Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger – Orchestral Score (Kousuke Yamashita)

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

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MP3 / 320kbps / 2CDs / 66 Tracks / 110 min

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

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