Kosuke Yamashita – SPACE SHERIFF GAVAN: Movie (2012 Nippon Columbia) [FLAC]

‏KOUSUKE YAMASHITA
(incorporating themes by Michiaki Watanabe)
Space Sheriff Gavan – The Movie
Studio Orchestra

Originally Posted by (Thread 57893) tangotreats (2013)：
[ＱＵＯＴＥ] �My rip (CD purchased in the middle of a typhoon in Shibuya’s Tower Records). Scans included. FLAC at Level 8. English track listing.

2011 was the Super Sentai series; 35th Anniversary year. Accordingly, a very expensive series (Gokaiger) was made and more movie tie-ins than you can shake a stick at. One of the movies featured a crossover with tired 80s superhero Space Sheriff Gavan. As the Sentai composer for the year, Yamashita scored the movie, and when Gavan’s newfound popularity earned him a brand new solo feature film this year, it was pretty obvious who would be writing the music. Yamashita casts off his Sentai melodies and writes a largely original score, though there are passing nods to veteran Michiaki Watanabe’s themes within the scores in addition to new arrangements of the original Space Sheriff Gavan theme song.

The only critical thing I could say about Yamashita’s score is there isn’t enough of it! What there is, though… well, it’s magnificent. A well-rounded selection of straight symphonic cues (about 25 minutes – some have some minor, TASTEFUL electronic elements; not drowning in synth, just a bit of colour here and there) is interspersed with drum/guitar/orchestra tracks and needless to say they’re all at Yamashita’s usual level. The orchestral score is surprisingly romantic in tone, with Yamashita even pulling a Joe Hisaishi in track 32 (http://picosong.com/WrKB), with a rousing, brassy, heroic theme that rounds off the score wonderfully.

All in all, excellent stuff. Yamashita still playing his A game.

(A little note about the track listing; it’s my own translation and for the most part it makes sense. It’s not completely perfect, but it’s not bad. I had to do a lot of reading about the movie to make sure certain things were right. Enjoy!)� [/ＱＵＯＴＥ]

Source: FLAC rip and booklet scans by tangotreats (http://forums.ffshrine.org/member.php?u=119659)

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