© 1999 Lawrence Tuczynski
Info on this page supplied by David Hirsch - Thanks David!

Title: The Gamera Trilogy
CD Label: King Records
CD Number: KICA-236,237,238
Music by: Tadashi Yamauchi
Chuji Kinoshita
Number of tracks: Disc 1 - 23
Disc 2 - 32
Disc 3 - 29
Running time: Disc 1 - 47:48
Disc 2 - 64:11
Disc 3 - 74:03
Number of discs: 3
Year of release/manufacture: 1995

REVIEW

Nicely packaged collection of the first three GAMERA films contains the three scores each on its own CD, complete with alternate and unused takes. The most serious films in the original series, these scores are surprisingly good, particularly Chuji Kinoshita's music for the pedestrian paced GAMERA VS. BARUGON. Tadashi Yamauchi, like Akira Ifukube, set the tone for this series, though his music which has a somewhat dated feel, particularly Toshio's slow jazz theme. CD booklet has a number of excellent monster photos. Although all the succeeding films scores came out in single CDs, I don't know if these three ever did.

-- David Hirsch --

 

NOTE:	Not all titles listed below are exact translations but 
are David's own titles for each sequence based on having watched the films 
or managing to I.D. the Japanese characters with previously translated names.

CD 1: GAMERA, THE INVINCIBLE
(Daikaiju Gamera “Giant Monster Gamera”)
Music: Tadashi Yamauchi

 1. Eskimo Village     
 2. Main Title
 3. The Devil's Envoy - Gamera
 4. No Sign of the Ship
 5. News of the World
 6. Good Luck Charm
 7. Toshio Releases Chibi - Gamera Appears
 8. Toshio Searches for Chibi
 9. The Legend of Gamera
10. Operation to Freeze Gamera - On His Back - Gamera Can Fly!
11. Toshio's Theme
12. Where Has Gamera Gone?
13. Fear of Gamera
14. Dance Club BGM
15. Gamera Attacks Tokyo
16. Z Plan
17. Luring Gamera to Oshima
18. Trail of Fire
19. Gamera Into Space - Ending
20. Toshio's Sadness (Unused)
21. Toshio's Sadness (Unused Horn Solos)
22. Electronic Noise - Low
23. Electronic Noise - High

CD 2: GAMERA VS. BARUGON
(Daikaiju ketto Gamera tai Barugon 
“Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon”)
Music: Chuji Kinoshita

 1. Main Title - Return to Earth
 2. Swabbing the Deck
 3. Native Dance (Koto Drums)
 4. Not-So-Friendly Natives 
 5. Into the Twenty Valleys
 6. The Gem
 7. Drums
 8. Ancient Danger
 9. Infrared Incubation
10. Disaster at Kobe Docks
11. Barugon at Kobe Docks
12. Gamera Appears
13. Gamera vs. Barugon
14. Barugon Freezes Gamera
15. Karen Bandages the Wound
16. Diamond Lure
17. Barugon Follows Diamond Light
18. Onodera's End
19. Barugon's Destruction
20. Building the Mirror
21. Turning His Ray Against Him
22. No Hope
23. Gamera Revives
24. Dragging Barugon Under - Finale

Unused Score

25. Island Apprehension
26. Drums (alt)
27. Mysterious Legends
28. Onodera's End (alt)
29. Turning His Ray Against Him (alt)
30. Dragging Barugon Under - Finale (Actual Take)
31. Koto Music (Follows Track 1)
32. Koto - Sixth Degree (alt)

CD 3: GAMERA VS. GYAOS
(Daikaiju kuchesen Gamera tai Gaosu 
“Giant Monster Air Battle: Gamera vs. Gyaos”)
Music: Tadashi Yamauchi

 1. Volcano
 2. Gamera to Mt. Fuji - Main Title
 3. Mysterious Rays
 4. The Barrier
 5. The Glowing Pit
 6. The Cave
 7. Gyaos' First Meal/Gamera Rescues Eichi
 8. Air Attack
 9. Village Diet
10. Fear of Gyaos
11. Radio BGM - Fast
12. Radio BGM - Slow
13. Gyaos Rises
14. Gamera Returns
15. Gyaos Regenerates 1
16. Gyaos Regenerates 2
17. Operation Rotation
18. Blood Lure
19. Village Shame
20. Operation Forest Fire
21. Finale Battle
22. Song of Gamera (Film Version)
23. Song of Gamera (Film Version/Karaoke)

Unused Score, Processed Sound

24. The Barrier (alt)
25. Gamera Rescues Eichi (alt)
26. Radio BGM - Fast (Speaker Mix)
27. Radio BGM - Slow (Speaker Mix)
28. Song of Gamera (Single ver.)
29. Combat Between Gamera and Gyaos (Single ver.)