© 2002 Lawrence Tuczynski

Title: The Bad Sleep Well
Japanese Title: Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru
Also known as: The Rose in the Mud
The Worse You Are, The Better You Sleep
CD Label: Toho Music Corporation
CD Number: AK-0005
Music by: Masaru Satoh
Number of tracks: 51
Running time: 63:55
Number of discs: 1
Year of release/manufacture: 2001

REVIEW

April 07, 2002

In this 1960 film a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for the death of his father. It's a story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan that sometimes is compared to Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

Masaru Satoh does a wonderful job on this soundtrack. The music here is very enjoyable as stand alone listening and is mostly upbeat with hints of the jazz styles he would use later on in many pictures. A lot of the music here would fit into a night club scene or old time Hollywood musicals. Considering the subject matter of the film it is surprising that so much of this soundtrack is light, upbeat music.

The Bad Sleep Well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru)

Track translations courtesy of Jolyon Yates!

  1. Titles
  2. Great Corruption
  3. Threat
  4. Two Men in Hell Valley
  5. Happy Theatrical Music 1
  6. Happy Theatrical Music 2
  7. Iwabuchi Family's Piano 1
  8. Spy Route
  9. Making It Skillfully
  10. Fear
  11. Nishi's Whistle 1
  12. Expert Husband's Confession
  13. Nishi & Yoshiko
  14. Iwabuchi Family's Piano 2 (intro)
  15. Iwabuchi Family's Piano 2
  16. Preparation
  17. Ruthlessness
  18. Shirai's Insanity
  19. Nishi's Feelings
  20. I am Dynamite! (unused)
  21. The Truth
  22. Nishi's Photograph
  23. Flight
  24. Munitions Factory
  25. Nishi's Plan
  26. Two People's Friendship
  27. Wada's Complaint
  28. ¥15M Ham & Eggs
  29. How About the Next Meal?
  30. Yoshiko's Thoughts
  31. Unexpected Visitor
  32. Yoshiko's Wailing
  33. Memories
  34. Cunning Iwabuchi
  35. Final Confession
  36. Nishi's Whistle
  37. Rush of Events
  38. Nishi's Death 1
  39. Nishi's Death 2
  40. Ending

    BONUS TRACKS: ALTERNATIVE TAKES

  41. Titles (alternative take)
  42. Happy Theatrical Music 1 (alternative take)
  43. Spy Route (alternative take)
  44. Fear (alternative take)
  45. Iwabuchi Family's Piano 2 (intro, alternative take)
  46. Two People's Friendship
  47. ¥15M Ham & Eggs (alternative take)
  48. Ending (alternative take)

    BONUS TRACKS

  49. Wedding March (Wagner)
  50. Southern Country Rose
  51. Wedding March (Mendelssohn)