's quite a fascinating process to go through.



TT

The Violin Concerto is a very fine work, certainly on a par with his Viola Concerto from '73. I find it interesting that Rodney Bennett's classical and film compositions from this period went such disparate ways. The score to Murder on the Orient Express comes in the middle of the Viola and Violin concertos and yet you'd be hard pressed to say it's the same composer - except that score, despite Bernard Herrmann's objections to it as being too opulent ("But it's a train of death!!!") does strike one as having shards of dissonance that evoke his classical style at that time. There's great economy to Rodney Bennett's scoring heard on this disc - a nod to his teacher, Boulez, perhaps?

Indeed! Some of the more introspective pages in "Murder" could have fallen straight from, if not the violin concerto, then certainly the symphony... but before you know where you are, that grand waltz comes back!

The 60s was a bad time to be a serious classical composer writing tonal music, and it was also a bad time to be a film composer writing atonal music.

It's amazing that he led this double life, writing jagged and imposing music for the concert hall but sumptuous and romantic music for the cinema.

Maybe that's why I love "Far From The Madding Crowd" so much; I find it almost a prelude to his 90s concert style, thirty years early... but it also successfully integrates dissonances that are perhaps not as adventurous (or as dominating) as those in his concert music but are nonetheless noteworthy in a 1960s film score.

It pains me greatly that so much of Bennett's concert music remains unrecorded and unavailable. I honestly cannot fathom why he is not more popular. Discovering that his wonderful "Volume 1" on Chandos will be the last because they hardly sold any copies... I just can't process that.

I spotted that. Thank God! I was beginning to worry about Patema... I suspect it may turn out to be the best of the recent Russian scores (Tempest excluded, of course)...
With 25 tracks clocking in at 30 minutes we're not getting a whole lot though. And it was reported in November that Oshima produced around 50 tracks for it so they're not releasing the complete version for some reason...

Re: Sir RRB

Terrific shame because the Chandos disc is my favorite Bennett disc. :( The performance of Partita alone is worth the price...

Has to be said that Chandos is my favorite label for releasing exquisite music (a lot of not-so-popular works) and recording high-caliber performances. I cancelled my Spotify subscription and went onto Google Play All Access just for Chandos. :)

How do we know the total time? Has it been stated? Or was this an assumption based on expecting most tracks to be about a minute long?

Hopefully it's a case of a) 50 cues, not 50 tracks, meaning everything is there and shorter cues have been edited into longer tracks, or b) they're just including the Russia session and not the electronic filler...

Edit: Not a day goes by where I don't thank my lucky stars that Chandos exists. Naxos may be cheap... but Chandos is just pure quality - and completely essential if you're in any way interested in British music. (Though they do have other stuff in the catalogue!)

I wish they (or somebody - ANYBODY else) would take another shot at Bennett. Even if it's just releasing some concert recordings hitherto unheard (the Elegy for Viola and Orchestra from Lady Caroline Lamb was played at the Proms last year, there are dozens more of his film and concert works sitting in the BBC vaults) to build up some interest and then maybe doing some more concert music with a some cheapo European orchestra. Even the City of Prague Philharmonic!

Anybody want to lend me �20,000?

I just thought I inform those interested in Tiara Concerto here since I learned of it here that it'll be receiving a OST release soon. The bad news is that apparently it'll only be available for purchase at conventions in Hong Kong and Taiwan? Such a shame...

???? - Tiara Concerto Online OST + ?????CW37/FF23????? (http://www.firedogstudio.com/2014/02/01/804/)

Ooh, thank you for that! Shame that it won't be readily available... but then again it's only a matter of time before it turns up online. Looking forward to it immensely!

It's sad that it'll have to come to that. I would love to own a copy at that price (HK to dollars).

Thank you Tango for the John Scott concert. I am a great admirer of the music but i've never been in any of his concerts. I agree with you, apart of the usual repertory from Star Wars, Lawrence, etc., what really stand out is the chance to hear some of the music of John Scott live in concert suites :)

Here is another suite also by John Scott from the Antony and Cleopatra score. It's not on the concert album, but it's worth a listen if you haven't heard it already.

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

KEIICHI OKU - AT SEVENTEEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 251.8 MB | 20 TRACKS | 00:57:07
Studio Orchestra


Catalog Number: PCCL-00232
Release Date: June 17, 1994

Tracklist
01. Theme of Seventeen (Main Theme) (http://kiwi6.com/file/bpusb6yusn) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
02. Friendship
03. Warm and Quiet
04. Takumi's Theme
05. Lost Love
06. Disconnected
07. Sophisticated Heart (Kyoichi's Theme)
08. Parting
09. Midori's Theme
10. Unbalanced Triangle
11. Foe
12. Bolero of Runners
13. Nasty Affair
14. Run Away
15. Love
16. Everyone's Alone
17. Small Town
18. Loneliness
19. Title (Main Theme)
20. Epilogue (Main Theme)

Ripped, etc. by me.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!hBUVzToQ!LU7G8PHbGnPrj8xMSZm0uGLNyKCBlusnAh2uEAv W2Yo

Keiichi Oku's main strength aside from his talent for orchestration seems to be his memorable themes. For At Seventeen he came up with three prominent themes which are repeated a number of times through the soundtrack. Aside from the main theme, there's "Takumi's Theme" which is an 8 minute dramatic orchestral piece and "Midori's Theme" which is a lovely 5 minute piano and strings piece. Overall it's a pretty good Oku score and worth checking out.

Akira Senju sample from Doyou Drama Ashio Kara Kita Onna:

Vocaroo | Voice message (http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nMziyIkWxX)

Filling a request for Herr Salat...


GEORGE GERSHWIN
Rhapsody In Blue
Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
George Gershwin, piano
Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor

Recorded on April 21st 1927 in the Liederkranz Hall, New York

*please note* Rhapsody In Blue is twenty minutes long, but due to the 78rpm time limit of 4.5 minutes per side, both of Gershwin's recordings made savage cuts reducing the piece in length to only nine minutes.



https://mega.co.nz/#!pwZCnZrZ!1gmyeSaYVj_bLNstPpX0nizCr71BuZQc6zrZZQK g8gw

Surely there isn't a music lover in the world who doesn't know Rhapsody In Blue. Gershwin's smash hit classical jazz hybrid concerto is ninety years old this year and its popularity remains constant.

He recorded the piece twice in his lifetime; once in 1924 almost immediately after the premiere performance, and again in 1927 taking advantage of new, state-of-the-art electrical recording technology. (The 1924 recording was made in the old manner; by having musicians crowded around a recording horn connected to a spring-driven turntable; hence the name "acoustic" - the new process used microphones and electrical cutting equipment.)

Opinions are divided as to which performance is best. The 1924 can be heard in many different transfers online - I would say it probably has more energy than the 1927, but the performance is raggedy and the recording is terrible. The 1927 is vastly superior at least from a sound quality perspective. Paul Whiteman, following an argument with Gershwin at the recording session, stormed out of the studio leaving his colleague Nathaniel Shilkret to conduct the performance. They did, however, make up, and the recording eventually received Whiteman's blessing.

This transfer comes from an original English 1927 pressing and I won't pretend the record itself was in anything approaching excellent condition. Having said that, for an 87 year-old record that has no doubt been played hundreds of times (most of them likely in the twenties and thirties, with wind-up gramophones and their attendant groove-destroying steel needles) it's not doing too badly at all - frankly, it's a small miracle that it's still in one piece let alone playable.

The initial transfer was not easy and presented an almost complete catalogue of 78rpm problems including oppressive surface noise, clicks galore, digs, thumps, crackle, and groove wear. I have transferred this record a few times since buying it almost twenty years ago and have never really been satisfied with the end result - but I think this time I've probably cracked it. A partially automated click removal process (followed up with manual work attending individually to the particularly hard ones, of which there were several hundred) has achieved a lot, with surface noise reduction and a re-equalisation (using Michael Tilson Thomas' 1974 recording of the original jazz band version as a sonic guide) working wonders. (Some minor clicks and thumps remain, where to remove them would have harmed the music underneath.)

If you're curious about what the raw transfer sounds like... here are a few choice cuts: Zippyshare.com - raw rhapsody.flac (http://www49.zippyshare.com/v/37302728/file.html)

Enjoy! :)
TT

Not sure if anyone has seen this but Mamoru Samuragochi, known for Symphony No.1 "HIROSHIMA" (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/467.html#post2295833), has admitted that all of his works over the past decade (including the symphony) have been written by another person.

Noted deaf composer admits his music was ghostwritten | The Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/05/national/noted-deaf-composer-admits-someone-else-writes-his-music)

Hoooooooooooly... S**T!

The BBC article is reporting that the "ghost" is Takashi Niigaki, but this is unconfirmed...

This is really big... and quite scary... and extremely disheartening for a committed fan of Samuragochi.

His career is completely over, in a heartbeat... Simply unbelievable.

I wonder what made him fess up out of nowhere. All I gathered was that his lawyer revealed this.

The cynic in me would suggest it's because he's sold a lunatic number of albums, made a ton of money, wishes to retire, and therefore doesn't care any more.

Other possibilities:

a) Somebody found out, and forced Samuragochi to confess under threat of publicising the story themselves.
b) The Ghost-writer (now pretty much confirmed as Takashi Aragaki) got fed up and threatened to come forward.
c) Two decades of lies became too much for the guy.

The lawyer revealed the news, but it is implied that this was done so at the behest of Samuragochi.

Possibly the worst outcome for all this is that any music composed under Samuragochi's name will now become verboten. The Hiroshima symphony is a glorious, glorious work - a Mahlerian modern masterpiece - regardless of who wrote it, but now tens of thousands of copies of that disc will go to the furnace and the piece will never be played again.

In a country where one's integrity is one's life, that's probably what's gonna happen. A classical album would be lucky to sell upward of 10,000 copies in Japan but that thing sold 180,000. Now they will be marked as taboo and be never spoken about again. Japanese people don't let things slide too lightly.

But a cursory look over the Japanese web tells me that not THAT many people are disgusted with the work as much as with the composer (many Amazon Japan reviews have revised and switched ratings). Plus it's #1 best selling classical at the moment there, so it could either be a suicidal or genius marketing scheme...

I say that last sentence in jest. I can't fathom any Japanese who would stigmatize his own name.

So why couldn't they just re-market it with the ghostwriter's name? Do they not care about giving credit to the guy that actually wrote it?

I honestly don't think the Japanese psyche could handle that.

I think in their eyes, it's now "tainted" goods. Bearing in mind the sensitive subject and the symphony's subsequent second life following the Tsunami, I would think that all parties will accept the collateral damage and bury the thing.

That said, I do hope that these events do eventually lead to success and recognition for the actual composer, who's obviously a bloody genius...

As Tango said, it's a tainted product only exacerbated by the fact that the subject was a sensitive issue. Image is far too important in Japan and extremely hard to recover once its down.

Well then I guess we can only hope they'll give the guy a chance to write a Symphony No.2...

It'd be a real waste of talent otherwise.

That said, I do hope that these events do eventually lead to success and recognition for the actual composer, who's obviously a bloody genius...
So what do we know about the actual composer? He seems pretty low-profile as far as google is concerned. Also, is it Takashi Niigaki or Takashi Aragaki? So confusing...

It's Niigaki. Tango might have gotten it mixed up with Yui Aragaki. I don't blame him - she's cute. ;)

An amateur pianist and a part-time lecturer at a music school. He's very low-profile because he literally just became known (his JP.Wikipedia article seems to have been created today).

EDIT: Wow, a lot of angry and sarcastic reviews on the Amazon Japan product page. Seriously, they had been singing the highest form of praises for the symphony until this happened. Talking about real reviews of integrity there... Review the music and re-direct the praises to the actual composer instead of passive-aggressively starting a witch hunt, damn it. But can't say I'm surprised...

So everything turned out to be a farce. What a fiasco for Samuragochi...

On a positive note, it seems Yoko Shimomura will be getting another orchestral album released in the form of "memoria" which will feature new orchestra recordings of her music over the past 25 years including Kingdom Hearts, Live a Live, and Legend of Mana. I am really excited for this one as it is around the corner with a March 28th release.

Yoko Shimomura album "mem�ria!" to launch March 26 - Gematsu (http://gematsu.com/2014/01/yoko-shimomura-album-memoria-launch-march-26)

It seems that Takashi Niigaki (born 1970) is often wrongly romanised as Takashi Aragaki. The BBC article has flipped between the two different renderings of the name about six times over the last twenty four hours...

In further developments - this is getting really, REALLY nasty now - Niigaki is claiming Samuragochi isn't deaf and cannot even write a music score.

Urgh...

It seems that Takashi Niigaki (born 1970) is often wrongly romanised as Takashi Aragaki. The BBC article has flipped between the two different renderings of the name about six times over the last twenty four hours...

In further developments - this is getting really, REALLY nasty now - Niigaki is claiming Samuragochi's isn't deaf and cannot even write a music score.

Urgh...

Their Newscasters often get British place names wrong too...

More Oylmpic music:

16 Days Of Glory (2 Cds)

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Track Listing

Cd1

01 - Olympics Hymn (Athens, 1896).Mp3 03:52 Spiros Samaras
02 - The First Olympics (Athens, 1896).Mp3 01:20 Bruce Broughton
03 - Toward A New Life (Los Angeles, 1932).Mp3 05:52 Josef Suk
04 - Olympic Hymn (Berlin, 1936).Mp3 03:48 Richard Strauss
05 - Olympic Themethe Chaseolympiad (Grenoble, 1868).Mp3 04:04 Leo Arnaud
06 - Visions Of Eightsalute To The Olympians (Munich, 1972).Mp3 04:54 Henry Mancini
07 - Nadia's Theme (Montreal, 1976).Mp3 03:21 Barry DeVorzon
08 - Farewell Song An Ballet (Montreal, 1976).Mp3 05:14 Andre Mathieu
09 - The Child (Lake Placid, 1980).Mp3 03:05 Vangelis
10 - Festive Overture (Moscow, 1980).Mp3 06:14 Dimitri Shostakovich
11 - Gonna Fly Know (Sarajevo, 1984).Mp3 02:27 Bill Conti
12 - Chariots Of Fire (Sarajevo, 1984).Mp3 04:07 Vangelis
13 - Sixteen Days Of Glory (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:23 Lee Holdridge
14 - Dawn (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:14 Lee Holdridge
15 - Entrance Of The Nations (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:22 Lee Holdridge
16 - Olympic Fanfare An Theme (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 04:21 John Williams
17 - Lightinf Of The Torch (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:13 Philip Glass
18 - Power Sports Theme (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:44 Bill Conti
19 - Grace (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:24 Quincy Jones
20 - Olympic Opening And Ballet (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 08:47 Bruce Rowland

Cd2

01 - The Highest Step (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 02:16 Lee Holdridge
02 - Sixteen Days Of Glory Reprise (Los Angeles, 1984).Mp3 03:05 Lee Holdridge
03 - Winter Games (Calgari, 1988).Mp3 04:02 David Foster
04 - The Olympic Spirit (Seoul, 1988).Mp3 04:05 John Williams
05 - One Moment In Time (Seoul, 1988).Mp3 04:42 Albert Hammond
06 - Olympic Chant (Barcelona, 1992).Mp3 03:39 Mikis Teodorakis
07 - The Mediterranean Sea (Barcelona, 1992).Mp3 05:19 Ryuichi Sakamoto
08 - Summon The Heroes (Atlanta, 1996).Mp3 03:35 John Williams
09 - The Run Through Time (Atlanta, 1996).Mp3 05:04 Mark Watters
10 - On Wings Of Victory (Atlanta, 1996).Mp3 06:22 Michael Kamen
11 - Tradition Of The Games (Atlanta, 1996).Mp3 05:39 Basil Poledouris
12 - Olympic Fanfare (Sydney, 2000).Mp3 00:33 David Stanhope
13 - Journey Of Angels (Sydney 2000).Mp3 05:04 Chong Lim
14 - Nature (Sydney 2000).Mp3 06:05 Chong Lim
15 - Call Of The Champions (Salt Lake City, 2000).Mp3 04:55 John Williams
16 - Tradition Of The Games (Salt Lake City, 2000).Mp3 02:59 Mark Watters
17 - The Fire Within (Salt Lake City, 2000).Mp3 03:26 Michael Kamen
18 - Past The Time (Athens, 2004).Mp3 04:10 Trevor Horn
19 - Living In My City (Turin, 2006).Mp3 03:24 Maury Lobina
20 - Happy Valley (Beijing, China).Mp3 03:21 Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson


Best


Could someone reup this, please?

Aha, and now we discover why the sudden change of heart: It was Tango's Theoretical Explanation (b) - Niigaki revealed the deception in a magazine article that was released today forcing Samuragochi into a hastily convened confession yesterday.

I had really wanted this to be a case that Samuragochi was a great composer who had initially sought assistance due to his hearing problem, was too ashamed to admit it at the beginning, and the whole situation ballooned out of control (one lie begets another, and so on...) until he could no longer handle the guilt and therefore decided to come forward on his own. In that case it would be easy to feel sympathy for Samuragochi and for Niigaki.

Assuming Niigaki's allegations are true (it is possible they're not, let's not forget) Samuragochi isn't any kind of composer and he hired Niigaki because he lacked the ability to write music. He concocted an elaborate hoax and personality cult for himself, and milked his false success for every last drop of fame and money he could. Eventually, Niigaki got fed up with being his accomplice and stepped forward to ruin Samuragochi and further his own career. (Not that I think paying somebody to write music for you is right but the fact is Samuragochi offered the money and Niigaki wrote the music, presumably aware of the fact that he was writing for ��� and not for fame. For Niigaki to suddenly decide he wants "in" on the fame when some of his music is due to be played at the Olympics... I think that opens him up to considerable criticism too.)

So, we have a case of fraud, stupidity, selfishness, and greed... equally divided between both men.


(Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press) Niigaki said he hopes to continue composing and performing despite the brouhaha over Samuragochi's admission of having faked authorship of many works, including an arrangement, "Sonatina for Violin," that figure skater Daisuke Takahashi plans to use for his short program at the Sochi Olympics.

It was his concern over Takahashi that led him to speak out, Niigaki said, as he feared that a disclosure of the truth later might be more awkward for him.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ghostwriter-lauded-composer-part-admission-22387077

Another source claims Niigaki had tried to get out of their arrangement earlier and amicably, but that Samuragochi had threatened to commit suicide.

This is just... really, utterly awful, all the way.

Ugh, these Amazon posts. I see one by one of the members of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra now saying that the Symphony is pretty much just ripped off from a number of classical works and that he would know because he played it.

I guess attacking Samuragochi wasn't enough for some people. They have to go and rip apart the music now too, even though it hasn't changed one bit.

This is a situation with no good outcome. There are no winners here. Only losers.

has Hiroshima Symphony posted here? with this events i am wanting for listen... :)

Well to be honest, it is ripped off but so is much of music out there to some degree. I did enjoy the symphony but didn't really hear a unique voice from the composition. It's still sad to see so many overblown disparaging comments. Japan is as much of a classical wasteland as any other Asian countries (not as bad as S. Korea, though), so most of the negativity is just stemming from grudge, not intelligent argument about demerits of the symphony.

Well, this time last week everybody - critics, orchestras, composers alike - thought the symphony was fantastic and the sun shone out of Samuragochi's arse. All this hatred is definitely misplaced. The music hasn't changed a single note since yesterday - all that's changed is the fellow who wrote it.

It's hard to discern a particular style, certainly... but then again we've got only two substantial symphonic works to compare and a handful of chamber pieces. The Onimusha symphony is, to me, clearly the work of the same mind that penned Hiroshima... but neither "Samuragochi" or Niigaki have been overly prolific...

Edit: Yes, Nextday linked to the post in his announcement. It's here http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/467.html#post2295833 - the link is still good.

Tango, you're an expert in finding music, can you possibly post a link to Samuragochi's Onimusha Original Soundtrack / Symphonic Suite Rising Sun (preferably in FLAC)? I want to find out what is this fuss about.

Lhurgoyf, et al.: I've re-uploaded alexfilth's post of Symphonic Suite "Rising Sun" and Onimusha OST here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/onimusha-original-soundtrack-symphonic-suite-rising-sun-94031).

Herr Salat: That is so cool, thank you!

Any news about the developing situation? Did Samuragochi got press conference yet?

His lawyers are now refusing to answer the telephone and Samuragochi himself is "psychologically unstable" and thus unable to speak in public.

The whole thing is just shocking beyond belief!

JOHN WILLIAMS
The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra (and the Tokyo Cosmopolitan Chorus)
conducted by Orie Suzuki



HOLLYWOOD SYMPHONIC CONCERT

Release Date: 26.01.2000
Label: Volcano Records / Culture Publishers
Catalog Number: CPC8-1082/3

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 11 Tracks | 01:27:18 | 505 MB

Disc 1

1. Liberty Fanfare, Written Especially for the Rededication of the Statue of Liberty
2. Suite from Home Alone (Main Title / Star of Bethlehem / Holiday Flight)
3. Main Theme from Schindler's List
4. Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
5. Finale / End Credits from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. Indy's Very First Adventure / End Credits from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Disc 2

1. Theme from Superman
2. Adventures on Earth from E.T.
3. Main Title from Star Wars
4. Darth Vader's Theme / Yoda's Theme from the Empire Strikes Back
5. Suite from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (The Flag Parade / Anakin's Theme / Jar Jar's Adventure / Duel of the Fates)

My wonky rip. On Disc 2, the album artist is "Kangawa Philharmonic Orchestra,..." It really should be "Kanagawa...". I'm sorry for that slip ^^".

FLAC - https://mega.co.nz/#!vNo3RQ7Q!S25KMHTd2s4UJ0LRAcUz4d5dnCj1xwdfyo90Kme ASos

MP3 -V0 - https://mega.co.nz/#!TMYjWBTS!JOhN2dtl3z3I6T9ct11y51cj5AOdi3_0JGNSQ7v _zKo



HOLLYWOOD SYMPHONIC SEPCTACULAR 2

Release Date: 25.03.1999
Label: Volcano Records / Culture Publishers
Catalog Number: CPC8-1050

FLAC + LOG + SCANS | 5 Tracks | 00:41:16 | 224 MB

1. The Imperial March from the Empire Strikes Back
2. Main Titles from Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, and Jaws
3. Exsultate Justi from Empire of the Sun
4. Suite from Home Alone
5. Symphonic Suite from Jurassic Park

My wonky rip.

The first Hollywood Symphonic Spectacular album they did featured music from Jerry Goldsmith (Thread 134821).

FLAC - https://mega.co.nz/#!nBxlFIAI!FRqI1rt3eW2Qv_oMVXUsDebBIpgJktaMS84E1Lo QUyo

MP3 -V0 - https://mega.co.nz/#!rN5SnBLa!RX-jK6VHJO35pxofDpwlIeGjyl8gMi52sJNLt1j-rqY

Recently, I liked listening to symphonic poems (Gunbuster, Prince Rostislav). So naturally I gravitate towards the Symphonic Suite from Jurassic Park more than the rest :'D

These are the guidelines written by Samuragochi, instructing Niigaki how to compose Symphony No.1. Is anybody able to roughly translate few of the visible sentences?

MAIKO IUCHI - TOKYO RAVENS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.1
MP3 320K | 151.0 MB | 32 TRACKS | 01:05:06
Orchestrated and Score Written by Keiji Inai



VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/44290)
Catalog Number: GNBA-224202
Release Date: Jan 29, 2014

Tracklist
01. X-encounter (TV-size)
02. The Beginning of Everything
03. Summer Sunlight
04. OK, Let's Go in Good Spirits
05. You'll Become an Onmyouji?
06. Feelings and Talent and Reality and
07. Sunset and Childhood Friend
08. Youthful Days
09. I'll Always Cherish You
10. Suzuka Dairenji
11. Liar
12. Asura
13. Natsume
14. Recollection
15. Reincarnation Method
16. Slightly Embarrassed
17. Trap
18. Quiet Flight
19. Battlefront
20. Incantation
21. Rain and Death
22. Tense String
23. Ethereal
24. The Calamity That Was Invited
25. The Harutora Trilogy I ~ Wind of Determination
26. The Harutora Trilogy II ~ Into the War
27. The Harutora Trilogy III ~ Rising Power
28. Dragon Flight (http://kiwi6.com/file/idcunc0yqu) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
29. Sudden Regretful Tears
30. Last Minute Fight
31. For Those Who Remain
32. The Evening That You Could Smile (TV-size)

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!oR0yHBgS!Mf5G95ySs3niazR5cCNakpABEN-uDv9wM2XxHVxV3SU

Orchestral tracks are 18~21, 24~29 (24 mins). There are electronics, beats, and even guitars. But even so, it's still pretty good stuff.

The rest of the soundtrack is mainly piano, strings and acoustic guitar.

Very nice, only two tracks that had electronics I couldn't stand (Tracks 11 and 17). The rest of it is quite nice.

*sigh*

What a waste of a very nice-sized orchestra. Skilled composer, skilled orchestrator, pretty generous budget, full compliment of players... what could go wrong? Why all the electronica? Not that it's all bad (track 20 comes pretty close to a Goldsmith-level of skill integrating the electronics and the orchestra into a genuinely interesting and musically creative fashion) but I suppose it's the inequality that grinds my gears. Some recent scores have ended up saddled with fifteen strings, a flute, and a load of conspicuously fake brass - scores by composers who deserve far, far better... this one gets the largest, best-recorded ensemble of 2013 and people who can really exploit it... and what do you get?

Oh, well - can't win 'em all. I am FASCINATED by Maiko Iuchi's work here... Really hope she doesn't get typecast as the symphonic-electronica hybrid person... would love to hear her (and Inai, though it's too early to tell how much he's influencing the overall sound) do a substantial orchestral work without the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to synthesizers...

Many thanks for posting! :)

CHARLES CHAPLIN, et al.
THE FILM MUSIC OF CHARLES CHAPLIN
Selections from The Kid, The Gold Rush, The Circus, City Lights, & Modern Times
Arranged/co-composed by Eric James, Max Terr, Arthur Johnson, & David Raksin
Performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conducted by Carl Davis

FLAC + CUE + LOG + SCANS | 34 Tracks | 78:08 | 378.4MB



Tracklist

THE KID (1921)
01. Opening Music
02. Garret Waltz
03. Blue Eyes
04. Kidnap
05. Doss House

THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
06. Overture and Storm
07. Thanksgiving Dinner
08. Georgia
09. Dance of the Rolls
10. Rejected
11. Discovery
12. Chance Meeting and Finale

THE CIRCUS (1928)
13. The Circus March
14. Breakfast and a Hungry Girl
15. The Girl
16. Flirtation Waltz
17. The Tightrope Walker

CITY LIGHTS (1931)
18. Fanfare
19. The Millionaire
20. The Nightclub 1
21. The Nightclub 2
22. The Nightclub 3
23. The Nightclub 4
24. The Flowerseller
25. The Boxing Ring
26. Finale

MODERN TIMES (1936)
27. Main Title
28. Factory Machines
29. The Gamin
30. Cafeteria and Cigar Shop
31. Dream House (Smile)
32. Department Store (Roller Skating)
33. Lunchtime
34. Into the Sunset (Smile)

DOWNLOAD
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Pass: smile

I got this album fairly recently, having gone through a Chaplin film kick. Thought it kind of made sense to post this now with all of the Samuragochi/Niigaki controversy talk, as Chaplin's musical authorship is also somewhat controversial. To Chaplin's credit, though, he was (at least in later years) open about the fact that he was a "hummer" and he couldn't have done it without his collaborators. The melodic style seems relatively consistent throughout the suites to my ears, but as a layman I'd greatly appreciate a more in-depth analysis from more astute minds. :)

Beautiful melodies, resplendent modern sound. Much better album than the overrated Prague 2-disc set. The Gold Rush suite is probably my personal favorite.

*sigh*

What a waste of a very nice-sized orchestra. Skilled composer, skilled orchestrator, pretty generous budget, full compliment of players... what could go wrong? Why all the electronica? Not that it's all bad (track 20 comes pretty close to a Goldsmith-level of skill integrating the electronics and the orchestra into a genuinely interesting and musically creative fashion) but I suppose it's the inequality that grinds my gears. Some recent scores have ended up saddled with fifteen strings, a flute, and a load of conspicuously fake brass - scores by composers who deserve far, far better... this one gets the largest, best-recorded ensemble of 2013 and people who can really exploit it... and what do you get?

Oh, well - can't win 'em all. I am FASCINATED by Maiko Iuchi's work here... Really hope she doesn't get typecast as the symphonic-electronica hybrid person... would love to hear her (and Inai, though it's too early to tell how much he's influencing the overall sound) do a substantial orchestral work without the "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to synthesizers...

Many thanks for posting! :)
The electronics/guitars are definitely part of Iuchi's style so I'm pretty sure Inai's involvement was simply to improve upon the original arrangements using his skills as an orchestrator. As an example, here's a track from the game Rewrite which she composed and arranged herself: Rewrite Original Soundtrack - Shear - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgBqSEyCZBE)

While we probably won't be getting a non-electronica symphonic soundtrack from her any time soon, I still welcome more of these collaborations with Inai and other orchestrators (better than before where she was on her own).

Indeed! It's telling... everybody likes to make accusations that when a composer works with an orchestrator, that means s/he is a crap composer. NOT SO! It's true in a disproportionate number of cases, but there are very happy exceptions. Cases where, instead of taking poor music and drowning it in complex arrangements to hide its inherent flaws, orchestrators add sheen to good music.

It's personal taste that dictates my desire for fewer electronics, and also an understanding that if you do have creativity and a good orchestrator, they are completely unnecessary. The modern symphony orchestra remains the most versatile, expressive, powerful ensemble humankind has ever created. It is a combination of instruments that has stood the test of time. It was good enough for Vaughan Williams, Scriabin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner, Korngold, John Williams, etc... so why the obsession with taking the natural and drowning it in the un-natural?

.

Has anyone on here heard The Monuments Men by Desplat? I was quite pleased with how it sounded in the film today. A number of delightful old-style themes. Can't wait to get my hands on the full score.

Heard bits and bobs from it. Pretty decent, I thought - nice to hear Desplat a) re-discovering the concept of melody, and b) not doing a mere pastiche, but actually coming up with a pretty personal variation on the old John Williams light-hearted military movie style. :)

Tokyo Ravens reminds me of another score from 2008 which also mixed electronics with orchestra but did it better. Here's


Dragonaut
-THE RESONANCE-
Studio Orchestra

Music composed and arranged by Kousuke Yamashita



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!SlZEjQLL!MUtchSr_13s4xrDhNJAWlA-oB2nXfzQAKQeA9373Soc)
MP3 / V0 / 39 Tracks

I know it's been posted before but this score is another case of rather unfortunate presentation on the OST. The (really) good stuff easily fits on one CD so I made one myself. I always prefer the film score approach on soundtracks so I tried to work in a little narrative structure (which is absent on most anime scores). This is actually very easy to do since Yamashita is perhaps the closest equivalent to a traditional Hollywood composer in the anime business. For dragonaut he wrote two major themes. The first one is what I call the "Dragonaut Theme", the bold one of the two. It has many variations throughout the score, sometimes uplifting, sometimes tragic and it appears in many tracks as a motif (usually Brass). The second major theme is "Toa's Theme" or rather "Romance Theme" first heared in "Vestiges". It's more gentle than the first one but is also used for action in "Toa's power". Throughtout the score it illustrates the development between Jin and Toa and becomes more prominent at the end. The Dragonaut theme is given one final reprise as a motif during "Thank you" as the score finishes with one final reprise of Toa's Theme. In between we even have a few secondary themes including a villain theme that is a bit too understated to be relevant and a little venture into classical territory with "Baumgard" and the major setpiece "I will save you". The orchestration is typical Yamashita, even more confident after his first masterpiece "Glass Fleet" and Dragonaut has many pieces written in that grand SciFi style.

But he also uses the "modern sound" very well as we have Electric Guitars, Drums and Synth all tastefully interwoven with the orchestral score. Pieces like "Critical breakthrough" or "Fragment of Doom" really show how Yamashita can make the Guitars and drums sound like a natural part of the orchestra, not underwhelming the whole piece by giving them too much spotlight (like Tokyo Ravens sadly does).
In short, this is an excellent modern orchestral score, showing once again the class of Yamashita and how well Electronics and Orchestra can mix.

Enjoy



EDIT: I'm very pleased with the last three episodes of Magi. We have a new delicious Amano march straight out of Atragon, a variation of the Kou Empire Theme, another new batte track and an orchestral version of Cast to Damnation from the second ost. Now we have almost 30 minutes of unreleased orchestral music. OST 3 can't come soon enough.

To Chaplin's credit, though, he was (at least in later years) open about the fact that he was a "hummer" and he couldn't have done it without his collaborators.
Hollywood is full of hummers nowadays.

Hollywood is full of hummers nowadays.

I'm sorry I must be reading this wrong for my mind immediately went in the gutter! Lol

kevin Kiner has posted on his website tons of unreleased clone wars music, including the wonderfull finale.you should listen to it and not give up if you dont like some of the tracks because there is some really good stuff in between and the music in the finale is by far the best he has ever done.sizable orchestra, great dramatic action and a very emotional ending.

You can never go wrong with some smooth Batman jazz coupled with some epic orchestral cues ^_^. I also present two Masaru scores both which are very enjoyable.

LLLCD-1289 | BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD MUSIC FROM THE DC COMICS... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43806)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img006_zpse0c8b3fa.jpg.html)

Title: BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD MUSIC FROM THE DC COMICS ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES [Limited Edition]
Type OST: Cartoon Soundtrack
Composers: Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, Andy Sturmer
No. of tracks: 49/46
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 28, 2014
Size: MP3 405mb/ ALAC 854mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
Disc 1

01 Batman: Brave and the Bold Main Title�
02 Original Beetle Flashback***
03 The Search**
04 History Lesson**
05 The Ideal Society*
06 Initiate Attack Sequence**
07 Ted�s Sacrifice*
08 Island Blows Up***
09 Worthy Jaime***
10 No Rest For The Weary***
11 Through The Door**
12 My Son, Tornado Champion**
13 Major Disaster*
14 Father Son Bonding***
15 Conversation By The Sea***
16 Internal Change***
17 The Logical Solution*
18 Dare to Love*
19 Who Am I?**
20 Gentlemen Ghost Busted***
21 Action In The Sky**
22 Plastic Man Origin*
23 Flashback Defense*
24 Oa Arrival***
25 Prisoner Roundup***
26 Return To Camelot*
27 Etrigan Transformation**
28 Forest Fight**
29 Ogre Altercation*
30 Morgan Enslaves Bats***
31 Castle Fight***
32 Dragon Transformation*
33 Morgan Defeated**
34 Etrigan Departs**
35 Faust Battle*
36 Aquaman On The Scene**
37 Orm And Manta Plot***
38 Fighting Fish Fun***
39 Call Me Ocean Master**
40 Bat Chum***
41 Black Manta�s Showtime**
42 Shrimp To The Rescue*
43 A King Is Born**
44 Meet Bat-Mite***
45 Villains & Holidays*
46 UFOs and Alien Monsters*
47 Run Bat-Mite Run***
48 Bat-Mite Goes Home***
49 Just Like Green Arrow**


Disc 2

01 Black Orchid Snags Ivy***
02 Catwoman Seeks Cloak***
03 Thugs Emerge From Smoke**
04 Catwoman Steps Out**
05 Cloak Reveal**
06 Get The Birds Of Prey**
07 Matches Montage***
08 Outsiders vs. Despero***
09 Jonah�s Back In Town*
10 Jonah�s Hand**
11 I Aim To Repay My Debt*
12 Enter Mongal**
13 Furies Attack***
14 Bats Hex Face Mongal***
15 Mongul�s Savagery**
16 Giddyap!*
17 Manta Machine Fight***
18 Wildcat**
19 Motorcycle Chase*
20 Subway Fight*
21 Slug Is Sleazy And Slimy**
22 Wildcat Tricks Slug*
23 Mystery Montage*
24 Armed And Dangerous**
25 Joker Revealed*
26 Your Car Or Mine?*
27 Don�t Touch That*
28 Death Trap**
29 Sinister**
30 Seduction And Pulse**
31 Batmania Battle*
32 Joker Laughs Last***
33 Cadabra And Zatana**
34 Young Wayne�s Oath*
35 Confession***
36 Tiki Tavern Souce**
37 Moxin Crashes Ball***
38 Casual Contract*
39 Batman vs. Everyone*
40 The Slinking Coward**
41 Jazzy Action Source**
42 Ambush Bug Materializes**
43 Bat-Mite Goes Too Far*
44 Bats Reverts To Norm***
45 If Only Piano Source**
46 Batman: Brave and the Bold End Titles�


320 kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!3JIm2K7L!D1ypbhbN2Y9A2ahSJVhBz3MDdyRqY31lU9Er1S7 _Mkc

ALAC (Loseless)
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ZMXZ-9042 | Freezing Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/41575)

(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/41575-1387976126_zps38f765ac.jpg.html)

Title: Freezing Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Masaru Yokoyama
No. of tracks: 28
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 29, 2014
Size: MP3 214mb/ ALAC 418mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Freezing
01 Freezing Choir Ver.
03 Freezing Cello Ver.
04 Freezing Violin Ver.
05 Freezing Gt Ver.
06 Freezing Piano Ver.
07 Untouchable Queen
08 Daily Life at enetics
09 Evening with Elizabeth Piano Ver.
10 Evening with Elizabeth Cembalo Ver.
11 Trajectory of Kazuya Aoi
12 EREINBAR SET
13 NOVA
14 Accelerating Turn
15 TimeUp!
16 Limiter
17 Pandora Returns
18 Pandora Returns Voice Ver.
19 Chevalier
20 A Distant Memory
21 Machination Choir
22 Mysterious Light
23 Time Suspence
24 Rhythmic Space
25 Carrying out War
26 Eyes of Madness
27 COLOR(TV+Size)
28 Kimi wo Mamoritai (TV Size)

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - Freezing Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1.7z (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/83425040/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!udhUnASa!RFzfgjHNC30HaPc6VmYXK1Z1UZ0Np17cTDuMum-BTDU


ZMXZ-8982 | Unbreakable Machine-Doll Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/41625)

(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/41625-1387976171_zpsebd6872b.jpg.html)

Title:Unbreakable Machine-Doll Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Masaru Yokoyama
No. of tracks: 25
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 29, 2014
Size: MP3 163mb/ ALAC 317mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Walpurgis R.A.M.A
02 Tea Cup Garden
03 Sunny Spot
04 Brilliant Moon
05 Night Wind
06 Black and Silver
07 Fuming Low Peak
08 Rainy Moon
09 Good Grief
10 Hidden Tenderness
11 Monologue
12 Nobless Oblige
13 Man Mind Confession
14 Tranquil Night
15 Impermanence
16 Magicienne
17 Critical Wave
18 Spiral
19 Magica
20 Bravery Steps
21 Marginal Combat
22 Treed Dawn
23 Immortals
24 Zugzwang
25 Shoot Out


320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - Unbreakable Machine-Doll Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.1.7z (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/66018901/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!nUgTxDzT!cdTGN2e8k2EoBJFPP1I5amN-_UA1k8xlOfgZl3ryvwQ

1000451395-CD | Strike the Blood Original Soundtrack Vol.1 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42720)

(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img031_zpsfab7c90e.jpg.html)

Title: Strike the Blood Original Soundtrack Vol.1
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: ASSUMED SOUNDS
No. of tracks: 30
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jan 29, 2014
Size: MP3 169mb/ ALAC 341mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS (TV Size)
02 STRIKE THE BLOOD
03 Moving Forward
04 The Lion King Organs
05 At the Party Venue
06 The 4th Progenitor
07 Witch Sword
08 School Board Landscape
09 Shopping
10 Day-to-Day
11 Natsuki
12 Relationship of the two men?
13 Daily Life
14 In the Sunlight
15 What are you hiding?
16 Forgotten Past
17 Because it's you..
18 True Feelings
19 She remembers that day
20 Her Gentleness
21 Single Minded Thinking
22 Moving Ahead with Determination
23 Dark clouds covering the sky
24 Godly Weapons
25 Homunculus
26 Inferno, DC
27 Mighty Power
28 Blast Roughs
29 Chase
30 Strike my soul(TV-size)


320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - Strike the Blood Original Soundtrack Vol.1.7z (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/70412334/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!yQRyXJqJ!LI2wxBI8YelPbTBwcyWMRkYusK9_V5ktJPnzQlQ 2Hc8

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mabok_zps70c7c3d5.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mabok_zps70c7c3d5.gif.html)

This Friday i'll be uploading the animated movie soundtrack of BAYONETTA ^_^

REIJIRO KOROKU - THE EARRING OF MOONLIGHT SYMPHONIC NOVEL
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 274.4 MB | 11 TRACKS | 00:59:14
Studio Orchestra


VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43844)
Catalog Number: TYCY-5191
Release Date: Jan 29, 1992

Tracklist
01. Love Song / Kyosuke Himuro
02. Overture: A Full Moon-colored Legend (http://kiwi6.com/file/h9rzxauttt) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
03. A Guided Dame
04. The Knights of the Moonlit Night
05. The Seven Colors of Light That Were Emitted
06. Prelude to a Curse
07. In The Name of the Holy Sword
08. The Truth of the Tragedy
09. The Seal That Was Broken
10. Finale: A Full Moon-colored Legend
11. Moon / Kyosuke Himuro

Translated, ripped, etc. by me.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!wM1D0a7a!G6eZdgTF_GwjYc23-93rL0ts8bZOjeZIKMAsLIFueYs

I recommend deleting tracks 1 and 11 which are, I presume, the OP/ED for the anime.

Here's another great symphonic score by Reijiro Koroku for some long forgotten film. Really beautiful compositions. Makes me wish he was more active these days...

But it is Kyosuke Himuro! How can you delete that! ;) Still thanks for this one.

So... Legend of the Galactic Heroes Novels Get New Anime - News - Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-12/legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-novels-get-anime) is happening!

I'm torn about the musical implications of that. The music of the original anime worked so well. But I can't see present-day Japanese projects going and paying licensing fees for recordings of the classics, when they could write new stuff that they can sell (or evilly trickle out bundled with the DVD/BD releases). Especially on a potentially huge project like this.

That means some lucky composer(s) are going to get a frickin huge 100+ episode contract soon, right?

(inexplicable double post happened, sorry)

If they do not use Mahler & Co again (seriously thanks to that show I cannot listen to his third symphony without some majestic spacefleet in mind) then the only choice is Yoko Kanno, give her a superlative budget and send her to Warsaw or Berlin or London.
If more composers need to be involved, let it be a collaboration project between Hayato Matsuo, Kousuke Yamashita, Michiru Oshima and Hiroshi Takaki.
But I will also be happy if they license the classics again because they do not get enough exposure in media today and they worked perfect in the OVAs.
Here's hoping this will be a Yamato 2199 style adaption.

I still haven't watched the series (aside from a few eps) but I watched one of the movies a while back and remember how perfect the music was. It wouldn't bother me if they kept it that way for this new series.

I won't be disappointed, though, if they get a good composer on board instead. The most recent anime from this author was Tytania so there's definitely hope for something grand.

I sincerely doubt that the cost of licensing some pre-existing classical music would be higher than commissioning, recording, mastering, and mixing a completely original score. It would be a negligible sum. That said, I see this project getting an original score of some sort - even if it's not a good one. Japan is not predictable. This could be the return of Yoko Kanno in Warsaw. It could be Sahashi getting his mojo back. It could be Yamashita's first big orchestra sci-fi score. It could be Iwashiro's banging drum and droning strings. It could be H1r0YuK! $@---w@n0 doing some cheap electronica monstrosity. It could be the debut of a brand new composer showing us all how it's done. It could be Tytania 2. It could be some drab and predictable Tatsuya Kato dreck. It could be Oshima's masterpiece.

I honestly don't think there's any way one can make an "educated" guess at this point... I could get all excited for what this could be but I think, for me, the most sensible option is to just wait and see and hope.

I sincerely doubt that the cost of licensing some pre-existing classical music would be higher than commissioning, recording, mastering, and mixing a completely original score. It would be a negligible sum.

My line of thought was:
1) pay money to license: can't sell it on their own, might actually have to pay more money to bundle it
2) pay money to make new: they own everything, and can sell it or bundle it. In that standard "let's put $10 worth of extra merch in the box and charge $40 more" way they tend to do.

If choice 1 was much cheaper than choice 2, we'd likely see it done a lot more often, right?

Although maybe LoGH is lengthy enough that they'd be able to negotiate some kind of low bulk rate with the top-level publishers that shorter shows can't get.

By the way, a bit off topic but I tried watching Space Battleship Yamato (the live action one with Naoki Sato's score) and I couldn't finish it. Totally boring stuff, really bad acting etc. And the score didn't come close to saving it either.

I would be MOST excited to see Kanno returning to compose something like Aquarion or Escaflowne. Actually, that would make my year(s). Let's be hopeful!

I love Kanno as much as the next guy... but she's been awfully well treated with regard to projects and budgets. I'd actually quite like to hear somebody else get a crack at writing the enormous sprawling budget, 100% symphonic, ultra-prestige score.

Though he's been recently disappointing (it kills me to say that, but it's true) I'd like Hirano to get a Warsaw score. Listen to the amazing things he did with just 30 people in Driland. Give the man an 80-piece Warsaw Philharmonic, and a big old fashioned space opera to score, and I think you'd pretty much be guaranteed score of the decade.

Yamashita would be great... Souhei Kano would be amazing.

Yoko Kanno... well, I'm sure it'd be really good if all the ingredients were in place... but she's done really good a dozen times already. Will she ever better Escaflowne? Doubtful. Will she produce a major symphonic score ever again? Bearing in mind it's been eight years since her last, possibly not.

Yea, what happened to Hirano? His music lately hasn't been too great although I haven't heard the new Hajime no Ippo soundtrack. If he can deliver something along the line of FFXIII or FFXI VanaCon Anniversary, I would be completely ecstatic.

There's also a new release that contains his serious composition (string quartet). The sample sounded definitely Hirano-esque but I couldn't judge the music from 30 seconds. For those curious: Amazon.co.jp�F Descending Dragon: ���y (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Descending-Dragon-%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%8 3%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%83% E3%83%88/dp/B00HILJI5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392341225&sr=8-1&keywords=descending+dragon)

He's had some crappy projects lately. Hunterxhunter isn't at all suited to his talents and neither is Ippo. (His recent Ippo score is terrible, utterly utterly terrible. It takes the very worst elements from 2009 Ippo and does them even more crappily.)

Driland was, but Driland was cheap and there was barely any score though what was there was great.

I still have absolute confidence in him, and I do grudgingly understand why he would accept Hunter (massive franchise, going to run for years, films coming out every five minutes, score albums numbering five and counting - it's easy money and it's reliable work) although I really don't like the idea of a commercial Hirano. It's obvious that from the get-go he's been pestered into writing in a certain way and accordingly so much spark has disappeared in these recent scores - even though they're all up to his usual standard of technical competence... I feel like he's getting bored and, it pains me to say, repetitive. Almost every recent cue can be traced back to something from Break Blade, Ouran, Jeeg, or Bantorra... and was invariably done better in those scores.

He's the last person in the world I would ever think would end up phoning in scores, but I suppose it's an inevitable phase. He's probably getting rich from Hunter (at least, rich by composer standards) and letting his brain rest a little bit. I do hope that he snaps out of it soon, though...

memoria! / ????25????????? | SQUARE ENIX (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/memoria/)

More on the new Yoko Shimomura tribute album... So far only a few tracks are confirmed, but more will be announced in the near future up until the album release.

"Vector to the Heavens" - Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
"Beware the Forest's Mushrooms" - Super Mario RPG: Legend of Seven Stars
"Song of MANA - Orchestral Version" - Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana
"Ring of Revolving Fate" - Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana
"Elegie" - Front Mission
"MEGALOMANIA" - Live A Live

Hiroyuki Nakayama orchestrated Vector of the Heavens but it isn't confirmed if he is the principle arranger or if there are going to be others. I seriously hope Kaoru Wada contributes, but judging from the sample on the site I think Nakayama is a good choice. His arrangement of Xion's Theme for the Piano Collection is simply amazing even though his FF Piano Opera IV V VI wasn't :). Anyone else pumped for this one as much as I? I plan on buying this on release.

As I get older and have increasingly more frequent days of working, I have become more appreciative of relaxing and soothing anime scores. Even our favorite composers have duds here and there, but what has been out and will be out is amazing. Nowadays, I have been more concerned about the shows themselves. Too many character tropes and predictable stories with poor flow... I really love anime, but I keep wishing for shows of more substance (Miyazaki who came out of his 7th retirement has, again, complained about the industry).

In regards to specific shows, I had some expectations for Space Dandy and Sakamichi no Apollon (this one's old news) by Shinichiro Watanabe. They ended up being very disappointing compared to Cowboy Bebop and my all-time favorite Samurai Champloo (the Japanese-que impressionism in this show subtly changed my life). Now onto waiting for a show worth watching beyond the first episode...

I actually don't agree with Miyazaki this time (and is this not what he always says when he's yet again out of retirement). His statement of natural animation getting lost is also debateable. We're talking about tv shows with limited budgets for a niche market, not movies with a relativly big budget and a dedicated team working on it for years with an experienced and exceptional animation veteran.
I have watched many shows from the past two decades and in terms of animation and body movement it generally has much improved in the last 10 years. Granted most of it is either outsourced or done with CGI these days and we all watched a fair share of tired tropes done a million times but I argue this has always been the case with japanese animation and it is now more noticable because much more shows are being produced each year.

The last decade had perhaps 20 or 30 amazing shows worth watching but also countless enjoyable ones, some were great fun and some guilty pleasures which is more than I can say about western shows. Even this decade has already a few gems, either shows with amazing animation (Nichijou), creative visuals (Monogatari series), action with substance (Psycho-Pass) or exceptional drama (Space Brothers). We even have a fantastic remake of an old show (Yamato 2199). Not to mention all these typical cute, innocent and heartwarming shows the japanese are so good at making (most are Slice of Life). I can even enjoy some shows from this season and Space Dandy gets better later on (but I mostly watch it for the visuals and style, not unlike Redline, also what's the deal with the terrible dubbed version, they're trying so damn hard to make it Cowboy Bebop eventhough the only thing it has in common with it is that it's in space, how can anyone not watch this subbed?).

I agree with the notion that the ratio of shows with substance should be way higher and yes that puts off a lot of people from anime and it's even a little bit frustrating for myself but at least the japanese are willing to take risks from time to time, even if it flops hard (Fractale). But no matter how good or bad a show turns out to be, at least we'll get good music most of the time.

I can even enjoy some shows from this season and Space Dandy gets better later on (but I mostly watch it for the visuals and style, not unlike Redline, also what's the deal with the terrible dubbed version, they're trying so damn hard to make it Cowboy Bebop eventhough the only thing it has in common with it is that it's in space, how can anyone not watch this subbed?).

Cause the adaptive script is incredible, to the point that I haven't so much as touched the JP version. It avoids my most hated pitfall of overly literal translation, love most of the changes they made, Ian Sinclair sells the hell out of Dandy, and any misses the dub takes was largely a miss in the show itself. Dandy's really uneven, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it so far.

And yup, that's all I popped in here to say.

Well, that and Happy Valentines. :p And thanks for all the great uploads all around.

Happy Valentines day to everyone and i have a small gift to you all this day (chocolates are overated!) Here is the soundtrack to the animated movie based on the popular video game Bayonetta. There are some good remixes of tracks from the game but i liked some of the original stuff. Although ultimately they follow very much of the same style of the games OST.

AVXA-74124B | BAYONETTA Bloody Fate ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42571)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img002_zps886cc687.jpg.html)

Title: BAYONETTA Bloody Fate ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Masato Kazune, Jun Abe
No. of tracks: 51
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 14, 2014
Size: MP3 292mb/ ALAC 560mb
Host: 4shared/MP3 4shared/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Prologue
02 Sister
03 Pipe Organ Resounding
04 Four orders handgun
05 Theme Of Bayonetta -Mysterious Destiny <Bloody Fate ver.>
06 Angels
07 Large Beast Gomorrah
08 Suspicion of Luke
09 予兆 ("Moonlight Sonata" Op27-2)
10 Outskirts Ground
11 The Gate Of Hell <Bloody Fate ver.>
12 Lost Memory
13 Balder A
14 バーBGM (Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 [Prelude])
15 Balder B
16 Determination of Luke
17 Trials
18 Under The Moonlight
19 Valley of the Witch and Sage
20 バーBGM (Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [Allemande])
21 Angel ardor A
22 Angel ardor B
23 Angel ardor C
24 Addict
25 Tragedy
26 Balder C
27 Daima-juu Sukoropendora
28 Daima-juu Hekatonkeiru
29 Angels Attack
30 After Burner <Bloody Fate ver.>
31 Theme Of Bayonetta -Mysterious Destiny <Trust ver.>
32 Pavel Isa Tower
33 Missile
34 Fate
35 Scarborough Fair c
36 Decisive Witch battle
37 Witch Clan of the Past Days
38 Thoughts of Jeanne
39 TERMINALS
40 The Truth A
41 The Truth B
42 All-father Jubereusu's Manifestation
43 Bloody Fate
44 Wheel Of Fortune
45 One Of A Kind <Bloody Fate ver.>
46 Night, I Stand
47 Black cherry
48 Angel Ardor D
49 Peak
50 SORCERER
51 Night, I Stand <English ver.>


320 kbs MP3
http://www.4shared.com/archive/-y9l5vXBba/BAYONETTA_Bloody_Fate_ORIGINAL.html

ALAC (Loseless)
http://www.4shared.com/archive/PUqc-9oDce/BAYONETTA_Bloody_Fate_ORIGINAL.html

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif.html)

Next i'll have the latest work of Taku Iwasaki and Yuki Kajiura uploaded along with a few other titles ^_^.

I can even enjoy some shows from this season and Space Dandy gets better later on (but I mostly watch it for the visuals and style, not unlike Redline, also what's the deal with the terrible dubbed version, they're trying so damn hard to make it Cowboy Bebop eventhough the only thing it has in common with it is that it's in space, how can anyone not watch this subbed?).


I was interested in Space Dandy until I heard the horrible musical style they decided to use. It doesn't interest me at all. I am at least for now moderately interested in Wizard Barristers. Though admittedly the show is still hard to judge. I am still excited to keep up with Space Brothers and now Silver Spoon even if Space Brothers does seem to move at a horribly slow pace sometimes.

I had intended to get this up earlier, but had a brief stay in hospital this week that slowed things up... so, about a week late, ladies and gentlemen, it's...


A Herr Salat / Tangotreats Co-Production
DOUBLE FOCUS
Rodrigo - Concierto de Arangues (2nd movement) - arranged by Michiru Oshima
Modest Mussorgsky - Tableaux D'une Ex-position (Pictures At An Exhibition) - arranged by Yasuo Higuchi
Yasuo Higuchi - Trumpet Concerto "Orientation"



Yoshiaki Tomoda Chamber Orchestra
Allen Vizzutti (trumpet)
Aki Takase (piano)
Keiko Urushibara (violin)
conducted by Kim Hon-je

https://mega.co.nz/#!9oASTLra!F33TAdFKRpIRsLtpAvzrd4SXboSP8zRw-EYvV8FGwco

My transfer from Herr Salat's vinyl. Scans included. Track titles in English. As with previous uploads which are transfers from an analogue medium, demands for LOG files, AccurateRip results, CUES, and similar will be met with ridicule, sarcasm, and pointed annoyance. Don't be stupid.

About the scans: Suffering from scanner problems last week, I resorted to photographing the covers with my phone before cleaning up in Photoshop. Having later resolved the scanner problems, I went back and did actual, real scans. For the sake of nothing but curiosity, I have included the original photographed scans in the archive, just so you can see the surprisingly decent results.

I would like to make my customary thanks to Herr Salat; this will be the fifth in our series of collaborations and at this point in the game I really cannot overstate his kindness and generosity. From truly Holmesian detective work tracking down these old LPs and financial (as well as personal) commitment he enables us all to hear these rare gems; gems that we would probably never encounter otherwise. Thank you, friend.

As far as the music goes, what can I say...? WOW!

First, we get a Michiru Oshima arrangement of Rodrigo's famous "Concierto de Aranjuez" (the second movement thereof) - or more accurately, we get Oshima's impressions of the movement. This is no mere orchestration - this is a complete reimagination. Rodrigo's haunting melody becomes a duet between trumpet and violin. Oshima pushes the Spanish passion right up as high as it will go as the trumpet grows increasingly more Latin and the piece magically transforms with a sultry jazz midsection, before twisting back to the beginning for a more traditional finish. This is some of the earliest Oshima we've the pleasure of hearing - she was only 23 when she did this. A genius in 1984, and a genius today.

Next up, Yasuo Higuchi's arrangement of the final movement from Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhibition" - and again, a piece which is far, far more than a mere arrangement. Higuchi begins fairly innocently with the famous grand melody reimagined as a playful, jaunty passage for pizzicato strings. Things start to go awry quite quickly, however, with a dissonant piano interruption and some completely idiomatic Higuchi touches. The piece opens out into pure Tom and Jerry frenetics and suddenly the melody appears, unadorned and tonal on piano. Strings and percussion join in and close the piece *somewhat* the way we're accustomed to hearing in Rimsky-Korsakov's arrangement.

Finally, a completely original piece by Higuchi - a delightful trumpet concerto! Noticing the title was "Orientation" (also used for "A Thousand Calabashes") I did worry briefly that the concerto would turn out to be a trumpet and orchestra version of that piece... but my fears were unfounded - the piece is indeed original. Higuchi in full flight. 23 minutes of glory. AVOID if you're averse to some extraordinary avant-garde trumpet playing from the legendary Allen Vizzutti. Higuchi goes hell-for-leather, taking us on a magical mystery tour of the trumpet - from long, romantic melody lines to cool jazz, frantic virtuoso runs to screaming cries of anguish, it's all in here.

Enjoy! :)
TT

There's also a new release that contains his serious composition (string quartet). The sample sounded definitely Hirano-esque but I couldn't judge the music from 30 seconds.

[center]Descending Dragon
Virtus Quartet
Ryo Mikami, violin / Akira Mizutani, violin / Shoko Mabuchi, viola / Yasuo Maruyama, cello

Release Date: 07.02.2014
Publisher: Alm Records
Catalog Number: ALCD-7182



AAC ~285 kbps + Digital Booklet (Japanese) | 6 Tracks | 44:10 | 100 MB

1. Yoshihisa Hirano - Descending Dragon (2012) | 11:17

On February 6th every year, a primitive Matsuri (festival) called "Oto-Matsuri" is held in Shingu, a city of a world heritage, Kumano pilgrimage routes. Thousands of men who wear white kimonos (may remind of burial clothing) with wooden torches called "Nobori-ko" climb the mountain with a shrine in the top. Although the shrine is a little too small so that over a thousand men visit at a time, they have to wait for the sacred fire that priests from Kumano shrine carry up there. When the fire is sent, they fall into a tremendous excitement state and scramble for it to light their torches. And they run down the mountain holding burning torches as soon as the gate of the shrine is open. The scene is like a dragon going down in a dark night, the ancient people called it "Kudari-Ryu"(Descending Dragon).

---International Society for Contemporary Music (http://www.iscm.org/catalogue/works/hirano-yoshihisa-descending-dragon)

2. Toru Takemitsu - A Way a Lone (1980) | 13:11

3.-6. Hajime Koumatsu - Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 3 for String Quartet (2011)
Hakone Hachiri (Rentaro Taki) | 5:06
Sado Okesa (Niigata Prefecture Folk Song) | 2:55
Mogamigawa Funauta (Yamagata Prefecture Folk Song) | 7:38
Kagoshima Oharabushi (Kagoshima Prefecture Folk Song) | 3:48

From the iTunes Store.


It's been a while since I've listened to Bartok's quartets (takes very long to get warmed up to), but I believe that's the key influence I'm hearing in Hirano's quartet. Polish woman composer Bacewicz wrote in a similar idiom. Hirano has his idiosyncratic sharpness that I'm quite enjoying (the frantic cello run sounds very similar to that of a certain Ali Project arrangement), but I'll tell you it's definitely not for everyone. I am actually VERY excited to hear such a modernist piece from Hirano, who has been rather lackluster lately. The Takmitsu is also superb!

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

Holy........ How many times can you click "Like"? Just once?! Bugger!

Thank you again, sir! I am SO loving this. Simply amazing... More comments later when I've digested all this... ;)

Wow, wow! I wish I had my laptop back from repair right now (broke again last week). :(

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I don't understand... is something mistitled?

I was planning to transfer Calabashes (the album in its entirety) again on my new turntable, sooner or later... so if something's wrong that would a good idea to fix it... :D

From whence comes this information?

In the album artwork the piece is titled as ORIENTATION "A Thousand Calabashes" and the Alice Tully Hall programme (from the original concert performance) on the back cover shows The Orientation "A Thousand Calabashes"...

Confused...

Oh, I forgot to look at the album artwork. I just looked at these sources and...my apologies -_-

�http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pianissimo/database/classic.html#carabashes (http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pianissimo/database/classic.html#carabashes)
http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pianissimo/orientation.html
https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%A8%8B%E5%8F%A3%E5%BA%B7%E9%9B% 84&oldid=49229837#.E7.B4.94.E9.9F.B3.E6.A5.BD

You guys totally rock! Two new albums in the same day?!

EDIT: I really like this Double Focus album but the string quartets are too much for me. I'm not sure what it is about modern string quartets that leads to such a dark sound. It is mostly unsettling to listen to.

Is anyone else having issues with mega? I tried uploading and reuploading a few links today and they work for a short amount of time before people start getting errors with it again. Is the upload at all effected by things like parenthesis?

Cautiously optimistic regarding the new Super Sentai which aired today... Rather than go with an established name, this year's score is being written by a newcomer - 37 year-old Kei Haneoka - who, so far, doesn't have much to his name. I will admit to being a bit concerned... Would they go cheap? Would this be the end of the symphonic Super Sentai score? Based on six minutes of episode 1 (which is all I've managed to unearth so far) I will say that it's basically business as usual. Decent sized orchestra, check. Endlessly optimistic, cheery melodies, check. As for the competence and proportion of the symphonic score, we'll have to wait and see - but the ten seconds of score heard in the clip was encouraging - somewhat Shinkenger in tone, nice and brassy. Will have a better idea in a few hours when the episode materialises in full... but so far, so good.

Haneoka seems to come from the classical world, with a solid classical music education and a number of concert pieces to his name so far... so we could be witnessing the birth of a new Yamashita, here...

Edit: First episode RAW is out. YES YES YES YES! Very probable that this will turn out to be the best Sentai score since Gokaiger - the orchestral bits are very orchestral and even the typical hyperactive rock/disco/electronica/orchestra hybrid battle music makes Sahashi's sound positively lazy - and this time last year I was pretty enthusiastic about Kyoryuger. A good sign to see standout cues in the first episode... and I like Haneoka's obvious desire to use his orchestra properly, not drowning the big-ensemble pieces in percussion and noise. There's even a proper villain theme - not quite as overtly evil and deliciously OTT as Yamashita's but quite brilliant all the same.

And I love trains.

Win, win!

Rather than go with an established name, this year's score is being written by a newcomer - 37 year-old Kei Haneoka - who, so far, doesn't have much to his name. I will admit to being a bit concerned...

I have some soundtracks done by him and they are quite good.

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Studio Orchestra
Music composed and arranged by Kousuke Yamashita



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!m8ZCETYb!kNKPO9YekYn4HBDyCePjCPjOLFm5ceE5pPkLmRo NtFc)
MP3 / 320kbps / 2CDs / 66 Tracks / 110 min

Yamashita's excellent orchestral firework, proberly edited and rearranged for 2CDs. This is the quintessential Sentai score and perhaps the Yamashita score I listened to the most. The tracknames are not accurate and just placeholders but I have no desire to change them since a) most tracks are new and b) I named them while listening to it, so it's my own interpretation of the music (I hope Yamashita does not mind).
So what is the verdict? As Tango already said, this is by far the most symphonic of the Sentai scores. For example the villain theme (and motif) is almost everywhere, played bold or subtle, with full orchestra or on a single synthesizer without losing it's quality one bit. I say it's good music when it would still sound interesting as a crappy midi sound file. The Main Theme is also easily recognizable and goes on a hell of a journey throughout the score. It is played heroic and uplifting as well as emotional or sad. No matter if it's played fast or slow, it remains a fantastic theme. The Theme song for the show recieves some orchestral treatment as well, the best being a triumphant march. But the original is also catchy as hell, especially when the melody is played by a trumpet. In between we have some amazing orchestral cues and I really like the use of (synth?) choir here, it's very easy for a composer to fuck that up but it's used very effectively througout the score.
Not to mention the hybrid rock/orchestral tracks with almost every single one featuring a major theme of the orchestral score. They go perfectly hand in hand with the orchestral stuff and are among the best I have heared in a japanese TV score.
In short this is a fantastic modern superhero score and perhaps the most enjoyable Yamashita score of them all.

Let's go! Let's! Gokaiger Go! Go!

I have some soundtracks done by him and they are quite good.

Any chance you could share them with the thread?

Also Klnerfan, thanks for an other great edit. I know it can be hard when things are borderline but it seems you got the right mix here. I'm actually enjoying this, which surprises me because most of the Sentai scores did nothing for me.

Yes, I will upload some of them. I cannot upload all because they are from astost.

Whatever you're able to, it would be great to hear them! Thank you very much in advance. :)

Magma OST : Mirrorcreator (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/RMQGTUTH/mAGMA.rar_links)
Keiji no Manazashi OST : Mirrorcreator (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0W7PRXG8/KnM.rar_links)
Team Batista General Rouge no Gaisen OST : Mirrorcreator (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1EXEL8XB/TBGRnG.rar_links)

Thanks for sharing Amodos. I like Magma best. The track lists are here:

Renzoku Drama W Magma Original Soundtrack Kei Haneoka [CD] (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=XQHF-1004)
"Keiji no Manazashi (TBS TV Series)" Original Soundtrack TV Original Soundtrack (Musi by Kei Haneoka) [CD] (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NQKS-2007)

I finally got my laptop back and downloaded loads of stuff to do some listening.

1. Kei Hanaoka: Thanks a lot for posting, Amodos. It is, however, hard to believe that this guy can give us a truly symphonic joy, let alone writing unique, sensible music from the soundtracks you provided. I'll reserve my judgment of him until I hear the new Sentai score, though.

2. Double Focus: Oshima's 1984 arrangement sounds nice. I think the interplay between the violin and trumpet takes away quite a bit from the passionate, sentimental original played by the guitar. Higuchi's Orientation, on the other hand, is a WINNER. Neoclassical in conception with an exhilarating trumpet run, it definitely packs a punch. EDIT: Okay, I just finished listening to the last third bit of Orientation - man, what a fun piece! Massive thanks to Herr Salat and Tango bringing the goods!

3. Descending Dragon: It's been a while since I've listened to Bartok's quartets (takes very long to get warmed up to), but I believe that's the key influence I'm hearing in Hirano's quartet. Polish woman composer Bacewicz wrote in a similar idiom. Hirano has his idiosyncratic sharpness that I'm quite enjoying (the frantic cello run sounds very similar to that of a certain Ali Project arrangement), but I'll tell you it's definitely not for everyone. I am actually VERY excited to hear such a modernist piece from Hirano, who has been rather lackluster lately. The Takmitsu is also superb! Thanks again, Herr Salat!

A brief synopsis of the good stuff from Toqger: Zippyshare.com - toqger.mp3 (http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/53852918/file.html)

Here is my latest purchase and it gives us Taku in full on "electronica" mode! Yuki Kajiura's latest score for Kara no Kyoukai is largely unimpressive with only a couple decent string and piano pieces. I really wish Yuki wouldn't insist on making so many boring ambiance tracks for her OSTs. I know it sets the dark mood for the movie/anime but it's not worth listening to on it's own. As for Nobunagun if your in the mood for some heavy metal rock it'll satisfy you just fine ^_^.

ANZX-2898 | Kara no Kyoukai "Mirai Fukuin" Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42888)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/42888-1385400984_zpsdbc8cb64.png.html)

Title: Kara no Kyoukai "Mirai Fukuin" Original Soundtrack + Drama CD
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack and Drama
Composers: Yuki Kajiura
No. of tracks: 34
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 19, 2014
Size: MP3 419mb/ ALAC 716mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 M1
02 M2
03 M3
04 M4
05 M5
06 M6
07 M7
08 M8
09 M9
10 M11
11 M13
12 M14
13 M15
14 M17
15 M18
16 M19
17 M20
18 M21
19 M22
20 M23
21 M24
22 M25
23 M26
24 M27
25 M28
26 M30
27 M31
28 M32
29 M33
30 M34
31 M35
32 M36
33 M37
34 M38

320 kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!iZImiK7I!b5B5zAz_F6LyOst4yYjIeg4vN9l782xS9Lbl1sd fMdA

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!nFBS2IqA!X9_AwQCdw5i56hFnW9HLVxLZ_P5xIbZTuCZqc2d lVQw

AVCA-74236 | TV animation NORAGAMI Original Soundtrack Noragami no Oto - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43077)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/43077-1392813571_zps63c67c5d.jpg.html)

Title: NORAGAMI Original Soundtrack Noragami no Oto
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Taku Iwasaki
No. of tracks: 24
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 19, 2014
Size: MP3 164mb/ ALAC 433mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Delivery
02 Fluctuation
03 Noratan
04 Peanut
05 Quiet fear
06 Recollection
07 Lurk in the dark
08 Soul chosen
09 Afternoon usual
10 Reproach
11 Misogi
12 Roar of God
13 Blind spot
14 Creepy
15 Again
16 Shadow dancing
17 Grief
18 Family
19 Harmony
20 Back alley
21 Sorrow
22 Corollary
23 The One
24 Conversation heart

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - NORAGAMI Original Soundtrack Noragami no Oto (animeost).7z (http://www46.zippyshare.com/v/10246014/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!eQBTgKxC!eYKWUVXlzIW7nKFQOLMRuDi3pts9Oj7KvhoZ2FS 6Kb4


VPCG-84964 | Nobunagun Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43124)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/43124-1390504131_zps2ff4dedd.jpg.html)

Title: Nobunagun Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yutaka Shinya, Kenichi Maeyamada
No. of tracks: 34
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 19, 2014
Size: MP3 185mb/ ALAC 433mb
Host: 4shared/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
01 Chiisana Hoshi (ver.α)
02 Enemy invasion
03 Let's see which is the better woman!
04 Ichikabachika
05 Military OTAKU
06 ODOODO x KYOROKYORO
07 Joshi Talk
08 Mysterious love feeling
09 Danger approaching
10 Shinka Shinryakutai
11 Awakening
12 Storage of Hon'nouji
13 Attacked
14 AU Weapon Hatsudou
15 Tatakau Shoujo no Sandan'uchi
16 I'm not alone
17 We're soldiers
18 The genealogy of the evolution
19 Intensive training
20 Rock on
21 Theme of DOGOO
22 Kono "Koe" wa
23 Determination
24 Storming party
25 Iza Shutsugeki!
26 Under War
27 Ghost Protocol
28 Mou Genkai da!!
29 Tobe, Nightingale
30 Stone forest strategy
31 Tomodachi da mon
32 Chiisana Hoshi (ver.β)
33 Chiisana Hoshi (ver.α) (TV Size)
34 Chiisana Hoshi (ver.β) (TV Size)


320 kbs MP3
Nobunagun Original Soundtrack (animeost) - Download - 4shared - Joshua Curtis (http://www.4shared.com/archive/j9v5Ec4Kba/Nobunagun_Original_Soundtrack_.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!rVwUTQzI!YkCKNBt6FZdRpQMC5Y5FQW_8jVwHJza-bkopZKbZxlk

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif.html)

Thank you guys for the uploads I have found so far, and as thanks to Sirusjr for his compilation series, I made a classical compilation from Video Games (the first volume in a series.) Volume one is split into three discs or mini-volumes for easy listening, I would recommend using 7-Zip (http://7-zip.org/) for the extraction process. More info can be found in Thread 166692




Disc 1: The Western Overture



Time Length: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes (Approximately)

~TRACKLIST~

01 - Title [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: The Hyrule Symphony]
02 - PROLOGUE ["CHOCOBO NO FUSHIGINA DUNGEON" COI VANNI GIALLI]
03 - FINAL FANTASY I~III, "2002 Medley" [FINAL FANTASY ORCHESTRAL ALBUM]
04 - Scene I [Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy]
05 - 10 Print 'Hello World' [Secret of Evermore]
06 - No Heroes Allowed! (Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida:3D), "The World in My Palm" [Hideki Sakamoto Orchestral Works]
07 - Wizardry "Opening Theme" [Game Music Concert -The Best Selection-]
08 - Hikari -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- [Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete, Disc 1: Kingdom Hearts]
09 - PROLOGUE [Walk�re Story FOR ORCHESTRA]
10 - Time Travelers [TIME TRAVELERS Original Soundtrack]
11 - Besieged Village [Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Soundtrack]
12 - GRAND REPEAT - Overture Neo-Overture (Ogre Battle) [Orge -GRAND REPEAT-]
13 - Phantasy Star Online OPENING THEME ~The whole new world~ (Wind Orchestra Version) [Phantasy Star Online Original Soundtrack]
14 - Passion -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version- [Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete, Disc 3: Kingdom Hearts II]
15 - The Legend Of Zelda 25th Anniversary Medley [The Legend Of Zelda 25th Anniversary Soundtrack]
16 - First Movement ~from Ys~: FEENA (Title) ~ FIRST STEP TOWARDS WARS (Grasslands) ~ PALACE (Temple 1) [SYMPHONY Ys]
17 - Bearer of Fate [SOULCALIBUR SUITE - The Resonance of Souls and Swords]
18 - Courage and Hope [I.Q FINAL PERFECT MUSIC FILE (I.Q. Inteligent Qube & I.Q. FINAL)]
19 - GATE OF GREAT COLOSSUS [Image from King Colossus -Warrior King Fantasy Suite-]
20 - Opening - Tenkujo - Blood Pool - Casandora [Actraiser Symphonic Suite]
21 - Grand Monster Slam (Opening Fanfare) [Symphonic Shades]
22 - K�O�F '95, "Title" (K�O�F '95) [The King of Fighters Symphonic Sound Trax]
23 - Procession Of Heroes - Vana'diel March Medley [FINAL FANTASY XI Vana♪Con Anniversary 11.11.11]

~Notes~

The inspiration for the name of this mini-album comes from the idea/view of the western world from Japan.

We begin this album with what I would call a chamber music piece for Ocarina, a string quartet and piano from the arrange album for Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We briefly hear the chocobo theme for a violin(?) from COI VANNI GIALLI , then the 2002 Medley from FF Orchestra Album and finally the Final Fantasy Main Theme from the Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite.
We further glide our ears through with selections from the Secret of Evermore, No Heroes Allowed!, and the opening theme to Wizardry. From Tokyo Philharmonic performing Hikari from Kingdom Hearts to the very same orchestra performing Procession of Heroes ~ Vana'diel March Medley from FF XI (with different orchestras performing different pieces in between,) it's loud orchestral music. Probably the only track which I must give a cravat is 10 Print 'Hello World' from the Secret of Evermore Original Soundtrack, as that might not be orchestral, but it works beautifully as a transition piece.

~Host: Mediafire~
Remember to include ".001" in the first file before extraction.
HLN_V1_D1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/ju5dlwqtghawhud/HLN_V1_D1.7z)
HLN_V1_D1.7z.002 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/odcyy72pcgs1cdh/HLN_V1_D1.7z.002)

Disc 2: The Ominous Interlude



Time Length: 1 Hour, 44 Minutes (Approximately)


~TRACKLIST~
01 - First Movement: Opening ~ Town "Pentawa II" ~ The Thieves' Tower "Tower" [SYMPHONY SORCERIAN]
02 - Star Fox Theme [Star Fox Assault Orchestra Sound Track]
03 - Steins;Gate, "Nonlinear Geniac -Instrumental- symphonic ver." [STEINS;GATE SYMPHONIC REUNION]
04 - Overture from"Gradius III: Invitation, King of Kings, Prelude of Legend, Departure for Space" [Gradius III Symphonic Poem]
05 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo GameCube), "Opening" [Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing... Live!]
06 - Chapter I: The Truth of the Brave ~Onimusha 2 Main Theme~ [Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~]
07 - Nautilus [FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Soundtrack]
08 - Overture [Gradius Suite Fantasia]
09 - The World Adventure - Orchestral Theme - [Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack]
10 - Dark Daybreak - Orchestral Version - [- MYTH - The Xenogears Orchestral Album]
11 - The Dead Bog [Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Soundtrack]
12 - FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise [FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Soundtrack]
13 - Save This World -Orchestra Version- [For Brighter Day: Phantasy Star Universe (Orchestral Selections)]
14 - Overture March (Dragon Quest) [Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest Scene-Separated I~IX, Disc 1: ~The Beginning Of The Adventure ~ Prologue~]
15 - Hitobito no Tanjyo - Sasagemono [Actraiser Symphonic Suite]
16 - Prologue [Xenosaga Original Soundtrack]
17 - a dark omen [Xenosaga III Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Tracks]
18 - Infinite Undiscovery, "Epic Poem for the Heavens" [SQUARE ENIX � Xbox 360 Sound Collections]
19 - Another Timeline [TIME TRAVELERS Original Soundtrack]
20 - Ancient Power [Soukaigi Original Soundtrack]
21 - Sekaiju no MeiQ I (Etrian Odyssey I), "Spinning the Tale (Opening)" [Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ (Etrian Odyssey) I & II Super Arrange Version]
22 - Housuke Odoroki ~ A New Trial is in Session! [Gyakuten Saiban Special Courtroom 2008 Orchestra Concert ~Gyakuten Meets Orchestra~]
23 - Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn: Main Theme [Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Original Soundtrack]
24 - Dark Fact [Ys Dramatic Concert]

~Notes~

The inspiration for this album comes from the mystery of what is to come, a hint of dark things to come and a hopeful future in a video game.
We continue from the end of Disc 1 with the first movement from SYMPHONY SORCERIAN till the Orchestral Theme from Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack. Dark Daybreak - Orchestral Version - and The Dead Bog accent the dark and hidden secrets from our heroes, while in contrast FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise and Save This World -Orchestra Version- give the "promise" that the "world" will not end in sorrow. Light versus dark will be a constant theme in this series, along with some other themes. This theme of light versus dark in particular continues throughout this mini-album.
Of note, pay attention to Hitobito no Tanjyo - Sasagemono from the Actraiser Symphonic Suite, as that melody heard will be repeated again in three intermezzos, one for a plucking string quartet, another one for harp solo and the last for brass quartet in future albums.
As I have stated in the previous note for Disc 1, that their might be some cravats, there are at least two for Disc 2: Epic Poem for the Heavens from Infinite Undiscovery and Naruhodou Ryuuichi - Objection! from Gyakuten Saiban Orchestra Album ~Gyakuten Meets Orchestra~ (Tracks 16 and 24 respectively.) Again, these might not be real orchestral music, but I consider these pieces as perfect transition from track to track, such as the case of transitioning from Xenosaga's Prologue to IU's Epic Poem to Time Traveler's Another Timeline.

~Host: Mediafire~
Remember to include ".001" in the first file before extraction.
HLN_V1_D2 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/sd497exn7xoshhu/HLN_V1_D2.7z)
HLN_V1_D2.7z.002 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/64t9tyw2gbt1xxz/HLN_V1_D2.7z.002)


Disc 3: The Eastern Prelude



Time Length: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes (Approximately)

~TRACKLIST~
01 - Act I-1 [Gradius in Classic I]
02 - Supreme Ruler Suite -Warsaw Edition- [Nobunaga's Ambition: Chronicles of Heaven]
03 - Dance of the Lion (Samurai Spirits II, "Title") [Samurai Spirits Symphonic Sound Trax]
04 - Dragon of Shine [Romance of the Three Kingdoms V]
05 - A New Poem Southern Thailand Wants to Tell (Garou Densetsu [Fatal Fury], "Joe Higashi's Theme") [Garou Densetsu Symphonic Sound Trax]
06 - Act.2 [Walk�re Story FOR ORCHESTRA]
07 - Ōkami (Capcom), "Medley: Gathering/The Beginning/Ryoshima Coast II/"Reset" ~"Thank You" Version~" [PRESS START The 5th Anniversary]
08 - LIVE A LIVE, "The Bird Flies in the Sky, the Fish Swims in the River" [Drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-]
09 - Shinshu Plains [Ōkami: Harmonious Quintet]
10 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Yellow River ~ Yangtze River" [KOEI Game Music Works: Yoko Kanno Collections]
11 - Moon Flower (Samurai Spirits II, "Ukyo Tachibana's Theme") [Samurai Spirits Symphonic Sound Trax]
12 - Psycho Soldier "K�O�F Version" (K�O�F '94 "China Stage Theme") [The King of Fighters Symphonic Sound Trax]1
13 - Kamaitachi no Yoru, "Sequence" [Game Music Concert 4 -Live Best Collection-]
14 - Shenmue ~ Sedge Flower [Shenmue Orchestra Version]
15 - Flowery Wind [Nobunaga's Ambition: Chronicles of Heaven]
16 - How Has China Survived 4000 Years? (Garou Densetsu [Fatal Fury] Special, "Tung Fu Rue's Theme") [Garou Densetsu Symphonic Sound Trax]
17 - Signs of Change [Romance of The Three Kingdoms XII Original Soundtrack]
18 - Nature's Banquet - Spring (Samurai Spirits II, "Nakoruru's Theme") [Samurai Spirits Symphonic Sound Trax]
19 - Intermezzo I [Actraiser Symphonic Suite]


~Notes~
This is by far one of my favorite compilation albums as it's more peaceful at the end than the beginning. We transition from the west to east, starting with Act I-1 from the Graidus Suite Fantasy being our guide, as we explore Asia as viewed from Konami, Koei, SNK and others. What's probably unique about this album is the choice of internal tags; as you might have noticed in the tracklist and the mini-albums themselves is I have chosen not to include Kanji and Romanji in the tracks, mostly because it's semi-easier to read and in some cases, not having to wait 1 minute to cycle through to read the title. Also, in the case of some tracks from Video Game Music Concerts I usually have them tagged internally like this: Game Name, "Song Title" [Album Title] and in the case of the SNK albums: Track title (game name, "original song") [Album title.] And externally like this: Game Name - Song Title. The hardest pieces to translate to English from Kanji and Romanji was the Okami tracks, as the flac copy of Press Start I had found (and later shared here) having some additional credits in the track title; but hardest was translating Okami arrange title from Romanji to English, while still sounding correct in English (grammatically mind you) and making sense, hence the name Ōkami: Harmonious Quintet, as the original cover art for that album featured five instruments and listening wise focuses a lot on sounding harmonious and disharmonious in case of the boss and battle themes. Romanji title for the album had to be hard as there was lots of other words which were similar, but way off. Anyway, back to the album, we end our first volume with Nature's Banquet from the Samurai Spirits Symphonic Sound Trax orchestra album, with a hint of what you might hear next in the next volume in the form of the first Intermezzo from the Actraiser Symphonic Suite.

~Host: Mediafire~HLN_V1_D3 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/t6w5mj9va3dej9d/HLN_V1_D3.7z)

-NineEyes9Nines

A quick update for everyone in this thread. In a few days I'll be on my way to Japan. I'm going to avoid checking these threads once I leave though I would be open to suggestions for CDs that I might hunt for if i get a little extra time in the right shops unexpectedly.

Just have fun and maybe visit Book Off once or twice! They usually have good/rare stuff for cheap.

Have a brilliant time! And send me a post card! (Seriously - I have a bit of a postcard fetish.)

Nothing specific I can think of to search for, to be honest... This thread has turned up so many of the "holy grails" in the last couple of years, it's left me with almost nothing wanting...

And if you get bored in Shibuya and suddenly decide you want to drink British beer and eat Fish and Chips, drop in my favourite "home sick haunt" The Aldgate.

If you want GREAT sake (this place is a specialist), delicious food, and amazingly friendly staff in a intimate little restaurant, Sakana-Tei, also in Shibuya, comes highly recommended.

And for general purpose crap, all manner of things - basically a giant all-purpose store for everything from loose socks, toilet paper, Godzilla costumes and hardcore porn, Don Quixote in Akiba. Absolutely crazy in there.

Oh yeah, and the crane games in Taito Station are pretty fun and you can actually win pretty decent things every now and again.

Finally, if you get lost in the train station, just press the "help" button and a man will COME OUT OF THE MACHINE to assist you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E38uiX390PY

Monaca Composer Satoru Kousaki Goes on Hiatus Due to Health - News - Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-24/monaca-composer-satoru-kousaki-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-health)

How does this affect his work on Captain Earth I wonder?

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Edit: Not to waste this double post. I suppose other guys at Monaca can fill in if needed.

Monaca Composer Satoru Kousaki Goes on Hiatus Due to Health - News - Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-24/monaca-composer-satoru-kousaki-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-health)

How does this affect his work on Captain Earth I wonder?
It doesn't really matter much as far as this thread is concerned. Star Driver's music was split mainly between four composers. Two of them know how to do orchestra arrangement (Takada and Hoashi) and the other two don't (Kosaki and Ishihama).

Hoashi is lead composer on another show next season so Takada will probably be in charge of Captain Earth (edit: assuming the work hasn't already been completed).

It won't make any difference at all since the music was likely done and dusted weeks if not months ago. Don't forget that there was a trailer for Captain Earth before Christmas (????????????????????? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woUx6JvlHps)) that featured completed orchestral score very much in the Star Driver style. In any case, Kosaki certainly isn't the brains behind the operation. Although I wish him a speedy recovery, frankly, this "hiatus" (his second on health grounds - whatever the guy is doing to cause this, he should stop) may be a blessing in disguise if it causes the spotlight to turn to his conspicuously more talented colleagues.

Just have a quick gander at the composer breakdown for Star Driver. Every single noteworthy cue, orchestral or otherwise, not written by Kosaki.

THIS is Kosaki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDidYfVyJCQ

I love it to pieces, but that's what the guy does. Each according to his skill - hence the presence of Hoashi and Takada on Star Driver and Captain Earth.

Agreed, but I'd at least give him credit for the main theme.

And yep, that kind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-5nJdptkp4) of music is what I mainly associate with him. That and catchy pop songs. The only reason why his name is slapped on top of stuff like Star Driver and Captain Earth because he's written music for a number of very popular works.

Coming up in a week or two... a masterpiece from 1984, still waiting for a CD release thirty years later, and only available in a poor quality bootleg... until now. A 24-bit, 96000khz transfer and restoration from cassette of Carl Davis' Champions, sounding better than ever before.

Zippyshare.com - champ2.flac (http://www29.zippyshare.com/v/87477099/file.html)

Got another load here and after listening to a bit of each one i have to say Zetsumetsu Kigu Shoujo Amazing Twins is easily the best. I'm surprised they got what appears to be a real orchestra for a OVA series. Greatly recommend it. Hope the next one sounds just as good =). Also got more Tatsuya and Masaru which were both more enjoyable than the first versions of their respective osts for me.

SHBR-0233B | Zetsumetsu Kigu Shoujo Amazing Twins Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/42880)
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Title:Zetsumetsu Kigu Shoujo Amazing Twins Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Conisch, Katsutoshi Kitagawa
No. of tracks: 26
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 26, 2014
Size: MP3 144mb/ ALAC 288mb
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Tracklist
01 Amazing Twins
02 Kizu Ou Mono
03 Dreaming
04 Pretty Performer
05 Tatakai no Hibuta
06 Warudakumi
07 Nunnun Mode
08 Amanuki Omoi
09 Datsuryoku Gushoujo
10 Bousou
11 Aya's Song
12 Magic Moon
13 Zenryoku Guchi Shoujo
14 Funny Walk
15 Yasuragi no Ie
16 Zetsumetsukigu Shoujo! ~ ISH arr.
17 Akui
18 hopeless
19 HERE I AM
20 Hoo wo Tsutau Namida
21 Haikyo no Machi
22 Zettai, Makenai!
23 Child's Play
24 Zetsumetsukigu Shoujo! ~ Wish arr.
25 Soshite Mata Asa ga Kuru
26 eternally

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ANZX-6362 | Genei wo Kakeru Taiyo Original Soundtrack CD2 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/41451)
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Title: Genei wo Kakeru Taiyo Original Soundtrack CD2
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Tatsuya Kato
No. of tracks: 23
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 26, 2014
Size: MP3 136mb/ ALAC 272mb
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Tracklist
01 Moetsukiru you na
02 Shoujotachi no Tatakai (Cello Solo ver.)
03 Shutsugeki
04 Kimi no Michi
05 Fukitsu na Anji
06 Semarikuru Yami
07 Daemonia
08 Diabolus Tarot
09 Kasaneru Tsumi wo, Hagitoru Yaiba
10 Sore dewa, Mata Jikai Deshu!
11 Tsukaima
12 Shinpan no Toki
13 Interlude Ver.1
14 Elemental Tarot
15 Gen'ei wo Kakeru
16 Kizuna
17 Arukou Arukou
18 Takanaru Kodou
19 Ishitsu na Kousen
20 Cerebrum
21 Interlude Ver.2
22 Shokeinin ka, Kyuuseishu ka-
23 Unmei no Sentaku

320 kbs MP3
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ZMXZ-8983 | Unbreakable Machine-Doll ?Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.II? - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/41626)
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Title: Unbreakable Machine-Doll �Complete Soundtrack CD Vol.2�
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Masaru Yokoyama, Hige Driver
No. of tracks: 25
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Release Date: Feb 26, 2014
Size: MP3 175mb/ ALAC 320mb
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Tracklist
01 Artifex Ex Machina
02 Liverpool
03 Crescent Moon
04 Easygoing Black
05 Poker Face
06 Standoff
07 Out of Place
08 Defeated Empty
09 Snow Falling
10 Dianthus
11 Alone in the Night Sky
12 Fermentum Familiam
13 Memories of Home
14 Calm Black
15 Impressions
16 His Excellency
17 Mastermind
18 Undertaker
19 Attack on
20 Isolated Pawn
21 Desperation
22 Lost and Found
23 To Victory
24 Here To Higher
25 YUUGURE SETSUGETSUKA

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COCX-38439 | ROBOT GIRLS Z ONGAKU-SYU - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43130)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img028_zpse1986b6b.jpg.html)

Title: Robot Girls Z Music Collection
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Shuichiro Fukuhiro, Ippei Inoue, Shunpei Ishige, Yuji Nishiguchi, ARM, Ken Masutani, Takafumi Kamijo, Morihiro Suzuki
No. of tracks: 26
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 26, 2014
Size: MP3 155mb/ ALAC 402mb
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Tracklist
01 Robot Girls Z (TV Size)
02 Ima da Dasunda Z!
03 Melancholic Girls
04 Ifuudoudou, Team Z
05 Pinch Nandesu kedo
06 Kanari Pinch Nandesu kedo
07 Moody Girls
08 Hashire! Robot Girls
09 Koushiryokuchou ni Hi wa Ochite
10 Donyoku ni HappyGirls☆ (Short Size)
11 Kyou mo HappyDay
12 Full Bokko ni Sarete mo
13 Kizu Darake no Hibi
14 Kikaijuu Girls, Kakeru
15 Makeru na Musumetachi
16 Chika Teikoku Sanka♥ (Short Size)
17 Chika Teikoku no Inbou
18 Shingeki! Chika Teikokugun
19 Dr.Hell no Theme
20 Ohayou Koushiryokuchou
21 Team T no Theme
22 Koushiryokuchou Daiundoukai
23 Ano Musume wa Daare? (Minerva X no Theme)
24 Ano Koro
25 Zenryoku→Mirai Stage (Short Size)
26 Team Z no Chikara! (TV Size)

320 kbs MP3
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LNCM-1043~6 | Shin Megami Tensei IV Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43770)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img002_zpsd53d5ebe.jpg.html)

Title: Shin Megami Tensei IV Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Video Game Soundtrack
Composers: Ryota Koduka, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiki Konishi, Tsukasa Masuko, Hidehito Aoki, Shoji Meguro
No. of tracks: 112
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Feb 26, 2014
Size: MP3 719mb/ ALAC 1.68GB
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist
Disc 1

01 Main Theme
02 Self
03 Hallucination
04 Premonition
05 Homesickness
06 The Eastern Kingdom of Mikado
07 Aquila Statue Plaza
08 Barracks
09 Naraku - Upper Strata
10 Negotiations
11 Battle-a1
12 Battle Over
13 Rooftop
14 K's Tavern
15 Naraku - Lower Strata
16 Domain
17 Crisis
18 Battle-b1
19 Murmur
20 Distress
21 Kiccigiorgi Forest
22 Unrest
23 Confrontation
24 Battle-b2
25 Excavation Worker's Quarters
26 Terminal
27 Call
28 Traffic
29 Cathedral of Shadows #1
30 Cathedral of Shadows #2
31 Cathedral of Shadows #3
32 Cathedral of Shadows #4
33 Cathedral of Shadows Demon Fusion

Disc 2

01 Tokyo
02 Battle-a2
03 Aboveground Urban Area A
04 Ueno Underground District
05 The Hunter Association
06 Battle-c1
07 Aboveground Urban Area B
08 Challenge Quest α
09 Battle-c2
10 Shinjuku Underground District
11 Ashura-Kai Authorized Shop
12 Black Market
13 Aboveground Urban Area C
14 Ikebukuro Underground District
15 Kagome Tower
16 Distrust
17 Roppongi Area
18 Shibuya Underground District
19 Tension
20 Ginza Underground District
21 Tsukiji Hongwanji
22 Underground Passage
23 Chaos Theme
24 Tennozu Shelter
25 Battle-c4

Disc 3

01 The River Styx
02 Charon
03 Challenge Quest β
04 Battle-c3
05 Conversation
06 Members-Only Club
07 CLUBMILTON
08 Cafe Florida
09 Tokyo Midtown
10 Reverse Hills
11 Advent
12 Law Theme
13 Separation
14 Camp Ichigaya
15 End
16 Yamato Perpetual Reactor
17 The White
18 Blasted Tokyo
19 Kiyoharu
20 Blasted Tokyo - Underground Shelter
21 Pluto Castle
22 Battle-a3
23 chaos - origin -
24 Blasted Ichigaya
25 Infernal Kasumigaseki
26 Infernal Tokyo
27 Infernal Tokyo - Underground District
28 law - origin -
29 Infernal Ichigaya
30 Battle-b3
31 Release
32 Monochrome Forest

Disc 4

01 The National Defense Divinities
02 Neutral Theme
03 Battle-b4
04 Purgatorium
05 Battle-b5
06 Battle-b6
07 King
08 Reign
09 Lucifer Palace
10 Battle-b7
11 Battle-b8
12 Mission
13 Messiah
14 Masakado
15 The Great Spirit of Hope
16 Daybreak
17 Goddess
18 Shop
19 Shinjuku
20 Battle-c5
21 Battle-c6
22 End Credits

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Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mikir_zps95512653.gif.html)

Amazing Twins is a pretty good Conisch score but the fake brass is a pity.

Edit: Genei wo Kakeru Taiyo's main theme is a pretty good Tatsuya Kato track too - http://kiwi6.com/file/ko1a5ut4kt

I have no interest in any of the releases but thanks a lot for posting, LeatherHead. I'm starting to wonder how you are able to dump so much money into them. 7,000 yen for a blu-ray+OST package is plain ludicrous, especially when big streaming platforms in America are charging just $9.99 a month (Google Music is a win). Granted, those Japanese companies are stuck in a bad loop since only an extreme minority buys those merchandises regardless of price.

To be quite honest it's probably because i have a little OCD in me. It also doesn't help that my tastes in music aren't very.......refined so to speak. Even if a show's music is 98% of cheap synth heavy garbage as long as there are about a handful of tracks i like that's usually enough to make me want to buy it. Of course my spending habits get me into quite a bit of trouble sometimes but that's the name of the game for an crazy OST collector http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_ngakak_zpse40b8c9a.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_ngakak_zpse40b8c9a.gif.html)

Though at the end of each month i think back at how much money i could be saving up for other things and it makes me ever so depressed......http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_mentok_zps5d5118d9.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_mentok_zps5d5118d9.gif.html)

Japan's economy is weird but i don't think that them selling their over priced merchandise is all that unreasonable. They actually experimented lowering their prices 50% to see the outcome before. Turns out that even after doing this they ended up losing money. Since they have to sell twice as much to break even if the series isn't amazingly popular odds are they aren't going to be making that money back. Still it amazes me how people can afford to buy a series that costs around 300-400 dollars compared to the mere 50-60 dollars we pay in America. I guess you have to think about how much it costs to make, advertise and sell an anime compared to what the american distributor side of things where the biggest expense is acquiring the license to sell and dub it (though it seems that american distributors are starting to resort to sub only releases to save on expenses).

It's a crazy world indeed lol.

They're nuts, but it obviously works, as you say - if they could halve the prices but quadruple the sales and thus double the profits, they would... but this price point is the "sweet spot" for them making money. They could probably put the prices UP and still come out on top.

One gets the impression that anime on TV is usually very little more than extended adverts for the DVD and merchandise. Ratings matter, but DVD sales and all the crap that comes with it (toys, special editions, clothes, baseball caps, lunchboxes, manga, body pillows, mouse mats, etc, etc, etc) seem to matter just as much.

I, too, don't have much (well, any) time for these new releases but your commitment never ceases to amaze me, and for that you always have my gratitude and respect.

Tatsuya Kato needs to bugger off. NOW. Why does he get real musicians?

Edit: The creepy foot fetishist in me really likes the Robot Girls cover!

Kato gets real musicians because Aniplex pretty much always gives composers enough budget for a basic studio orchestra.

My point was that he's probably the composer above all who doesn't deserve it...

Yes, and you're right. Kato chooses quantity over quality and he doesn't know how to use an orchestra properly. Maybe one day he'll actually do something but right now all he cares about is getting his name out there...


On another note: Coming tomorrow or the day after... A symphonic score from 1995. The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Krimets. 02 - Listen and download mp3 - Kiwi6 Mp3 Upload (http://kiwi6.com/file/nv580r4rgh)

@LeatherHead: be smart with your money! For once, you should at least let pirates of this forum go and buy stuff on their own. ;) I am just being hopeful, but Japan needs to realize that the potential market outside is great when the price and method of purchase aren't so prohibitive. Seriously, I would consider buying more if they make stuff available on global iTunes stores at a reasonable price (don't care if it's not lossless). The reality check that music is a mass commodity would need to sink in first...

Now I am more comfortable spending money on independent labels that try hard to get good/relatively unknown music out there (Chandos, Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi, etc.). Until Japan at least globalizes a little or consistently put something out like Gunshi Kanbee, they won't see a penny from me.

Tatsuya Kato music is tiring and I can't actually a enjoy full soundtrack of him, without getting annoyed by it. I don't feel any kind of joy on listening to it. Sue me, but I don't consider him even a composer. Just a guy that was given some instruments and he has no idea what's his doing.
I don't like him just as I don't like Sawano. I don't get all the fuss on the guy. At least he is a composer... but you also get tired of him easily.

They're nuts, but it obviously works, as you say - if they could halve the prices but quadruple the sales and thus double the profits, they would... but this price point is the "sweet spot" for them making money. They could probably put the prices UP and still come out on top.

One gets the impression that anime on TV is usually very little more than extended adverts for the DVD and merchandise. Ratings matter, but DVD sales and all the crap that comes with it (toys, special editions, clothes, baseball caps, lunchboxes, manga, body pillows, mouse mats, etc, etc, etc) seem to matter just as much.

Like others said, niche market. The supply/demand curve puts their maximum profit for anime DVDs/BDs at like 2,000-8,000 copies at $80. There are only X otaku, with a combined pool of only Y money per month. Cut prices in half and you still only have X otaku. Raise prices and you still only have Y money (I'm told this happened a few years ago - some company tried raising prices and it backfired). Release too much at once and you still only have Y money (I'm told this happened in recent seasons: some shows got great reviews but sold poorly because a few other Must Haves airing at the same time sucked up all the money). Likewise for the tie-in merch.

It's my understanding that actual mainstream content sells in Japan just as well as equivalent mainstream stuff in the US or EU; hundreds of thousands of discs at $20ish. That's the sweet spot for mainstream stuff; live action TV and film.

So the composer for the new Sailor Moon is not Toshihiko Sahashi but Yasuharu Takanashi. Shame that all the other more suitable candidates didn't get the job but if it turns out to be just his recent Precure scores but with bigger budget I will be at least entertained. Oh well, another missed opportunity for greatness, next is Gundam The Origin ... who bets on Sawano?

Oh lord... I might actually cry if it's Sawano. I'm expecting something with a 70s vibe, to be honest... since it's a sort-of remake of the 1979 series.

So the composer for the new Sailor Moon is not Toshihiko Sahashi but Yasuharu Takanashi. Shame that all the other more suitable candidates didn't get the job but if it turns out to be just his recent Precure scores but with bigger budget I will be at least entertained. Oh well, another missed opportunity for greatness, next is Gundam The Origin ... who bets on Sawano?

Wait what????
Sailor Moon.....
shouldn't that be dead already ... like in 1998... I like sailor moon,but I am not very confident about this, as I was not with saint seiya omega. Though I think I would prefer Sahashi over Takanashi for the soundtrack. Sahashi has similar style to Takanori Arisawa, so it would be good. As much as I like Takanashi, his style will make Sailor Moon look "Sailor Raging Moon Revenge" xD
I stopped watching Gundams after that disgusting Unicorn soundtrack.

It really is strange that Sahashi isn't on Sailor Moon considering he did the music for the recent stage play and arranged a track on the recent tribute album.

Also, you don't need to worry about Sawano since he already had his chance at Gundam. If you look at all the Gundam TV series, you'll notice that there's been a different composer every time (this rule would rule out a bunch of other composers, by the way).

I know I am harsh sometimes with some composers... First time I heard Sawano was Unicorn, and the first impression was bad.. So far I only like Basara Anime soundtracks... I do give a chance in hearing the guy, but it gets useless to me.
I know gundam always have different composers. But there is always a first time to break the rule hope it's not now.

Maybe Takanashi will get it right? 0.o I still don't trust their choice, but let us see what will result from it

Well if Takanashi's comments on the project are any indication it will not be like the original score at all. He makes it very clear he is not an orchestral composer (or jazz) but a rock musician and will do what he does best, so it will most likely be Revenge of the Raging Miniskirts.

But who knows, perhaps Sahashi is on the project, only as orchestrator for Takanashi. We'll see, maybe this will be his best effort in the genre so far or it will just be another Precure score. Regardless we'll know more in summer.

EDIT: Seems like Space Brothers is back on track. Absolutly beautiful episode this week, can't wait for the next one.

It'll be a Precure clone. It's f****g Sailor Moon. That's what it should be... :)

I get the same feeling as you. And if Takanashi is going for it, it will be Precure soundtrack clone too. Which I did not like at all, except... Fresh... Freak... Flee... Free.... something "F" Precure. I don't remember what was it. xD that was the only I soundtrack of Takanashi in Precure like it. The rest was... meh...

Just checked.. Sailor Moon will be a remake.... I am tired of remakes. The Age of Remakes never ends.

Just gonna toss in my vote for Oshima to be on Origin. Her stately, ravishing style could adopt easily to classic late 70's, early 80's melodrama, methinks.

Michiru Oshima could be a very good choice.

Oshima on Gundam... now there's a thought to savour... sadly I think it's a virtual impossibility...

I wonder whatever happened to the rumoured 2013 "big score" for Oshima? Could it be putting in an appearance in April?

I know I am harsh sometimes with some composers... First time I heard Sawano was Unicorn, and the first impression was bad.. So far I only like Basara Anime soundtracks... I do give a chance in hearing the guy, but it gets useless to me.
I know gundam always have different composers. But there is always a first time to break the rule hope it's not now.

Maybe Takanashi will get it right? 0.o I still don't trust their choice, but let us see what will result from it

That's pretty strange because I thought that Unicorn has been his second best score so far. Personally my ultimate favorite has to go to his work on Gigantic Formula though. The album shows that Sawano is perfectly capable of being subtle without blazing an over-saturated orchestra with annoying electronica. It was when he started scoring for Unicorn where we slowly saw him grow into the style he's been using today.

The way i look at a typical Sawano score is the same way i look at anime. There are some shows that have no meaningful message, are completely ridiculous and are over the top crazy. You can just turn the brain off and indulge in it's absurdness. Sawano's music is blood pumping, loud but overall very simple. And i love it for that. There are very few Japanese composers that even come close to the amount of hype his compositions can put behind a show. And he interrogates it very well in whatever anime project he is given. Besides the fact that Sawano uses more electronica i see no real difference between him and Hans Zimmer. So many people enjoy his music for the very same reason imo. It's straight to the point and easy to listen to. Folks these days probably just don't have the attention span to truly appreciate works that aren't composed in this manner but i don't think it makes them simple minded or wrong for liking it. Tell me would you listen to a Michiru Oshima score or a Hiroyuki Sawano score before going out to play a hot blooded football game? xp (don't take that comment the wrong way as i love Michiru's music unconditionally).

Regarding Takanashi on Sailor Moon:

Yeah as much as i like Takanashi I really don't want to see him compose for Sailor Moon which as many have guessed will be a precure/fantasia doll score. Not only that but i'd hate to see him become less active each season again because he'll have to worry about composing for Naruto, Fairy Tail (which starts airing again in April) AND Sailor Moon. Seems like a he's the go to guy for most popular shounen these days lol.

Hi second best score for you. Tastes are not arguable. But for me it sucked.
The fact of using electronic in his music is not why I don't like. I like electronic music, but sometimes it blends good, others don't. Depends the way they use it. I like scores that are very eclectic and using mix of styles. I like Music!

Sawano "Gets" into you? Good for you. For me he doesn't really "catch" me in anyway. I don't enjoy his music at all, and it is rare that I do it. :/
I dislike football, but I would go for Michiru Oshima all the way.

It may not excite some people here but Kaoru Wada will be doing an orchestral score next season for Kindaichi Case Files Returns. He reports on his Facebook that the recording was today and 50 tracks were recorded. Looks like a pretty decent sized orchestra.