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Title |
| Kosuke Kindaichi's
Adventures: Special Edition |
| International Title |
| [Misc.] |
| Music By:
Various |
| Record Label:
King Records |
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| Running Time: 73:37 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: January 2000 |
CD Number: KICA-3034 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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First
off, credit goes to Robert Storch for sending this
CD in for review!
Also known by the much longer title The World of
Seishi Yokomizo MM Twilight Music: Kosuke Kindaichi's
Adventures, this release, which is a reissue of
an older LP (SKA-187) but fleshed out with a lot more
content, contains music inspired by the Kosuke Kindaichi
novels by Seishi
Yokomizo. The music, that has no direct relation
to the TV shows or movies and was recorded back in
1977 from three different composers, is very dated
today, sounding right out of the time period. This
is overall met with mixed results. "Kosuke Kindaichi's
Theme", done by Hiroshi Takata, is one of the
nicer pieces of music for those who enjoy score work
from this period. A couple of the vocal supported
tracks, such as "Village of 8 Gravestones",
are a little out there but not bad. Very experimental,
especially with the way the vocal moans are incorporated,
and the track having mixed success sounding a little
like a Halloween type melody set to a 1970's style
tempo. This collection of music also presents one
of the earlier efforts by Kentaro Haneda, who would
go on to score Virus
(1980) and Bye-Bye
Jupiter (1984) in the years to come. Sadly,
this effort by Haneda is not one of his finest hours.
"The Devil's Temari Ball Song" has some
interesting moments, but in general out stays its
welcome for the duration of the track. "The Inugami
Family" is a more soothing track, an oddity on
this more fast paced release, and is a decent piano
piece although really not all that memorable in the
end.
Now, in terms of the additional music added, they
come from a variety of sources. Tracks 11 and 12 are
cited as being from The
Inugamis (1976) and track 13 is from
Queen Bee
(1978). The tracks take familiar music from the films
with vocal lyrics added to them. Some of these, like
Mikio Tsukada's vocal track for the "Queen Bee
of Love", are very nice. Others like Yukari Kaneko's
"Ballade of Love" are a definitive miss,
with Kaneko having a very monotone and mournful delivery.
This is a shame as the background music arranged by
Masaaki Jinbo is really fantastic, and thankfully
can be found on the earlier Fiendish Investigation:
The World of Mystery Movies (COCA-13095)
release.
Following this is another track by Tsukada before
it gets into cues related to the Seishi
Yokomizo Series, a TV show that aired from
1977 to 1978. The TV show was a rare collaboration
between Toho, Daiei, and Mifune Productions that
was done for TBS to air on television. The first
of these tracks is the main song for the first
season of this show, by Chaki Miyako, and the songs
for the second season by the same artist. Miyako,
thankfully, is a very competent singer. Not the
type that makes one yearn for more of her work,
but she knows how to carry a tune and does well
with the vocal tracks here. Finally, the CD ends
with two tracks by Ikko Furuya, which are dubbed
as being from the Kosuke Kindaichi Series that
began airing in 1983. The tracks, which are very
much a product of the decade utilizing things like
echo effects and other things, are fairly well
done as Furuya is an excellent singer.
Overall, the release has its ups and downs. If one
is a fan of music from this decade, especially the
more experimental approaches utilized, this CD might
be very appealing. Those, however, who are a fan of
the theatrical scores for the Kindaichi movies like
Hell's
Gate Island (1977) should know that outside
of tracks 11 and 13 the content found on here sounds
nothing like the more soothing and majestic stuff
found on those soundtracks.
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
- Kosuke Kindaichi's Theme
By: Hiroshi Takata
- Village of 8 Gravestones
By: Yutaka Narita
- Masquerade Ball
By: Hiroshi Takata
- Murder Case in the Mansion
By: Hiroshi Takata
- Prison Gate Island
By: Yutaka Narita
- The Devil's Temari Ball Song
By: Kentaro Haneda
- Tragedy at Maze Manor
By: Kentaro Haneda
- The Devil Comes to Blow His Flute
By: Kentaro Haneda
- The Tower of Three Heads
By: Kentaro Haneda
- The Inugami Clan
By: Kentaro Haneda
The
Inugamis (1976)
By: Yukari Kaneko, Composer:
Yuji Ohno
- Ballade of Love
- Mask
Queen Bee
(1978)
By: Mikio Tsukada, Composer:
Shinichi Tanabe
- Queen Bee of Love
- Nocturnal Girl
By: Mikio Tsukada, Composer:
Miki Takashi
Seishi
Yokomizo Series (1977)
By: Chaki Miyako
- Theme: Person of Vision
Seishi Yokomizo Series 2 (1978)
By: Chaki Miyako
- Theme Song: Like a Thistle Thorn
- Theme Song: Well Beyond Words
Kosuke Kindaichi Series (1983)
- String Phone Song
By: Ikko Furuya, Composer: Ise
Shozo
- Town Without Rain
By: Ikko Furuya,
Composer: Ise Shozo
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