 |
Title |
| Teito Taisen - Soundtrack |
| International Title |
| Tokyo:
The Last War |
Music
By:
Koji Ueno
Record Label: Toshiba EMI
| Running
Time: 62:44 |
Discs:
1 |
| Release:
August 1990 |
CD
Number: CT32-5533 |
|
| Comments |
| Released
under Toshiba's "Eastworld" brand, the soundtrack
for Takashige Ichinose's Tokyo: The Last War
is certainly an interesting release. Composer Koji Ueno
seems a little ill suited to score this production, though,
creating a soundtrack filled with more soothing tunes
that utilize a lot of violin work. Not at all the type
of score one would have expected from a sequel to Tokyo:
The Last Megalopolis (1988). Of course this is
not meant to discredit Ueno's work, as the soundtrack
is rather pleasant, although not particularly memorable
I'm afraid. The disc ends its runtime with a song from
the popular singer Janis Ian. For those unfamiliar with
Ian's work, she was a very successful, chart topping artist
in the 1960's and 70's in America. Unfortunately, she
fell out of favor in the United States during the 1980's,
yet was still extremely popular in Japan at this time.
This led her to work on the soundtrack for Kinji
Fukasaku's Virus
(1980) and this film near the end of the decade. The song
here, "Heaven Knows", carries her trademark
style and is an enjoyable track. It's not nearly on the
same level as her "When the Rainbow's Gone"
song for Virus
(1980), but still pleasant to listen to none the same.
For those interested, the "Heaven Knows" song
would also later make it on a CD in the states called
Unreleased 3: Society's Child in 2001.
|
| Tracks |
- Prologue (M1)
- Vicissitudes of Destiny (M2)
- Resurrection: The Lamentation of a Vengeful Spirit
(M3)
- Mio's Tragedy (M4)
- Ill Omen (M5)
- A Premonition Through Dreams (M6)
- Forbidden Power (M7)
- Pathos of a Suspicious Person (M8)
- The Color of Lapis Lazuli (M9)
- Encounter (M10)
- Being Chosen, a Form of a Person's Love (M11)
- With Even Momentary Snow (M12)
- The Sorcerer's Imminent Arrival (M13)
- Yurakucho: Alleyway I (M14)
- Yurakucho: Alleyway II (M15)
- Yukiko's Afterimage (M17)
- This Body, It's Not Suitable (M18)
- Love Above Ground (M20)
- The Destruction of the Capital - Nakamura's Determination
(M21)
- Dream Labyrinth (M22)
- Law of Exorcism (M24)
- A Desperate Counterattack (M25)
- From the Bowels of the Earth
- The Power of a Malevolent Spirit (M26A)
- The Power of a Malevolent Spirit (M26B)
- The Pair's Response (M27)
- The Battle of Supernatural Powers (M28-1)
- The Vengeful Spirit, Defeated Again... (M28-2)
- Prayer Fulfillment (M28-3)
- Salvation (M28-4)
- The Last Chapter (M29)
- Heaven Knows (M16, M19, M23)
By: Janis Ian
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