© 1999 Lawrence Tuczynski
| Title | Symphonic Ode |
| CD Label | Youmex, Inc. |
| CD Number | DSA 54024 |
| Music Composed by: | Akira Ifukube |
| Music by: | Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by: | Kazuhiko Komatsu |
| Number of tracks | 4 |
| Running time | 60:23 |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Year of release/manufacture | 1989 |
| Year of release/manufacture | Recorded live at: Kanhi Hoken Hall Tokyo, April 8th, 1989 |
| REVIEW |
Track 1 is a live version of Symphonic Fantasia and is a well done, nicely woven medley of Godzilla music. Track 2 is much slower and darker music. It evokes a feeling of loss. Track 3 reminds me of music you might hear in a ghost story. It starts out slow and plodding and about a third of the way through picks up into an action/suspense, fast tune and then goes back to slower music with a chorus and lots of woodwind instruments. The whole track does a lot of switching back and forth. The chorus part is made up of chanting,similar to what's heard in King Kong by the natives. Track 4 is dark, brooding music punctuated by lots of bells. Overall this was a very good CD to listen to. There was music that was familiar and also stuff I hadn't heard before. Since this was a live recording, the last minute and a half of track 4 is made up of clapping and what sounds like a standing ovation. |
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Symphonic Ode
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