 |
Title |
| Disc 7 of Toho
SFX Champion Festival |
| International Title |
| Evil
of Dracula / Horror
of the Wolf / Prophecies
of Nostradamus |
Music
By:
Various
Record Label: VAP
| Running
Time: 75:48 |
Discs:
1 |
| Release:
September 2001 |
CD
Number: VPCD-81382 (Set) |
|
| Comments |
| The seventh
disc in the set starts out with covering the other half
of Riichiro Manabe's score for Evil of Dracula.
Unfortunately, this is the lesser half of the composition,
as there is a lot of repetition and very few highlights.
The "Vampires Die-Hard" track is particularly
awful, starting off with what sounds like someone
winding a musical jack in the box, although at least
the end with the very traditional flute piece isn't
bad. Thankfully, though, this score is flanked by
one of Manabe's better compositions, which was done
for Horror of the Wolf.
As to be expected from the composer, a few of the themes
here do go astray, but the good tends to outweigh
the bad overall as the "Main Title" is very
pleasant as is the rather whimsical "Masquerade
Rape"
cue, however odd that might seem. The title song, done
by Jiro Sugita, is another nice piece that seems to
grow on the listener quickly, although his other song, "Ballad
of the Wolf", doesn't fare as well. It should be
mentioned, as the booklet makes sure to, that this
soundtrack is also available on the earlier release
from VAP called the Yusaku Matsuda Sound Memorial,
which also featured Murder
in the Doll House (1979). This disc rounds
out its running time with 15 tracks from Isao
Tomita's work for Prophecies of Nostradamus.
The selection here, though, is from the stereo vinyl
done for the movie, and not the original mono soundtrack.
For those not familiar with this, it really is night
and day from the music that was utilized in the movie,
particuarly the main theme which sounds even greater
with the additional channel redirection. It's also
nice that this music, unlike on Victor's previous
release of the stereo score, is not present in bulky
20 minute tracks, as it's instead broken down into
much more manigable track sizes; unfortuantly, a
couple of these seem to transition in the middle of
the song, particuarly the "Theme of Ruin"s,
and it probably would have been preferable had those
simply been clumped together as opposed to seperated.
The second half of the stereo score continues on
the next disc.
|
| Tracks |
Evil
of Dracula (1974)
By: Riichiro Manabe
- Shimazaki's Diary - Growing Suspicion (M19)
- Answering the Call for Blood (M20-T2)
- Kyoko's Accident (M21)
- Now Yukiko Too (M22)
- Bloodthirsty Rose (M23)
- The Devil's Dance (M33)
- Shimimura's Crisis (M24)
- Chest Scar 2 (M25)
- Devil's Servant (M26)
- Strange Photograph (M27)
- Seeking the Truth (M28-T3)
- The Devil Calls (M29)
- Mental Institution - The Principal's Wife in the
Cellar (M30)
- The Devil's Prisoner (M31)
- Ceremony in the Basement (M32)
- Kumi's Confrontation (M34)
- Exsanguination Swamp (M35)
- To the Devil's Stronghold (M36)
- The Evil Influence Draws Near - Confrontation in
the Cellar (M37)
- Kumi's Resistance (M38)
- The Vampires Die-Hard (M39)
Horror
of the Wolf (1973)
By: Riichiro Manabe
- Toho Logo - Prologue, Snowy Wilderness (M1)
- Crest of the Wolf (M2-2)
By: Jiro Sugita
- Main Title (M3)
- The Incident on a Moonlit Night (M4)
- Meeting the Tomei Chairman's Son, Do Haguro (M5/M6)
- Akira Inugami and Do Haguro (M7-2)
- Masquerade Rape (M8)
- "Inu" Crest (M9)
- Haguro's Blade (M10-2)
- The Phantom Frolics (M11-2/M12)
- Beauty and the Wolf Guy (M13)
- Era of Lynching (M14)
- With Hate and Anger (M15)
- Ballad of the Wolf
By: Jiro Sugita
- Large Battle (M16)
- Self-Defense (M17)
- Women Who Return to the Wolf Guy (M18)
- Forbidden Love (M19)
- Rape (M20)
- Law of the Wolf (M21)
- Bond Between the Woman and the Wolf (M23)
- Transformation (M22)
- The Heretical Doctrine of Man! (M23A)
- Wolf Guy's Tragic Rage (M24)
- Roars Amidst the Panoramic Foothills (M25)
Prophecies
of Nostradamus (1974)
[Stereo LP Release]
By: Isao Tomita
- Theme of Ruin 1
- Main Theme
- Debate - Invasion of the Red Tide
- United Couple
- Theme Arrangement 1
- Theme of Ruin 2
- Subway Disaster
- Theme Arrangement 2
- Abnormal Weather
- Theme of Ruin 3
- New Guinea Expedition
- Theme of Ruin 4
- Giant Animal Raid
- Mad Demon
- Theme of Ruin 5
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