© 2001 Lawrence Tuczynski

Title The World Of Japanese Cinema Music
CD Label POLYSTAR / Toho Music Corporation
CD Number PSCR-5898
Music by: Various
Number of tracks 20
Running time 73:39
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture 2000

REVIEW

December 30, 2001

This CD contains tracks by a variety of Japanese composers including Masaru Sato and Akira Ifukube. The CD itself is a mixed bag. Some tracks sound like jazz, some like big band music, others slow and mellow, plus a variety of other styles. Some of the tracks seem like they would work great as background music for a soft, romantic, candle lit dinner. The CD also conatins the Japanese vocal to "Save The Earth" from "Godzilla vs Hedorah". Some of the tracks I really enjoyed, others were just OK and a very few I didn't care much for at all.

This is one CD in the series I feel would be OK to skip unless you are a completist that needs every CD that has a track on it by Akira Ifukube or Masaru Sato. 


English Title:	The World Of Japanese Cinema Music

Track translations courtesy of John Cassidy (Daijirou Ryuusei)

THE WORLD OF MOVIE MUSIC
(EIGA ONGAKU NO SEKAI)
Various Artists


 1.) From THE SUN IN THE END OF THE EDO ERA (1957)
	[BAKUMATSU TAIYOU DEN]
	Toshirou Mayuzumi

 2.) From THE PIG AND THE WARSHIP (1961)
	[BUTA TO GUNKAN]
	Toshirou Mayuzumi

 3.) From YUKINOJOU'S CHANGE (1963) AKA: AN ACTOR'S REVENGE
	[YUKINOJOU HENGE]
	Masao Yagi

 4.) "Santorope"
	From DELINQUENT GIRL YOKO (1966)
	[HIKOU SHOUJOU YOOKO]
	Masao Yagi

 5.) "More And More"
	From MYSTERIOUS THIEF RUBY (1988)
	[KAITOU RUBII]
	Masao Yagi

 6.) BRUTE: PART 1 - "Main Title" ~ PART 2 - "Ending" (1978)
	[KISAKU: PART 1 & 2]
	Yasushi Akutagawa

 7.) From THE FLESH BULLET (1968)
	[NIKUDAN]
	Masaru Satou

 8.) From THE CHEERING SONG OF THE WAR DEAD (1979)
	[EIREI TACHI NO OUENKA]
	Masaru Satou

 9.) From IMPULSE MURDER - O' SON (1979)
	[SHOUDOU SATSUJIN - MUSUKO YO]
	Chuuji Kinoshita

10.) A WIFE CONFESSES (1961)
	[TSUMA WA KOKUHAKU SURU]
	Riichirou Manabe

11.) From SOUJI OKITA (1974)
	[OKITA SOUJI]
	Riichirou Manabe

12.) "Return! The Sun"
	From GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971)
	[GOJIRA TAI HEDORA]
	Riichirou Manabe
	Vocals: Keiko Mari

13.) From THE NAKED ISLAND (1962) AKA: THE ISLAND
	[HADAKA NO SHIMA]
	Hikaru Hayashi

14.) From OLD DEMON WOMAN (1964)
	[ONIBABA]
	Hikaru Hayashi

15.) From THE POOR AND BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT A NAME (1961) AKA: HAPPINESS OF US ALONE
	[NA MO NAKU MAZUSHIKU UTSUKUSHIKU]
	Hikaru Hayashi

16.) From THE HUNGRY STRAITS (1965)
	[KIGA KAIKYOU]
	Isao Tomita

17.) From SANDAKAN NO. 8 BROTHEL - HOMESICKNESS (1975)
	[SANDAKAN HACHIBAN SHOUKAN - BOUKYOU]
	Akira Ifukube

18.) "If I Became A Bird"
	From THE NIGHT AND DAY INSIDE ME (1971)
	[BOKU NO NAKA NO YORU TO ASA]
	Teizou Matsumura
	Vocals: Osamu Minagawa & The Hibari Childrens' Choir

19.) From THE FIRE-SUSPENDING GRAVE (1988) AKA: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
	[HOTARU NO HAKA]
	Yoshio Mamiya

20.) From A HOME WITHOUT A DINING TABLE (1985)
	[SHOKUTAKU NO NAI UCHI]
	Tooru Takemitsu