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Jan 4, 2016 - 4:51 PM
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JohnnyG
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Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 341
Date: 1992
Time: 57:01
Tracks: 10
Rare find! Exciting, flavorful score by Maurice Jarre in epic-style for 1992 Rou Tomono film gets premiere release on CD! Japan soldier (Masaya Kato) helps finance military invasion of Manchuria, then becomes caught up in both romance with Chinese rebel leader (Diane Lane), conflict with Chinese mafia leader (Yuen Biao). Jarre writes to all three elements with powerful symphonic score that features large orchestra, multiple harps, pianos, synthesizer, shakuhachi, Chinese sheng, pipa, erhu, Chinese lute, 13-string koto, 3-string samisen, EVI & EWI (Electronic Valve & Wind Instruments) plus mammoth orchestral percussion section including full tympani, 2 large bass drums, 2 taiko drums, odaiko drum and huge da-daiko drum. Jarre frames with rousing "Main Title", equally exciting "End Credits", then embarks on dynamic journey with motifs both epic, haunting. Rhythmic action music also has plenty to say. Truly powerful Maurice Jarre score! Entire CD presented from pristine-condition, two-track digital stereo session mixes recorded by Shawn Murphy at UCLA's Royce Hall in late June & July 1991 and mixed at Sony Pictures Studios. Long-time Jarre orchestrator Patrick Russ assists with production, Jim Lochner offers informative liner notes, Joe Sikoryak designs dramatic packaging. Maurice Jarre conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
01. Main Title (Revised) (2:37)
02. Tatsuma (10:59)
03. Imperial Army (4:01)
04. Lian (8:03)
05. Manchuria (12:02)
06. Tougetsu (9:27)
07. End Credits (6:05)
Total Time: 53:11
The Extras:
08. Puyi (0:29)
09. Yamashita (0:33)
10. Main Title (Original) (2:36)
Total Extras Time: 3:42
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Hmmm...pretty quiet here. Where are all the people who are always complaining about the labels mainly releasing expanded scores instead of premieres? Here we have a previously unreleased epic exotic Jarre score and a previously unreleased fun energetic Goodwin score, a great pair of releases.
And in almost three hours there are still no replies here while only two in the other thread. If this was a Goldsmith expansion with 25 seconds more music (hey, that actually happened last year with Magic!) there would be a ton of posts by now.
Don't get me wrong, I love definitive Goldsmith expansions and he's my favorite composer, but I'm shocked at the lack of reaction to these great new premieres...
Yavar
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Surprising? ?
I posted the typical , for me, giddy
teenage reaction at Intrada, and I am chomping to have this one from
my hero - will have more to say when it lands.
Grateful I won't have to endure the turgid film again.
See...boring post that doesn't move the story along, maybe that is why it's silent ;-)
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I wasn't trying to prop up Goldsmith here so I'm not sure what you find obnoxious. I just thought that it was a shame these previously-unreleased scores by well-beloved seemed to be getting comparatively little attention on the board. Almost three hours later and mine was the first reply.
We all know that many of us here on this board escape to it quite often, whether we have lives or not. 
Yavar
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Now THIS is a stunning release! Thank you Intrada!
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It's not surprising to me that this soundtrack was not immediately greeted with heavy interest, let alone hosannas, given that the film never played in the U.S., and it was such a spectacular failure in Japan that its studio, Nikkatsu, was forced to file for bankruptcy protection just 10 months after its release. Nevertheless, the music stands on its own, and those who give it a chance are likely to find it worthy.
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Jan 5, 2016 - 5:11 AM
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CindyLover
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It's not surprising to me that this soundtrack was not immediately greeted with heavy interest, let alone hosannas, given that the film never played in the U.S., and it was such a spectacular failure in Japan that its studio, Nikkatsu, was forced to file for bankruptcy protection just 10 months after its release.
Also, the movie's director hasn't made another movie to this day, which is what happens when you cast Diane Lane as an Oriental. (I am not making that up.)
Nevertheless, the music stands on its own, and those who give it a chance are likely to find it worthy.
The clips are all very promising, yes. Who'd have thought Maurice Jarre would score two underperforming Japanese movies in the 1990s (see also Solar Crisis, although that was more of a coproduction)?
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Great cover
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The main theme sounds familiar. Did Jarre use it again in somewhere later?
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The main theme sounds familiar. Did Jarre use it again in somewhere later?
Yes, I believe he used parts in a later score called "Le Jour et la Nuit".
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Not familiar with film or score but nice samples. Will definitely pick up this one.
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