News Article: Toho Music: H-Man, Human Vapour and Telegian Releases

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Date:	12/27/2011 (Updated: 1/25/2012)
Author:	Anthony Romero
Source:	http://www.toho-m.co.jp

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It has been over a year since Toho Music released the last soundtrack in their science fiction line, and even longer since they announced a new title. Well the silence was broken today along with a bit of an explanation of the situation. First, it seems that Toho Music was negatively impacted by the March 9.0 magnitude earthquake, both in productivity and also in damage to their site and equipment. In fact, the small branch of Toho had to relocate as a result.

Despite this set back, Toho Music is ready to begin work once more on their classic science fiction line of soundtracks and have announced the next release, which will be the first three disc collection in the series to date. This new release contains H-Man (1958), The Human Vapour (1960) and The Secret of the Telegian (1960). That's three soundtracks from three different composers in the set, which will retail for ¥ 4,725 as the most expensive release yet. It is currently set for a release date of February 1st, 2012.

The set has also been given a CD number of TSFCD-12/13/14. For those keeping track, that means the series currently looks like this:

TSFCD-03/04 ~ Rodan/Space Amoeba
TSFCD-05/06 ~ The Mysterians/Battle in Outer Space
TSFCD-11 ~ The Three Treasures
TSFCD-12/13/14 ~ H-Man/The Human Vapour/The Secret of the Telegian
TSFCD-15 ~ Mothra 
TSFCD-22 ~ Latitude Zero 

Furthermore, Toho Music has revealed that the following titles will be upcoming from them, although mention this is subject to change:

Atragon/Matango
The Last War (2 Disc)
Gorath (2 Disc)

The two disc nature of the The Last War (1961) and Gorath (1962) mean it will probably be a similar situation to Mothra (1961) for each, where the mono and stereo releases are collected. That leaves eight other titles to be placed in the set, one of which has already been mentioned to be Half Human (1955) as the probable "01".

Update: Toho Music has given the track listing for the set. A couple of broad things to note is that a few of the tracks that were included at the end are mixed into the main score for H-Man (1958), while several tracks are presented as edited suites to reflect their movie offering although also presented in their unedited form as bonus tracks. The Secret of the Telegian (1960) does the opposite, removing some of the tracks and placing them as bonus tracks such as "Thriller Show", but also presenting shortened, edited versions of a few themes to match their movie length while presenting the unedited ones as supplements. It also includes the stock theme from the 1959 movie The Boss and the Explosive Daughter by Hachiro Matsui now moved to the end of the disc. The Human Vapour (1960) seems the least improved, with some of the "source" cues removed from the body of the score and moved to bonus tracks while a lot of the extra content deals with the Demon of Emotion music. Track titles are as follows:

H-Man (1958)

1. Main Title (M1-T1 + M24-T4)
2. The Rain at Night (M23-T3)
3. The Man Who Vanished in the Rain (M2)
4. Homura Club I (PS1-T4)
5. The Magic Begins (PS2)
   By: Martha Miyake
6. Homura Club II (M3)
7. Recalling the Taiei Maru (M4)
8. Mysterious Ghost Ship (M5 + M6 + M6A + M7)
9. Chikako Arai's Testimony (M8-T2)
10. So Deep is My Love (PS3-T5)
    By: Martha Miyake
11. Homura Club III (PS4-T3)
12. The Liquid Invasion (M9)
13. The Liquid Approaches Chikako (M10)
14. Homura Club IV (M11)
15. The Death of Detective Sakata (M12)
16. Uchida Disappears (M13-T2)
17. Liquefaction Experiment (M14-T2)
18. Report: Era of the H-Man (M15)
19. Masada in Pursuit (M16)
20. H-Man in the Sewers (M18-T2)
21. H-Man Incineration Strategy (M19)
22. H-Man's Demise (M20-T2)
23. Ending (M21-T2)
    
    Bonus Tracks
24. Main Title (M1-T1)
25. Main Title (M1-T2)
26. Mysterious Ghost Ship (M5)
27. The Creeping Liquid (M6)
28. Emerging Shadow (M6A)
29. The Ghost Standing on Deck (M7)
30. Uchida Disappears (M13-T1)
31. Ending (M21-T1)
32. Homura Club I (PS1-T2)
33. So Deep is My Love (PS3-T2)
34. So Deep is My Love (PS3-T4)
35. Homura Club III (PS4-T1)
36. Homura Club III (PS4-T2)
37. H-Man (M22)
38. H-Man (M24-T1)
39. H-Man (M24-T2)
40. H-Man (M24-T3)
41. H-Man (M24-T4)

The Secret of the Telegian (1960)

1. Main Title (M1)
2. The First Homicide (M2)
3. Fallen Parts (M3)
4. The Victim's Personal Effects (M4)
5. The Man That Purchased a Cooling Device (M5)
6. Kirioka and Chujo I (M6)
7. Muzzle (M7-T2)
8. Cabaret Daihonei I (PS26-T2 Edit)
9. Old Imperial Army Dog Tag (M8)
10. Cabaret Daihonei II (M9)
11. The Taped Threat (M10)
12. Cabaret Daihonei III (PS30)
13. Corporal Sudo (M11)
14. Pursuit I (M12)
15. The Telegian in the Warehouse District (M13)
16. First Lieutenant Onishi's Recollection (M14-T2)
17. The Death of Sudo (M15)
18. Kirioka and Chujo II (M16)
19. The Cooling Device's Location (M17)
20. Sudo and the Transmission Machine (M18)
21. Creating an Alibi I (M19)
22. The Telegian Appears (M20-T1)
23. Pursuit II (M21 Edit)
24. Creating an Alibi II (M22)
25. The Third Homicide (M13 Edit)
26. Radio Music (M23)
27. Early Warning of the Final Homicide (M24)
28. Sudo Vanishes (M21)
29. Sudo's Whereabouts (M26)
30. The Telegian's True Colors (M27)
31. Pursuit III (M28-T2)
32. Ending (M29-T1)
    
    Bonus Tracks
33. Muzzle (M7-T1)
34. Corporal Sudo (M11 + DBM)
35. First Lieutenant Onishi's Recollection (M14-T1)
36. The Telegian Appears (M20-T2)
37. Sudo Vanishes (M25)
38. Pursuit III (M28-T1)
39. Ending (M29-T2)
40. Cabaret Daihonei I (PS26-T1)
41. Cabaret Daihonei I (PS26-T2)
42. Radio Music (M23 Final Edit)
43. Thriller Show (Record 1)
44. Cabaret Daihonei IV (The Boss and the Explosive Daughter M8)

The Human Vapour (1960)

1. Main Title (M1)
2. Itsukaichi Highway Pursuit (M2)
3. The Beauty with the Devil's Mask (M3)
4. Dragon I (M4)
5. Terror at the Mikuni Bank (M5)
6. Safe Room Mystery (M9 Edit)
7. A Bank Gangster's Spree (M6)
8. Solo Investigation (M7)
9. Tailing (M8)
10. Fujichiyo's Secret (M9)
11. The Kyodo Bank (M10)
12. A Series of Incidents (M11)
13. Dragon II (M12)
14. The Man who Turned Himself in (M13)
15. The Human Vapour Emerges (M14)
16. Declaration of the Human Vapour (M15)
17. Horror of the Human Vapour I (M16)
18. Fujichiyo and the Human Vapour I (M17)
19. Kasuga's Bond (M18)
20. The Human Vapour Arrives (M19)
21. Doctor Sano (M20)
22. 240 Hours (M21)
23. The Creation of the Human Vapour (M22)
24. Despair and Hope (M23)
25. The Human Vapour is Immortal (M24)
26. Fujichiyo and the Human Vapour II (M25)
27. Fujichiyo's Desire (M26)
28. Horror of the Human Vapour II (M27)
29. The Fate of the Demons of Emotion (M23A Edit)
30. The Moment Approaches (M28-T1)
31. Ending (M28A)
    
    Bonus Tracks
32. The Human Vapour's Theme (M23A)
33. The Moment Approaches (M28-T2 First Half)
34. Ending (M28-T1 Second Half)
35. The Demon of Emotion I (PS62-1)
36. The Demon of Emotion II (PS115-1)
37. The Demon of Emotion III (PS115B)
38. The Demon of Emotion I (PS115-Hand Drum)
39. The Demon of Emotion II (PS115-Whistle)
40. The Demon of Emotion III (PS115B-Hand Drum)
41. The Demon of Emotion: Fujichiyo's Residence (DB1-PS)
42. The Demon of Emotion: Practice (DB5-PS)
43. The Demon of Emotion: Symposium I (DB12-PS)
44. The Demon of Emotion: Symposium II (DB13-PS)
45. Fujichiyo's Performance (Soundtrack Excerpt)