| The soundtrack
for Akio Jissoji's Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
is sadly not the most memorable release. Composer Maki
Ishii's music wasn't all that impressive in the feature
itself, although tends to fare even worse as a stand alone
experience. A couple of the tracks aren't bad, like "Construction"
and "Destruction", but but not much really stands
out. This CD is unusual for a Japanese release, though,
in that the presentation is of the "extended album"
tracks instead of presenting the music as it appears in
the movie. As far as I can tell, this was actually the
original source material that would be chopped up and
used in the feature, as the production had a "music
mixer" attached with it. This also means that some
of the music contained on this release was not present
in the main feature. Most of the movie's score is presented
on this release, though, save a few themes like Gakutensoku's.
What's very strange about this disc, though, is its release,
which is only stated as "1987" on the case.
However, I have heard some sources state that it was released
as early as January of that year, although I have no way
of verifying those reports. Regardless, it's interesting
to see that the soundtrack was released far earlier than
the 1988 movie was. Sadly, this CD is very short at a
runtime of around 33 minutes, and appears to be identical
in terms of music with the LP that was released.
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