I don't understand where your worries are coming from. Wintory never in that video said he paid for anything out of pocket or that he was taking a pay cut to allow that to happen. And I don't know how performing in Dallas is anywhere remotely the same thing as contracting an orchestra in a foreign country.

I would add to that a friendly reminder that orchestras in "foreign countries" have been performing scores for American productions of all budgets, for many many decades. As a rule, most of those scores are equal or superior in performance quality to anything they could've cooked up in LA. Nobody wants to hear the Kimbanguist Symphony (I'm not sure if you were kidding when you talked about the Congo Philharmonic - but there actually is one; it won't be winning any prizes, but it's not as incompetent as you'd expect) performing the next Star Wars score, but if we're talking London, Warsaw, or Berlin...

Streich: I take your point that you wouldn't want it to become the "expected thing" for a composer to sacrifice his fee in order to up the musicians' budget - but at the same time I can't see that happening, no matter what the unions say. Up and coming composers have been working for nothing, investing their own money, or using their fee to boost production values for decades. You'd do it in a heartbeat and so would I. Some can, some can't, some won't. The point is it's a choice which composers and producers have a right to make. If I give you �10,000 to write a score, and you put �5,000 in the bank and use the rest for a session in Prague... a) That's entirely up to you... b) You might consider it worthwhile for the experience and for something to put on your show reel... and c) Knowing that you went the extra mile for my score, I might be more inclined to remember your name for my next project with a �100,000 music budget. As they say, it all comes out in the wash.

Shouldn't it be entirely up to the composers and producers where and what they record - without having some union representative breathing down their necks forcing them to use musicians who are either a) not up to par, b) come with a massively unsociable set of conditions on re-use, or c) cost double, triple, or quadruple as much as anybody else? Hundreds of American scores have been recorded overseas (or in the US but outside of the LA union system) over the last fifty years or so, and I bet you could count the number of Non-American productions that were recorded in America on your fingers - and the number of those recorded in LA on your thumbs. (Can you think of any other than Masamichi Amano's Mushiking, and a handful of Wataru Hokoyama scores?)

It's not just because the LSO is great or the CoPP is cheap.

In any case, worrying about this now is largely academic since the orchestral score is, to all intents and purposes, dead in America - those musicians with skill return to playing real music in the concert hall, and those who don't moonlight with classical careers will end up flipping burgers.

It's a well-known complaint; the unions make it hard - they make it unattractive to record in LA; they make it expensive, and inflexible. We're a bit passYou had ludicrous situations where it was actually worthwhile travelling half way across the world to record the exact same music in London that you just recorded in LA, just to make a soundtrack album. The way the unions talk, you'd think every orchestra in the world except the Hollywood Studio Symphony was on the brink of bankruptcy - I think the LSO are doing just fine, their players are well looked after, and I doubt that they're sleeping in cardboard boxes outside the Barbican centre. ;)

If those unions want people to stop going to Dallas, Seattle, or God-forbid, London... they need to look at the reasons why they do - and why they have been doing so pretty much since the beginning of orchestral music in film... :)

Hundreds of American scores have been recorded overseas (or in the US but outside of the LA union system) over the last fifty years or so, and I bet you could count the number of Non-American productions that were recorded in America on your fingers - and the number of those recorded in LA on your thumbs. (Can you think of any other than Masamichi Amano's Mushiking, and a handful of Wataru Hokoyama scores?)



Masaru Yokoyama's score for Nobunaga the Fool seems to have been recorded in LA according to this scan
VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/db/covers.php?do=view&cover=191823)

I had no idea it was so expensive to record in America though. I always thought it would be cheaper when you considering traveling expenses and such of going to other places. Thank you for the enlightenment :)

As a teacher I'm pro-union, so I always give unions the benefit of the doubt, especially when I hear that that someone is breaking their own union's rules for their own individual benefit, such as here Wintory went to an anti-union state like Texas to suit his own purposes. Perhaps AFM's terms are outdated and unreasonable given the abundance of overseas (or in this case out of state) competition, but having to compete on a global market is exactly the reason there is a large recession in the west.

I don't entertain fantasies of becoming a famous composer, or even composing as a primary source of income. I don't want to write the music people want to hear, and I'm okay with that. That said, if I were a member of the union and paying union dues I would follow its rules, or quit the union. I wouldn't criticize them while I get to enjoy their protection. Given the opportunity to record with an orchestra overseas for a fraction of the cost is tempting, but that's exactly the point. They're competing, and winning. If AFM were to lower its pay rates to compete with overseas orchestras, the talent would probably quit the union and go elsewhere. This is what game companies want: fierce competition among its content creators.

The situation with The Banner Saga just sounds like the producers wanted a live score by Wintory, but unfortunately he's a union member, and they could not afford the union rates because their funding came from Kickstarter. Wintory could have just used samples, but he really, really wanted a live orchestra. The producers could have hired a non-union composer, but they really, really wanted Wintory. The result, Wintory is now fined as per his union�s rules.

Everyone seems more angry at AFM than the state of the world market that is forcing both their hand and Wintory�s.


b) You might consider it worthwhile for the experience and for something to put on your show reel... and c) Knowing that you went the extra mile for my score, I might be more inclined to remember your name for my next project with a �100,000 music budget. As they say, it all comes out in the wash.

I remember a long time ago on another board I was discussing this same issue (probably ten years ago now) and when I suggested working for free because �credit is enough for me at this stage� another composer replied �don�t devalue your work.� It�s a difficult business that I have no intention of getting into anymore unless some magical offer came along. I cannot invest time or resources into it because the competition is too fierce. When people are willing to work for free, or paying out of pocket for live recordings (which yes, I�m assuming Wintory must have done on a Kickstarter budget) just to make a name for themselves, that�s simply a sign of market oversaturation.

I disagree with the fact that Wintory is in the wrong. I think the union is being ridiculous to game composers. I like the idea of unions, but the people who run them are just as dirty and corrupt as any politician in D.C.. The fact of the matter is that they are bullying people from pursuing a career in game music. This isn't about one guy in particular it affects all who are in the game music composition field. They wouldn't do such a thing to film composers. They are trying to bank big money and that is why I don't really like unions. They are trying to make Wintory look bad and make an example out of him. Hell he is risking his name and probably his entire career by standing up to them. He should and I back him for it.

I'm not saying AFM isn't acting like a bully and flexing their muscles, but game producers are not playing fair either. They treat their programmers like garbage, hiring and firing at their leisure, outsourcing to India, no overtime pay during crunch time, etc. It's no different from how the content creators, i.e. composers, musicians, etc. are treated. I understand why Kickstarter is becoming an attractive option. People are tired of playing the corporate game and turning to crowdfunding. So then why is it they won't beat the corporations, who rejected AFM's contracts, at their own game? Crowdfund the union rates as well, that is, unless they also think the rates are too high, then what you have is yet another corporation seeking out the lowest bidder for its content creators.

I think AFM should consider reevaluating its contract rates because they have no choice now but to compete globally. I'm just ranting because I'm more interested in pointing out the sorry state of the industry and that unions are not solely to blame (which is the opposite of what I've been reading on other sites.)

I'm also normally pretty pro union, and appalled by the recent years of government broadly gutting them. This one looks like it's going feral and attacking its own young, though. It's not globalization and it's not other people undercutting them; it's California getting cocky again and pricing itself over the rest of the country, then freaking out. The jobs just went to other states. Inside the same damn country. For, as far as anything says, the same rates they were charging before this.

I don't even know what they're trying to do with the fine; a desperation attack at a target of opportunity? It's not going to get the video game contracts to come back to LA. It's more likely to blow up in their faces, Streisand-effect style. Both telling companies that other, more reasonable, options exist - and telling musicians and composers that the union is no longer competent to support them.

The worst thing is that I believe the musicians DO need a union. If they don't negotiate as a somewhat coherent group, they'll all be individually screwed over; that's how the publishers and film studios have always operated, historically, and why the actors and writers have their own groups too. And they can't quit over the video game thing, because they're not solely (or even mostly) video game performers and need to stay in the union for all the other stuff.

It's time for a blast from the past. Here is the complete score of the very first movie in the gundam series. It not only includes the original OST release but also has over 90 minutes of unreleased cues and arrangements. It makes for a very worth while and nostalgic listening experience.

MHCL-30233~5 | Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack Complete Edition... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45018)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img004_zpsc1b806fb.jpg.html)

Title: Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack Complete Edition Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition]
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Shigeaki Saegusa, Tetsuya Komuro
No. of tracks: 15/21/45
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 11, 2014
Size: MP3 423mb/ ALAC 886mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)

Disc 1

01 MAIN TITLE (メイン・タイトル) (http://kiwi6.com/file/c7c63dmwkm)
02 QUESS PARAYA (クェス・パラヤ)
03 NEO ZION (ネオ・ジオン軍)
04 SALLY (出撃)
05 RONDO BELL (ロンド・ベル隊)
06 SWAN (白鳥)
07 v GUNDAM (ニュー・ガンダム)
08 ANXIETY (不安)
09 MISSION (使命)
10 AXCIS (惑星アクシズ)
11 SACRIFICE (犠牲)
12 COMBAT (格闘)
13 DESTINY (宿命)
14 AURORA (オーロラ)
15 BEYOND THE TIME (メビウスの宇宙を越えて)

Disc 2
01 M2
02 M6
03 M7
04 M13
05 M14
06 M18「我等が願い」 (インストゥルメンタル)
07 M19
08 M22
09 M24
10 M26
11 M44ヴァリエーション
12 M44ヴァリエーション2
13 M29別テイク
14 M29別テイク2
15 M11 ヴァリエーション
16 M20 (stereo)
17 M35,36別テイク (Drmus,Bassなし)
18 M35,36別テイク (tempo slow)
19 M40別テイク
20 M42別テイク
21 M45

Disc 3
01 M1 (M35,36,1)
02 M2 (M2)
03 M3 (M44)
04 M4 (M5)
05 M5 (M6)
06 M6 (M7)
07 M7 (M8A)
08 M8 (M28,31)
09 M9 (M43,M31)
10 M10 (M10)
11 M11 (M11)
12 M12 (M12)
13 M13 (M13)
14 M13� (M2)
15 M14 (M14)
16 M15 (M15)
17 M17 (M17)
18 M19 (M19)
19 M20 (M20 MONO)
20 M21 (M21)
21 M22 (M22)
22 M23 (M23)
23 M24 (M24)
24 M25 (M25)
25 M26 (M26)
26 M27 (M27)
27 M28 (M28,31)
28 M29 (M8B,M28,M31)
29 M31 (M28,31)
30 M32 (M32,33)
31 M33 (M32,33)
32 M34 (M34)
33 M35 (M35,36)
34 M36 (M36)
35 M37 (M24)
36 M38-1 (M32,33)
37 M38-2 (M38,39)
38 M39-1
39 M39-2
40 M40 (M40)
41 M42 (M15)
42 M43 (M43)
43 M44 (M44) Cutあり
44 M46 (M46B)
45 テーマVocal BEYOND THE TIME MOVIE ENDING EDIT


320kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!GUxEQbqA!FvJkQ2VTRXm25x32YDijqAtecNQpzmMP3Y7-0VfpCp0

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!vZQykK7B!CvrgxWIgmmC-zyG2ijT6clj4fUUHrzSKlH0wM-n5tCM

Included scans as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_ampun2_zpsf482b3e5.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_ampun2_zpsf482b3e5.gif.html)

They announced today that the next taiga drama will be scored by Kenji Kawai.

I won't be expecting much.

They announced today that the next taiga drama will be scored by Kenji Kawai.

I won't be expecting much.

Me neither. I appreciate Kenji Kawai music on Ghost in the Shell, but i don't think his style can work on an historical drama.


Does anyone knows what music is this Turn A Concert - YouTube (http://youtu.be/l9KS1ZCFxg4#t=37m48s)?

I know it's from the Turn A Gundam concert and it is titled 'Spirit of Place', but i can't find it on the Turn A Gundam OSTs, or maybe is there but i didn't catch it? Does anyone know?

It's from the concert album.

But this theme it's only played in the concert album or is also included on the OSTs?

But this theme it's only played in the concert album or is also included on the OSTs?

It's an elaborated version of the theme from Springing from the Earth from the first OST, but yes, "Spirit of Place" is a concert album exclusive.

They announced today that the next taiga drama will be scored by Kenji Kawai.

I won't be expecting much.

You'll be surprised to hear this from me, but I think Kawai might just turn in something decent. He's got it all in there, somewhere.

Even if it stinks... we've still got a whole lot more Gunshi Kanbee to come... and Taiga dramas - like Sentai - blow hot and cold.

If there's an opportunity for anybody to shine, it's a Taiga. Bring it on, Kenji! :)

Just passing by to say: do not miss Planetary Annihilation my friends! Badass cover may make you think that it's gonna be some indie chiptune / electronica bam bam woob woob! But no. Instead of that, we've got fully symphonic / choral score, performed by live musicians, without even hint of electronica. Huge surprise and "must hear" in my opinion.



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GUSTAV HOLST
The Planets - Suite For Orchestra, Op. 32
followed by
COLIN MATTHEWS
Pluto - The Renewer




City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sakari Oramo

Live Recording from the BBC Proms 2000

MP3 (LAME 3.99.5 -V0) - https://mega.co.nz/#!xhoTja7K!cl_y9Sbks9Jt7Fp0cpANii6FkIx8SzmdBqccZha NdvU (95mb) (57:44)
FLAC (Level 8) - https://mega.co.nz/#!5wgCGKjY!NLYRSnpJIKkdB8bTcAI_wwtmnZdUqb1fAyblLVq bfOg (244mb) (57:44)

This is a good one. Everybody knows The Planets. I love it to pieces - it's maybe the most "filmic" of all the serious classical repertoire... and yet, I've never posted it.

Holst's piece unwittingly became the blueprint for dozens and dozens of grand Hollywood sci-fi movie scores, not least John Williams' famous "Star Wars".

I'm sure everybody's already heard it - or at least knows of it - "The Planets" is a 50-minute suite of symphonic pieces, each of them a musical "portrait" of one of the planets in our solar system, excluding Earth, and Pluto which was yet to be discovered.

I think the performance is most excellent throughout - Mars brutal and relentless, Venus silky and seductive, Mercury flighty and light, Jupiter rousing and happy, Saturn cold and lonely, Uranus boisterous and magical, and Neptune mysterious and dreamlike.

Oramo's "Saturn" is fascinating. The composer himself whizzed through it in just seven minutes in his 1923 recording, shaving a further four seconds off in 1926. Holst's own recordings are almost ludicrously fast but we can put this down to the usual grammophone-era "three-minutes-a-side" dictat that ruined so many vintage recordings. More leisurely, we have Sir Adrian Boult (1977, 8:23), Sir Andrew Davis (8:24), Sir Malcolm Sargent (8:46), Sir Adrian Leaper (9:00), Leonard Slatkin (9:31), Geoffrey Simon (9:43) and Herbert von Karajan at almost ten minutes. Sakari Oramo beats them all, allowing Saturn to magnificently unfold over a magical ten minutes and twenty-one seconds. It packs a punch. Boult's landmark 1977 recording remains my favourite, by as far as Saturn is concerned, I think the slower the better - within reason, of course - we're dealing with the Bringer of Old Age, after all. (Incidentally, if you're curious, Albert Coates conducted the fastest Mars in history in 1926 - finishing it off in an alarming six minutes flat. He went so quickly that even the London Symphony Orchestra couldn't keep up. I shudder to think what Holst's impression might have been.)

When Holst completed "The Planets" in 1916, Pluto had yet to be discovered. Though it was during Holst's lifetime, he expressed no interest in adding another movement - in fact, he became somewhat disillusioned with the popularity of "The Planets" as he felt - rightly - that it took attention away from his other works. Nonetheless, the Halle Orchestra commissioned "Pluto - The Renewer" from Colin Matthews in 2000. I'm actually rather fond of it - though it met with a mixed (and, if memory serves, predominantly negative) reaction with critics and audiences alike. (The complaints were predictable - "Why mess with a masterpiece?" / "It's dissonant and modern!" / "Holst would have disapproved!" - all valid, of course, and for those and other reasons, it is seldom performed these days. (Pluto's demotion from "planet" status didn't help.)

"Pluto" has a handful of commercial recordings available - the most recent I believe with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Matthews ultimately writes very much his own piece; thankfully he doesn't fall into the trap of trying to emulate Holst or emulate the style of "The Planets" - though the piece grows naturally out of the dying embers of "Neptune", it's unique and quite self-contained. At the time, it was a little too "modern" for me - but I find that I grew more tolerant of atonality as I got older.

I re-discovered this recording whilst transferring the Guy Johnston performance of the first Shostakovich cello concerto. There it was, sitting there at the end of the tape, in disturbingly high quality stereo sound. My "radio to VHS" technique was pretty good by 2000, yielding a final recording that's infinitely better than a sixteen year-old amateur deserved. Indeed, at the time, I don't think I actually realised how good it really was; my only concern was that the tape didn't run out!

I did wonder if I should perhaps let this one pass due to the slight radio interference. I personally do not find it intrusive, although it may well be a deal breaker for others. I have been able to tame it slightly as part of my usual mastering process but it's the kind of noise that's hard to remove without destroying the music - and because the sound quality is so good otherwise, I have resisted the temptation. Minor VHS head-switching artifacts were less of a bother and all in all, I think we're left with truly wonderful things. A testament to the high standards of the BBC, and a splendid example of what "old" analogue technology could do.



I have John Williams' Boston Pops recording, one of my favorite "classical" works.

Composed by
PAUL HINDEMITH
Arnold Fanck's
IM KAMPF MIT DEM BERGE
(1921)



Reconstruction for small orchestra by Lothar Prox

Members of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra:
Marietta Kratz, violin
Katrin Scheitzbach, violin obbligato
Michael Katzenmeier, cello
Volker Donandt, double bass
Hans-Udo Heinzmann, flute
Paulus van der Merwe, Oboe
Walter Hermann, clarinet
Markus Ettlinger, trumpet
Stefan Geiger, basoon
J�rgen Lamke, piano
Bernd Leste, harmonium
Torsten Steinhardt, timpani
Michael Diener, percussion
R�diger Funk, percussion

conducted by Helmut Imig

Recorded: 1994
Release Date: 02.02.1998
Publisher: Koch Schwann
Catalog Number: 3-1772.2

01. Vorspann (Die Schweizer Berge)
02. Aufbruch
03. Ein kurzes Zwischenspiel
04. Passacaglia
05. Der Aufstieg
06. Lebhaft (3. Akt)
07. Einw enig ruhiger
08. Allego marciale
09. Auf dem Gipfel
10. Der Abstieg
11. Biwak und Sturm
12. Der Morgen
/
01. Leader (The Swiss Mountains)
02. Departure
03. A short Interlude
04. Passacaglia
05. The Ascent
06. Lively (Act III)
07. More peaceful
08. Allegro marciale
09. At the summit
10. The Descent
11. Camp and Storm
12. The Morning
\
01. G�n�rique (La Montagne de la Suisse)
02. Le d�part
03. Un interm�de br�ve
04. Passacaglia
05. La mont�e
06. Vif (Acte III)
07. Plus calme
08. Allegro marciale
09. Au sommet
10. La descente
11. Bivouac et Temp�te
12. Le Matin
|
Duration: 57'19

My wonky rip.

I saw a 2013 restoration of this silent film. The newly found footage allowed for using nearly the complete score discovered after the composer's death. Nina Goslar, Frank Strobel, and many more, who also worked on the reconstruction of the Metropolis and Die Nibelungen scores by Gottfried Huppertz, worked on that project. They discussed whether or not to keep the "Salonorchester" ensemble size used for the previous found cut of the film. Eventually, they agreed to use a bigger orchestra than before. Some audiences familiar with the recordings with small orchestra ("Salonorchester") found the new bigger sound 'annoying' and 'too much Hollywood film music like'. Since the new recording is only available on DVD, I've looked for older recordings...here's one.

EDIT: tangotreats' rip of the 2013 reconstruction and arrangement for orchestra by Frank Strobel (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/604.html#post2863953)

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FLAC
https://mega.co.nz/#!m0BgAb4K!TbwPPvCVx5-A2zB4tpdRJD6sQOwc8ckZ76WFVx6y3V8

MP3 -V0
https://mega.co.nz/#!2pgGXZQT!iAv_cQtVA8GkPUEN4KW0YcLfZZeaFZL70ZXzwr0 3I14
or
http://www.adrive.com/public/ZMT5MM

Infinite thanks! Still waiting for delivery - it seems to be coming from abroad (DHL GlobalMail) and apparently it might take another week... :(

In the mean time, this is FANTASTIC stuff... and a wonderful example of what you can do with a 14 piece orchestra, with good music and a skilled arranger.

I second that! Speaking of what small ensembles can do ...

Hiroshi Takaki
DokiDoki! Precure
Studio Orchestra



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!LlxV2LKQ!CrsAShokVxXB6zywy84S3F7oh25TQHRF1WBMkqn wO4g)
MP3 / 320kbps / 54 Tracks / 80min

It seems my recent "Big Band phase" has cleared my mind a bit because I cannot believe that my initial impression of DokiDoki was lurkwarm. I'm glad I gave it a second listen after Happiness Charge because this is what Precure should sound like after all, it's Sentai's little sister and then some more. From the brassy beat action to the dramatic cinematic moments, it's like a fun rollercoaster ride all the way through. Although lacking the clear distinct personality and the thematic development of Happiness Charge, it is still leagues above Takanashi and better than Sato. It's just great fun :D
I gave it the usual CD treatment, all two albums and the movie, rearranged for a satisfying album listen. This score makes me hope that Takaki returns for more Precure after Happiness Charge (after composing another Tytania of course).

Enjoy




News reel!

Date A Live (which is so bad even my interest for the music can't make me watch it) is getting a movie somehow. I'm all for it if this means a big budget Sakabe score. Music wise it's looking good in general. E3 had some promising western scores with old Hollywood pastiche (Fable Legends & Project Spark) and Nintendo really delievered this time. I'm relieved to hear that the Title screen for Hyrule warriors is full live orchestra (studio ensemble) so it will have an orchestral score (I guess for cutscenes) and the rest is still real instruments (I'm really liking the Twilight Princess Remix btw). I'm still not sure if the few seconds of orchestral music for the new Zelda were from a concert or a glimpse at the upcoming score (convincing choir and all). The news of a new Starfox is exciting and if the music is anything like Assault than it should be great (or they will give it a stupendous budget and record it with the Tokyo Philharmonic and it will sound like Star Wars :D). Smash should be great fun as well with lots of orchestral hybrids but also many synth tracks (because not even Nintendo has enough budget for all the music from all the different series). The new anime season shows some promise as well. I spotted a few studio sized orchestra scores (real brass!) and of course there's the new Yoko Kanno. With a little luck we'll even have the Space Brothers and Yamato movie scores by the end of this year, alongside the third OST for Magi and the full score for Captain Earth and Nanana's Treasure.
I'm pretty excited overall, 2014 is shaping up to be a great year! Bring on the second half :D


Starting tomorrow, I will have better internet and I shall celebrate this with a "little" FLAC upload ;)

I'm tired and lazy... would you mind giving a few clues as to upcoming scores to look out for, please? :D

I looked at the list of confirmed composers and it looks pretty bland to me... are the PVs suggesting good things?

Well here's a start Momo Kyun Sword (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc6zKNdfPfg#t=40s). It sounds even thiner than Daimidaler but at least it's something. As you say most scores will be pretty bland if the PVs are any indication but there is still hope for some good stuff.

Also found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-GUDHeUh8). A nice adventure overture.

Momo sounds really good - embarassingly small orchestra, yes... but really good music. (And it looks like yet another "look at the enormous breasts" show. Chrissakes...)

That One Piece score is interesting - there's also some orchestral music in the end roll and in the game itself. Have a listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FtqDpvdn0&feature=youtu.be&t=27m10s

Cannot work out who wrote it or if it will be released - but it's surprisingly good. :D

Yoshihisa Hirano
Tanken Driland
Studio Orchestra



The complete score for the animation

Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!O95mxTTY!WknVhiKaA9E3-x7Fqex5Zmc1U_UoEGjDCWuTDpMtyXw)
CD-Rip / FLAC / 62 Tracks / 93 minutes


This is everything Hirano wrote for Driland (so far), I recently bought a large package from CDJapan and I had a few bucks left in my wallet so what the hell :D (I'm dangerously close to becoming a Hirano fanboy). But what a score! From modern ambience and rock to classical waltzes and marches, from somber piano pieces to all out orchestral bombast, this is Hirano at his absolute best. All this glory was achieved with such a small ensemble as well but through his masterful composition and orchestration skills he managed to make it sound bigger than your average studio orchestra. He also wrote some of my favorite pieces for this show, including Welcome to Driland!, Adventure Princess or King's Arrival. Even your average "game" ambient track sounds magical (Arcanum in the Cavern) and I really love the rock version of the Main Theme. Sometimes I prefer Hirano in "jolly adventure mode" and contrary to many of his fans I love HunterxHunter because of that BUT there is no dispute that his serious side is more satisfying for the brain (Driland has plenty examples of that as well).
Certainly one of the best scores of 2012 and one of my favorite anime scores in general.
That a guy like him is writing music in 2014 and getting money to perform it makes me not lose faith in humanity after all but on the other hand he is writting it for japanese late night TV shows, often incredibly niche ... but on second thought that's actually hilarious :D




ENJOY
(and buy the OST please)

Hey so guys, I just thought I'd bring to your attention that I posted an update to my WildStar rip, adding 4.5 hours. Now, I would say that out of the 7 hours of music about 3 or so is the orchestral style that this Thread is bonkers about. I want to eventually get around to doing an Best of version, which would be a much more manageable listening experience if you jsut like to listen to everything in one go.

Now with that said, I do thing Kurtenacker did a decent job with the electronics and western themed music on display here. They aren't exactly original, but I was rarely bored. So you may want to take a listen anyway.

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Hey so guys, I just thought I'd bring to your attention that I posted an update to my WildStar rip, adding 4.5 hours. Now, I would say that out of the 7 hours of music about 3 or so is the orchestral style that this Thread is bonkers about. I want to eventually get around to doing an Best of version, which would be a much more manageable listening experience if you jsut like to listen to everything in one go.

Now with that said, I do thing Kurtenacker did a decent job with the electronics and western themed music on display here. They aren't exactly original, but I was rarely bored. So you may want to take a listen anyway.

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This soundtrack is my favorite new one since the first Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey one was posted. I love both the campy action orchestral bits as well as the purely/mostly electronic ones. There are also definitely some good slower, pretty-sounding ones as well.

Sorry if my querry is not relevant to this thread but I thought chances of getting an answer here.are stronger. First off, this is not meant to be a complaint, criticizm or any other form of negativity. Just an audiophile's attempt at getting the best thing possible.

So I have been doing a little spectrum analysis on my lossless rip of the LLLR Medal of Honor set and it appears to me that all Giacchino cues on this set are lossy sourced: I see a cut-off around 19/20KhZ on every Giacchino track of the LLLR set whereas the same cues on my own copy of the 1999 soundtrack, and the 10th Anniversary CD posted on these forums don't show that.

So I was wondering if someone could confirm they see the same for the Giacchino tracks on that set (the Lennertz tracks appear to be okay; don't know about Djawadi's)

That One Piece score is interesting - there's also some orchestral music in the end roll and in the game itself. Have a listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FtqDpvdn0&feature=youtu.be&t=27m10s

Cannot work out who wrote it or if it will be released - but it's surprisingly good. :D
Main Theme "Run!" (走る!)

Music by Hideki Sakamoto
Arrangement by Hideki Sakamoto & Keisuke Ito

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 fagottos
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba
2 percussion, 1 harp, strings <12/10/8/6/4>

Not released as far as I can tell.

I don't know if anyone here knows the answer but I have been quite annoyed by Mega lately because it insists that I don't have enough space on my download location when I have over 7gb free on my main drive where downloads are going. So I end up having to delete things to get it to download. Does anyone know if you can change the location for MEGA downloads without changing the downloads location of your browser? I would like to be able to set MEGA to download in a folder with more space rather than having to constantly clear out things from my Downloads inbox of sorts where things go until I can confirm I like it enough to keep it.

Yeah! If you have an account go to Menu, then go to My Account. Then click on the Settings tab, and at the bot you can see where you can set the Download folder to.

Hanako to Anne soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura : http://otakuworldsite.blogspot.in/2014/06/hanako-to-anne-original-soundtrack.html#.U6JmT5SSxYM

SECL-1514 | Hanako to Anne Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45022)

The One Piece stuff is surprisingly decent knowing it's from Hideki Sakamoto, the one-hit wonder of the marvel that is echochrome ii.

Except that's not true at all??? Sakamoto's been bangin' out great scores for years.

I don't find Drilland to be particularly exciting musically. The album moves all over the place and doesn't really have much cohesion to pull it together. A number of source cue type tracks really pull me out of the score (medieval style orchestral cues and gregorian chants).

Just an audiophile's attempt at getting the best thing possible.

So I have been doing a little spectrum analysis on my lossless rip of the LLLR Medal of Honor set and it appears to me that all Giacchino cues on this set are lossy sourced: I see a cut-off around 19/20KhZ on every Giacchino track of the LLLR set whereas the same cues on my own copy of the 1999 soundtrack, and the 10th Anniversary CD posted on these forums don't show that.

So I was wondering if someone could confirm they see the same for the Giacchino tracks on that set (the Lennertz tracks appear to be okay; don't know about Djawadi's)

There is indeed a frequency roll-off from around 19khz, but that doesn't mean they're lossy-sourced - it just means there's a frequency roll-off... a roll-off which starts 2000hz above the limit of human hearing. Presence of lowpass can be for a thousand different reasons, and only one of those a lossy-encoded source. That said, it is slightly odd that it's there, and VERY odd that it only affects the Giacchino scores... but it's not really any kind of evidence - it's just unusual.

It doesn't sound lossy to me; nor do the spectrographs particularly scream out lossy. (They show a gradual and constant rolloff; lossy encoders typically use hard cuts graduated by amplitude; ie, cut all frequencies above 19khz, all frequencies of medium amplitude above 18khz, all frequencies of low amplitude above 16khz. It's a pattern that's usually discernible.

This, by comparison, looks like an attempt at re-equalising and taking away noise caused by a bad dither on the original recording. (Seen as a band of noise above 19khz on the original soundtrack CD - very little signal of any use, and anyway outside of our hearing range - so they just filtered it. Possibly.)

I'd be more worried about the shameful lack of effort in dealing with the pilot tone - look at the main title of Rising Sun - when the choir comes in. Signs of a) overdubbing and b) stupidity. Oh, well... they were cheap scores - we can't have everything. :)

Samples (http://terror-in-tokyo.com/ost.html) of Kanno's Terror in Resonance are out. Not what I was expecting but it definitely sounds interesting. Though I guess her next symphonic score won't be until the new Macross series (2015, presumably).

I got Kajiura's Hanako and Anne yesterday. Pretty nice folk soundtrack with a bit of classical influence here and there. It still sounds like Kajiura, just not the usual Kajiura. One surprise is that there isn't a single track with vocals. I'm pretty tired so I'll upload it tomorrow (also because there's not a whole lot of interest).

I like the sound she is going for in Terror in Resonance. The track titled "Walt" is really nice. The piano part is really neat and the strings make it all the better! I can't wait for a new Kanno score!

First hearing that tense, spacey sting in that first Terror pv, the first thing that jumped to mind was War of the Worlds, and the samples on the site only make that impression stronger. So far, it sounds like a cooler, more eerie Darker Than Black, and I like that OST more and more every time I revisit it. Very excited for this one(and Hanako and Ame, for that matter)!

YUKI KAJIURA - HANAKO AND ANNE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 345.5 MB | 33 TRACKS | 01:11:45
Studio Orchestra


VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45022)
Catalog Number: SECL-1514
Release Date: June 18, 2014

Tracklist
01 My Story (http://kiwi6.com/file/dn887fnx6z) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
02 Tip of the Corner
03 Please Call Me Hanako
04 Palpitation!
05 Like a Wildflower
06 Crossroads
07 Curiosity
08 Troublemaker
09 Bad Dream
10 Dreaming
11 People Who Live There
12 Peaceful Times
13 The Power of Language
14 Mother Land Nostalgia #2
15 Flower Garden
16 Isolated Person
17 A Guiding Star
18 Lost Piece
19 Black Witch
20 Gospel
21 Incident!
22 Awakeness
23 Scandal
24 Sprint to Freedom
25 Broken Wings
26 I Do Not Admire the Current Choice of Words!
27 Under the Light
28 in the Flower garden
29 Duckweed
30 Encounter With That Person
31 Enigma
32 Another Family
33 Mother Land Nostalgia

Ripped, translated, etc. by me.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!FNUUUDqZ!-nyiymSbNN9BZLPrhkkxRVqQ8PCP_KjeB0DUjmAQyPA

Here's Yuki Kajiura's folk/acoustic/classical styled score for the 90th NHK morning drama Hanako and Anne. It's very different from her recent output which has been heavy on chorus and ambiance, in fact she surprisingly decided against using any vocals on this score. We've even got some uilleann pipes in the first track - she hasn't used those since Xenosaga as far as I know. If you're a fan of Kajiura but have been bored by her recent works, I recommend checking this one out. It's refreshing.


Gunshi Kanbee Vol.2 next week.

Good description, much appreciated. Will for sure check this one out.

Well it looks like the new Sailor Moon is exactly what I expected: Typical Takanashi BUT with a budget (Oh dear...)
But fear not, there is actually an alternative for all who love the original score: SeraSymphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1k78GDrFEs&list=UUYO14v3ja9pbb5cCmak2HPw) (also posting this for the faint hope of an actual symphony concert).

"iconiQ: The Soundtrack Orchestra is a musical nerdfest produced by musicians with an unhealthy addiction to animation."

It is always incredibly uplifting to see projects like these. It always brings a smile to my face when I see a band of musicians coming together and playing music out of passion and love. They even did a Simpsons medley! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2THPtXmP03o&list=UUYO14v3ja9pbb5cCmak2HPw).

Time to whip out Watanabe's Sailor Moon Symphonic Poem!

Very excited about this week of releases. Ryosuke Nakanishi gives an magnificent performance with a decently sized ensemble. Seems like mech scores always bring out the best in composers eh? I would like to see this man with a bigger budget because he certainly deserves it. Go Shiina delivers a wonderful score with his giant orchestra as well. Isn't quite as stylish and wacky as Kyousougiga but still very enjoyable. Bokura is full of cheesy comedy piano numbers with some very nice romantic strings. Tatsuya returns for another double whammy. I wouldn't say Buddy Complex is his best work but it's surprisingly competent. The "Coupling Sequence" suite is nice.

LACA-9354~5 | DAIMIDALER THE SOUND ROBOT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45214)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img086_zps36ce24d5.jpg.html)

Title: DAIMIDALER THE SOUND ROBOT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Ryosuke Nakanishi, Masaaki Endoh, Yugo Sasakura
No. of tracks: 32/23
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 264mb/ ALAC 670mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Sound! Opening!!
02 Daimidaler the Sound Robot (TV-size)
03 Daily Life! The Beginning of the 1st Day
04 Surprise! The Carefree Penguin Commanders
05 Dignity! The Penguin Emperor
06 Secret Manoeuvres! The Penguin Empire
07 Secret Society! Prince Beauty Parlor
08 Lovely! The Three Professors, Appearance
09 Appearance! Cool, Kouichi
10 Scramble! Our Daimidaler
11 Daimidaler! Standing on the Ground
12 Nuisance! Penguin Robot
13 Don't Give Up! Strong Daimidaler (http://kiwi6.com/file/gz43svf74q)
14 Awakening! Overflowing Hi-ERo Particles
15 Finishing Move! This Is the Finger Beam
16 Respect! Amazing Kyouko
17 It's Not Over! Our Battle Is to Be Continued
18 Eyecatch!
19 Sorrow! An Unhealable Wound
20 Tragedy! Kyouko's Past
21 Rest! The Trauma of the Penguins
22 Determination! Overthrow, Penguins
23 Leave it to Me! I'll Fight With You
24 Strongest! Ritz Custom Attack
25 Hard Fight! Daimidaler
26 Exquisite Skill! Cock-a-Doodle-Doo Attack
27 Pinch! Daimidaler
28 Desperate Situation! A Gripping Fight
29 Fierce Fight! A Battle We Cannot Lose
30 Conclusion! Daimidaler Tattered
31 Defeat! The Death of Kouichi Madanbashi
32 Daimidaler the Sound Robot ~Piano ver.~

Disc 2

01 Fashion! The Penguin Empire Boom
02 Pleasant! Friendly Penguin Family
03 Small Talk! The Easygoing Penguin Commander
04 So Cute! Adorable Ritz
05 Memories of Distant Days! Unforgettable Feelings
06 Return! Back to the Main Subject
07 Dashing! Shouma Ameku Appears
08 Confession! Two People United
09 Shouma and Kiriko! Heartwarming Times
10 Rear Charge! A Silly Couple Is Born
11 Shameless! Delusion Power Enhancement System Girl: Kiriko
12 These Guys! Annoying!!
13 Transformation! Why Such a Thing?
14 The Night Before the Decisive Battle! A Strategy Meeting with Everyone
15 I Kept Everyone Waiting! The Resurrection of Kouichi
16 This is the Final Battle! Unexpected Enemy Appearance
17 Finale! This is Sound!!
18 Suki Suki//LINKS ~Piano ver.~
19 Suki Suki//LINKS (TV-size)
20 Suki Suki//LINKS ~Moriko ver.～
21 Suki Suki//LINKS ~Soriko ver.~
22 Suki Suki//LINKS ~Sewashiko ver.~
23 Daimidaler the Sound Robot ~The ballad~

320 kbs MP3
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KIZX-90150 | Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/44979)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img038_zps13b1aef6.jpg.html)

Title: Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Go Shiina
No. of tracks: 41
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 202mb/ ALAC 475mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)


01 Theme of Yoyo (http://kiwi6.com/file/zle3rnpg03)
02 Opening
03 Sign
04 Investigation
05 Indication
06 Crossing the World
07 Stranger
08 Premonition
09 Magi...c?
10 The Beginning of an Adventure
11 Song of Yoyo
12 Smile
13 Chase
14 Question
15 Stayover
16 Oresoba
17 Good Night
18 Game
19 Magic Library
20 Thought
21 Theme of Oyone-san
22 Contact
23 Abnormal Situation
24 Alone
25 Life
26 Resolution
27 Theme of Oyone-san 2
28 Risk
29 The Beginning of the End
30 Riddle
31 Roar of a Crisis
32 Struggle
33 Trajectory of a Miracle
34 Magic
35 The End
36 Promise of Rainbow (for cinema mix)
37 Development
38 Promise of Rainbow (Theme Song: English Movie Version)
39 Promise of Rainbow (Theme Song: English CD Version)
40 Promise of Rainbow (inst for cinema mix)
41 Dear My Wish

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene Original Soundtrack [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www21.zippyshare.com/v/46857355/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
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LACA-9352~3 | BUDDY COMPLEX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/43784)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img100_zpsc2ed4e24.jpg.html)

Title: BUDDY COMPLEX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Tatsuya Kato, fandelmale, Tsukasa Yatoki, Kai Gojou
No. of tracks: 32/28
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 314mb/ FLAC 698mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
Disc 1

01 A breakfast
02 Bright sunny days
03 Young soldiers' feelings
04 Day‐to‐day war
05 There if I look up
06 Collision
07 Thinking
08 Gathering
09 Reflexion
10 Sense of discomfort
11 Quiet battle
12 Search
13 Unclear
14 Midnight
15 Feeling swaying
16 Fathers
17 Mixture of Feelings
18 Time Leap
19 Meeting and Parting
20 That Guy
21 There's Hina!
22 Welcome Ceremony
23 Recording PV
24 Let's, Coupling!
25 Zogilia Imperial Guards
26 A Farewell Called Death
27 Tropical Island
28 Bizon and Hina
29 Faint Memories
30 Aoba and Hina
31 The Shocking Truth
32 Hina (Time Leap)

Disc 2

01 Proposing
02 Acception
03 Emphatier Waveform
04 Coupling Mode
05 Alarm Sounding
06 Sky Battle
07 Luxon, Get Out!
08 Unfavorable Situation
09 Crisis Covering the Sky
10 Bizon Attacks
11 Bizon's Malice
12 Sneaking into Enemy Territory
13 Exchange of Life
14 Aoba (Luxon, Get Out!)
15 Intensified Sky
16 Connective...!
17 Bridge
18 Captain Kuramitsu
19 Private Talk
20 Special Officer Margaret
21 Alliance Headquarters
22 Zogilia Army
23 Briefing Room
24 Alfried Gallant
25 UNISONIA (TV Size)
26 In the Future We Return to That Sky (TV Size)
27 ORBITAL LINE (Short Size)
28 Coupling Sequence (http://kiwi6.com/file/nktbx7uvkm)

320 kbs MP3
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ANZX-11068 | World Conquest Zvezda Plot Vol.4 Special Disc - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/44510)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img024_zps9e32246d.jpg.html)

Title: Sekai Seifuku ~Bouryaku no Zvezda~ Original Soundtrack CD 2
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Tatsuya Kato, Masato Nakayama, the band apart
No. of tracks: 23
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 160mb/ ALAC 349mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Burnin' Girl Nightmare♡
02 Burnin' Girl Nightmare♡ (Instrumental)
03 Conquest Execution Declaration
04 Eschatology ~Zvezda Plot ver.~
05 The City Army Advances
06 Tokyo Rebellion
07 Not So Quiet on the West Udogawa Front
08 Our Sanctuary
09 If There Is Still a Future
10 Evil Instantly Crushed! (http://kiwi6.com/file/5czmmil0ot)
11 Ah, Beautiful You
12 The Tragedy of Madame M
13 Robo Butler, GO!
14 Fight! Robo Butler!!
15 Welcome to ZVEZDA Headquarters
16 All Must be Conquered
17 Temporary Peace
18 The Time Has Come
19 Wake Up, the Little Girl Sings
20 The Pressure of Kate Hoshimiya
21 All That Remains After the Conqueror's Dreams
22 Conquer All Humanity
23 Be mine! ~Venera Suite~

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] Sekai Seifuku ~Bouryaku no Zvezda~ Original Soundtrack Vol.2 [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www21.zippyshare.com/v/11245594/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
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LACA-15406 | BOKURA WA MINNA KAWAISOU ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK "Between the... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45213)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img076_zps1e9b2386.jpg.html)

Title: BOKURA WA MINNA KAWAISOU ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK "Between the Notes"
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Akito Matsuda, Junichi Sato, Akihiko Yamaguchi
No. of tracks: 36
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 154mb/ ALAC 308mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Itsuka no, Ikutsuka no Kimi to no Sekai (Short Size)
02 We are all Greetings
03 We are all Walking
04 We are all Under One Roof
05 We are all Good Friends?
06 We are all Slumbering
07 We are all Noisy
08 We are Having Fun
09 We are all Freaks
10 We are on the Way Back
11 We are Adolescent Guys
12 We are all Immature
13 We are all Cinderella
14 We are all Foppish
15 We Immature Guys
16 We are all Living
17 We are all Good Girls
18 We are all not Alone
19 We will all Look Back
20 We are all not Afraid
21 We are all Fearful
22 We are all Working Hard.
23 We are all like a Bush.
24 We are all just a Nuisance
25 We are all Husbands
26 We are Servants
27 We are all Healthy
28 We are all Serious
29 We are all Sad
30 We will tell Each Other
31 We have all been in Twilight
32 We are all Here.
33 We are all Happy (http://kiwi6.com/file/g0ej18jxls)
34 We Kawai Complex People
35 Forest Insects who also Blessed a Wedding
36 My Sweet Shelter (Short Size)

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI]BOKURA WA MINNA KAWAISOU ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Between the Notes [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www21.zippyshare.com/v/55677540/file.html)

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GNCA-1405 | NAGI NO ASUKARA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/44491)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img065_zpsb523d2ad.jpg.html)

Title: NAGI NO ASUKARA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yoshiaki Dewa, Zentaro Watanabe, Shunsuke Kawata, DEPAPEPE, Tomoyuki Nakazawa
No. of tracks: 29
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 176mb/ ALAC 350mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 ebb and flow [TV Size]
02 Good Morning!!
03 Crybaby Waltz
04 Amber Road Home
05 Light and shade
06 Moment
07 Purity
08 A Step of Small Love
09 Awkwardly Shining
10 Don't Cover Your Head And Leave Your Bottom Exposed
11 Calm Wind
12 The Evening Wind on My Back
13 Manaka's Wings
14 Without a Voice
15 Fluctuation of the Spirit Fire
16 Ena of Clockwork
17 Sigh of Time
18 The Hand of a Mother
19 Uroko-sama's Story
20 Shioshishio (http://kiwi6.com/file/mgowj0a9pi)
21 Two-Sided Feelings
22 Light of Loneliness
23 Distant Memory
24 Time of Awakening
25 Signs
26 Tied Bonds
27 And Then, in Love
28 Ocean's Step
29 A Knot of Three-Leaf Clovers [TV Size]


320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] NAGI NO ASUKARA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2 [320kbs + scans] .zip (http://www21.zippyshare.com/v/69198638/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
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MFXT-0023EX | Kamigami no Asobi Soundtrack sideA - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/44901)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img007_zps9c981731.jpg.html)

Title: Kamigami no Asobi Soundtrack sideA
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Junpei Fujita, Hitoshi Fujima, Evan Call
No. of tracks: 31
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jun 25, 2014
Size: MP3 162mb/ ALAC 304mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)


01 Fate (http://kiwi6.com/file/ol45qr2bvo)
02 Miniature garden
03 Subtitle
04 Ordinary days
05 Invitation
06 Invitation〜Melo cut〜
07 Theme of Tsukito
08 A little accident
09 Eye-catch
10 Theme of Loki
11 Theme of Balder
12 Those who govern the heavens
13 Theme of Apollon
14 Ordinary days〜Melo cut〜
15 Yui's sentiment
16 Shackles
17 Karma〜Melo cut〜
18 Theme of Melissa
19 Yui's sentiment〜Melo cut〜
20 Bright future
21 Moving forward little by little
22 Vast world
23 Restlessness
24 Campus life
25 Getting closer〜Pf only〜
26 Miniature garden〜Melo cut〜
27 Put the heart together
28 Karma
29 Days with everyone〜Melo cut〜
30 Getting closer
31 Unceasing prayer ~ Pf ver. ~

320 kbs MP3
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ALAC (Loseless)
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Scans included as always. Big thanks to nextday for most of the translations. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif.html)

Thanks for all the new music :)

Many thanks for the recent batch, Leatherhead!

Having had a chance to hear it in isolation... I think Daimidaler has lost a bit of its lustre. It's a surprisingly good effort for what was obviously a zero budget production - it's something of a miracle that there is an orchestra, if you can call it that (strings, four brass, one woodwind) - and I've heard much, much worse. There is obviously a lot of fake brass in there to sweeten the mix. Nakanishi seems to be trying very hard to disguise the cheapness but unfortunately it's not only symptomatic of the performance - it's ingrained into the music at a molecular level. Cues like "Daimidaler! Standing on the Ground", "Desperate Situation! A Gripping Fight" and "Finishing Move! This is the Finger Beam" are pretty good... and "Awakening! Overflowing Hi-Ero Particles" starts off with a FASCINATING 30 seconds but goes quickly south. On the whole, I think it was basically successful, and it definitely puts Nanakishi on the map as one to watch in the future. I hope he gets to try some serious sci-fi with a decent budget, at some point...

As for the Go Shiina score... what a mixed bag. I think I am starting to respect the guy as a composer, although I don't particularly like this - a lot of it comes over as a somewhat cheap re-tread of Ace Combat. There's a 56 piece orchestra credited in the booklet (along with a crazily-generous thirteen brass) so I can't fathom out why it sounds so thin. The over-application of electronics and synthesisers doesn't help...

One thing I will say... Nobody upon this planet - NOBODY - does the vastly over orchestrated, ludicrously long syrupy pop ballad like Shiina. Dear My Wish (huh?!) is utterly gorgeous, a real guilty pleasure. I have a lot of respect for composers with that melodic "sixth sense" - Shiina has it, and boy does he use it.

Tatsuya Kato... IS GETTING BETTER! I never thought I'd hear myself say that but I think Buddy Complex has some very interesting moments indeed. If he had a serious project, a good budget, and was encouraged to turn off his drum machine, I think he would surprise us all...

Wow! beneath all the drum loops and electronics there are some genuine moments of pure 80s SciFi, what a delicious march! Zogilia Imperial Guards (http://kiwi6.com/file/om21trxbwu)
I'm really enjoying it but I hope he grows out of "this must have an electronic beat or it's not powerful or appealing enough" phase that many young composers seem to go through these days (and unless you're Taku Iwasaki it's not going to win me over).
Come on Kato, Sky Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyg3JyT0cSM) is good enough on it's own, it doesn't need that metronome beat, at least give it to the bassons and basses please :D

Thanks Tango for the suggestion, I already gave up on Kato but this is very surprising indeed!


Daimidaler is good but to much wacky tracks for my liking and during my listen I was always tempted to put the whole thing in my DAW, apply my Warsaw EQ and set the Reverb to maximum :D
Yoyo & Nene has some really sublime moments but the sound seems muffled to me as well, with such a large ensemble it should sound bigger and clearer but I guess the mastering engineer just had a bad day.
Can't comment on the rest since I haven't listen to them yet but I will in time.


A little essay about Taku Iwasaki:

Recently I had this urge to listen to some Iwasaki and I somehow ended up listenting to pretty much all his work from Now and Then to Gatchaman and oh boy, what an artist he is! I cannot name another composer in the long history of composers who jumps around so many genres with ease and who has such a eclectic style as he does but he still keeps his own voice and musical genius even when doing Dubstep. It was a long time since I last heard some of his works and my first impressions were shattered rather quickly. Now I will say that he is a composer who tests and challenges the very limits of musical conventions and is a true experimental pioneer in that regard. Name me another composer who can go forth and say: "Hey people! I just did this pretty hardcore Rap with a sickass beat, just listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJdNdUyPUvA)... oh and I also did this a few minutes back, some new italian opera shit, check it out! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72mWNRs5jBw) Btw these two pieces of music are both my identity, have fun working your brain around that, bye."
No matter what he does, the modern Hollywood style, a french Rap, a Disney Song or straight up orchestral pieces, it all has his trademarks all over it and it works, it works so damn well. I'm usually against the type of sound he uses but I can't stop listening because it's so fascinating hearing what he does with it. Even the electronic beat tracks are anything but generic and boring. Take The Wealth of Nations from [C], on the surface it may look generic as hell but there so much going on under it that it stays interesting, the little snipets from Adam Smith, the strings, the small drums, the whole orchestra section underneath, the vocals and chorus... Not to mention that Iwasaki goes out of his way to give a show a unique musical identity. No matters if it's the jazz in Read or Die, the Rap in Gurren Lagann or the Dubstep in Gatchaman, he accomplishes his task as a composer who writes memorable music. Yes, memorable, not as memorable as orchestral masterpieces that will stay for centuries but memorable in the sense that the music is deeply connected with the series/movie/game it's written for. "Libera Me" from Hell will be synonymous with Gurren Lagann as long as it is remembered. And that's just the experimental side of Iwasaki, the orchestral composer Iwasaki can really work on my heartstrings sometimes, scores like Binchou-Tan, Agito, Katanagatari or Kenshin have moments in them that I wish he would become a conventional composer for a day or two and just do a traditional orchestral score again but perhaps Akame ga Kill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrd5UriGpq8) will deliever (to some degree) in that regard, Fantasy/Action with high production values!
Nonetheless even his experimental scores have moments of brilliance in them (Jojo is a prime example) and scores like Soul Eater or Gurren Lagann usually have some heartwarming string pieces, jazz and one or two mini-concertos for Flute or Guitar. If I have to categorize Iwasaki I would say that he is an unconventional genius while a composer like Hirano would be a conventional genius.
All things considered I'm eager to listen to his new score in a few days and I'm also very eager to watch Akame ga Kill, if that brings not the old Iwasaki back then I fear he is gone for good.

All things considered I'm eager to listen to his new score in a few days and I'm also very eager to watch Akame ga Kill, if that brings not the old Iwasaki back then I fear he is gone for good.

For a dumb-looking, shounen action thing? I wouldn't count on it, but then, it's hard to tell what the score will be like. Nothing they've played in the the teaser trailers sounds remotely like him.

After Irregular(which is quickly shaping up to be the one Iwasaki score I'm really not enjoying at all), I'm not sure how excited I am for another dose of Iwasaki so soon.

After Irregular(which is quickly shaping up to be the one Iwasaki score I'm really not enjoying at all), I'm not sure how excited I am for another dose of Iwasaki so soon.
I've been hoping that he's just holding back, since the first three novels of Mahouka are mostly people standing around talking, interspersed with action scenes that are <20 second long one-sided curbstomps, because the main character is so overpowering that he isn't seriously challenged until later on. What little music we've had so far is muted down for voiceovers.

If Iwasaki is, as I still hope, saving his efforts for the longer scenes, then we should hear that in the later Monolith Code matches. I'm guessing episodes 15-16. It's a ridiculously long wait, I know. It's a strange series. But if the music there is glorious, we'll know to expect more around 21 onward (end half of the third arc).

Yeah I don't expect the first OST of the irregular to be all that spectacular. So far most of it the series has been techno filler stuff that just seeps into the backround, not something you'll really notice. There isn't much Taku can do about that though considering the show literally can go up to 10 minutes with people just explaining how things work and not much else. There are a few good cues here and there but overall it's pretty much a poor mans version of Gatchaman Crowds (even that romantic cue is basically a variation of "why I kissed him?"). Episode 13 had some nice new stuff (namely the match Miyuki was in near the end of the episode).

My copy of Kanbee, vol.2 arrived today but I find it a little bit disappointing overall. It's quite a mood change compared to the first one, more modern elements, drumloops, electronics and japanese instruments, even ambience. There is still Warsaw and about half of it is still beautiful and the variations from the first one really get my blood pumping but considering the sheer amount of brilliance in the first volume I cannot help but feel a bit underwhelmed... oh well, still worth the money but I hope vol.3 is more like the first.



Yugo Kanno
Gunshi Kanbee
Vol. 2



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!alQUlZ6a!XQfZn29z7qXDiJRxtA5TWijOHtwlfwVJi9C4DNd G34U)
CD-Rip / Flac / 33 Tracks

I've had my copy for a few days but I'm out of town right now and am not really able to upload it from where I'm at. Plus EAC was/is giving me issues on one track for some reason.

I expected the drop in the number of Warsaw tracks but not that much of a drop. There's only two of them on this volume (4 & 12) - the rest are from the Tokyo session which had a ~50 piece studio orchestra. It's still good, it's just that the 1st volume set the bar really high.

Will there even be a third volume? With Yae no Sakura they did two volumes and then a two-disc "complete" edition which had some of the unreleased tracks on it. It was reported (http://mantan-web.jp/2014/02/23/20140222dog00m200010000c.html) by the Mainichi Shimbun in February that Kanno had provided 110~120 tracks for Gunshi Kanbee but this number likely includes alternate takes, mixes, etc.


P.S. Thanks for the new uploads, leatherhead. Seems like some there's some good stuff though I haven't had a chance to listen to any of it yet.

Thank you nextday for the Hanako and Anne soundtrack. I don't watch anime but I'm really enjoying this soundtrack!

:)

Any time guys! ^_^
Got a couple more uploads today to share. Both featuring the orchestral talents of Taku and Masaru. The irregular surprisingly has more orchestral cues than i thought it would. There is a good balance with the usual techno dubstep stuff. And might i just say that Taku always has nack for piano pieces. Seems like he's been saving them for the end of his OSTs lately. Masaru continues with Nobunaga giving the score a bit of that mystical opera flare with a good usage of fitting choir vocals.

SVWC-7998 | The irregular at magic high school Original Soundtrack 1 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45195)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img006_zps92287cf8.jpg.html)

Title: The irregular at magic high school Original Soundtrack 1
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Taku Iwasaki
No. of tracks: 23
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 02, 2014
Size: MP3 205mb/ ALAC 461mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Silhouette of a Ballerina
02 Tatsuya
03 M�taphore
04 Daily Life 1
05 Animoe (http://kiwi6.com/file/ooyxc8gerr)
06 Comical 1
07 Comical 4
08 Comical 3
09 election
10 Fraud
11 physical play
12 Distress
13 Merciless 2
14 Shock ~ Kindness
15 Daily Life 2
16 Explanation 1
17 intruder
18 magical chase
19 Miyuki
20 Happy End
21 universal use
22 code break
23 insurance track

320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] The irregular at magic high school Original Soundtrack 1 [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/36641354/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!7Ehz2IbJ!ahTyohJzlkW8eEE4kzM64HgOAilt2P98-xZrrLl9zo8

LACA-15417 | NOBUNAGA THE FOOL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45216)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img021_zpsd77e99ad.jpg.html)

Title: NOBUNAGA THE FOOL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Masaru Yokoyama, Hironobu Kageyama, Yusuke Kato
No. of tracks: 31
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 02, 2014
Size: MP3 220mb/ALAC 451mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Breakthrough (TV size)
02 Absolute King (http://kiwi6.com/file/vj7ub1slt1)
03 Tense
04 Nostalgia
05 MoE Motion
06 Unstopping Journey
07 Gaius Julius Caesar
08 Moon
09 Hidden Emotions.
10 Voice of a Drop (Instrumental)
11 Bud
12 Growing Love
13 Quiet Determination
14 Leonardo da Vinci
15 Breakthrough
16 Looming Fear
17 Show the Resolution
18 Uesugi Kenshin
19 Shrine Maiden's Prayer
20 Those who eat the Dragon
21 Desperate Situation
22 The Emergency Tsukisusume
23 Alexander
24 Yomotsuhirasaka
25 Committing Thoughts.
26 Air Temple Parenato~ura
27 When Filled
28 The Last Supper
29 On a Journey
30 Stories of Strong Men
31 ran (RAN) (TV size)


320kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!7RZhCLaJ!BcPUjAvWHJx1J5fLQHqrEA5GKXF6mjoddI1W9Ts p50k

ALAC (Loselesss)
https://mega.co.nz/#!uQ5HFThB!w70i_sHNMe52uJYdEdWjD8UvkWPAhwIjDwZGoAH BF1Y

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_ngayal_zps18b97d5f.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_ngayal_zps18b97d5f.gif.html)

To nextday and klnerfan,

Thank you so much for sharing Hanako and Anne and the second volume of Gunshi Kanbee ^^

Jeremy Soule's score to Consortium is released. It reuses some cues from the unreleased Amen the Awakening, but most of this soundtrack includes unreleased orchestra performances. This score is quite nice and is the old style Soule used to write in. Many of the track lengths aren't substantial, but the ones that are fleshed out and expanded are orchestral goodies. Tracks like "Our Little Blue Planet", "The Utopian Dream", "Zenlil Under Siege", "A Good Old Fashioned Dogfight", "Returning From A Merciful Battle", "Endless Waves of Virtual Soldiers", "The Prophetic Battle", "Freefalling Through A Thunderstorm", and "End Titles" are all highlights and have that wonderful film score sound. Sweeping and majestic!

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Jeremy Soule's score to Consortium is released. It reuses some cues from the unreleased Amen the Awakening, but most of this soundtrack includes unreleased orchestra performances. This score is quite nice and is the old style Soule used to write in. Many of the track lengths aren't substantial, but the ones that are fleshed out and expanded are orchestral goodies. Tracks like "Our Little Blue Planet", "The Utopian Dream", "Zenlil Under Siege", "A Good Old Fashioned Dogfight", "Returning From A Merciful Battle", "Endless Waves of Virtual Soldiers", "The Prophetic Battle", "Freefalling Through A Thunderstorm", and "End Titles" are all highlights and have that wonderful film score sound. Sweeping and majestic!

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I'm rather waiting for Jeremy Soule's Northerner Symphony which was well funded via Kickstarter but still isn't anywhere near the finish.

EDIT:
Heh, speaking of the devil... A project update was sent only a few hours after my post:


This was a very difficult decision in the process of writing this symphony, but I�ve decided to go from four movements to (possibly) up to twelve. So your CDs could have up to 12 tracks. The reason for this is that I�ve simply written too much material that I don�t want to omit. There are too many beautiful moments and melodies that I feel express the atmosphere of this symphony. The form of each movement will also vary. Some movements rely on the traditional sonata form, while others are similar in nature to tone poems.

Next month, I will be test recording sections with a chamber ensemble� mostly likely a string octet to get a feel for how the vocal and instrumental parts will mesh together. You�ll hear some of these �tests� here. The string writing really requires the live element. I�m not able to rely on computers for everything.

We are also looking for �beta testers� who are experts in Old Norse. Your input will help ensure that we�ve set the text properly and that the pronunciation is accurate for the vocal performances. If you�re a scholar of this old language please contact us at [email protected].

Thanks always for your patience.

- Jeremy Soule

Oh boy, three symphonies for the price of one, lol.
Does anyone here know a symphony with 12 movements? ;)

Presenting Yoko Kanno's return to the anime scene. The ost has a very dark menacing atmosphere with it. Fitting for the subject matter (a show about terrorists). I just hope we get another OST in the future since I'd hate for this to be another Kanno release that wasn't complete =(

SVWC-70009 | Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45469)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img005_zps78c07d06.jpg.html)

Title: Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yoko Kanno
No. of tracks: 18
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 09, 2014
Size: MP3 196mb/ ALAC 418mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 lolol
02 von (feat. Arnor Dan)
03 ess
04 saga
05 fugl
06 hanna (feat. Hanna Berglind)
07 veat
08 lava (feat. POP ETC)
09 walt
10 birden (feat. Arnor Dan)
11 Fa
12 nc17 (http://kiwi6.com/file/ai1y1kk1nx)
13 is (feat. POP ETC)
14 22 (feat. Ryo Nagano)
15 seele
16 lev low
17 ili lolol
18 bless (feat. Arnor Dan)


320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/19634330/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!fBwyzaLZ!B5PCgEk8yv63ZDCJfjKUGgKHaoJX_iR0ycAztCN iw4Q

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif

Oh boy, three symphonies for the price of one, lol.
Does anyone here know a symphony with 12 movements? ;)

Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie has ten. "Symphony" is a much looser term these days than it was.

Loving the new Kanno score already, thanks. And there's a bunch of songs too - it's great. She also composed the opening and ending songs too which puts the total number of songs at 9, more than Kids on the Slope and Aquarion Evol combined.

A few of the songs are interesting on the new Kanno score but otherwise I was not very impressed. Might as well have been composed by Clint Mansell with all the droning dark atmosphere stuff. At least Hisaishi does it right when he goes into darker territory. This is just sad.

TORU FUYUKI conducts ULTRA SEVEN
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
orchestrated and conducted by The Composer



NEW 2012 RIP - FLAC Level 8. Tagged in English. Full booklet scans included. Repost and sound quality upgrade; original post from April 2010 is almost all dead links.

GO4UP (mirrors): Download TF-TFCUS-FLAC.rar (http://go4up.com/dl/1vk6mdYu8oOC)
Peeje: http://www.peejeshare.com/files/3620...-FLAC.rar.html

I hate to ask but is there any chance of a re-up of this AWESOME music? Links are dead and a re-up would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you in advance.

TORU FUYUKI conducts ULTRA SEVEN
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
orchestrated and conducted by The Composer



2012 RIP by tangotreats - FLAC Level 8. Tagged in English. Full booklet scans included.

FLAC
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!DlhRzTrZ!ocbP5dR48iUHdtBMIaaGh67Z3rYJXKDxxhlIS4r bdTI

MP3 -V0
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!Gwh2mA7B!E5Iy2Z_Zi0q9xU2SMz1v13NTpTpK4xdCBa_r8sd NOh0
ADrive: http://www.adrive.com/public/kKheTD

(Another in my series of "CDs I Bought In Tokyo" - this time from a shop called Mandarake in Shibuya. A completely insane, but truly amazing store that you really should visit if you have any interest at all in anime/manga and are in the neighbourhood...)

Everybody knows who Ultraman is. Most people have a fond recollection of Ultra Seven - to this day the most popular and well known of the Ultra series, it made its TV debut in 1967. Toru Fuyuki contributed a remarkable score; he took a potentially silly looking series and scored it straight as an arrow, as a powerful sci-fi epic. His orchestra in 1967 was respectable, but time has not been kind to the original recording.

How fortuitous then, that Toru Fuyuki was commissioned to write two symphonies based on themes from Ultra Seven! Both the symphonies on this disc have been previously released in concert recordings (and are virtually impossible to find today) but this is the first time they've appeared together. These were recorded in March 2009 at a special concert in Tokyo Opera City.

Fuyuki's scores were always bigger than the ensembles that performed them. In making these self-contained symphonic re-imaginations of his original themes, we can finally appreciate how forward thinking his music was - and how unabashedly grand and heroic he made that silly man running around in a red lycra suit.

Ultra Cosmo Symphony (no relation to Ultraman Cosmos, which was also scored by Fuyuki in 2001) was written in 1979, and is cast in four movements.

Ultra Seven Symphony was written in 1993, and is cast in five movements.

There are also three bonus tracks that will probably offend the more purist sensibilities in this thread, but will absolutely delight Ultraman fans; Song Of The Ultra Guard, a Wandaba Medley (an onomatopoeia used to describe one of Fuyuki's trademark choral techniques), and the phenomenally famous Song Of Ultraseven.

It amazes and delights me that Japanese audiences are beating each other up for tickets to these concerts, and that Fuyuki (still sprightly, healthy, and as his Ultraman Cosmos score of 2001 proves, at the top of his game - and long may this continue) is so respected, and held in such esteem. But most of all, it's just this wonderful music - old fashioned, thematic, larger than life, science fiction epic... like they just don't make any more.

Without intending to disrespect our non-religious contributors, or offend those who are not of any Christian denomination... Thank God for the Japanese, and thank God for whatever system that country has in place that allows grand symphonic music to live and flourish... not to confine it to history as a nostalgic relic of the past, but to propogate it and to teach its power to new generations.



_tangotreats (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/386.html#post1972152) (Originally posted on 16th April 2012)

Thank you so much as I really do appreciate it! You are AWESOME!

From what I have watched so far, this anime season is turning out to be massively underwhelming. Anyone got a good impression from anything I might have missed?

My impressions from what I remember skimming through:

1. Akame ga Kiru! (Iwasaki): Similar to Iwasaki's recent gigs with lots of electronica. The only thing that sets this apart is the brass cue in the middle of episode 1 (decent).

2. Glasslip (Nijine): Florid but too sentimental. Melodies are functional yet not memorable. There was a late Haydn-esque string quartet at the end of episode 1 which was okay.

3. Zankyo no Terror (Kanno): I haven't listened to the score but the first episode left me sleeping.

4. Tokyo ESP (Evan Call?): Thought I was listening to Sawano. Caught this one out of curiosity.

5. Argevollen (Nakagawa) and few others with unfamiliar composers: Can't recall the music at all.

I thought some people in this thread might be interested to know that BSX records has released a re-issue of Warriors of Virtue by Don Davis. From the samples it sounds like it is an improvement in the sound.

I actually think this season is better than expected so far, considering it's summer. I have watched almost everything music-wise and one general statement: Some scores are good, even very good but the recording and sound quality screams "no budget".


Rail Wars: Small Budget, real Trumpet, fake brass. It's good stuff with some jazz mixed in for good measure, will check out the OST.

Momokyun Sword: Very Good, music-wise. Sound is paperthin but it's very vintage in a good way, much like early Sahashi, definetly checking out the OST.

Barakamon: Always need a good SoL each season. Again, small budget but it has heart so I am forgiving.

Book of Circus: Surprise! Mitsuda in full classical mode AND a decent sized ensemble, just needs a bit more strings to be perfect.

I also heard a very Binchouesque piece from Iwasaki, it is the usual mixed bag, but with some of the worst german you will ever hear aside from the number one butcher Sawano.

And speaking of Sawano... I know I am probably shooting myself in the foot by saying this but now that Kato shows signs of improving (I very much enjoy Buddy Complex for the most part) I am much less forgiving for Sawano's Aldnoah.Zero talent. Seriously, how can anyone like Sawano at all and even call him an A-List composer? He shows no sign of improving since Gigantic Formula (even then my impressions were less than mediocre) and every score he has done recently has been the same and I am not speaking of individual style here. Everything feels so copypasted that it's comical, if I had to listen to this blind I could not tell for the life of me if that was from Exorcist, Guilty Crown, Titan or Kill La Kill. It's always the same uninspired drum thunder and ostinati, followed by the identical upbeat (and hilariously bad) Pop/Rock. So either he has not the desire to improve (in which case he would be a lazy hack) or he has not the ability to improve (which is even worse). Composers from new upstarters to old veterans have used electronics and drum loops, Rock and Pop for many many years now, it should be nothing special anymore and anyone who is astounded by this kind of musical drivel just needs to listen around more.

tl;dr
I hope Sawano does not get any projects so that more talented composers like Go Sakabe get the job.


The rest varies from pleasing to painful but I'm not going to look for the OST unless it appears here. I'm also not very fond of Kanno's Zankyo no Terror. I expected Ghost in the Shell but it's not in the same league, unfortunately.




EDIT: Is there any chance of an offical recording of Symphonic Legends this evening? I know Nintendo has been very unkind regarding music releases but if any project deserves a release it's this one. It's a dream come true: The world's greatest musicians, a Hisaishi in Budokan superlative orchestra & choir, superb arrangers and an excellent sound environment. Please, please let there be a release somehow.

Presenting Yoko Kanno's return to the anime scene. The ost has a very dark menacing atmosphere with it. Fitting for the subject matter (a show about terrorists). I just hope we get another OST in the future since I'd hate for this to be another Kanno release that wasn't complete =(

SVWC-70009 | Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45469)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img005_zps78c07d06.jpg.html)

Title: Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yoko Kanno
No. of tracks: 18
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 09, 2014
Size: MP3 196mb/ ALAC 418mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 lolol
02 von (feat. Arnor Dan)
03 ess
04 saga
05 fugl
06 hanna (feat. Hanna Berglind)
07 veat
08 lava (feat. POP ETC)
09 walt
10 birden (feat. Arnor Dan)
11 Fa
12 nc17 (http://kiwi6.com/file/ai1y1kk1nx)
13 is (feat. POP ETC)
14 22 (feat. Ryo Nagano)
15 seele
16 lev low
17 ili lolol
18 bless (feat. Arnor Dan)


320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] Zankyo no Terror Original Soundtrack [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/19634330/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!fBwyzaLZ!B5PCgEk8yv63ZDCJfjKUGgKHaoJX_iR0ycAztCN iw4Q

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif


Such an enjoyable OST! Don't know who Yoko Kanno is but I'm loving it!

Don't know who Yoko Kanno is but I'm loving it!

:/

Would anyone happen to have any recommendations for Kousuke Yamashita's compositions? I'd like to hear his best :)

EDIT: Is there any chance of an offical recording of Symphonic Legends this evening? I know Nintendo has been very unkind regarding music releases but if any project deserves a release it's this one. It's a dream come true: The world's greatest musicians, a Hisaishi in Budokan superlative orchestra & choir, superb arrangers and an excellent sound environment. Please, please let there be a release somehow.

I agree with this. PLEASE, NINTENDO!
Also' I agree that Sawano is going nowhere, and it is unfortunate he got the Xenoblade X project. I also love your sig.

Don't worry, I'm here to help ... with my unoffical Kousuke Yamashita awards :D



Best Score: Garasu no Kantai (http://kiwi6.com/file/afu093jj8m)

Best TV Score: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (http://kiwi6.com/file/6if5ap8d4k)

Best TV-Anime Score: Chihayafuru (http://kiwi6.com/file/pbhpbgoxzh)

Best Movie Score: Hana Yori Dango Returns (http://kiwi6.com/file/ms78qt07px)

Best Anime-Movie Score: Ozuma (http://kiwi6.com/file/olo7fwip9l)

Best Game Score: Reign of Revolution (http://kiwi6.com/file/mpuemxbsjm)

Best Lyrical Score: Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (http://kiwi6.com/file/awox1xz5zk)

Best OST release (Price/Value/Structure/Flow): Nobunaga's Ambition (Supreme Record) (http://kiwi6.com/file/2ldjti0da7)

Best Theme: Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (http://kiwi6.com/file/1oanscredz)

Best Ending: Ozuma ~Epilogue~ (http://kiwi6.com/file/ny25j2060n)

Best Experimental Composition: Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge ~Main Theme~ (http://kiwi6.com/file/rrt1z58uxz)

Best Solo Composition: Overture - The Earth (http://kiwi6.com/file/y9nlbo2h8p)




Though I'm not much interested in football, I still have celebrated Germany's victory so I'm off to bed now since I'm quite drunk and tired, love this thread, good night :)

Thank you very much for the suggestions klnerfan :)

Would you happen to have Overture, Papa and Yamato? I managed to find the rest. I've been binging on some nice Amano suites so I'm looking forward to doing the same with Kousuke :P

I also noticed i can't find Getsumen To Heiki Mina. Weird since it's not that old.

:/

I have a good reason to be ignorant - I don't watch anime. Having said that, I did look up her work and was pleasantly surprised that I had actually come across her work in several video games.

Akame ga Kill should be pretty much what Iwasaki fans have been waiting for, as it takes him back to what many consider his better days; namely, 2005-2008. Fitting, since Akame itself feels like a pretty 2008 kinda show. Who knows where it'll go from here. Some of the battle tracks so far have been appealingly novel for him.

Aldnoah Zero: Fuck all haters. It's Sawano, so...I dunno, it's Sawano. You know what you're coming into from the beginning. Namely, that it rocks. :p

AZ sees him in his angrier, post-apocalyptic mode, as opposed to something more fun and diverse like Kill la Kill or Blue Exorcist, so there's less distinct work all around and it's easy to call some of it unmemorable when it's just beeps and crunches hissing in the background, but like always, when he goes big, he goes hard. The Kobayashi track during New Orleans' destruction and the Martians' theme just hit that deep, primal itch for something heavy and propulsive. AoT and KlK have seen him seeing impressive strides in developing theme, so I'm looking forward to more of this one especially.

Tokyo Ghoul isn't all that bad. Nothing standout, but it's pleasing to the ear and might have potential. Same with Argovollen, even if you couldn't pay me it watch more of it. Jojo is repetitive, but still great.

I was going to give Kanno's Terror in Resonance it's own effortpost, and maybe still will, but all I'll say now is I mostly enjoy it. It's always fun when Kanno stretches her wings into something new, and here she does just that, letting her trademarks; genre fusion, vocals, Craig Armstrong-ish strings, and a pop-like formula of building up and around a strong central hook; billow outward and expand naturally into the framework of a dark, ambient soundscape with just a hint of quirk. The healthy track lengths entice with the kind of orchestral grandeur this thread thrives on, but no dice on that front. Here, her melodies are a little slower, given more air to breathe thrum and build and shimmer. I don't mind the lowkey, atmospheric bent so much because unlike some scores of this type, none of the music feels aimless or padded. It fills out the aural space beautifully while wasting none, the hallmark of any great atmospheric score, and I've made the comparison before, but yeah, I'd put it up there with Williams's War of the Worlds in terms of enjoyment and just general success in nailing tone and consistency without clinging to unifomity or sacrificing musicality.

Not all of it's fantastic, like the meandering Coldplay-lite around the middle, and there's signs of repetition in certain melodies(even the really solid OP and ED, not included on the OST release, are strongly reminiscent of earlier, stronger works) but all the really Sigur Ros-y stuff is gorgeous and the album includes her best vocal track in ages with hanna. (Though I'm still waiting for a song even half as good as Blue.) Really hopin' there's a second release in the works.

Leatherhead, I'm afraid I don't have them in FLAC, it was from a time when my Internet sucked balls so you have to ask Tango for FLAC. He is mainly responsible for bringing all the Yamashita goodies to this thread. I have Mina (great fun) in MP3, unless someone has it in FLAC I will upload it.

EDIT1: Another one appeared. Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance. Not five seconds in and it's already Anime Clich�s: The Anime but the music is interesting, especially at the end. It also looks like Iwasaki is finally more conservative for a change.

EDIT2: Symphonic Legends is now online!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zdAqoHhe1E)

EDIT3:

Kousuke Yamashita
Studio Orchestra
Getsumen Toheiki Mina



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!60hmxKIJ!qKo0PGB-URo29myMa2Cz1ZOk25e7rqdpucZG1Zxo1TE)

Just wanted to let everyone here know that I will be getting my first game music arrangement album. I just got a green light from my distributor. The album doesn't have a title yet as I struggle with titles. It contains chamber arrangements of various pieces from video games from both East and West (although more East than West ;)). I have released the first preview of the rehearsal recording. It is Fang's Theme from Final Fantasy XIII. I did not mix the clip, but as many of you astute listeners will discern I used the piano collection version as a base for this arrangement. You will hear some differences but in this particular clip you hear a subtle countermelody in the celli as well as some additional harmonic changes to make this fit for the ensemble. I am learning so much about string writing through this process and I am so lucky to just learn from such talented musicians. It is a blessing and an adrenaline rush to be sure! The full version of my arrangement will be released in full once the recording is completely done as a full fledged preview to my album. The full version will have a lot of musical differences to set my version apart from Hamauzu's own arrangement. Anyway, I am looking forward to what you all think of this sneak peak.

Here is the link:
https://soundcloud.com/josh-barron/fangs-theme-rehearsal-demo

I don't have much early Yamashita in lossless either. Though I am more interested in having big orchestral scores in lossless. But even then for most anime scores out there the quality is good enough for listening to.

JBarron - It sounds like you got some great stuff and your other arrangements are pretty awesome too. I just hope you cleared all the legal hurdles on this one. I can't imagine all you have to do to clear an arrangement album.

Sirusjr,

Thank you! The distributor that I have (Loudr) which is a common one used by many artists will secure all the rights and all. They keep 15% and I get 85%. Well not just me I will share the wealth with my musicians too. I am hoping that if this sells well that I will get to do my dream project which is to get a much more full orchestra together and make a Final Fantasy 12 orchestra album. Sakimoto's music deserves it, imo.

Leatherhead, I'm afraid I don't have them in FLAC, it was from a time when my Internet sucked balls so you have to ask Tango for FLAC. He is mainly responsible for bringing all the Yamashita goodies to this thread. I have Mina (great fun) in MP3, unless someone has it in FLAC I will upload it.


Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!60hmxKIJ!qKo0PGB-URo29myMa2Cz1ZOk25e7rqdpucZG1Zxo1TE)[/CENTER]


Thank you very much for Getsumen! :) I don't mind having them in MP3. In fact I personally hate FLAC because I'm working with limited disc space atm :P.

Josh, i'm happy for you to know that you accomplished to arrange game music for a record album. Wishing you all the best of success on this project :)

I listened the sample and it sounds nice, though i really can't have a more valid opinion because i never heard the original piece. I just know Uematsu and only his major ones (Aerith theme, Zanarkand, One Winged Angel, etc.).

Is this the only Final Fantasy music that will be on the album or there will be more?

tyvm leatherhead

Ryosuke Nakanishi
Walkure Romanze
Remastered Score



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!3h4wWLTZ!Z0-5gAcG71dsioLaKuZeyFL-0YONfQqlejIB0bl8mMc)
MP3 / 320kbps / 37 Tracks / 80 min

This is a bit different from what I usually post because most of the time I'm not meddling with the sound quality of the music itself but in some cases I always had the urge to do so. It's also more of a test from my adventures in mixing and mastering since I have not the money to hire someone so I usually have to do it myself. This score is a perfect opportunity because it is recored rather dry and the sound quality was not to my liking (as is the case with many japanese scores) so I thought I should give it a shot. I'm overall satisfied with the results but I'm not sure how it will sound to anyone else since I have been working on it in my DAW for many hours so I might be biased. Let me just say I tried to give the music a more crisp, brighter sound with the overall accoustics of a classic Hollywood score (recorded in England, where else?). Reverb has been added and I did the whole procedure from EQ to spectral mastering. If it actually sounds like crap please let me know. Here's a sample (http://kiwi6.com/file/xtxguk7gug). I've also been working on Daimidaler as well, so here's a sample (http://kiwi6.com/file/g8wkuv7w7c) if you're interested.

I hope you like it.

Klnerfan,

Thank you very much! Actually there will be more Final Fantasy pieces. I just finished arranging a string orchestra version of Trisection from Final Fantasy Tactics, Eruyt Village from Final Fantasy XII is almost done recording, and then I believe I have another FFXIII selection. Oh and Forever Rachel from Final Fantasy VI will be one for sure. I tried to choose an Uematsu track that no one really arranges. I imagine a sweeping orchestral sound for that one ;). I am just trying to figure out if I want to add piano to it or not. I know I am currently arranging Still Alive from Mirror's Edge and a popular Heroes of Mana piece that has yet to be arranged by anyone ;).

Fernando Vel�zquez composed a nice poignant and bombastic theme for the latest Hercules - Playing End-Titles by Fernando Vel�zquez - picosong (http://picosong.com/PiHC/)

Sounds like a great remastering to me, kinerfan!

Fernando Vel�zquez composed a nice poignant and bombastic theme for the latest Hercules - Playing End-Titles by Fernando Vel�zquez - picosong (http://picosong.com/PiHC/)
It's good, but maybe a bit too generic. It reminds me of Debney's Lair, but Lair is much more complex harmonically, melodically, and rhythmically. This theme is a four bar phrase that repeats twice.

The only unexpected chord progression was the Eb major to C minor at 2:21, but even after then it resolved back to Ab major, then F, then G, then recap the main theme in A minor (F G A is a deceptive cadence.)

I played around with the theme a bit on the piano. Here's what I would have written was I inclined to write simplistic adventure themes. (http://www.jeremyrobson.com/herc.mid)

Double-post:


Ryosuke Nakanishi
Daimidaler the Sound Robot
Remastered Score



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!i1RAkRIR!5enX3I7zbFWjcLqW0u5JA0dFDsONBeeEovcLy3Z WMiU)
MP3 / 320kbps / 44 Tracks / 80min

Now this is Sound!! (Hehe)

I took a similar approach as with Walkure but all with a bit more punch. I was still going for the Hollywood sound as the original is too dry for my taste. Hope you like it. So far that's all I'm going to remaster for now (aside from my own compositions). I am of course always thankful for feedback, no matter if it's good or bad, afterall it comes down to improving myself and pleasing the listener.





For Leatherhead:


Kousuke Yamashita
Studio Orchestra
Yamato Nadeshiko Shinchi Henge



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!mkQSRQSA!sFqXzq6X8agsmSCeIdElmfhWfa1FvIG-WMHNHy8KKR8)

All credit goes to Tango :) There are still some Yamashita Live action scores not available online so I wonder if I should pay CDJapan a visit soon ;)

Atelier Escha & Logy ~Alchemist of Dusk Sky~ Original Soundtrack the Animation

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAwWDUwMA==/z/bUsAAOSw-ndTmi4n/$_57.JPG
Condition : Brand New / Factory Sealed

Release Date : July.16.2014

Language : Japanese

Text : Japanese

Disc : 2 (CD)

Time :

Track List

【DISC.1】

01.アスイロ

02.霞む記憶に温もりを

03.朝のワルツ

04.転寝の陽光

05.新しい匂い

06.お紅茶を飲みながら

07.Wind of Hope ～希望の風～

08.歩いてゆこう

09.風の揺りかご

10.森と水と光

11.また明日会いましょう

12.憧憬

13.まだ見ぬ素材を集めに

14.黄昏の風

15.晴れ時々雨

16.お散歩日和

17.街角の微笑み

18.遺跡探索

19.迫り来る危機感

20.依頼遂行

21.揺れる尻尾

22.予兆

23.微睡む女王蜂

24.ふわふわ、エスカさん

25.糖分不足

26.ここに遺された記憶

27.一抹の不安

28.Overdrive

29.Breakthrough

30.未来を探す私の色

31.空

【DISC.2】

01.びっくりんご

02.いつもの仲間と

03.てんやわんわん

04.明らかになる真実

05.想い続けてきたコト

06.おいしそう！

07.新たな課題

08.Downburst

09.あらあら、エスカさん

10.炎王

11.溢れ出た感情

12.空を見上げて on Guitar

13.あの鳥の行く先へ

14.茜色に溶ける影

15.焦燥

16.Magic Raid

17.あの春を目指して

18.ふたりのアトリエ

19.ふゆみどり

20.アイキャッチ！～A～

21.アイキャッチ！～B～

22.アイキャッチ！～C～

23.アイキャッチ！～D～

24.明日色

25.冬緑／冬見鳥

26.アスイロ（Instrumental）

27.アスイロ（Off Vocal）

28.アスイロ（TV size）

29.ふゆみどり（Instrumental）

30.ふゆみどり（Off Vocal）

31.ふゆみどり（TV size）
https://mega.co.nz/#!l9cXiZiY!MX64oPerzsTxTKnL-_f33eXkXZnUbytKBh8hMDaKpP8

It seems we've reached the point where now even doujin circles are releasing orchestral albums recorded with live musicians in a studio.

【艦これ生オケ】昼戦 - 艦隊フィルハーモニー交響楽団 (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24039802)

Makes you wonder how a doujin group can do something like this when many professional composers can't even afford a couple horns.

What piece is feature in the video? It sounds very familiar...

EDIT: pffffff... wrong thread. It's old anime stuff.

What piece is feature in the video? It sounds very familiar...
Arrangement of a track from the game Kantai Collection (Kan Colle). It's like the new Touhou so the doujin scene is all over it.

The hercules theme is nice enough. I agree that it does seem to have a bit of a generic feel to it but it does make me want to check out the full soundtrack.

It's fascinating that they've managed to get this together, but am I the only person here who is hearing the same thing you ALWAYS get with "fan" arrangements...? Namely a ludicrous (entirely commendable) level of enthusiasm that is not in the slightest bit backed up by skill. Unimaginably bland music, and a shockingly amateurish arrangement that is completely paint by numbers... all performed by an orchestra that looks collectively bored to death. It's not incompetent... it's just tedious and uninspired; completely devoid of any kind of creativity.

It makes me sad that a mass-popularity title can garner enough donations to do a thing like this. It gives a hint of what could be achieved if Average Joe increased his expectations and taste. Imagine what could be done. Fan-funded re-recordings of long-lost scores -scores that were better than their performances suggested. PROPER symphony albums. Indie games and short films with real scores. A grass-roots rediscovery of orchestral music - consumer power in its purest form. Proper scores become "cool" again - people begin to notice them, and gradually the mainstream begins to move back in that direction too.

But no... we get Yoshihisa Hirano fighting for two trumpets and a trombone on a score for some horrific schoolgirl pervert anime, Toshihiko Sahashi giving up writing orchestral music entirely... and tens of thousands of ��� getting thrown willy-nilly at stupid projects - like ZREO, this Doujin thing, and a new episode of Little Witch Academia. For the same amount of money people paid to get ONE ADDITIONAL EPISODE of that dreadful little anime, TWENTY different shows could get Warsaw scores. Makes you think. There's no shortage of money - it's just appallingly distributed.

This gloomy post bought to you by Tangotreats, king of miserable bastards.

Pretty much Tango. I'm content with exploring the catalogs of composers I have previously ignored because there is still a lot of music out there I haven't listened to from talented composers.

Hello. I was wondering do you still have the soundtrack to Giovanni Paolo II by Marco Frisina. I really love this score and would love to be able to download this. The link is dead. Please upload it again if you can.

Here is the official information regarding my new album. It will be called The Ethereal String Project (ESP for short).

All music arranged by Josh Barron.

Performances by the Ethereal String Orchestra.

Release: Q4 2014/ Q1 2015

Distributor: Loudr

Tracklist:

1. Fang’s Theme for String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY XIII)
2. Of Ice and Stone: Three Nordic Folk Songs for Piano and String Quintet (from ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM)
Movt. I - Ancient Stones
Movt. II - Secunda
Movt. III - Standing Stones
3. Trisection for String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY TACTICS)
4. Eruyt Village for Piano and String Quintet (from FINAL FANTASY XII)
5. I Was Lost Without You for Piano and String Quintet (from MASS EFFECT 3)
6. And Thus Fate Becomes Cruel for Piano and String Orchestra (from HEROES OF MANA)
7. Eternity ~ Memories of Light and Waves for Piano and String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY X-2)
8. Honor, Sacrifice, Glory: Variations on Themes from Halo 2 for String Orchestra (from HALO 2)
9. Meridian Dance for String Orchestra (from SEIKEN DENSETSU III)
10. Apoplexy for String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY TACTICS)
11. March of the Dreadnoughts for String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY XIII)
12. Still Alive for String Quintet (from MIRROR’S EDGE)
13. Tactical Espionage Suite for String Orchestra (from METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY)
14. Forever Rachel for String Orchestra (from FINAL FANTASY VI)

Bonus 4 Track EP:

1) Sinister Sundown for String Orchestra (from KINGDOM HEARTS II)
2) Future for the Krogan for String Orchestra (from MASS EFFECT 3)
3) Earth City for String Orchestra (from HALO 2)
4) The Blue Traveler for String Quintet (from XENOGEARS)

EP will be available separately or people may buy the bundle which includes the EP and the full release of The Ethereal String Project.

Symphonic LUNA SEA II
Members of the "Roma Santa Cecilia Orchestra" (L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)
conducted by Gianfranco Plenizio



Release Date: 01.09.1995
Publisher: Victor Entertainment
Catalog Number: VICL-699

True Blue (arr. Masatsugu Shinozaki)
Loveless (arr. Junichi Kanezaki)
Aurora (arr. Masatsugu Shinozaki)
In Mind (arr. Yoko Kanno) (http://kiwi6.com/file/i5yz3wsyhn)
Recall (arr. Junichi Kanezaki)
Genesis of Mind ~Yume no Kanata e~ (arr. Masatsugu Shinozaki)
Mother (arr. Yoko Kanno)
Rosier (arr. Masatsugu Shinozaki)
Stay (arr. Junichi Kanezaki)

My wonky rip.


Kanno only worked on two tracks on Luna Sea II, and listening to it, it's true that not much of it sounds like her. Still not all the way through, but my first educated guess is that she probably did "In Mind", as it sounds very similar to her Nobunaga (http://kiwi6.com/file/h8q1ao1z8j) work from around the same time.

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MP3 -V0
https://mega.co.nz/#!u9g2wJBb!rLdZLYULK8TAyD0SusRzEmCZAEYKWV61GqATCkY-pZQ

FLAC
https://mega.co.nz/#!C1p33S7L!HaF7p5O7JzASaOHDM_XEC_rcf_BvI2fcqAam_H0 W_SI

Goner

MASAMICHI AMANO
Mushiking - Super Battle Movie (symphonic suite)
Los Angeles Studio Orchestra
conducted by Masamichi Amano

MA-SBM-SYMPHONY-FLAC (http://www.mediafire.com/?yuxspp0z5sgkl63)

Got a juicy batch of uploads today. Two much needed helpings of the Go Sakabe's work on date a live. It's great to see just how much he's improved in such a short time. I suggest checking out the instrumental versions of the character songs in the "IMPRESSIVE" album (at least the ones composed by Sakabe). "My Treasure" is a real keeper =).

Kenji Kawai returns to the scene with a nice slice of life OST (sporting some oddly powerful tracks). And last but not least Kaoru Wada's score for Kindaichi Shounen. It's pretty easy to notice the recycles here and there sadly though I think it's still a pleasant score. Personally I think Wada might be more suited to being an arranger from now on. He just lacks any sort of inspiration to separate his new works from the old.

COCX-38576 | DATE A "EXTREME" MUSIC - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45233)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img048_zpsb2d730e5.jpg.html)

Title: DATE A "EXTREME" MUSIC
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Go Sakabe, Tom-H@ck, Tatsuya Shitara, Yusuke Shirato, Nobutaka Ishii
No. of tracks: 20
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 23, 2014
Size: MP3 160mb/ ALAC 389mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Trust in you (TV Size)
02 Isaac
03 Hurricane (http://kiwi6.com/file/v6lykqlhdv)
04 Identical Winds
05 DOUBLE PUNCH LOVE
06 Arbatel
07 Goofy Dance
08 Fleet Warfare
09 Stormy Date
10 monochrome (TV Size)
11 Hater
12 Gabriel-March I
13 Lonely, Morning, Dreaming
14 Melodrama I
15 Reminiscence
16 Day to Story (TV Size)
17 monochrome (Full Size)
18 DOUBLE PUNCH LOVE (Instrumental)
19 Lonely, Morning, Dreaming (Instrumental)
20 monochrome (Instrumental)

320 kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] DATE A "EXTREME" MUSIC [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/10517321/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!LAZyhCgZ!ZuseEbA5jXeRQFVGEx59tZ7clx0HIUyDFVABQoy a9Ow


COCX-38577 | DATE A "IMPRESSIVE" MUSIC - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45232)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img033_zps2a527aef.jpg.html)

Title: DATE A "IMPRESSIVE" MUSIC
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Go Sakabe, 末岡史靖
No. of tracks: 20
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 23, 2014
Size: MP3 179mb/ ALAC 418mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Hymn for Diva
02 Mermaid Lovestory (TV Size)
03 Marionettica
04 Gabriel-March II
05 Gabriel-Rondo
06 Akai Ito
07 Melodrama II
08 HANTEN Tohka
09 Trust in you (Orchestra Version) (http://kiwi6.com/file/lcdrdk45x5)
10 Q&A (TV Size)
11 New Mana
12 Bandersnatch
13 Melodrama I (Cheap Version)
14 My Treasure
15 Mermaid Lovestory (Full Size)
16 Q&A (Full Size)
17 Akai Ito (Instrumental)
18 Mermaid Lovestory (Instrumental)
19 Q&A (Instrumental)
20 My Treasure (Instrumental)

320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] DATE A "IMPRESSIVE" MUSIC [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/57148184/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!6VJWXbwR!0noV8QGO5Mwk1kiBuMTN4Wbe5xTR6hU0q2jnvAc AF3k


VPCG-84981 | Barakamon Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45886)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img021_zps0fae8299.jpg.html)

Title: Barakamon Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Kenji Kawai
No. of tracks: 37
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 23, 2014
Size: MP3 196mb/ ALAC 411mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Shima no Kodomo naru
02 Kokoro no Katayori
03 Shima no Hitobito
04 Youki na Shima no Kodomotachi
05 Kuyamu Kimochi
06 Kodomo to no Kouryuu
07 Shizen he no Kanmei
08 Shiranaitte Kowai
09 Tama no Kokoro no Naka
10 Gomennasai!
11 Furimawasareru Hibi
12 Kodomo no Kanchigai
13 Kigatsukeba Wakaru Omoi
14 Dassai Sensei
15 Hansei to Konwaku
16 Tama no Manga Ai
17 Kawaii na
18 Ryoushi Sono Ikizama
19 Onore to no Tatakai
20 Sho no Hirameki
21 Toki no Nagare
22 Shima no Ko wa Itazurazuki
23 Kihaku de Koero!
24 Shimabito to no Kouryuu
25 Nozokarechatta
26 Makerumonka! (http://kiwi6.com/file/ycbgu5xvko)
27 Irootoko ni Tairyoku wa nai?
28 Hito wa Fureai Otona ni Natteiku
29 Naru no Shitto!?
30 Haha no Tsuyoki Omoi!
31 Atarashii Ichinichi
32 Gap to Kanchigai
33 Hitonatsukkoi Ko
34 Kyoukan to Kanmei
35 Shizen no Yutakasa wo Kamishimete
36 Shodouka no Seichou
37 Hito wa Hito Kara Manabu Mono


320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] Barakamon Original Soundtrack [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/71075724/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!udRChahQ!Pjn5b4UfOsYXm2Z2lDCO2_amcJNq6L6R96hR-hGrpBU


SMCL-343 | Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45969)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img005_zps9d12810c.jpg.html)

Title: Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns Original Soundtrack
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Kaoru Wada
No. of tracks: 26
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 23, 2014
Size: MP3 214mb/ ALAC 396mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Overture [R-4+R-1]
02 Hajime-chan! [R-14+R-15+R-50]
03 Sparkling Hong Kong [R-52]
04 Beginning of the Case [R-29+R-38+R-26]
05 Theme of Returns [R-6A]
06 Creeping Trap [R-24+R-46+R-22]
07 Tragedy of Terror [R-27+R-30]
08 Message from the Dead [R-31+R-28]
09 Tragedy of Returns [R-8]
10 A Brief Rest [R-11+R-49]
11 Hajime and Miyuki [R-47+R-48]
12 Police Superintendent Akechi Appears [R-18]
13 Enclosed Space [R-23+R-21]
14 The Mystery Deepens [R-34+R-33]
15 Investigation into the Truth [R-25+R-20]
16 Chasing the Culprit! [R-32]
17 The End of Hatred [R-37+R-36]
18 Ballad of Returns [R-10]
19 Atonement [R-35+R-39+R-9]
20 The Puppeteer From Hell: Yoichi Takato [R-17]
21 Face [R-43]
22 Overcoming the Sorrow [R-41+R-40]
23 Hope for Tomorrow [R-44+R-45+R-42]
24 The End of Returns [R-7]
25 First Season: "YOUNG KINDAICHI" Main Theme (New Recording) [R-13]
26 First Season: In the Name of My Grandfather! - Main Theme (New Recording) [R-12] (http://kiwi6.com/file/eptgv9yh2o)

320kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!PcJDgBzC!tgpspSynihUCehR6bcoNrySWxdhbnPP2w0dMS0k E-JM

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!eVYFWQxA!ikqCNvQ4FbpLrBCOam4dAImvuvIOq9g6gWI_Uwa gsjw

Scans included as always. Big thanks to nextday for the translations of the tracklists. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_capek_zpsec9cbfc7.gif.html)

DaL II: Damn, I'm of course very sad that Sahashi seems to have retired from Anime completely but we may have here more than a worthy successor, I'm very pleased to hear that even the "epic" choral track has proper structure and development, give this man more budget (and better shows) and we have a new great composer in the future. Let's see what the third OST has in store, Go! Sakabe!

Barakamon: I can't believe it, a Kenji Kawai TV score I must admit I like, is this the power of Slice of Life?!

Kindaichi Shonen: Welcome back Kaoru Wada ... it's good stuff but I'm afraid I get the impression that I've heared it all before (in better scores). I guess that's why I didn't notice you were gone.


Thanks, Leatherhead!!



Hanayamata: I've decided to give it a go and the music is good stuff so far, very pleasing and heartwarming and hitting all the right spots for me at the moment (and I must admit I chuckled at the James Bond part). No prestigious score this season but enough scores ranging from very good to pleasing that I cannot call it disappointing. Looking forward to hearing them.

MASAMICHI AMANO
Mushiking - Super Battle Movie (symphonic suite)
Los Angeles Studio Orchestra
conducted by Masamichi Amano

MA-SBM-SYMPHONY-FLAC (http://www.mediafire.com/?yuxspp0z5sgkl63)

Wow, thank you so much for reposting MY actual link or MY actual upload of MY actual suite.

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/402.html

Leatherhead: Thanks for everything! :D

klnerfan: Sahashi hasn't been prolific lately, but his last anime score was released ten months ago, so we can hardly say he's retired. ;)

This Sakabe score - at least, the six minutes of it that are decent - is somewhat strange. It's pure Sahashi. Everything about it screams out Sahashi. Because both cues are completely plagiarised from Gundam Seed - even down to the five note ZAFT motif - but it feels even deeper than that. Structurally AND orchestrally it's Sahashi through and through. Even stranger, there's almost nothing to tie it stylistically to Sakabe's established style in the first series - admittedly there wasn't much orchestral score there either, but what there is doesn't "fit" with this. I find myself enjoying "Zadkiel" from the first series ten times more than, say, "Fleet Battle" in this series simply because, whilst it's certainly a NOD to Sahashi, it is clearly somebody else's work. This stuff, it just sounds like Sahashi. If somebody told me Sahashi wrote it, I'd completely believe them - and I'd accuse him of getting stingy nicking music from a ten year-old score. Three possibilities: a) Sahashi ghost-wrote Date-A-Live 2. b) Sakabe is an unscrupulous thief. c) Date-A-Live 2 was temp-tracked with Gundam Seed and Sakabe got railroaded into copying the temp score almost note for note.

You could look at it from either way - it's great somebody put this kind of music in a dumb anime. It's great that Sahashi's "golden age" style is still considered relevant. It's great that up-and-coming young composers are learning how to write like this. At the same time, it's worrying that somebody thought it was a good idea to fritter away what little orchestra time they had essentially re-recording cues from Gundam Seed - and still more worrying that this is apparently the best the guy could come up with.

It's good stuff... but it's Gundam Seed.

Even the orchestral arrangement of "Trust In You" is a paint-by-numbers Toshihiko Sahashi J-pop arrangement. We've heard it ALL before - in Steel Angel Kurumi, Ultraman, etc, etc, etc.

Kindaichi Shounen: I'm actually really loving it! (And as a rule I don't like Wada...)

Real music, real structure - a good old fashioned suspense score with some lovely melodies (Overcoming the Sorrow) and some magnificent avant-garde orchestral passages - who else except Hirano would get away with stuff like "Beginning Of The Case" in a kid's cartoon? Aleatoric techniques, prepared piano, dense dissonances... Really, really great stuff - probably the best score of the year so far, for me, anyway. :D

I agree Tango. New Kindachi Shounen score is delightful and I also am not usually a big fan of Wada. This is a lovely traditional score with some great themes and for the most part very little intrusive electronics.

I think Wada is a better orchestrator than composer. I love Wada's orchestrations of Yoko Shimomura's work, just look at Dearly Beloved, Fantasia alla Marcia, March Caprice, Omnis Lacrima, Somnus, etc.

I feel a rant coming on, so I will instead go and have a nice walk in the sunshine... ;)

Leatherhead, thanks for the Live A Date scores! I'm more inclined to listen to older soundtracks, but several of Go Sakabe's background tracks have caught my attention.
Tango, I agree with your comparison of Sakabe's "Date A" with T. Sahashi's scores, particularly his late 90's tunes. I can hear what sounds like some cues from Sahashi's Future Grand Prix in Sakabe's "Stormy Date" track. There is a nod or two to "Big O" in some others. I could geek out over more of this, but I wanted to say, "Thanks!" I wouldn't have given Date A Live a second look had Tango not drawn the comparison between the composers. Cheers!

*listens to Future GPX*

Hahaha, oh dear God!

I feel a rant coming on, so I will instead go and have a nice walk in the sunshine... ;)

Before you go tiptoeing through the tulips, Tango�did you hear? Junkie XL is scoring Mad Max: Fury Road.

Damn you all, now I have to listen to my whole Sahashi folder again (for the Xth time). Tango, I can't believe I didn't notice Gundam SEED, I just though it was a fine Sahashi impression during my first listen but now... still you can do worse than trying to imitate Sahashi's "Golden Age" even if it wasn't your own decision. Also Future GPX is moving one step closer to my all-time Sahashi favorites each time I listen to it and you can actually hear some ideas he fleshed out and developed in later scores (Gundam SEED, SEED Destiny, Ultraman etc).

Before you go tiptoeing through the tulips, Tango…did you hear? Junkie XL is scoring Mad Max: Fury Road.

I'm sure it will be just as masterful as 300 Rise of an Empire and Guardians of the Galaxy ;) Not like producers have any taste these days.

...Also Future GPX is moving one step closer to my all-time Sahashi favorites each time I listen to it and you can actually hear some ideas he fleshed out and developed in later scores (Gundam SEED, SEED Destiny, Ultraman etc).I just discovered Sahashi's Future GPX albums a couple of weeks ago, and I adore them. I have to say that Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru's soundtrack, co-composed with Tomoyuki Asakawa, is just as exhilarating. Much of Sahashi's cues are similar to Bruce Broughton's bombastic orchestral style in his late 80s scores, I.e. Disney's Rescuers Down Under & Young Sherlock Holmes. If anyone wants a listen to Wataru, check out the three Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru links at Keiichan's post over at MCAnime.net via this link (http://www.mcanime.net/foro/viewtopic.php?t=460461). If the download links don't work, respond and I'll re-up, as long as Keiichan doesn't mind. :) The original post's credit goes to Marushiaru, I believe. Anyway, If you are a fan of Sahashi and/or Broughton, give these three albums a listen!

A very last minute heads up: Elliot Goldenthal's Symphony in G# minor, John Williams, Howard Shore's and James Horner's concert works premiered not too long ago with The Pacific Symphony are making their first stream tonight, at 7PM pacific... which I believe is 15 minutes from now. Unfortunately, I'm not able to record this at the moment, but if someone else could be able to...! Listen in here: Classical KUSC (http://www.kusc.org/playlist/)

Yuji Nomi

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Mario Klemens

Soreike! Anpanman Classics



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!a0xmkATT!A4_0aVN4R36oRaqE1UQfXoSjh77ZPjBWsc1MONn kwr0)
FLAC / CD-Rip / 12 Tracks

How about some jolly and beautiful classical music of the same quality as Nichijou and Neko no Ongaeshi :)
And no I don't know what "Anpanman" is about but I hope I'm not ignorant about another cult show like I was with Doraemon. I just love the music :D
CD-Rip and scans by me. There's also "Soreike! Anpanman Umareta Akachan e" with the Czech Philharmonic but I don't have that one but I hope somebody here does.

Enjoy

Ahahaha, oh yes. I made a post (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/520.html#post2423254) about this almost a year ago.

The series is legendary in Japan and Korea - EVERY kid, including I, grew up watching/reading at least some Anpanman. It was highly merchandised in every aspect and it's good to see the music got a competent arrangement, even though it's pretty short. I don't remember the original tunes but it's exciting to see such a nostalgic series in this thread. Definitely warrants a listen if you are in for some lighthearted music. Thank you!

I think people in this thread would appreciate the new releases from Varese Club, at least two of them, that are out today. I know a few of the members are big fans of Giacchino's work on Star Trek into Darkness so those of you who are will be happy to know that an expanded deluxe edition has been released today.

On the side of unknown scores from lesser known composers, Varese also released the delightful score by Nuno Malo for No God, No Master. It sounds like it will be a gem to remember and hopefully will get people to seek out other Nuno Malo scores that were previously released. Malo started scoring films at age 26, initially a number of films in Portugal. Then more recently he did his first Hollywood score to The Celestine Prophecy in 2006, a score that was released by Movie Score Media along with a few of his other scores. No God, No Master was released in 2012 and the soundtrack is now available through Varese.

I just listened to the new Date A Live and decided to look a bit more into Go Sakabe. It turns out the guy studied under Sahashi and has been an assistant to him for years. In fact he still works with Sahashi - he's done arrangement on a number of musicals which Sahashi composed from 2010 to present. So there's the connection.

OK I lied. I don't actually like all of Kindaichi Shounen. Actually I hate about half of it, specifically all the avant-garde stuff. I really hate suspense music so much and this stuff even more. But thankfully if you remove it from the rest of the score you are left with some amazing stuff. I also can't stand the probably synthesized harpsichord I hear at times. So if anyone cares, this is my own custom shortened version that removes all the stuff I can't stand. You might think me crazy for removing one track or another but this is my custom edit.
9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26. Now THAT is so much better :D

Really wish I could be in London for the Proms... Tango or anyone, are you going to any?

Edit: Just looked through the programs and they look rather conservative with very few modern mavericks like Birtwistle and Chin(!). This is still so much better than my local orchestra insisting on your tired early Romantic and classical... :(

Been a while since I listened to it, but finally listening to it again now: Tangotreats vinyl transfer of Poltergeist (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/548.html#post2505071). Such a great project and described with such passion and enthusiasm for the music and the format. Really thought it deserved a bump so there we are...a hidden gem. Thanks again Tangotreats. I plan to attempt my transfer hopefully soon from my own German pressing.

Just a heads up but this will likely be my last batch upload for a long time. Simply can't keep up with everything anymore. That being said I'm happy with what's here. Shinji brings yet another great pokemon score. Though i think it's ridiculous that the track number count now outweighs the minutes of actual music lol. SuperSweep brings some interesting techno cues to the game. Sucks the main theme wasn't included in this one however. And last but not least Yugo Kanno orchestral score for Jojo. Haven't properly listened to it yet but I like what I've sampled so far. Love that Stardust Crusaders suite.

1000506775 | JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Stardust Crusaders O.S.T... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45910)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img016_zps05cc8511.jpg.html)

Title: JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Stardust Crusaders O.S.T [Departure]
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Yugo Kanno
No. of tracks: 23
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 30, 2014
Size: MP3 175mb/ ALAC 350mb
Host: Zippy/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Setting Off
02 Purple Thorns
03 Silver Twist
04 Fire Shaman
05 Rest
06 Omen
07 Creeping Enemy
08 Revival of Darkness
09 Virtuous Pope
10 Tension
11 Hidden Feelings
12 Approaching
13 Sadness
14 Imminence
15 Calm Sightseeing
16 Loyal Servant
17 Hesitation
18 Wind in the Wilderness
19 Clash
20 Repose of Souls
21 Advancing Darkness
22 Time of the Decisive Battle
23 Stardust Crusaders (http://kiwi6.com/file/nfw6e6s4yw)

320kbs MP3
Zippyshare.com - [AOI] JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Stardust Crusaders O.S.T Departure [320kbs + scans].zip (http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/84840753/file.html)

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!yRp1nKwT!Gn3MNKvf8apEqcHwUNDq0aMg8Up4hEF3ONTlXjX ylMU

MHCL-2455 | Pok�mon the Movie XY "Hakai no Mayu to Diancie" &... - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/46091)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img004_zpsdc88731d.jpg.html)

Title: Pok�mon the Movie XY "Hakai no Mayu to Diancie" & "Pikachu, Kore Nan no Kagi?" Music Collection
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: Shinji Miyazaki
No. of tracks: 71
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 30, 2014
Size: MP3 197mb/ ALAC 410mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Main Title
02 Princess of the Domain
03 Heart Diamond
04 The Great Destruction of the Allearth Forest
05 Life Energy
06 Pocket Monster, Pok�mon for short
07 Diantha VS Wikstrom
08 That Boy, Ash of Pallet Town
09 A Sinister Scheme
10 A Fun Dinner
11 Diancie, Let's Eat!
12 Indulge in the Sea of Diamonds
13 Princess Diancie
14 Pursuers
15 Wish Upon the Star
16 Yahhohoi!
17 Bonnie and a Diamond
18 Fashion Show
19 Found it
20 Clemont's Invention
21 Flying Ash!
22 The Thieves Attack
23 Millis and Chesnaught
24 Unfulfilled Wishes
25 Light of the City
26 Crisis in the Domain
27 Diancie's Tears
28 To Xerneas Again
29 The Cocoon of Destruction
30 Meeting with Xerneas
31 Fairy Aura
32 The Master Thieves Appear!
33 Everyone Loves Diamonds
34 Yveltal's Explosive Birth!
35 Oblivion Wing
36 Don't Give Up!
37 Determined Diancie
38 Mega Diancie
39 Xerneas VS Yveltal
40 Don't Die, Pikachu!
41 The Beginning of Hope (http://kiwi6.com/file/m1btmcx95x)
42 A Proof of Friendship
43 Mega Volt - Cinema Ver.-
44 Daybreak Meteor Shower
45 Pikachu, What's This Key For?
46 See You La~ter
47 Dedenne at Full Speed!
48 Meowth, Wobbuffet, and Inkay
49 Here! Here! Klefki!
50 There! There! Klefki!
51 To the World of the Keyhole
52 Key - Key - Key!!
53 Over There, Dedenne
54 Finding a Trampoiline
55 Thank You, Victini
56 Come On Everybody, Let's Go!
57 Aurora Slider
58 Tyrunt Army Appears!
59 Meowth, Wobbuffet, and Inkay Part 2
60 Manaphy~~...
61 Tyrunt is Angry!
62 Tyrunt Flashes!
63 Rumble!
64 Hello Jirachi, Goodbye Darkrai
65 Everyone is Friends
66 There's No Time!!
67 Smile Full of Energy
68 Whe... Where's the Key!?
69 Goodbye Klefki
70 We're Home
71 Peace Smile! (Movie Size)


320kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!KURVzC6T!MLnTGuC8Kf1nzdpwWssHiutLcDfCiJKqY6zA5fj OP4E

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!jRIghQAZ!QmKpTmC-4WIoeliF4NR59agyLYtxxQTQ4q7a0EodBpI


MFXN-0026EX | No Game No Life SPECIAL CD 02 SOUNDTRACK VOL.1 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45077)
(http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/img025_zpsb377de1d.jpg.html)

Title: No Game No Life SPECIAL CD 02 SOUNDTRACK VOL.1
Type OST: Anime Soundtrack
Composers: SuperSweep (Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi, Fumihisa Tanaka)
No. of tracks: 19
Format: MP3 and ALAC
Bitrate: 320kbs and Loseless
Release Date: Jul 30, 2014
Size: MP3 196mb/ ALAC 411mb
Host: Mega/MP3 Mega/ALAC

Tracklist (sample included)
01 Game start
02 Gray sky
03 The bluff
04 Blue sky
05 Play white
06 Rainbow sky
07 Princess Stephanie
08 Time-out
09 Mode-EASY
10 Mode-NORMAL
11 Choisies
12 Criminal connection
13 Thinking
14 The rules
15 Mode-HARD (http://kiwi6.com/file/75zboag7n7)
16 God of GAME
17 The mystery
18 Before I met you
19 Predawn

320kbs MP3
https://mega.co.nz/#!3MgACL4B!awyDGvpWwWCb1m_QvKpbAluTBmv6nMRUrwQ-OBqL6FY

ALAC (Loseless)
https://mega.co.nz/#!uMYVGBCL!kDe-nJ2hhkPgQhaLgTR7ZkkLT05C67GhEI_yqkf6eR0

Scans included as always. Enjoy http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq271/leatherhead93/kucing_keren_zpscfa5a72e.gif (http://s455.photobucket.com/user/leatherhead93/media/kucing_keren_zpscfa5a72e.gif.html)

Just dropping by for two very exciting news. To my surprise, Kancolle, the next big thing since Touhou which should have a generous budget will be scored by Natsumi Kameoka!

PV: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABZN292gvRo) Yes! It's classic Hollywood! Another Kid Icarus / Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy! It's also more apparent that the excellent quality of those scores are due to Kameoka's orchestrations.

The composer for the next big Sunrise mecha anime is a very unusual but a very interesting choice. Akiko Shikata. I'm not hoping for another miracle like Hanakisou because of the PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMS6Ax9FeEE) but I'm very interested what it will turn out to be.


Leatherhead: Thanks for all the countless uploads. You will certainly be missed, I was not interested in all of it but your dedication and determination for this thread and the shrine is utterly commendable. Thank you!

Sorry to see you go LeatherHead. I understand that sooner or later we all need to move on because of many more important things in our lifes or simply take a break.
All the best for you, and remember that we are all waiting for you with open arms when you come back.

Peace love and smiles :)

Thank you for [No Game No Life SPECIAL CD 02 SOUNDTRACK VOL.1], SuperSweep rarely disappoints. Crossing my fingers for the other CDs to follow :)

First time visit here and there are tons of amazing music. Thank you all!

They posted the 10-min preview of G-Reco. Crunchyroll - VIDEO: 10 Minutes of "G-Reco" Previewed (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/08/08/video-10-minutes-of-g-reco-previewed)

Sounds quite lovely, as expected from Yugo, and already looks so very, very Tomino.

The music should be great but I hope most of it was still demo takes (aside from the promotional theme).

Another score worth getting excited about is Naoki Sato's Doraemon [STAND BY ME] on September, 17. Have some samples. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVuXGgOGR7Q)
It should be right up there with Naki and Priceless, the music is already wonderful melodrama ... and god bless Japan, where else would Holst's Jupiter and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 still be used for big budget movie trailers?

Sorry to see you go LeatherHead. I understand that sooner or later we all need to move on because of many more important things in our lifes or simply take a break.
All the best for you, and remember that we are all waiting for you with open arms when you come back.

Peace love and smiles :)

good luck LeatherHead!
don't loose Your Heart and find fulfilment!

https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-soule/official-soundtrack-sample-2-everquest-next-landmark

I really like how Jeremy is going back to his older sound, as in the very cinematic sound from classics such as Total Annihilation and Azurik. The beginning motif is just gorgeous and sweeping. It sounds very much like the style of John Williams.

Gentlemen! Farewell for a couple of weeks - I'm hitting Florida, USA for a Disney extravaganza. Take care & see you soon! :)

Enjoy fella. We'll be around.

Gentlemen! Farewell for a couple of weeks - I'm hitting Florida, USA for a Disney extravaganza. Take care & see you soon! :)

Sounds like fun! Enjoy.

Dunno if this is the right place to post this, but does anyone happen to have a reupload of a FLAC/APE/ALAC of Michiru Oshima's Zetsuen no Tempest OST Vol. 1? The links @ the original post (here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/463.html#post2289708)) are dead. Would be much appreciated!

Yo,
uploaded the FLAC version I have of Zetsuen no Tempest OST Vol. 1 :
Zetsuen no Tempest OST Vol. 1 (http://jheberg.net/captcha/zetsuen-no-tempest-soundtrack-vol1/)

Blast of Tempest (2012-2013 TV series)
Composed by Michiru Oshima

Credit goes to the original rippers/uploaders.

OST Vol. 1 (http://vgmdb.net/album/36936)

APE link by Akashi San (Thread 57893) / Re-Up: https://mega.nz/#!sF1hwK4b!aieYTjcrsrpLzE6wOSGuLiN4lGsl8qbQHNv1UgQbvZU

<hr>

OST Vol. 2 (http://vgmdb.net/album/38643)

FLAC link by nextday (Thread 57893)

<hr>

OST Vol. 3 (http://vgmdb.net/album/41246)

FLAC link by nextday (Thread 57893)

It's already been two years since this score was posted. Decided to give it a spin again with a renewed look and I'm surprised by:

1. Very Sahashi-like sound in a lot of tracks (!)
2. Over 100 minutes of great music with minimal fillers. Both orchestral and non-orchestral cues are done very well.

I wish she composes more :(

Yes, it's pretty great, especially for a newcomer! But it's not only Sahashi, some influences are much older, I believe Tango even spotted some Ifukube in NachtWal. But I wouldn't worry about her career yet, the japanese scoring world is still great for newcomers with ambition and talent aside from budget and recording. Even such prestige projects like the new Fate anime are given to relativly new composers instead of established veterans. There's even a new Nanoha project in the works so she has a high chance of returning soon.

Some random thoughts:

The new PV for Gundam G no Reconquista has put me at ease, this will be a fantastic SciFi-Adventure score with a big studio orchestra.
I've seen some camrips of Doraemon and it's pretty damn good, big romantic melodies with no synth in sight, the orchestra sounded really big as well, can't wait to hear it.
Hyrule Warriors has some pretty orchestral tracks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErK8-6HRjkc) and I like the Rock versions of the various overworld themes but the rest is too much like Dynasty Warriors for my liking. I would have much prefered a more traditional score but what's there is good so I won't complain.
The upcoming anime season has more promising scores as well: Another case of small budget, big music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5QStlHuHQ)
I hope the score for Seikoku no Dragonar is getting released somehow, as of now there's not even a hint of a bonus CD. Speaking of Bonus CDs, I really hope that all the recent Monaca scores (Captain Earth, Nanana and Tenkai Knights) are getting proper releases in the future. The music certainly deserves better treatment.
Another thing, I recently warmed up to Sawano a little bit. Kill La Kill is actually good pumping mindless fun when I'm in the mood for that. If I really think about it there is actually no harm he can do with his music, I just wish he would stick to silly shows like KLK, because he doesn't need a big budget for this kind of music anyway. Leave the shows with serious settings and big budgets to more promising composers and I'm cool with it all.

I thought I should mention the new score from La La Land of Dimitri Tiomkin's Wild is the Wind. The full score sounds great despite being in mono. Really quality music and survived in great condition.

Have a good time TT. We will all hold the fort while you're out :)

Symphony No. 1 "HIROSHIMA"


I've been looking everywhere for this, and it's impossible to buy the cd... Thank you so very much, sir ! :)

Stravinski - The Rites of Spring

【專輯名稱】:Pili Heroes Music featured 50 音樂精選50
【發行日期】:2014年08月22日

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專輯曲目:
CD曲目:
01.滄耳劈世 素還真武曲
02.蚍蛉撼殺 玄同太子武曲
03.閻王霸途 閻王氣勢曲
04道真同悲 原無鄉悲傷曲
05.獨照松月 冷別賦角色曲
06.若葉知秋 若葉知秋角色曲
07.絕勝柳狂 若葉知秋武曲
08.劍鬼 劍鬼非人哉
09.燕歌行 燕歌行角色曲
10.塵緣懷鉛 心懷鉛情境曲
11.步淵渟 論劍海主席
12.風蕩寒梅 凜若梅武曲
13.蒿下歌 紫色餘分與玄同
14.繫心鈴韻 紫鷨情境曲
15.紫色餘分 紫色餘分角色曲
16.杏花天影 桓正修雅角色曲
17.天地雙蝱 王蠸后夔
18.極光劍一 極光劍一現世
19.邁向前方 天地蝱之歌
20.秋笛和鳴 若葉知秋與凜若梅

https://mega.co.nz/#!ExERQKpb!NwO1e1ZaEBwaUArx4uNFeid5r4VxMfRtQKdWPJG OuRo

【專輯名稱】：天地風雲錄之魔戮血戰2[mp3-320k][230.52mb]
【發行公司】：愚人夢想開發公司
【發行日期】：2014年08月20日
【專輯曲目/介紹】：
1. 天地正氣 -魔戮血戰第二片頭曲
2. 忍見友成讎 -撼天闕、戰兵衛情義對決
3. 雄威霸當今 -沉淪海三尊角色曲
4. 紛紛擾擾越春秋 -苗疆情境曲
5. 一劍恩怨休 -神田京一角色曲
6. 宿敵扶桑猶抱信 -西劍流再入中原
7. 赤鳳舞天流 -赤羽信之介武戲曲
8. 邪心亦醒吟 -女暴君悔悟搭救憶無心
9. 逢舊影,戰前塵 -戮世摩羅苦戰炎魔亡靈
10. 法履處,禪鐘正悠 -佛國場景曲
11. 豈思故園林 -姚金池角色曲
12. 滅虛空,騰龍善謀 -撼天闕、鐵驌求衣對決
13. 野村童,巧渡迷津 -修儒角色曲
14. 乃九算,誰云真 -墨家九算
15. 神思異秀,平王蕩寇 -赤羽信之介角色曲
16. 顧神州,幾度殘氛 -中原情境曲
17. 好事問何求 -雪山銀燕與雨音霜情境曲
18. 楚雖三戶成貂錦 -正派反攻
19. 萬古共悲辛 -煞魔子為梁皇無忌犧牲悲壯曲
20. 冰緣 -魔戮血戰第二片尾曲
https://mega.co.nz/#!Q19hWIZZ!0bEtzAC3xtzB8u2oT5QBtzwbSpciYMEnBlbajex PHQg

Apparently this is the fall season lineup: ANIME SCORE BGM NEWS: FALL 2014 JAPANESE ANIME SEASON - LIST OF COMPOSERS (http://animescorenews.blogspot.sk/2014/08/fall-2014-japanese-anime-season-list-of.html)

I'm personally looking forward to the MONACA scores the most. Also hopelessly wishing for something unique like Aria, Romeo x Juliet, or Wolf's Rain to pop up sometime soon...

Toshihiko Sahashi
Steel Angel Kurumi
Studio Orchestra




Download Link (https://mega.co.nz/#!mhJlRBDa!-n1rpSOdw5om2Y54ZlH5iAl6mqpvhQ786JgSYZ9GYlQ)

So here's a little upgrade to one of Sahashi's finest scores. I believe this is everything he wrote for the franchise. A couple of missing cues have been added and what I could find in FLAC I have updated. It may not be as refined as his later compositions but there is so much "pure Sahashi" in this little gem. It really feels more personal than most of his other scores and I absolutly love it. I would also recommend to listen to some Mozart and Haydn, especially the Trumpet concerto before Kurumi for some extra enlightenment ;)
After all these years, "Miracle of Love" remains one of my absoulte favorite pieces from anime and is perhaps the best piece Sahashi has written for a TV-show yet. I always draw the parallel to Goldsmith's Enterprise and for good reason. It's a full-fleshed symphonic piece that not loses it's momentum for over five minutes. I absolutly adore the moment Kurumi-chan appears and becomes part of the heroic theme with a final trumpet statement. I could listen to it everyday without getting tired, it really is a fantastic musical story. I would donate all my money for a re-recording with the LSO...
...and the OP/ED he wrote are incredibly catchy I have to say


Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Love Live! Notes of School idol days ~Glory~
Studio Orchestra


Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!rg5kBDKB!L93AA0r2OGwREET0SL31UF1_GWn0C57eRAeYmVj UxKM)

Track 1 ~ 27 (Orchestral score, studio recording)
Track 28 ~ 35 (Orchestral score, midi mock-up)
Track 36 ~ 42 (Electronics, rock and some stingers)


Here we have a huge step up for the second season thanks to a proper studio recording. Not everything made it for the recording but what's there is quite good. First thought: "Ok this is some old-school Hollywood movie with a tiny budget". You can even find some Tetris and Nightmare before Christmas in here among others. Throw in some jazzy pieces and some guitar tracks on top and we have a very enjoyable score all around. But isn't it a strange world we live in. On the other side of the world, a cartoon about a middleschool pop group has now the kind of music that was once ment for war dramas, romantic epics and grand tales of friendship and family. I'm happy of course that this music survives and is flourishing among young composers but it also means I eventually have to move to Japan if I still want to write like that before getting laughed at by Zimmer and friends for not getting with the times.


Mori Yuuya
Seitokai Yakuindomo ~2nd season~
Studio Orchestra




Download (http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=976059073&uk=1177660107)

PW: pzks

The score for the second season is also a step up thanks to the addition of a real string ensemble and some classical tracks. The score for the first season was also extremely fun, an excellent wind ensemble score ... and all to underscore many perverted jokes and some (really creative) camera movements up a girl's miniskirt ... oh Japan, never change :D

I really like Love Live! Didn't take any chances with the vocal tracks, but the rest is very fun and happy. I noticed the composer is currently doing Rail Wars, which is also nice (quite possibly my favorite from this season...). Wondering if the soudntrack to the first Love Live! is worth it?...

Toshihiko Sahashi
Steel Angel Kurumi
Studio Orchestra


Compressed file is corrupted

Might someone help me out? I have seem to have lost Sahashi's Gundam Anniversay Symphony and was wondering if some kind soul would be able to share it?

New link for Kurumi is up, I hope everything works now.

@Akashi San: From what I remember it was all synth and it's not as good as the second. If you have enough time I would give it a try. I'm also really looking forward to the fall season. I'm looking forward to Gundam G the most but I bet one or two surprise scores with big budgets will appear. Something like ARIA would be absolutly wonderful but these come only once or twice in a few years. I'm also hoping most scores will get proper releases because it's quite troublesome to collect all Captain Earth and Nanana CDs over the course of almost a whole year. Not to mention the wait for some news on Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, Dragonar or Tenkai Knights. It may just be my observation but I believe budget and quality is actually increasing by and large. More and more shows are being produced each year but most have enough budget for at least a small string ensemble. And long forgotten styles of orchestral (and jazz) music in the west are still recorded over there and stuff like Seitokai Yakuindomo just brings a huge smile to my face. They only need to build some new big studio facilities with orchestral halls for BGM recordings and get some good engineers and everything would be dreamland.

So I just saw that Kanbee Vol.3 is being released on October 22, followed by a limited edition complete 5 disc soundtrack on December 17. That means there's a whole two discs worth of unreleased music and that Kanno recorded around 6 hours of music in total for the show. And that's in addition to Gundam G and all these others things he's been doing.

@klnerfan: I can say at least that Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka soundtrack will be included with the last blu-ray volume (it's just not announced yet). I don't know about the other two though.

New link for Kurumi is up, I hope everything works now.

@Akashi San: From what I remember it was all synth and it's not as good as the second. If you have enough time I would give it a try.

The ensemble is actually smaller in the 2nd season than it was in the first but I agree it wasn't as good. Still has some excellent pieces imo (namely the opening track).

Personally I can't wait for Black Bullet (though I'm not getting the enclosure OST). For a Shiro/Amano score the number of tracks is kind of puny. I didn't even expect for there to be more than 10 tracks given what I heard from the anime. Still something about the main theme is enticing. I think I'm just a sucker for the London Choir Shiro uses xP.

klnerfan Sorry, please provide
Mori Yuuya
Seitokai Yakuindomo ~2nd season~
Studio Orchestra
The need to enter the password to download

TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Gundam Symphony (30th Anniversary) (2009)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Gavin Greenaway



tangotreats' rip. FLAC @ Level 8. Tags in English. Full booklet scan included. 11 Minute bonus video from DVD included; behind the scenes footage at the recording session and a full movement (10 - The Symphony) in sound and vision.

FLAC
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!ClwyyTpI!0Ad_cW_1SHHcbd3JDOVdN8DjOfTCKAB4fMjMggZ HD3c

MP3 -V0
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!r4Q3zRyY!KwDwCdxiExPAwCZo1moPyyFGZSo5lvN5pcMBmh3 76Sg

There's not really much to say about this. You know what it is. You know it's a masterpiece. You know it's Toshihiko Sahashi unleashed with 85 of the world's finest orchestral musicians.

If you liked Symphony Seed / Symphony Seed Destiny, get this and get it NOW. If you have any interest whatsoever in symphonic, joyous, unabashedly grand sci-fi music just like they don't write any more (except in Japan) this will become an instant favourite. Sahashi has written a 60 minute symphony based on themes from Gundam's first thirty years - from the very first 1979 series all the way up to 2007's Gundam 00. 'Nuff said. Yes, it

REPOST; the links in my original post of this album on January 6th 2010 are all dead, so I have taken the opportunity to upgrade sound quality (to FLAC), and correct some minor niggling errors in the tags. I have also re-encoded the bonus video with significantly improved picture quality and untouched FLAC sound direct from the DVD's LPCM track.

NOTE: For those who obsess over such things, you will notice that the LOG file shows one track (Believe In Love) failed AccurateRip but nevertheless ripped without error. Whoever submitted the original AR results did so with a bad rip; my disc is clean, and I get the same results on three different drives; ergo, the rip is good and AR is wrong.



_tangotreats (Thread 57893) (Originally posted on May 12th 2012)

Thank you so much, Herr Salat! This album is very much a masterpiece and probably one of the finest (if not THE finest) symphonic arrange albums out there.

As promised I released the complete recording to my arrangement of Fang's Theme for String Orchestra. This will be track one of The Ethereal String Project which will hopefully be released this year. Enjoy everyone! I have been gnawing at the bit to release this!

https://soundcloud.com/josh-barron/fangs-theme-for-string-orchestra-final-fantasy-xiii

Sounds good. If you're planning on uploading any to youtube might I suggest putting the score to follow along?

Streichorchester,

Thank you! The musicians really brought the arrangement to life so I owe them a lot to make sure everyone gives them their due :). My next full preview is going to be either Still Alive from Mirror's Edge or Trisection from Final Fantasy Tactics. I'm not sure which one to release next. I am planning to release three full tracks to preview and the rest will be short samples. As for the sheet music on YouTube, that is a good idea and that might be something I will do once the album is out. I actually want to digitally release the sheets at some point as I feel arrangement albums should do this anyway. The things I would do to get Shiro Hamaguchi's arrangements in sheet music! So yeah, I want to do things for those who want to delve in deeper through sheets.

This is a very random question, but does anybody have a better translated English tracklist for:
PCCG-01351 | "Attack on Titan" Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/38626)

It has become a personal crowning jewel of mine, and I find the English tracklist for it rather inferior, so I've been looking to improve it but have come up a little empty.

thank u gundam

https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-soule/official-soundtrack-sample-3-everquest-next-landmark

I am blown away by this sample from Jeremy Soule's latest project EverQuest Next Landmark. I believe this is actually performed by a live orchestra and my oh my is this in the vein of Mahler. I hope this is a sign that he is going back to his Total Annihilation days. This might beat Elder Scrolls V Skyrim in terms of quality and composition.

TAKATSUGU MURAMATSU - WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC COLLECTION
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 341.8 MB | 34 TRACKS | 01:15:42
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kentaro Kawase [disc 1]
Studio Orchestra [disc 2]


VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/45405)
Catalog Number: TKCA-74120
Release Date: Jul 16, 2014

Disc 1 (Image Album)
01 The Oiwa Home
02 High Tide, Low Tide
03 Anna (http://kiwi6.com/file/03oxu8f4rb) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
04 Marnie
05 Sayaka's Dream
06 Anna (Piano Version)

Disc 2 (Original Soundtrack)
01 "An Ordinary Face"
02 Anna's Journey
03 Off to the Post Office
04 The Marsh House
05 "The Light is On!"
06 The Girl in the Blue Window
07 Sketching on the Boat
08 The Girl Stood Up!
09 "Like Just What I Am"
10 When I Held a Doll
11 "It's Not a Dream"
12 The Two on the Boat
13 Three Questions Each
14 The Party
15 Kazuhiko and Marnie Dance
16 "Let's Dance, You and I"
17 While Cutting Tomatoes
18 Hisako's Painting
19 The Blue Diary
20 The Mushroom Forest
21 The Two Confess
22 "It's Like We Traded Places"
23 Anna Runs in the Storm
24 A Final Wish
25 Hisako's Story 1
26 Hisako's Story 2
27 When Marnie Was There
28 Fine On The Outside

Ripped by MGRT (http://www.weibo.com/hymgrt).

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!BM0TmDZD!-U-xSO-Y1DESyhcEn-EHnGXzukf7ZUQcmoJW-Lwarpw

Young pianist Takatusugu Muramatsu becomes the latest composer to score a film by Studio Ghibli and also makes his anime soundtrack debut. The score on the second disc is based around the themes on the first disc, performed by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.


TAKATSUGU MURAMATSU - EARTH
Ayako Takagi (flute) and Chika Nishiwaki (piano)



Here's Muramatsu's seven minute modern classical composition "Earth" for flute and piano: Download Earth.m4a - Kiwi6 Mp3 Upload (http://kiwi6.com/file/88gtnuqtev/)


TAKATSUGU MURAMATSU - MADO
FLAC, LOG, CUE | 169.8 MB | 7 TRACKS | 00:43:50


Catalog Number: MDCL-1311
Release Date: Nov 25, 1996

01 New Frontier (http://kiwi6.com/file/5oixp8nb8r) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
02 聖域
03 蒼海-あおうなばら
04 怖れをしらない探検家たち
05 Mr.ホームズの冒険
06 紙について思う僕のいくつかの事
07 Forever Japan

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ME1kECBb!obCxZ0xI-zbJwY1xfegmjcxP17xXd1nqwhufvBksQdA

And lastly is Muramatsu's first album - the most interesting of these 3 uploads in my opinion. This piano solo album was released when he was only 18 years old. It's pretty different from Muramatsu's current new-age style and I think I like it more than his other piano albums (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/484.html#post2336763). Kind of feels like a video game piano arrangement album or something.

Ok, I've changed my mind...



I'm not confused - just very distinct in the way in which I interpret the term "orchestral".

I am a composer, conductor, orchestrator, and classical music reviewer. I'm not a musical rookie.

The physical "orchestra" as an entity is never defined so rigidly - an orchestra can be 10,000 people or 10. The C64 Orchestra, for example, is only twelve musicians. You'd be better off using the term "ensemble" or "chamber ensemble" but if you wanted to push a point, you could still refer to it as an orchestra. Just a bloody small one!


Do you see what I'm getting at? Music can incorporate an orchestra, or the sounds of an orchestra (through a synthesizer) and yet, in my view, still not be "orchestral music" by that definition.

To take a case in point, Saint Seiya - one of my all time favourite scores, by the way - is performed by a small orchestra. But I do not believe it belongs in the category of "orchestral music" because it is clearly disco; structurally, musically, harmonically, it is seventies-style disco music. If Saint Seiya is orchestral music, how about MFSB - The Sound Of Philadelphia? Glorious disco track, with a seventy-piece Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Does it feature an orchestra? Yes - a considerably bigger and better one than Saint Seiya. Is it ORCHESTRAL? Technically, yes - but philosophically, and in this context no.

Requiem For A Dream - you really can't tell me it's orchestral music on the grounds that there are musical instruments playing. Goldfrapp, The Divine Comedy, etc, use orchestral arrangements in their songs. Are they writing orchestral music? No.

In the world of modern classical music, the terms "orchestral" and "symphonic" have started to mean almost exactly the same thing. This is wrong of course, because "symphonic" means something entirely different. However, in an effort to simplify terminology for a non-musical crowd (ie, the majority of film music listeners) the definition of "orchestral" has shifted to suggest a particular kind of music - that features orchestral performances, but which also adheres to a certain style and standard of composition.

The anime / video game music community, particularly, have a habit of stealing various musical terminology and appropriating them into meaning different, occasionally wrong, often inaccurate things: "Orchestrated" , "Conducted", and "Composed" are often confused and some people even think they're exactly the same thing. "Orchestrated" means something that sounds like more than a few people are playing, etc. ("Orchestration" just means the act of taking music and deciding what instruments play which melodies, harmonies, etc. My first piano concerto is fully orchestrated - and it's never been played by anybody. It's on manuscript paper. Coincidentally, so is a light jazzy piece I wrote - it's orchestrated, and it includes parts for about twenty orchestral players in additional to sax, drum kit, etc - and I do NOT consider it orchestral music.

Likewise, "orchestral" now seems to mean anything which a) includes musicians playing instruments commonly found in a symphony orchestra, b) has the sound of a) even if produced by synthesisers, c) almost any film, television or anime score that isn't outright metal, rock, or some other genre, etc...

I'm trying to get people to see the word "orchestral" and see it differently.

Case in point - most of the music of Hans Zimmer (and likeminded composers). He uses a (ridiculously big) orchestra, but it doesn't sound like one. He drowns it in synthesizers and simplistic percussion loops. He treats his orchestra like a keyboard. It doesn't *sound* symphonic - because broadly speaking, it's not.

On the other hand, I consider Wendy Carlos' "Tron" to fit into this category, even though it is a orchestral-synthesizer hybrid piece. Why? Because it is, first and foremost, a symphonic piece. Orchestral and symphonic are two words which aren't just about the physical composition of a performance ensemble - they're about a sound, a vibe, a technique - whatever you want to call it. "Tron" is a symphonic, orchestral score that incorporates synthesizers as well.

Likewise the music of people like Jerry Goldsmith - accomplished orchestral composers who used electronics to augment and enhance the sound of their arrangements.

See the difference? Or am I making no sense at all?

Here's another contribution after all:

Tron, "The Light Sailer", Wendy Carlos. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Douglas Gamley.

http://sharebee.com/f9887217



If that was the intended meaning, fair enough - in the world of film music, classical music, the term "Big Orchestra" is often used to denote something like Star Wars, Star Trek, Superman, or the symphonies of Shostakovich, for instance - it implies solid, high quality symphonic music. Alternately the "Big" usually refers to the size and scope of the music. Throwing synthesizers, or a hard rock beat, or lots of percussion, at something doesn't make it big or epic. It makes it loud and annoying.




Most of those belong.

Metallica, Saint Seiya, Requiem For A Dream, emphatically do not.

Evangelion - I'm in two minds over this. I would let it pass as a borderline entry - I admit I'm biased as I hate the Evangelion scores, however.



I haven't - in fact, I have been doing nothing but trying to encourage the rest of you NOT to generalise - because all this music has been placed under the banner of "orchestral" where not all of it belongs.

There is music that DOES belong. I will try to provide as much of it as I can to try to get you all to hear what real, intelligent, orchestral ACTION music is all about. There have been some examples of it here but not many.

We are drowning in a mixture of crap, not crap but doesn't fit criteria, not crap but isn't orchestral, and not crap but is synthesised.

In any case, this isn't my thread and so it isn't my place to criticise the choices made, or the specifications laid down as to what and what can't be uploaded.

As I have said several times now, I was simply expressing my disappointment at the broad, sometimes faulty interpretation of "orchestral" as it has caused this thread to fill up with fairly common pieces - some good, some really dreadful, whereas if the criteria had been tighter, this could have been a truly special thread - a sanctuary for truly brilliant masterpieces.

Everybody thinks everything is a masterpiece. It isn't. Transformers may sound great in the film, but as music, it is a piece of shit. And it's well known, discussed constantly, and available in twelve different threads...

All I was suggesting is maybe it would be a good idea to leave out that populist rubbish and concentrate on some things that most of you probably won't be all that familiar with - but would probably absolutely LOVE if you heard them.

Peace, gentlemen. :)

Where can I hear your music? What movies, etc. have you composed for?

This is a very random question, but does anybody have a better translated English tracklist for:
PCCG-01351 | "Attack on Titan" Original Soundtrack - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/38626)

It has become a personal crowning jewel of mine, and I find the English tracklist for it rather inferior, so I've been looking to improve it but have come up a little empty.

Heh, no offense Tyrion but you have to understand that this is probably the worst place on the site (or if you permit me to be a tad bit hyperbolic, the internet!) to ask for anything positive in regards to the AoT soundtracks. Sure there are people who are somewhat adept at Japanese that post here...but very few of them, if any, are willing to spend time on a soundtrack they consider to be absolute shit!

All that said...what is wrong with the translation of the second tab, "English (from furigana)"? That seems to be more or less a translation that avoids any Engrish or Sawano's bullshit insane track naming.


https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-soule/...-next-landmark

I am blown away by this sample from Jeremy Soule's latest project EverQuest Next Landmark. I believe this is actually performed by a live orchestra and my oh my is this in the vein of Mahler. I hope this is a sign that he is going back to his Total Annihilation days. This might beat Elder Scrolls V Skyrim in terms of quality and composition.

To be fair, it won't take much for anything to outclass Skyrim!

Now, I agree that the cue you just posted was fun and enjoyable. But to say "blown away" would incite a little bit too much hyperbole in my eyes. Its a good piece, but not much more than that. It rubs me in all the right places but it doesn't have anything spectacular about it. It is a very well done by the books epic orchestral piece.

Having recently watched some of Kill la Kill and the currently-airing Aldnoah.Zero, I think S@wAの's scores work pretty effectively. I still wouldn't listen to his scores standalone, but they are okay - at least individual. Admittedly, his use of an orchestra is downright abysmal, although his forte is in another area (them guitar riffs, maybe?)

Thanks for posting the Muramatsu scores, nextday! Didn't even know there was a Ghibli film that I never heard of. I'm very two-minded about Muramatsu's music. It's really pleasant, but perhaps too pleasant... While his music may work as good, low-volume background listening, it gets sugary and shallow really fast. I'm still curious to see if he brought anything new to the table.

Now, I agree that the cue you just posted was fun and enjoyable. But to say "blown away" would incite a little bit too much hyperbole in my eyes. Its a good piece, but not much more than that. It rubs me in all the right places but it doesn't have anything spectacular about it. It is a very well done by the books epic orchestral piece.

cue reminding me of sleeping beauty music dragon fight at end. i am liking soule, so hopefully others as good for this :)

Doublehex,

The other samples are good, but I don't believe those are actually performed. Maybe I got too excited at the idea that Soule used an actual orchestra lol. And I liked Skyrim ;). It was the more melodic and thematically sound of his Elder Scrolls entries, at least in my opinion. I just wish he would do more live orchestra than synth. I am hoping EverQuest at least gets some good amount of live music. He certainly has the budget with this project as it is Sony.

Heh, no offense Tyrion but you have to understand that this is probably the worst place on the site (or if you permit me to be a tad bit hyperbolic, the internet!) to ask for anything positive in regards to the AoT soundtracks. Sure there are people who are somewhat adept at Japanese that post here...but very few of them, if any, are willing to spend time on a soundtrack they consider to be absolute shit!

All that said...what is wrong with the translation of the second tab, "English (from furigana)"? That seems to be more or less a translation that avoids any Engrish or Sawano's bullshit insane track naming.

Yeah - most of the track titles are English (except Vogel im K�fig, which is German) to begin with. Also, the fact that furigana are supplied means that the tracks are not supposed to be read they way they are written (with all the weird ass symbols). The only alternative to the supplied translation would be to only translate the Japanese fragments within Sawano's weird track titles, which would look like this:

04 - 立body機motion -> Standing body Machine motion - this makes no sense, frankly, because all this is is replacing the 2. and 4. kanji by literal English translations of the kanji...writing the furigana in kanji, it would be written as: 立体機動
09 - 凸】♀】♂】←巨人 -> convex】♀】♂】←Titan
11 - 巨♀～9地区 -> Titan♀～9th ward
13 - 2chi城 -> 2chi Castle

Looks and reads even more nonsensical than the Japanese original, right? :)

On a sidenote, Sawano is quite skilled in writing electronica/rock-hybrid songs. Some of his songs are quite generic, but others can be pretty creative and he usually has a tasteful choice of sounds.

For those curious and adventurous: Unsuk Chin - Piano Concerto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxNGAc7G8VE)

A captivating piano concerto from possibly the only noteworthy Korean composer (yay). There is a new DG disc (http://www.amazon.com/Unsuk-Chin-3-Concertos/dp/B00KFU307A/ref=pd_sim_m_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0CR59HCADEGN1ERHH54R) recorded with the Seoul Philharmonic (!) that contains a much more crisp performance. She studied under Ligeti so you know what to expect... :D

Shiro Hamaguchi
Girls und Panzer OVA: This is the battle of Anzio!
Studio Orchestra



Download (https://mega.co.nz/#!n5ByhQDb!9yb7qc4BAzrLc1K1ZWHMcwZfxdW-9kq80sYg7STjTiA)
MP3 / V0 / 5 Tracks / 14 min

This drama cd has the score for the Anzio OVA of Girls und Panzer. Credit goes to 4chan.
The medley tracks are actually new recordings and not just reused music from the series.

What can I say? As someone who really loves the score for the series it's more of the same. Not much new music but enough to make my day.
After I've decided to give the show a shot I was pleasantly surprised by everything. A friend of mine who has a passion for the WW2 era actually said that everything to the tiniest detail about the tanks is accurate, moreso than games like World of Tanks or War Thunder get right. It's also full of wonderful cliches about the different nations and I always chuckle when I see "Rommel-chan" or "Mussolini-chan". It's one of those lovely japanese products where you can see (and hear) everyone had great fun and passion making it. However, I hope the movie score does not get the Bonus CD treatment.

Enjoy




On another note the new trailer for Bloodborne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYKh_LxrAJQ) actually shows potential for once. After the dreadful Dark Souls II I'm more than happy to see Sakuraba go. I had to use almost all of Hirano's Broken Blade (which works well in a dark fantasy setting out of context) to make it enjoyable so here's hoping for a good gothic score this time. As far as I know it has been recorded at Air Studios so there's definitely budget.



BLACK BULLET: Wow, only 6 minutes of Warsaw ... at best it's a side product for something epic coming this fall or winter. But it's safe to assume it's leftovers from Magi (or Berserk).

Aldnoah.Zero's soundtrack was leaked and posted (Thread 179399)! Goodness I can't wait to listen to it!

For fans of Kaoru Wada

KISHIN - The Echo of Japan - Die Musik von Kaoru Wada
Kaoru Wada / WDR Rundfunkorchester K�ln
Conducted by Hiroaki Mizuma (1-5), Kaoru Wada (6-7)
鬼神 - 和田薫の音楽, 2009


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!sgATCYxJ!nYrSo0IpurzpsHakR--gq-1ww2UBrRTxPyoLtTMVYgQ)
SCAN (https://mega.co.nz/#!h8xVACCb!n-neGZl1NiZnB86PAlcXcmK-KgwednIq4mAXTeX-Gys)

Karakuri no Kimi Original Soundtrack
a.k.a. Puppet Princess
Kaoru Wada / Performed by Karakuri Gakudan (絡繰樂團)
からくりの君 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, 2000


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!hgQ1xLjZ!crJI-6Ck2JpbXAIlYAw0Q9Gb-nkZOTumivDjeU0ZU-s)
SCAN (https://mega.co.nz/#!o4ZCyAyA!cUX1oHJw1_JK0AOUgrABS2F_gAfRez9hpBZQ5MN GD7c)

Hi no Tori Houou-hen Original Soundtrack
Kaoru Wada
Voice Festival to 2000 火の鳥 -鳳凰編- オリジナル・サウンドトラック, 1999


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!hwgT2a4I!n1Ofxr0Dzid_Gy2X3_1c-4WoqpnDX-w7hspeNcBV79I)

Haven't posted anything in a while, so here we go :)


THE SEVEN SAMURAI
THE ARTISTRY OF FUMIO HAYASAKA
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Tetsuji Honna



MP3-V0 + Full Scans
Your download is ready (http://www.multiupload.com/GHCW47MFOI)

Fumio Hayasaka was one of Japan's top-ranking post-war composers. As a young man he was close friends with Akira Ifukube and was later acknowledged as a formative influence by none other than Toru Takemitsu. For reasons I don't quite understand, his music seems to have become a casualty of time. This disc is one of only a tiny handful of available recordings, and I'm pretty sure this is the first time it's appeared anywhere on the web.

The famous fatalistic Theme of the Seven Samurai opens the programme with nobility and is carried over into an extended elegiac treatment in the following Intermezzo. The real treat for Kurosawa fans here is a generous suite from Rashomon. The high harmonies of the sho, a traditional mouth-organ used in gagaku, hover over the main titles and the ruined gateway to a lost temple. Cues spun from the tales of the woodcutter and the bandit come next, both filled with mystery and incident, leading to a powerful haunting denouement.

Kurosawa came to regard the most significant role of film music as 'counterpoint', not merely 'accompaniment'; an idea that is perfectly illustrated by Masago. At Kurosawa's instruction, this piece is a refitting of Ravel's 'Bolero', with a snaking oriental melody that builds and sways. It really stands apart from the rest of the score and is therefore placed out of film order in the suite. The genius of this scene as a whole, apart from the magical camera moves and astonishing performance by Machiko Kyo, is that it finds the perfect musical expression for a woman becoming gradually more and more hysterical! What we have is essentially self-dramatising music in the minds of the characters, as they fashion their own stories about what took place.

The concert works Dance Antique and Overture in D are described very well in the booklet note, so I won't go into further detail. I must, however, draw your attention to the final track - Movement in Metamorphosis - an outright masterpiece of slowly unfolding lateral variation - like a landscape, a meditation. Hayasaka pursued what he felt to be the 'infinite form' of Japanese painting; oppositions are eschewed in favour of monothematic, monistic expression. It's really hard to say why I find it so moving. Give it a try :)





Here's hoping in the not-too-distant future more of Hayasaka's classic scores see the light of day. He wrote about 100! The beautiful poetic scores for Mizoguchi (Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, Crucified Lovers) would be a good starting point. They need to be heard! :D
Please for re-up!!

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O, Thanks!!!

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WARLORDS OF DRAENOR
160 KBPS MP3 @ CBR | 4"09'40 | 322 MB


1.Russell Brower - A Siege of Worlds v2 (12:06)
2.Clint Bajakian - Draenor (2:48)
3.Neal Acree - Khadgar's Plan (4:06)
4.Sam Cardon - Call of the Warrior (2:30)
5.Clint Bajakian - Durotan (2:37)
6.Russell Brower - Magnificent Desolation (7:35)
7.Russell Brower - The Clans Join (3:32)
8.Eimear Noone - Chieftains Gather (1:36)
9.Edo Guidotti - Patience Point (2:59)
10.Russell Brower - Forsaken (2:04)
11.Russell Brower - Fel Wasteland (1:25)
12.Sam Cardon - Bloodmaul Slag Mines (2:11)
13.Edo Guidotti - Laborius Misery (1:09)
14.Sam Cardon - Gug'rokk (2:04)
15.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Plight of the Ogres (1:39)
16.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Freedom (2:54)
17.Clint Bajakian - Clan Frostwolf (2:30)
18.Eimear Noone - Stormlords on the March (3:35)
19.Neal Acree - Shadowmoon Valley (9:40)
20.Eimear Noone - Malach (4:02)
21.Edo Guidotti - Ts Have It (2:44)
22.Eimear Noone - Shadowmoon Rising (2:35)
23.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Sunsets on Shadowmoon (1:49)
24.Sam Cardon - Vow of the Alliance (1:41)
25.Russell Brower - Proudmoore (1:44)
26.Russell Brower - Gardens of Karabor (2:06)
27.Neal Acree - A Light in the Darkness (2:35)
28.Russell Brower - Caverns of Life (1:52)
29.Edo Guidotti - Voce (0:48)
30.Eimear Noone - Keepers of the Temple (3:10)
31.Edo Guidotti - Sacrifice (1:28)
32.Edo Guidotti - Tome (0:56)
33.Russell Brower - Elune's Shadow (1:34)
34.Russell Brower - Foreshadowing (2:04)
35.Sam Cardon - Ancestral Vows (4:33)
36.Russell Brower - Eternal Night (1:15)
37.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Ethereal Essence (3:03)
38.Russell Brower - Premonition (2:11)
39.Sam Cardon - Words of the Dead (1:29)
40.Neal Acree - A Hero's Sacrifice (1:56)
41.Sam Cardon - Oath of Beasts (5:06)
42.Clint Bajakian - Skulls Chime (2:01)
43.Clint Bajakian - The Fury (2:21)
44.Neal Acree - The Iron Dawn (2:34)
45.Neal Acree - The Spires of Arak (2:38)
46.Russell Brower - Arrakoa (2:37)
47.Sam Cardon - Oath of Birds (1:58)
48.Edo Guidotti - Shakedown (2:45)
49.Clint Bajakian - Mystic (9:20)
50.Neal Acree - The Spires at Night (2:15)
51.Clint Bajakian - Echoes (3:26)
52.Sam Cardon - Traversing the Spires (2:08)
53.Sam Cardon - Skyreach (2:03)
54.Sam Cardon - The Adherents of Rukhmar (2:36)
55.Sam Cardon - Powers of the Sun (2:07)
56.Edo Guidotti - Malevolent Mystique (2:04)
57.Sam Cardon - High Sage Viryx (2:08)
58.Edo Guidotti - Prevalent Confliction (1:34)
59.Edo Guidotti - alevolent Prescience (2:25)
60.Clint Bajakian - The Eagle of Draenor (4:10)
61.Russell Brower - Quiet Heart (5:38)
62.Jason Hayes - Wolf at the Gates (2:42)
63.Clint Bajakian - Army of Iron (2:22)
64.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Grinspiration (2:57)
65.Edo Guidotti - Ethereal Embers (1:19)
66.Edo Guidotti - Mandown (2:48)
67.Clint Bajakian - The Iron Horde (3:27)
68.Clint Bajakian - Machines of War (3:39)
69.Clint Bajakian - Conquerors (2:37)
70.Neal Acree - Nagrand (2:29)
71.Neal Acree - Land of Winds (2:13)
72.Clint Bajakian - The Mountains of Nagrand (3:13)
73.Russell Brower - Cold Mountains (2:36)
74.Eimear Noone - Rise to the Dark (2:04)
75.Clint Bajakian - Wind Across the Plains (2:31)
76.Clint Bajakian - The Diamond (2:51)
77.Russell Brower - Herding Clans (2:11)
78.Clint Bajakian - Warrior's Journey (4:46)
79.Neal Acree - Warsong (7:35)
80.Edo Guidotti - Strange fever (2:12)
81.Eimear Noone - Protect the Throne (4:04)
82.Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Smack the Giant (2:32)
83.Neal Acree - Grommash Hellscream (2:45)
84.Sam Cardon - Gorian Words (2:10)
85.Russell Brower - Blackrock Foundry (3:08)


https://mega.co.nz/#!uZ5VmThS!K28mJAmr5hWNBfk9CVQvDRx-iqAOeuOAdMlt7UGA7yw

Before I begin, I want to make a few points clear. This is not a complete soundtrack as I will not have the Opening Cinematic cue until we get the Collectors Edition release, and that won't be for a few months. So you will need to deal with this complete soundtrack not living up to its product description for a brief period of times.

Secondly, I chopped off 3 hours of music. That is a pretty big chunk of music so I feel like I need to explain myself. Blizzard has a tendency to have several variations on their theme - they will have the complete theme with all the different instruments, and then they will have others that would have a layer of instruments stripped out, or it would be the complete cue but edited down to just a particular segment. I used to have all these different versions mixed together into a single suite, but more and more I have seen the disadvantages of this approach. It bloats the filesize of the download and makes the album deceptively longer. You never really had 7 or 8 hours worth of music in WoW - it was more like 3 or 4 on repeat. I decided with Warlords to change that, and to outright not use these variations.

Some would disagree with this choice - but then again, there are those that think even leaving out a 15 second stinger would mean I am lying to them. I don't care to please everyone - I make these for myself. I just so happen to share it with you guys. I do what I think makes up the best listening experience, and cutting out hours of crap goes a long way towards that.

HELLO! I'm not dead! :D

First of all, a sincere apology for Herr Salat for neglecting something... It's finally happening... and I hope you'll forgive me.

As something of a sneak preview... this strange and lovely piece was written by none other than Michiru Oshima... in 1978, at the tender age of seventeen.



It's a bouncy little number for GX-1 synthesizer (performed by the composer), piano, and ensemble. I find it truly amazing how "Oshima" it actually is; remember, this is fifteen years before Casshan, twenty years before Emeraldas, and THIRTY SIX years before Patema... and it's still her. Particularly in the slow middle section, that lovely melody foreshadows the glorious, sweeping themes that define her most famous film and television scores of recent years.

Zippyshare.com - oshima ready.flac (http://www78.zippyshare.com/v/33266536/file.html)

This is a wonderful album and as usual, you have Herr Salat's kindness, generosity, and apparently infinite bank balance to thank. The full album is actually two LPs - this is the only track that Oshima contributed to, however. The first LP, in addition to Oshima's piece (entitled "La Alegria") features a complete (excellent) performance of Mozart's D Minor piano concerto by Fumiko Kawai and the Yamaha Orchestra, and Chopin's Grande Polonaise performed by Yumiko Kato and the Osaka Philharmonic Symphony.

The second LP is all original music - a fantastic tone poem for orchestra and GX-1 by Yumiko Tanaka, an energetic piece for GX-1 and wind band by Hiromi Sato, and a symphony for piano, percussion, and orchestra by Yayoi Hirabe.

I will be uploading the whole thing very shortly - it's all just glorious stuff (if you can handle the sound of a very-obviously-70s synthesizer mixed with a symphony orchestra - it's grating to start with but you get carried off by the music in no time) and well, well worth a listen.

I truly hope everybody in this fine thread is in good health and I look forward to getting back "into the swing" of things over the next few weeks. :D

Tango :)

Some kind soul has recently posted Ichiko Hashimoto's Miles Away album on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-XVaM9vuWA&list=PLBvbOI6qNgA7KnFvkHfM0M5WaN7MOhatF&index=1. As its name might imply, it's a tribute to Miles Davis and includes tunes that are standards today. Forgive me for another post not even remotely orchestral (yet again!).

If you enjoy Hashimoto's understated, rather atmospheric jazz, you will really love this one. I was about to buy the album in full until I saw the $70 tag used! :( Not sure if the uploader would be willing to share his rip, but I guess I will ask him soon...

Also, those not terribly familiar with the Rahxephon soundtrack might wanna check these out: Dense Blue Water (minimalistic jazz) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w60QlBYZYbs), Avant, rendez-vous (kick-ass free jazz) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwbqSTVoDN8), or Innocent world (Hamauzu-esque piano miniature) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHKoYBn6sU). There are also decent orchestral pieces worth hearing.

Lastly, I haven't really been listening to much orchestral music besides some contemporary art music that most here just don't care for... I'll have something to share or at least something to talk about when the new anime season airs (hopefully)!

Two new Hamauzu releases are out and they are fine works for those who love piano and chamber works. I am really liking how his style is developing since he went freelance. His piano works are just as enjoyable to me as Hisaishi's especially that melody that appears early in the Paulette's Chair album which is music to a Miyazaki inspired short film. The second is the show stealer. It contains original music and arrangements of some of his other works such as Giant (from Imeruat's Black Ocean) and Mi�gestalt (from SaGa Frontier II) and that arrangement is the best version of it out there. I am so glad it wasn't a rehash of his version from SaGa Frontier 2 Piano album. When you have Benyamin Nuss performing the piano to Hamauzu's music magic is born from it :). I just wish there were more chamber works, but the piano Opus is certainly gorgeously done.


Paulette's Chair Sampler:

Paulette&#39;s Chair Original Soundtrack & Piano Arrangements (Official Samples) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqvCXpj_ujw&list=UUnEn_esqsaoQXuVY_6JHLdw&index=3)

Opus 4 Piano and Chamber Music Works Sampler:

MASASHI HAMAUZU Opus 4 Piano and Chamber Music Works (Official Samples) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3ZNTfJNmc&index=4&list=UUnEn_esqsaoQXuVY_6JHLdw)

Thank you

For fans of Kaoru Wada (2)

Dragon Quest Retsuden Roto no Monshou Original Soundtrack
Dragon Quest: Emblem of Roto
Kaoru Wada
ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, 1996


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!JwIF1ZqQ!Ssh0XpOr3080XijUSoOqUwquS9vCSu4942vy5Qm cn9I)


Eiyu Gaiden Mozaika
Disc 1 Audio drama / Disc 2 Symphonic Poem Mozaika (OVA OST)
Kaoru Wada (except 101,108,217) / Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
101,108,217 song by Satoko Shimizu (清水咲斗子)
英雄凱伝モザイカ 「モザイカ」抄/運命の剣士・交響詩「モザイカ」,1991


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!k0BkgALA!QB8goiwp0kENfAlMI6kiClE9-Hxd0kVMtgpog5uCsZk)


GeGeGe no Kitaro (4th series) Original Soundtrack
Composed by Taku Izumi (1,3,5,16,28), Kaoru Wada (2,4,6,7-15,17-27)
Arranged by Yuukadan (1,28), Kaoru Wada (2-27)
Performed by Yuukadan (憂歌団 1,28)
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, 1996


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!dg5XDAaT!POwIFFMPWvTn796g_f_OIvaonWftqF5Wu7asH5v IDTE)


Mokuyou no Kaidan '97 Original Soundtrack
Mahou Jikake no Whoo! / Bakuretsu! Bunshin Musume
木曜の怪談'97 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, 1997

The KIX-S (1)
2-5 composed & arranged by Kaoru Wada
7-10 composed & arranged by Hiroshi Matsui
1,6,11 composed by Shinjiro Inoue, arranged by Kaoru Wada (6), Hiroshi Matsui (11)


FLAC (https://mega.co.nz/#!tp4AEaTC!QlLi1QBJ21QPBOqsG8ajk9fxcznhseRzCVUTdOs cIpk)

Hey to all you orchestra nuts,

Does anyone have the Shining Force II Symphonic Suite album in glorious VBR-0 or less-glorious 256/320 CBR?

1. Quien puede detener la lluvia? 03:52
2. El 25 de septiembre de 1828 04:41
3. Regreso a Venezuela 03:51
4. Mar�a Teresa 06:43
5. Par�s 01:22
6. Fanny du Villars 01:17
7. La ca�da de la Rep�blica 03:12
8. Destierro a Cartagena 03:25
9. Esto no es una frontera, esto es un r�o 04:01
10. Jamaica 02:26
11. Angostura 01:59
12. El paso de Los Andes 04:04
13. Ellos est�n con nosotros 03:29
14. Boyac� 02:43
15. Muere el Mariscal 01:30
16. Manuela 01:54
17. El ultimo viaje 03:39

Sample - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegOz_pAZcw

Download (http://mega.co.nz/#!lpUmWS5B!XOmRZAZrGyTmmUnujpRC2Z1KrsbNIa-jsCFHf8hueYk) - FLAC 96kHz/24bit

Download (http://mega.co.nz/#!cwMkEBLD!J_ppack4Ldzm4_aheoV2sderI6jnNaZDjQ37q6y q90A) - MP3 320 kbps

Does anyone have the Symphonic Suite SHINING FORCE II ~Ancient Sealing~ album (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)?

I've re-uploaded a rip by Api-Vat here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/symphonic-suite-shining-force-ii-~ancient-sealing~-97094/#post2777780).

Thanks, Herr Salat!

The next anime season is almost upon us and things are looking good, have a little appetizer:

Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis

PV1 (2013) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyalqGh5rvk) PV2 (2014) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-meX7dpotzA)

Yoshihiro Ike scored this one and it looks like he is in a symphonic mode for a change. To be honest I don't like his music all that much but he can sometimes surprise me. This one could be special.

Finally my prayers have been answered! The Hellsing OVA VI-X Box has a soundtrack CD!!! "Not on CD Soundtrack". So it took a few years of waiting but Hayato Matsuo's Magnum Opus is finally complete at the end of this year. Makes me really optimistic about another Magi Soundtrack sometime soon but we propably have to wait for another season for that to happen. If that one is out then all that's left is a Soundtrack Box full of unreleased Kanno tracks from Macross Frontier, Brain Powerd, Aquarion and Wolf's Rain and I'm finally relieved from the agony of knowing that really great timeless music is still unreleased... until I remember The Princess and the Pilot... or Buddha... or King of Thorn... god damn it!


I also have a little request for this thread. Has anyone Keiichi Oku's "Ashita no Nadja (BGM 1+2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w715_W1FKqw)" in FLAC? I really love that score and I don't think it has been posted here before.

HANAKO TO ANNE SOUNDTRACK 2

vgmdb: SECL-1576 | Hanako to Anne Original Soundtrack 2 - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/47196)

https://www.mediafire.com/?q2dm61gfajzdlzb

credits go to cpm members

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

A Herr Salat / Tangotreats Co-Production

DOWNLOAD THIS RIGHT NOW - it's FANTASTIC.

SENIOR CONCERT ‘78

Featuring music by: W. A. Mozart, F. Chopin, M. Oshima, Y. Tanaka, H. Satoh, and Y. Hirabe
Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Yamaha Orchestra
Kosuke Onozaki, Hiroshi Koizumi (conductors)
Fumiko Kawai, Yumiko Katoh, Yayoi Hirabe, and Roman Kaieda (piano)
Michiru Oshima, Yumiko Tanaka, and Hiromi Satoh (GX-1 Synthesizer)



Total playing time: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 16 seconds. WARNING - BIG. Download size 485mb.

FLAC @ Mega.co.nz - https://mega.co.nz/#!A5QykYoR!I6Fy2rU1AI4C2pDF5WoBsjYMT-IJtBWDQq2kzhzTprc
MP3 (LAME -V0) @ Mega.co.nz - https://mega.co.nz/#!hlQjBCDL!MI9JUmLzLq48yC5yiVz-Cs-gp-VnunaQAyt-04G0enU

My transfer from Herr Salat's vinyl collection. FLAC at Level 8. LOG/CUE requests will, as ever, be attended to with the aid of a funnel, a box of pissed off bot flies, a large and sturdy carrot, a cricket bat, and a roll of duct tape. In that order. ;)

Scans included. No scan of the back cover as it is completely blank except for the following text printed along the bottom: "PRODUCED BY Genichi Kawakami PRESENTED BY Yamaha Music Foundation 3-24-22 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 19-259 STEREO"

Most people who follows our posts will know that Herr Salat sends me stuff every now and again. Sometimes, what comes out of the box makes me cry with joy. Sometimes it confuses and worries me. On this occasion, the effect was fascination and excitement, mixed in with just a little slight sadism-oriented curiosity at just how this fellow manages to find these things; not just RARE things, but things that you didn’t even realise EXISTED. Around this point when posting our collaboration projects, I always get tied up in knots trying to think of different ways to say the same thing – namely, “thank you” – so I’ll keep it simple this time:

Herr Salat, my friend – thank you.

From what I can piece together from the (Japanese) sleeve notes, this is a recording of a concert sponsored and funded by the Yamaha Music Foundation in 1978. It features students’ original compositions as well as student performances of classical standards.

Brief technical notes:

Another album almost forty years old but in genuinely mint condition. My usual restoration/remastering regime has been applied. The original recording is absolutely beautiful, but affected by tape hiss (the original analogue master) which I have made a conscious decision to reduce only slightly - allowing the natural, airy sound of the concert to be heard. Oshima’s piece featured close-up brass and castanets, both of which confuse noise reduction algorithms, so it was restored with a lighter manual process – slight and occasional instances of click and crackle may be audible. Additionally, throughout the recording are the typical sounds of a live performance – audience shuffling in their seats, coughing, squeaking music stands, creaking chairs, etc. I have not touched these natural atmospheric sounds at all. They represent the reality of a live concert performance and in my view should be preserved unless they are loud or otherwise obtrusive to the extent that they compromise listenability.

Finally, these LPs were cut hot and absolutely stuffed to capacity. Minor high frequency degradation near the end of tracks 3, 5, 7, and 8 is present and is just another facet of glorious old vinyl. Can't be helped!

On Side A and the first track of Side B, Mozart’s 20th Piano Concerto in D Minor and Chopin’s Grande Polonaise are both delightful performances by pianist and orchestra alike, although they’re unlikely to become your reference recordings. Also on Side B, our very own Michiru Oshima, aged just seventeen, performs her own piece “La Alegria” for GX-1 synthesizer and instrumental ensemble. It’s a lovely, bouncy piece that demonstrates just how well planted the seeds of Oshima’s compositional genius were, so early in her life.

Though Oshima’s name is undoubtedly the most well-known today, I don’t think her piece is the highlight of the album. The really good stuff appears on the second LP of the set.

On Side A is Yumiko Tanaka’s (aged 19) “A Chapter For GX-1 and Orchestra - The Boundless Plaine” – a thirteen minute tone poem which features a Yamaha GX-1 synthesizer performing with a full orchestra. The composer performs the synthesizer part accompanied by the Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hiroshi Koizumi.

Also on Side A, Hiromi Sato’s (aged 20) “Essay For GX-1 and Wind Instruments – Hymn To The Earth” – another tone poem that expertly blends synthesizer with the traditional orchestra. The composer performs the synthesizer part, accompanied by the Yamaha Orchestra, conducted by Kosuke Onozaki.

Side B is given over to one piece – Yayoi Hirabe’s (aged 19) fully acoustic (no synthesizers at all in here) “Symphony for Piano and Percussion Instruments”.

These pieces are JUST BRILLIANT. The maturity, melodic gift, and orchestral technique demonstrated by these young composers – all but one still in their teens – is jaw-dropping. All three are completely tonal (unabashedly, exuberantly so) - stuffed with great tunes, orchestral acrobatics, and a remarkable sense of structure and form. They’re not just showing-off pieces, although they certainly are that; they all bear the hallmark of young geniuses overwhelmed with happiness at the opportunity to write for a full-sized professional symphony orchestra… More than that, they’re artistically sound, and musically interesting. The use of the synthesizer is mostly pitch-perfect; although some people will find their sound extremely dated, I am of the opinion that the music is so good it just doesn’t matter. These pieces were written – from the ground up – with the synthesizer in mind.

All in all, this is a genuinely FANTASTIC album – 96 minutes of musical excellence, 50 minutes of which are unique, virtually completely unheard pieces by contemporary, living Japanese composers.

As always, enjoy! :)
TT

Yumiko Tanaka's piece is simply superb. I absolutly love it. It would not be out of place in a Golden Age classic (apart from the syntheziser) and was written by someone aged 19?! Japan truely is a musical wonderland afterall. Even 30 years ago.

THANK YOU Tango and Herr Salat for this little marvel.

This is huge! Thanks a bunch, Tango & Herr Salat!

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DOWNLOAD THIS RIGHT NOW - it's FANTASTIC.

SENIOR CONCERT ‘78

Featuring music by: W. A. Mozart, F. Chopin, M. Oshima, Y. Tanaka, H. Satoh, and Y. Hirabe
Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Yamaha Orchestra
Kosuke Onozaki, Hiroshi Koizumi (conductors)
Fumiko Kawai, Yumiko Katoh, Yayoi Hirabe, and Roman Kaieda (piano)
Michiru Oshima, Yumiko Tanaka, and Hiromi Satoh (GX-1 Synthesizer)



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tangotreats, your description is so passionated that I am so curious to listen to it. many thanks

Many thanks for sharing this rarity :) I'm interested to hear it. The final piece is absolutely gorgeous :D

You're all very welcome. :)

NEWS: Somehow, the first two episodes of Gundam Reconguista In G (Oh, Japan, with your complete nonsense titles...) have materialised and so we have a pretty good impression of Yugo Kanno's score. We already knew what kind of ballpark we'd be in thanks to the extended promotional videos seen in recent months, but based on these two episodes I think the early optimism may well have been deserved. There is an orchestra - a real one - awfully well-recorded (for television) and big enough. I say big enough because it's obviously not a full symphony; it's a domestic television-sized ensemble performing in the typical Tokyo bargain-basement tin can studio. That said, it comes over really well. The score's primary focus is on the orchestra - it's Kanno so you know there will be electronica turning up from time to time, but we're mostly in Gunshi Kanbei territory, here. Actually, I think this score has the capacity to beat Kanbei (even lacking the Warsaw Philharmonic) as Kanno is obviously in the same symphonic frame of mind, but has much more autonomy here. Not to mention the fact that grand-scale sci-fi is every composer's dream. Every note is Kanno, stylistically. But it's... more.

The very first cue in episode one is interesting; harmonically it's outside of Kanno's comfort zone, those dense and shifting brass chords making a notable break from the ultra-tonal, ultra-melodic Kanno we know from his countless incessantly cheerful, hummable television drama themes. The guy's growing up.

I still think his orchestration skills aren't quite there yet (there are pages in Kanbee that are positively clumsy) and I'd like to see some more thematic variation and counterpoint here. Kanno's a great tunesmith; he's full of melodies but when the time comes to score something, all we get is a nicely arranged version of the tune appropriate to the mood... and as a rule the melody goes to either brass or strings or both, and there's not much else going on in the arrangement besides giving a chordal backbone to the theme.

That said, there's good stuff in here, and the strong possibility this will turn out to be Kanno's best ever. He continues to develop and improve - and what better way to do so than with opportunities like this and Kanbee - big, prestige scores that require a mostly orchestral technique. I hope such opportunities continue to arise for him... and looking at the bigger picture, I'm happy to see such scores going to the "newbies" once in a while. It allows composers to experiment, mature, and hone their technique. I'd have been thrilled for this new Gundam to get a score from the likes of Oshima, Sahashi, or Amano... but at the same time I'm definitely not going to complain that they've given the job to a guy in his thirties with just a handful of orchestral scores behind him; it demonstrates trust and an interest in developing new talent.

(That said, I'd have preferred Hirano/Warsaw, or come to think of it, Souhei Kano/Warsaw, or Yamashita/Warsaw... but Yugo isn't a bad choice at all...)

Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the October season turns out (traditionally, the good stuff turns up now)... and bring on 2015 for Takayuki Hattori's stab at Gundam!

Cheers folks :)
TT

I would like to focus a little of your attention to the upcoming score for The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 by KINGArtGames. Like the lovely first score (which was entirely synth!) Benny Oschmann returns for this project.

The kickstarter trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz9CxL1Eh0w) already promised a "real" Hollywood score and they got enough funding for a recording session in Prague and oh boy it's really good! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJEgN3F3W48&list=PLF9579F66201719E4). It's great to see such a young (but competent and professionaly trained) composer so infused with traditional film music when even young japanese composers these days adore the RC stuff. He already impressed me with TBoUT and The Raven but his theme for Unwritten Tales 2 is another step up: Have a listen (https://soundcloud.com/bennyoschmann/the-book-of-unwritten-tales-2-main-theme)


Gundam G does indeed sound promising but I will properly talk about the new anime season in a week or two. Too much stuff to keep track off at the moment. That said we're already off to a good start when even some random comedy has a classical piece montage of comiket. Expecting some great stuff this season.

Anyone happen to see Yasunori Mitsuda released his score for the NHK Documentary ISON Comet? It is distributed through Wayo Records in limited supply. It sounds really promising from the samples. But then again, you have Sachiko Miyano orchestrating ;).

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Yoshihiro Ike... Wow! Didn't know you could do that. :D

Shingeki no Bahamut is really pushing the right buttons, I think... and when was the last time you saw a television anime finish with end credits accompanied by a gigantic orchestral/choral cue instead of a cheesy J-pop ED song?

Can anyone provide a re-up of this one? Thanks in advance!


Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Conducted by John Williams

Film Night At Tanglewood

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HDQR0BTY

Cd1: A Tribute to David Lean

01 - Introduction.mp3
02 - Prelude from Blithe Spirit.mp3
03 - Commentary.mp3
04 - Excerpts from The Bridge on the River Kwai.mp3
05 - Commentary.mp3
06 - Excerpts from the Passage to India.mp3
07 - Commentary.mp3
08 - Three Pieces from Oliver Twist.mp3
09 - Commentary.mp3
10 - Excerpts from Doctor Zhivago.mp3
11 - Commentary.mp3
12 - Excerpts from Lawrence of Arabia.mp3
13 - Intermission.mp3

Cd2: The Magic Of Harry Potter

01 - Introduction.mp3
02 - Hedwig's Theme.mp3
03 - Commentary.mp3
04 - Aunt Marge's Waltz.mp3
05 - Commentary.mp3
06 - Diagon Alley.mp3
07 - Commentary.mp3
08 - The Knight Bus.mp3
09 - Commentary.mp3
10 - Fawkes the Phoenix.mp3
11 - Commentary.mp3
12 - Nimbus 2000.mp3
13 - Commentary.mp3
14 - Quidditch.mp3
15 - Commentary.mp3
16 - The Chamber of Secrets.mp3
17 - Commentary.mp3
18 - A Bridge to the Past.mp3
19 - Commentary.mp3
20 - Harry's Wondrous World.mp3
21 - Applause.mp3
22 - ENCORE Flying Theme from E.T..mp3
23 - Closing.mp3

Yoshihiro Ike... Wow! Didn't know you could do that. :D

Shingeki no Bahamut is really pushing the right buttons, I think... and when was the last time you saw a television anime finish with end credits accompanied by a gigantic orchestral/choral cue instead of a cheesy J-pop ED song?
They even put all the musicians in the end credits.

Also, Hirano got away with such a feat in 2012.

Ah yes, Hunterxhunter did this as a one-off. I thought that was last year, not 2012. (No matter anyway!)

Yamashita's finale cue for the last episode of Ozma (also in 2012) ran over the end credits, playing out with a simple credits scroll of white letters on black. (And was obviously written as such.)

It's a glorious thing when it happens.

NEWS: Somehow, the first two episodes of Gundam Reconguista In G (Oh, Japan, with your complete nonsense titles...) have materialised and so we have a pretty good impression of Yugo Kanno's score.

The show premiered in Japan the day that you posted that message, so not too surprising that the episodes materialized. (It was a special two episode premiere, apparently.) I believe it airs Thursdays @ 1AM (Japan time). I don't know the deal with the title, but "Turn A" (∀) was actually thematically relevant to that particular show, so maybe "Reconguista" will make sense later on. (The "g" instead of a "q" is apparently a stylistic choice. Or maybe Tomino's too proud to admit he made a mistake!) The music for the show is very nice, but I would've liked to have seen Tomino collaborate with Kouhei Tanaka again.

Ah, didn't know they were doing two at once. That makes sense.


I would've liked to have seen Tomino collaborate with Kouhei Tanaka again.

This, a thousand times this.

I think it's odd that Tomino doesn't seem to form composer relationships; commissioning scores from Senju, Higuchi, Messrs. Kanno, Tanaka, Sugiyama, Shinozaki, Kadokura, and many others. He's worked with Tanaka twice, Kanno twice, and Higuchi twice - his most recent "series" (Wings Of Rean) scored by Higuchi... but there isn't any "go-to-guy". Not that I have any complaints about his choices of composer - I just find it interesting. :)

Are composer relationships even a thing in Japanime? Miyazaki is the only anime director I can think of who mostly works with one composer.

Jaysus... Yoshihisa Hirano on a new series that started today - Ai Tenchi Muyo. Fifty episodes... but only four minutes a pop. WHAT A WEIRD CHOICE!


Are composer relationships even a thing in Japanime? Miyazaki is the only anime director I can think of who mostly works with one composer.

Come to think of it, it doesn't happen much in animation - or in Japan at all. Strange, never really thought of it!

Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno come to mind but other than that I don't think I've seen many examples of this either.

Mamoru Oshii & Kenji Kawai
Koichi Mashimo & Yuki Kajiura
Osamu Dezaki & Kentaro Haneda
Keiichi Sato & Yoshihiro Ike

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Mamoru Oshii & Kenji Kawai
Koichi Mashimo & Yuki Kajiura
Osamu Dezaki & Kentaro Haneda
Keiichi Sato & Yoshihiro Ike
Shoji Kawamori & Yoko Kanno
Takahiro Omori & Makoto Yoshimori
Masahiko Ota & Yasuhiro Misawa
Junichi Sato & Mina Kubota

...and more. The links are there if you look for them.

And there's some new directors out there too that have worked with the same composer 2 or 3 times but only time will tell if these relationships last.

War Thunder OST (http://www.mediafire.com/download/np2ld2u44q6r092/War+Thunder+OST.rar)

Composer By Zakhar Antonov & Georgy Zheryakov

Performed by Baltic Symphony Orchestra And Choir

Well, it looks like everything from the October season has aired now, if I'm not mistaken - and, as far as scores are concerned, what a pile of crap they (mostly) all are. Potential good things from Yoshihiro Ike and Taku Iwasaki, and a very decent Yugo Kanno... and that's about it. 2014 is shaping up to be the most lacklustre year for some time. Oh, well - they come in fits and starts. Good things are on the way, I don't doubt. :)

I'll keep an eye out for that new Mitsuda score for sure. Though the other new one Kuroshitsuji Book of Circus is just OK.
Thankfully I appear to have finally started enjoying Mahler's symphonies :) Fresh listen last night and today to the set with Solti and the CSO is just gorgeous.

Shingeki no Bahamut is an enigma. The cinematic quality of the score is no coincidence, it has been scored to picture. But not only the first episode, every episode will be scored to picture! So we have here a genuine traditional film score for orchestra & choir. Everything else about the first episode is fantastic as well, it's been so long since a TV-anime has shown such promise from the very beginning and has such a gigantic budget and gathering of talent behind it.

I wish I could speak with such enthusiasm for the rest of the season, though. Let's list some of them.


Denki-Gai no Honya-san: It's fun, reminds me of Sahashi's earlier comedy scores. Hiroshi Takaki delievers again.

Garo: What is it with inappropriate scores this season? Doesn't match the fantasy setting at all, especially the action scenes. But maybe some worthwhile stuff will appear later on.

G no Reconguista: AGE left a stronger first impression but I'm sure it will deliever all the way this time.

Madan no ou to Vanadis: Again, doesn't match what's on screen. Honestly feels like some random samples thrown together (much like Chaika). Queen's Blade is much better.

Magic Kaito: It's Iwasaki so it will be at least interesting.

Nanatsu no Taizai: Sawano doesn't match with Fantasy at all. I think it's time to collect the money and retire at this point. It will only ruin things for me in the long run and how much of the exact same thing can his fans take before searching for the next big imposter.

Unlimited Blade Works: A genuine RC score complete with Inception brass ... brilliant! A shame because everything else looks and sounds great, the bane of a classic film score enthusiast.

Akatsuki no Yona: Some promising stuff but paperthin orchestra. I like the classical opening TV-shows used to have and it is commendable just for that.

Kiseijuu: Worst music I've ever heared in an anime by far. Unironic Skrillex Dubstep ... just wow.

Cross Ange: Strange choice of music, doesn't match what's on screen at all and even feels out of place sometimes. I don't know what to make of it yet.

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja: What is going on? Isn't this Ghibli? No orchestra and no memorable music whatsoever. Disappointed.


I like Shirobako and PP2 so far but overall it's a great disappointment. Who would have thought that Yoshihiro Ike would be the savior of the season?!



@Sirusjr

I just recently listened to all of his 10 symphonies again and had a gigantic eargasm, especially Symphony No.3, 5, 6 & 8. His best Symphony is 8, his best piece is the first part of 3, a self-contained tone poem (Also has many important appearances in LotGH and thanks to the show my mind always links the two and "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" might even be a worthy name for it). The Adagietto in Symphony No.5 is a close call, true beauty. But even the epicness of Mahler cannot win against the bravado and beauty of Tchaikovsky :D

Pretty much agree with all of the above. Denki-Gai is nice... but this is Hiroshi Takaki. Why is he doing dopey comedies when he's got Tytania inside him?

The new Gundam, I think, has the capacity to be brilliant... but it depends on how invested Kanno was in this project. His almost-entirely-orchestral approach (and the budget that permitted such an approrach) is encouraging but an orchestra don't mean shit if the music is bland. We shall see. Optimistic, but not expecting the stars and the moon.

Shingeki... I thought it sounded a little too-well-spotted to be tracked music. Where does your "scored to picture" information come from? It's somewhat unprecedented in television anime, I think - Yamashita's Ozma was mostly scored to picture but that was only six episodes. How on earth are they going to find the budget to record a custom score for every single episode? (Unless the first episode is the good stuff and he's scoring the rest of the series for triangle, pennywhistle, and didgeridoo...)


Who would have thought that Yoshihiro Ike would be the savior of the season?!

That's seriously depressing!

The day one of us has to write "Who would have thought that Hiroyuki Sawano would be the saviour of the season?!" is the day I think I'll give up anime and anime music cold turkey... :D

Shameless self-promotion / crosspost time! I urge you all - and in particular anybody with an interest in English music and/or violin concerti and/or classic recordings - to have a listen to my new vinyl transfer of the world premiere recording of Sir Arthur Bliss' Violin Concerto. It was recorded in 1955 and the transfer comes from a first pressing original Decca LP from 1956 - but listen to it... it's glorious!



It can be found in this thread - Thread 180843

If you like it, please, bump it. If you hate it, please, bump it. ;)

Classical posts get pushed off the first page pretty quickly and once they're past page two, it's game over. I know people like them when they can see them, but keeping them visible is an uphill struggle - I'm not above bumping the thread myself but I don't want to get chucked out... so any assistance you good people could provide me would be most welcome. :D

Cheers!

Edit: Thanks Sirusjr! :D

Toshihiko Sahashi
Steel Angel Kurumi
Studio Orchestra



I just wanted to thank klnerfan for this amazing upload. This is something that would definitely slip before my radars otherwise. Totally digging the emotional tracks in particular. Can anyone suggest any other works by Sahashithat explore his skills at writing for emotional orchestral cues, say something like "Power of Strong Feelings" from Steel Angel Kurumi)? Thanks again!

Let this old Sahashi fanboy help you out :D

Simoun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejo6pTfADOk): Sahashi's Masterpiece. The show is great as well, it's a lovely thing when score and picture work together.

Gundam Seed Destiny (https://kiwi6.com/file/ju0p2bal6n): Some emotional pieces among all the SciFi glory. But in general more action heavy.

Element Hunters (http://kiwi6.com/file/gcep19fnwv): Sahashi at his best. Great stuff ranging from Jazz/Rock to Opera.

Swan no Baka (http://kiwi6.com/file/325ks8l8h1): Gentle and lovely score. Sahashi's more serious side.

Gunslinger Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXdpr2Nk2U): Perhaps the most "tragic" Sahashi score I know, but it certainly has beauty in it. Another case of show and score working together.

Black Blood Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcMdgDTLEl4&list=PLU5IdGw4j7uEm5Pnm-OPdjWebOdkhiWph&index=39): Some really beautiful stuff. Infact most of his anime scores from Big O to Sacred Seven have pieces like this one.


There are of course many more to list (Chiritotechin, The Fantastic Deer-Man) and to be honest, I wish there was an online library of all Sahashi scores in FLAC (Gingaman!!!!!!!!!) but I can recommend almost all of his scores without worries. He's just that great.

Now I really need new Sahashi. I shall pray that 2015 will bring back Sahashi in full force. It's great that so many young composers are now composing for anime (most of them show potential) but I really want Naoki Sato to make a triumphant return, Hirano going all-out with Warsaw, Amano doing another solo project, Yoko Kanno "composing" for orchestra again, Kouhei Tanaka doing another One Piece/Sakura Wars, Kosuke Yamashita and Hiroshi Takaki with big budget projects, Hayato Matsuo and Souhei Kanno showing more of their talent and Tomoyuki Asakawa realising he is a fantastic composer afterall and has to return.

I'm lucky that this is not wishful thinking when it comes to Japan and things for Winter 2015 are looking good, at least the upcoming Yamato & Girls und Panzer movie will not disappoint and I'm sure Natsumi Kameoka's Kancolle will be great. Kiniro Mosaic 2 will bring me another lovely score by Ruka Kawada and even rumors of another Full Metal Panic project are surfacing (and you know what that means...).



@Akashi San: It's on the japanese itunes store but I'm a bit short on money right now. It's not available on the usual suspects last time I checked and I haven't found it on japanese sharing sites. Same as Stand By Me: Doraemon. Things are definetly moving slower than usual but I'm lucky that at least Captain Earth is out. I'm saving for a massive purchase around christmas, so I will have it by then.

Klnerfan, any luck in tracking down the Rail Wars soundtrack?

Let this old Sahashi fanboy help you out :D
. . .
Swan no Baka (http://kiwi6.com/file/325ks8l8h1): Gentle and lovely score. Sahashi's more serious side.Would anyone be willing to re-up Sahashi's "Swan no Baka" ? The link in the Official Toshihiko Sahashi Thread is down.

I am in love with Sahashi's works, especially Kurimi, Simoun & Chou Mashiin Eiyuuden Wataru (co-composed with Tomoyuki Asakawa). His scores are so emotive, especially the orchestral cues.

Repost and FLAC upgrade - the first time this score has been shared online in a lossless format:


TOSHIHIKO SAHASHI
Swan no Baka (2007 Television Drama)
Studio Orchestra
conducted by
Koji Haijima



BRAND NEW RIP October 2014
My rip in FLAC at Level 8. Track titles in English (my own exceedingly wonky translation) with booklet scans included.

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Slightly edited version of my original write-up from May 2010: Because you can never have enough Sahashi... Swan No Baka is a live action romantic comedy originally broadcast on Fuji TV. The title is a pun on the name of the protagonist (Daisuke Suwano) and also a reference to the way he compares his life to that of a swan; gliding elegantly on the water, but struggling desperately under the surface. Likewise, Daisuke is a popular, cool, and generous guy but under the easy-going exterior lies a man under pressure, counting the pennies until pay day.

Sahashi's score is a mostly light-hearted affair for orchestra - brimming over with cheerful melody (including a wonderful "dream" theme that's pure Gershwin) and sincere romance. There's a little of Sahashi's typical action style to be had - tracks 11, 12, and 13 run together quite cleanly as a six minute action "suite" - but for the most part there's a certain carefree elegance in this score that sets it apart from the rest. This is one of those lazy summer afternoon scores, to play whilst relaxing in the warm sunshine. It's music that should bring a contented smile to your face.

Enjoy! :)
TT

Thank you so much, Tango! Both for the upload and the synopsis / review. I would kiss you, but the forums just aren't prepared for this kind of musical bromance. ;)
Seriously, though, this is a jewel of a soundtrack! Many thanks!

Haha! Well, the sentiment is appreciated anyway! :D

*manly hug with lots of back slapping*

Final Fantasy VI: Symphonic Poem (http://www.rspoplay.se/#DcYk7tk9fdSiKvNw_aykcw)

The album will be out soon. I just wish that Symphonic Legends would get a CD treatment. Legends was not what I expected (Symphonic Poem 1.5) but Skyward Sword was excellent, especially the glorious reprise of the Romance Theme at the end. That reminds me that A Link Between Worlds is getting a soundtrack release but Skyward Sword still has none, injustice.



EDIT: Whoops! Tango, I forgot to post this wonky translation ;) (and thanks for the FLAC upgrade)

Bahamut legend.
・Funded by a single company . No press nor ad agency. No commercial for the disks.
・Total animation drawings are over 20000. Average show is 3000. Even Gundam is 10000.
・The music scores are specially composed for the show. They are recorded twice a week with the full orchestra along with the show.
・Two professional dancers are hired for the little dancing scenes.

Here's a pic () of Ike scoring the first episode.

Belated thought after catching the first 1-2 episodes of a lot of this season's anime: music is more or less unspectacular, BUT the number of entertaining shows offsets this just fine.

My only wish is that somebody else would have scored F/SN: UBW... Doesn't even have to be orchestral - I personally think Iwasaki could have done a good job.

So much potential wasted :(

Bahamut legend:
Recorded twice a month. Info from 2ch thread(JP).

So excited that next weekend while I will be in Boston I will be able to see a local String Quartet play some classical music for free at Harvard. They will be playing the following pieces.
Prokofiev String Quartet No.2 in F Major, Op.92
Kurt�g Six moments musicaux, Op.44
Schubert String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”

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風谷來客（商清逸角色曲）

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玉手九鍼（翠蘿寒角色曲）

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九霄靈劍（翠蘿寒武曲）

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闇尊（摩弗羅角色曲）

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燹王（燹王角色曲）

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牧心六論（牧神情境曲）

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療靈師（療靈師角色曲）

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鬼神鏖戰（牧神劍鬼絕義之戰）

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戰鼓擂動（天疆壯烈戰役）

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諸神之巔（燕歌行誅神戰役）

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回憶彼罈酒（創神篇插曲）

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東方璧（東方璧角色曲）

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秋粼（香染衣角色曲）

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邊城好漢（創神篇第二片頭曲）

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巋然獨照（冷別賦武曲）

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鶖紅陌夏（挽風曲角色曲）

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道衷歸初（原無鄉回歸初心）

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女人的風箏（創神篇第一片尾曲）

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若葉凝雨（若葉凝雨角色曲）

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殘柳悲風（道門悲曲）

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魔羅天章（玄同殺曲）

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生死同路（牧神父女生死同路）
https://mega.co.nz/#!BwNSEKhK!JrBjx2Vtw5Gy67RMD4YrkMBFT0HpVjr1170CR4V uGKo

So excited that next weekend while I will be in Boston I will be able to see a local String Quartet play some classical music for free at Harvard. They will be playing the following pieces.
Prokofiev String Quartet No.2 in F Major, Op.92
Kurt�g Six moments musicaux, Op.44
Schubert String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”

Ooh, lovely! I think I'd have more fun with the Prokofiev than the others, but all good stuff. Have a fantastic time in Boston and please tell us how it went! :D

Both the Proko and Kurtag are good pieces. It would be a more fun program if they replaced the Schubert with a Bartok

:awsm:

JOE HISAISHI - WORKS IV -DREAM OF W.D.O.-
MP3 V0 | 104.8 MB | 16 TRACKS | 00:59:29
New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra, conducted by Joe Hisaishi


VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/47488)
Catalog Number: UMCK-1495
Release Date: Oct 08, 2014

Tracklist
[01-08]
The Wind Rises Suite No.2 for Balalaika, Bayan, Guitar and Small Orchestra
A Journey (A Dream of Flight) ~ Nahoko (The Encounter) (https://kiwi6.com/file/b6jm0go1rn) http://i.imgur.com/v9WfOyB.gif
Caproni (An Aeronautical Designer's Dream)
The Falcon Project ~ The Falcon
A Journey (The Wedding)
The Refuge
Nahoko (I Miss You) ~ Castorp (The Magic Mountain)
Nahoko (An Unexpected Meeting)
A Journey (A Kingdom of Dreams)

[09]
Kiki's Delivery Service for Orchestra (2014 Version)

[10]
I'd Rather Be a Shellfish for Violin and Orchestra

[11-15]
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya Symphonic Fantasy
Overture ~ Mystery of the Moon
The Joy of Living ~ The Coming of Spring
Despair
Flying
The Procession of Celestial Beings ~ The Parting ~ Moon

[16]
The Little House


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Hisaishi's latest works album, recorded in August 2014, and his first album to feature arrangements from The Wind Rises and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. If you're like me, you'll like this more than the individual scores!

Hisaishi's latest works album, recorded in August 2014, and his first album to feature arrangements from The Wind Rises and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. If you're like me, you'll like this more than the individual scores![/center]

Couldn't agree more. I don't think I quite connected with either score until I heard the symphonic suites. Both scores deserved full-blown symphony albums, of course... but since we don't get those any more, I'm very happy to have these. :)

So these aren't full-symphonic versions? I'm not at all familiar with the other Works albums...

Funny I saw this elsewhere but just passed it by as another collection. Good thing the post here included a description.

So these aren't full-symphonic versions? I'm not at all familiar with the other Works albums...

When I say "full-blown symphony albums" I refer to those which literally are a symphony based on one score - all of the raw material from the score rebuilt from the ground up as a coherent concert work. By comparison, this features shorter suites - 23 minutes for The Wind Rises, 16 minutes for Kaguya - this is about normal for the "Works" albums. The first one had a 17 minute Symphonic Poem based on Nausicaa, Works II had four cues from Mononoke, Works III had a 14 minute Symphonic Variation for Howl's Moving Castle and a 22 minute five movement symphony for The General.

The other things on Works IV are nice to have... The Little House works wonderfully as a compressed six minute tone poem, and the ten minute violin concertino based on I Want To Be A Shellfish was lovely - even though that score is, at a subatomic level, a slightly lazy redux of Howl's Moving Castle, expanding the material out into a showpiece for violin and orchestra was a masterstroke. Not only does Hisaishi have that melodic sixth sense and emotional directness, but he also has a pretty good track record at knowing how to "draw out" the strengths of each score in his arrangement for the concert hall. So many "film music" concerts end up playing the same tired out arrangements of the same cues - inevitably "main title" or "end credits" - no such laziness and cynicism from Hisaishi who goes above and beyond the call of duty every single time - re-orchestrating, re-composing, re-imagining the building blocks into something new, imaginative, and unique.

That said, I think I could have lived without another version of Kiki's Delivery Service, however...

Stuff in the concert (for those who don't know, Works IV is a condensed version of a live concert held in Suntory Hall on August 9th with a few patches from the following day's performance at Sumida Triphony Hall) that didn't make it to CD - Hisaishi conducting Penderecki's deeply unsettling Threnody and the Air from Bach's 3rd orchestral suite, a few other short pieces by Hisaishi all of which are available elsewhere in better performances (Notably the "Water Traveler" suite, which has already been released not once but twice both in separate performances by the LSO!) and the usual Ghibli workhorse suspects. They could've fit some of them on the CD without any trouble, but in the end, it's no big deal - of the 60 minutes on Works IV arguably only the five minute Kiki suite is redundant... and I think that's awfully good value for money... :)

I seriously got chills all over when listening to "I Want to Be a Shellfish". I really felt this one! Hisaishi certainly knows how to tug at the heart with such melodies. Wow... As for Kiki I think this version is my favorite. I haven't gotten through the whole album yet, as I keep repeating "I Want to Be a Shellfish" lol.

Tango,

I agree completely that Hisaishi doesn't get lazy when it comes to reprising older material. Too often do composers simply just use the same orchestral arrangement over and over (i.e. Distant Worlds with One Winged Angel). He always tries new approaches and tries to shed different perspectives. I find the orchestration of Mononoke in the Budokan concert superior as he had more solo features like the violin for example in Princess Mononoke's theme. And let us not forget the interesting marching band element for Laputa! He always manages to provide entertaining music as he is constantly reinventing himself. I think his music just gets better and better over the course of his career.

Too often do composers simply just use the same orchestral arrangement over and over (i.e. Distant Worlds with One Winged Angel).

Aaah, God, a thousand times this! Those Shiro Hamaguchi arrangements - they're good, they're brilliant in fact, but they just keep pulling the same old sheets off the shelf again and again and again. It's good music. It deserves to be re-clothed and re-discovered every now and again.

It's always worth hearing a Hisaishi concert. There's always something new.

I really loved the marching band segment at the Budokan concert. First, for obvious reasons - it was a glorious and completely original way of presenting familiar melodies. Second, I know why he did it - because Joe Hisaishi is a superhuman. Watch that concert. Laputa is the interval feature - Hisaishi found a way to give his orchestra the customary "tea and wee" break (as it's known over here) without stopping the concert. Everybody gets to rest... except Hisaishi. After Laputa, a handful of the orchestra return and Hisaishi joins them in a jazzy ensemble version of Porco Rosso. Then the orchestra returns in its entirety for the Howl's Moving Castle suite. Has there ever been such a versatile, complete musician as Joe Hisaishi? He composes, orchestrates, conducts, and performs at the piano. He conducts and plays the piano at the same time. He has absolute joy written all over his face throughout - whether playing a tender solo, getting into the groove with a moody jazz number, or conducting three orchestras at once - plus five choirs, a marching band, and God-knows-what else... and every single note of that music of his own composition... How can you beat that?

Thirty years in the business, and you still see the glint in his eye, and the stupefying skill permeating every note. He doesn't take short cuts, he doesn't get stuck in a rut, he doesn't pander to the genre, and he doesn't compromise artistic integrity. I respect Joe Hisaishi - moreso than I respect any composer who has ever lived - no matter the genre. Hisaishi's isn't my favourite music but he's my favourite musician - by a thousand miles. :)

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The World of Hideaki Anno (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDbAxqtG0DI)



MP3 version (https://mega.co.nz/#!WsQkUToT!ksuHiFC3d7o2zXAhq2eS8Z-aQXDom859oMMU-gfSNWw)

So is this from a special album? a concert? or just composed for the festival? I don't remember hearing it before. In any case, the collaboration with Amano seems to have some effects on Sagisu even when this piece feels more like the old Sagisu than any of his projects from the past few years. But I must say it's gotten to the point where I'm really looking forward to his name on future projects. With Amano and Warsaw on board even a full electronic score with simple themes can get six minutes of glorious orchestral carnage. (Still optimistic about another Magi btw).

That said this season might be not as bad as I feared. It's still disappointing because we have three(!) MONACA scores and every single one is incredibly unexciting so far :(

But Shirobako and Honya-san are far better than you would expect. Hamaguchi and Takaki really make the most of their tiny budget count.
Gundam G is consistently good and Akatsuki no Yona is really nice as well, I still wish more anime would do similar openings. But barely any budget :(
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is turning out very good (and I must say, it has a very beautiful album cover).
As much as I don't like the minimalistic approach and Dubstep in Fate: UBW, the other stuff is more pleasing than most tracks from Fate Zero. I can at least see what they were going for with the music and the thematic consistency to Zero (it had a theme at least) but I don't think that the RC elements and the Dubstep work well, infact the Inception noice is more of a comedic effect at this point and I laugh everytime at these "brass farts" when they appear.

The real saving grace of the season is Bahamut, it only lacks a really big orchestra to make it perfect. But it's incredible (for a television anime) that characters actually have themes that develop. It's also not the typical fantasy score. It's more like a cross between Mask of Zoro and Conan and I'm enjoying every second of it. I sure hope there will be an OST in the future.

The World of Hideaki Anno (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDbAxqtG0DI)



MP3 version (https://mega.co.nz/#!WsQkUToT!ksuHiFC3d7o2zXAhq2eS8Z-aQXDom859oMMU-gfSNWw)

So is this from a special album? a concert? or just composed for the festival? I don't remember hearing it before. In any case, the collaboration with Amano seems to have some effects on Sagisu even when this piece feels more like the old Sagisu than any of his projects from the past few years. But I must say it's gotten to the point where I'm really looking forward to his name on future projects. With Amano and Warsaw on board even a full electronic score with simple themes can get six minutes of glorious orchestral carnage. (Still optimistic about another Magi btw).



This is actually a old Sagisu track from Megazone 23 Image album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2kpXHVPPo0

Damn, so I was sort-of-right with that one :D (the very end is still pure Amano)

Exciting news: With just two PVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u-WE85ExIU) the next season is already saved. 2015 can't come soon enough.

So does anyone Have Takaki's recently released 2nd OST of Happinesscharge Precure?

I'm not sure one extremely derivative score from Natsumi Kameoka counts as saving the season... ;)

I find it rather anonymous and generic - the good kind of generic, but generic nonetheless. This usually happens when orchestrators become composers - the end result sounds like exceptionally well-arranged nothingness. What I really like about composers like Oshima, Hirano, Amano, etc - in addition to their obvious technical skills - is that you don't mistake their music for anybody else - just one bar is enough to tell you who you're listening to. Granted, as yet we don't have enough of Kameoka as a composer to get a really good sense of her style... but realistically, those Kancolle samples... well, 'nuff said.

I've got confidence in Kameoka to come up with something good - and I'm more than ready for my assumptions to be proven wrong when the full score is heard next year... but based on the music in the PVs it all seems a little too safe for me. No risks, no sense of the composer's individuality, nothing unique or distinctive - equally, nothing offensive... We shall see...

Did you get a chance to sample Kameoka's score for Ken ga Kimi? Gonna start that one when I get home.

Nobunaga no Yabou 30th Anniversary Concert

Kousuke Yamashita / Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra




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MP3 / V0 / 20 Tracks




STAND BY ME Doraemon

Naoki Sato




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MP3 / V0 / 22 Tracks




Both are ripped from CD, please buy them if you want them in loseless.

Enjoy

Nextday, thanks for the share of Works IV

Cool, thanks for the share

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Cool, thanks.

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

Guys, could give some names(of albuns that I can dowload in this topic) that contains tenor, alto, soprano, chorus etc... please, studio album, not live album
Thanks

Here is my latest release in the form of Sulyya Springs by Masashi Hamauzu, arranged by yours truly. I tried to expand and re-imagine the piano collection arrangement of this one. My goals with this were 1) to create something more lush and water-like as well as 2) adding a section from the original that I simply adored and 3) making this piece work for two instruments. Lastly, but probably the most important thing is that I added a theme from the game in to create a story presentation. All of my arrangements have musical easter eggs to encourage people to listen closely. Each egg is relevant to the story of the composition. I won't spoil it, but it will be obvious for those who love FF13's music.

The musicians that I got to perform the arrangement are simply among the most talented people I have worked with so far. They have brought this music to life! I am honored to have them contribute their talents!

Without further ado, please enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/josh-barron/sulyya-springs-for-viola-and-piano-final-fantasy-xiii-ver-1

Hiroshi Takaki

Happiness Charge Precure!


Television Score



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Movie Score



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Credit goes to hikarinoakariost.info and jpmusic.info (Anime MP3)


So here we have perhaps the most enjoyable Precure of them all. Takaki really steps it up here. This is also the first Precure score with a proper Main Theme that appears frequently throughout the score with motifs everywhere. It really has everything, ranging from classic to disco and I'm really enjoying how funky it gets at times. The brassy action never sounded better, there is a certain energy and life present that trumps even DokiDoki. Mirror Change and all it's variations is perhaps my favorite thing from all things Precure. But the score also has some serious and dark tones as well where the orchestra is more in AKB0048/Tytania territory, especially in the movie. As usual I rearranged all tracks for better flow and narrative and made some custom CD versions. If Takaki is also doing Princess Precure then I wish for a bigger budget of course. It has been great fun so far and I hope it continues. Also, does anyone see the potential of Takaki doing the LotGH remake? I think it would be perfect.

Enjoy

In other news, I just recently discovered that the complete original game score for Outcast is available on iTunes/Amazon & others (http://www.qobuz.com/de-de/album/outcast-original-game-score-lennie-moore/5054227000836) for 10 bucks. I don't know how it could slip under my radar. It's nothing major, but it has music from cutscenes and the unlooped versions of Soldier's Camp, Lets' Fight! and Daokas. Can't hurt to buy this masterpiece (again) if you were not able to before.

Well here it goes... Here is another release from my album ETHEReal String Project! This arrangement is one that I got to really experiment with. I really hope you all enjoy this as the musicians did an outstanding job performing this one! So without further delay... here is Still Alive from Mirror's Edge for String Ensemble.

https://soundcloud.com/josh-barron/still-alive-for-string-ensemble