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Title |
| Godzilla X Mechagodzilla |
| International Title |
| Godzilla
Against Mechagodzilla |
| Music By: Michiru
Oshima |
| Record Label: King
Record |
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| Running Time: 62:39 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: December 2002 |
CD Number: KICA-586 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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Michiru
Oshima, showing immense promise from her score
for Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus (2000), breaks all boundaries
on her work for the 26th Godzilla film and manages
to craft one of the best bodies of work on a single
movie that the series has seen to date. Oshima runs
the gambit with her work here, creating both subtle
and boisterous themes for the movie. Her music is also
aided tremendously by the fact that Toho outsourced
the composition work to the Moscow International Symphonic
Orchestra, under conduction supervision from Konstantin
Krimets. Although this was primarily done to reduce
production costs, the ending effect is actually a much
more rich musical experience as the Moscow based Orchestra
is many times larger than anything the series has experienced
before. Oshima's Godzilla theme, a returning cue from
the 2000 film, has never sounded better either as
the music seems to come to life with a huge amount
of depth and power achieved by the larger orchestra
to truly give the title creature a very epic quality.
The CD has a number of stand out
tracks past Oshima's Godzilla theme. This includes
one of my personal favorites, which is the breathtaking "Prime
Minister's Recollection". The cue starts out quietly
enough, building tension, before letting loose with
a wonderful closure that seems both subtle while at
the same time grand, as Oshima strikes the perfect
balance. The range of the composer's talent is also
on full display here, as the disc contains the more
pleasant and cheerful march for Kiryu while at the
same time featuring some great "knock down" battle
music in the form of "Intense Fighting" and,
although the music wasn't used for a fight in the movie, "Running
Wild".
This release includes a 42 page booklet, which
is why the CD case is oversized, that includes some
background on the Mechagodzilla character and composer
Oshima, while also featuring several storyboards from
the feature film.
Bottom line, this is arguably one of, if not thee,
best score in the Godzilla series, and works fantastically
from beginning to end as a stand alone experience.
If someone is a fan of either Oshima or the Godzilla
franchise they owe it to them self to seek out this
score.
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| Tracks |
- Opening (M1)
- G's Theme I (M2)
- Title (M3)
- Prime Minister's Recollection (M4)
- Defense Agency's Technology Laboratory (M5 + M6)
- G's Theme II (M7)
- "Welcome" (M8)
- Akane's Theme I (M9)
- Team Kiryu's Theme I (M10 + M11)
- Akana and Sara (M12)
- MG's Theme I (M13)
- Team Kiryu's Theme II (M14)
- Confrontation (M15)
- Running Wild (M16 + M17)
- MG's Theme II (M18 + M19)
- Sara (M20 + M21)
- G's Theme III (M22)
- Team Kiryu's Theme III (M23)
- MG's Theme III (M24)
- Intense Fighting I (M25)
- Intense Fighting II (M26)
- Akana's Theme II (M27 + M28)
- MG's Theme IV (M29 + M30)
- Intense Fighting III (M31)
- Surfacing (M32)
- Ending (M33)
- Salute!! (M34)
- SE: Godzilla
- SE: Mechagodzilla
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