 |
Title |
| Yamato Takeru -
Original Soundtrack |
| International Title |
| Yamato
Takeru |
Music
By:
Kiyoko
Ogino
Record Label: Polydor
| Running
Time: 46:24 |
Discs:
1 |
| Release:
July 1994 |
CD
Number: POCH-7001 |
|
| Comments |
Released
under their Platinum Records brand, this soundtrack from
Polydor makes for a rather nice release, beyond its fairly
hideous package design. Of course, Kiyoko
Ogino's compositions aren't for everyone, as she is
a fairly uneven composer. She tends to do far more right
than wrong on this particular score though. Something
that is even more impressive considering she was given
only two weeks to draft up all of the cues and, from the
sounds of things, was also given a very small orchestra
to create this soundtrack. In spite of these obstacles,
though, Ogino has created a very diverse and enjoyable
score both as part of the feature film and as a stand
alone experience. The soundtrack is, overall, a nice blend
of soothing and more action oriented pieces. As for the
stand out cue on this disc, it's easily the "The
God's Warrior of the Three Lights," which is a very
repetitive track but it's hard not to love the theme and
the sense of power it conveys.
On another note, something that is sure to impress any
fans of Japanese music is the inclusion of the very popular
group Glay on this album. To that point, I'm sure some
are wondering how Toho managed to attract one of Japan's
most popular bands to create a song for this fantasy production.
As it turns out, though, the group was still relatively
unknown at this stage, as their breakout album, Speed
Pop, wouldn't be released until next year. The most
surprising thing about this, though, is that the group's
producer, Yoshiki Hayashi of the even more popular band
X Japan, helped with the compositions for their song alongside
Kubo Takuro. As for their song RAIN, it's a very enjoyable
piece of music, although all the same it's still easily
one of their lesser efforts. At a runtime of seven minutes,
it just simply seems to go on for too long and, consequently,
tends to work better here in the shorter karaoke version
found on track 13.
|
| Tracks |
- Main Title
- Twisted Fate
- The Inner Beast Awakens
- Knowledge and Power
- Beyond the Universe
- MaGaTaMa
- Heaven's Messenger of Light
- Inevitable Fate
- The Darkness Anew...
- Equipping the Beautiful Sword
- The God's Warrior of the Three Lights
- Silhouette Romance
- RAIN (Instrumental)
Composer: Yoshiki Hayashi, Kubo
Takuro
- Prologue of the Gods
- The Divine Will of Heaven (Fate)
- RAIN
By: Glay, Composer: Yoshiki Hayashi,
Kubo Takuro
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