News Article: Toho Music: Atragon and Matango

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Date:	7/8/2012
Author:	Anthony Romero
Source:	http://www.toho-m.co.jp

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In a few days, on July 11th, Toho Music will release another entry in the science fiction soundtrack line. The latest title features Atragon (1963) with Matango (1963) which will retail for ¥ 3,780.

The set has also been given a CD number of TSFCD-09/10. 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-09/10 ~ Atragon/Matango
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 

The latest set seems to lose an sense of chronology that the others had before it, since both films are from 1963 and placed inbetween movies from the 1950's. In fact, the CD numbers appear to be nonseniscal at this stage. Time will tell what the rest of the series offers, although we know that there will be two disc sets for The Last War (1961) and Gorath (1962), plus Half Human (1955) will be feautred as part of the set.

Atragon (1963)

Below are the tracks for the first of the two films. The titles and content are very similar to the earlier release by Toshiba (TYCY-5502), save stuff like "The Outcry of Mu" being moved toward the end along with M8 and M25 being given a new titles. The disc also contains a movie suite of "Warning from Mu" and a previously unreleased "The Prayer of the Mu Empir" outtake, but removes the sound effects and trailer from the earlier Toshiba offering.

The disc ends with content from what it calls "New Undersea Battleship", not to be confused with Super Atragon (1995) which has that as a Japanese title. This content is abridged, and might be tracked to match from a shorter movie edit that was released to theaters. However, some of the combination of tracks, like the "Ending" with PS117-T3 seem quite odd and will probably take listening to understand what this actually is.

1. Toho Logo (M1)
2. Appearance of the Steam Person (M2)
3. Main Title (M3)
4. The Submarine Rises to the Surface (M4)
5. The Delivered Film (M5)
6. Warning from Mu (M6)
7. Emergency U.N. Conference Convenes (M7)
8. Challenge from Mu (M8)
9. Worldwide Terror (M9)
10. The Red Satan (M10)
11. The Submarine Returns to Port (M11)
12. Communication Ball (M12)
13. Gotengo Defense Force (M13)
14. Makoto's Theme 1 (M14)
15. The Undersea Battleship's Test Run 1 (M15)
16. The Undersea Battleship's Test Run 2 (M16)
17. The Undersea Battleship's Test Run 3 (M17)
18. Makoto's Theme 2 (M18)
19. Unno's True Colors (M19)
20. The Prayer of the Mu Empire (PS117-T3)
21. Guardian Dragon Manda (M20)
22. The Mu People on Mount Mihara (M21)
23. The Declaration of Mu (M22)
24. The Undersea Battleship Attacks 1 (M23)
25. The Undersea Battleship Attacks 2 (M24)
26. Marunochi Collapses (M25)
27. The Power of Mu (M26)
28. Tokyo Bay and the Undersea Battleship (M27)
29. Rescue (M28)
30. The Undersea Battleship vs. Manda (M29)
31. The Volunteer Corps Moves Out (M30)
32. Ending (M31)
    
    Bonus Tracks
33. Warning from Mu (M6 + PS117-T3 + "The Outcry of Mu")
34. The Prayer of the Mu Empire (PS117-T1)
35. The Prayer of the Mu Empire (PS117-T2)
36. The Outcry of Mu
37. Zero Cannon (M30 Cymbal)
    
    New Undersea Battleship
38. Main Title (M1 + M3)
39. Red Satan (M10)
40. The Undersea Battleship's Test Run 1 (M15)
41. Makoto's Theme 2 (M18)
42. The Prayer of the Mu Empire (PS117-T3)
43. The Power of Mu (M25 + M26)
44. The Volunteer Corps Moves Out (M30)
45. Ending (M31 + PS117-T3)
    

Matango (1963)

The selection for this movie is, once again, similar to the earlier release by SLC (SLCS-5065). It changes a lot of the titles around, and moves "The Terror of Matango" (now called "Attack II") to the bonus tracks. It includes a new version of M17, and movie edits for two more tracks.

1. Main Title (M1)
2. Opening Credits (M2)
3. Sea Breeze (PS7-1)
4. Bad Weather (M3)
5. Dark Clouds (M4)
6. Adrift (M5)
7. The Transistor Radio (M6)
8. Illusion (M7)
9. Ukulele (M8)
10. Isolated Island Shrouded in Fog (M9)
11. Fog (M10)
12. Cliff (M11)
13. Shipwreck (M12)
14. Matango (M13)
15. Signal (M14)
16. "With Memories" (PS87B-1)
17. Mystery of the Deserted Island (M15)
18. Monster (M16)
19. Food (M17)
20. Clustering (M18)
21. Frenzy (M19)
22. Escape (M20)
23. Rainy Season (M21)
24. The Matango Woman (M22)
25. Monster's Forest (M23)
26. The Remaining Two (M24)
27. Testament (M25)
28. Attack (M26)
29. Kidnapping (M27)
30. Escape (M28)
31. Ending (M29)
    
    Bonus Tracks
32. Food (M17 + DB-8PS)
33. Attack I (M26 + M26A)
34. Kidnapping (M27 + M26A)
35. Attack II (M26A)
36. Transistor Radio (M6 Complete)