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Title |
| Phantom Star God
Justirisers: Music Collection · Courge Volume |
| International Title |
| The
Justirisers |
| Music By: Takanashi
Yasuharu |
| Record Label:
Crown |
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| Running Time: 47:32 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: April 2005 |
CD Number: CRCA-20015 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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This is
the first of three soundtracks released for the 2004-2005
show The Justirisers.
At 47 minutes, this disc, dubbed the "Courage Volume",
is easily the shortest of the
three CDs. Not surprisingly, given it's the first in
the series, this disc also features some of the best
music from the series. In fact, the disc has a number
of nice themes, created by Takanashi Yasuharu.
The "Main Theme", which has a more contemporary
style while still giving off a more feudal sense with
its chanting, is well paced and makes for a good listen. "Storage
Satellite" is also a great theme off this disc,
making for a nice march from Yasuharu. "Dormant
Kaiser"
is especially enjoyable, using an organ-like style that
feels cliche given the villainous intent of
the theme but is none the same a very nice cue. "To
Tomorrow" makes
for a good conclusion type of track for the show, giving
a sense of closure yet maintaining the episodic nature
that is required from an ongoing series. Two of the songs
on the disc are also quite enjoyable. The first of these
is the always popular "Phantom Star God Justirisers"
by Nakajima Mitsuo, which has a contemporary flow to
it but remains memorable thanks to Mitsuo really giving
it his all in belting out the lyrics. The other nice
song off this disc is Sky by SweetS. The track has a
very carefree tone, starting with a chant before
getting into a slow paced song with a rather upbeat background
theme, which makes for a fairly pleasant listen.
Sadly, there are some lemons on this CD. Leading the
way is the song
"Archipelago Party Night" by HAV. I know this song, which
was used at the end of the show, has some fans, but I
simply can't stand the beat
and don't find any of the singers to have a particularly
pleasant singing voice. A few other tracks suffer as
well, particularly the guitar heavy ones.
"Attack" seems to be the worst of these, and it's a shame
as it starts off strong
but reaches an almost screeching-like tempo near the
end.
Bottom line, this disc isn't fantastic, and perhaps I'm
being overly soft on it due to how disappointing one
of the other volumes is, but it's still thoroughly enjoyable.
However, if there is one CD to get of the music from
the show, I would suggest the "Wisdom Volume" (CRCA-20017) take
first priority over this.
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
- Main Theme (M6)
- Main Title (M1)
- Last Story Reprise (M2)
- Phantom Star God Justirisers (TV Size)
By: Nakajima Mitsuo, Composer:
Kojima Kenji
- Sponsor Base (M3)
- Subtitle (M47)
- Youth (M34)
- Dormant Kaiser (M24)
- Crystal (M27)
- Zakoal (M22)
- Attack (M21)
- Riser Glen (M7)
- Deadly Sword (M18)
- Giant Beast (M14)
- Storage Satellite (M12)
- Riseross (M10)
- Ancient Power (M38)
- Sky
By: SweetS
- Confusion (M39)
- First Love (M36)
- Riser Kageri (M8)
- Battle (M17)
- Evil Knight (M32)
- Riser Gant (M9)
- Shoot, Attack, Cut! (M19)
- To Tomorrow (M41)
- Archipelago Party Night (TV Size)
By: HAV
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