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 Posted:   Aug 24, 2009 - 11:17 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Coming tomorrow from La La Land!



ZATOICHI – THE BEST CUTS (1968-1973)

Music by Shigeru Ikeno, Akira Ifukube, Isao Tomita and Kunihiko Murai

Limited Edition of 1500 Units

RETAIL PRICE: $19.98

Presenting the original soundtrack music from Toho's legendary "blind swordsman" series of ZATOICHI feature films. Famed GODZILLA composer Akira Ifukube, along with Shigeru Ikeno, Isao Tomita and Kunihiko Murai, provide the influential music on ZATOCHI – THE BEST CUTS (1967-1973): LIMITED EDITION, a compilation of dynamic original recordings from the ZATOCIHI films released between 1967-1973. This compilation was assembled from remastered elements from the Toho Studios' vaults. In-depth liner notes by Randall Larson take you behind the scenes of The Blind Swordsman and his musical legacy. A Limited Edition of 1500 Units.

TRACK LISTING:

Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) - Sei Ikeno
1. Main Title (1:08)
2. Farming Song (1:07)
3. Asagorou (:56)
4. Theme Song to "Zatoichi" (:57)

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) - Akira Ifukube
5. Daiei Mark/Main Title (3:16)

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) - Isao Tomita
6. Main Title (:13)
7. Title Back (1:11)
8. The Dark Shogun (1:11)
9. Great Sword Battle On The Oil Ship (2:13)
10. Zatoichi Falls Into A Trap (1:17)
11. Zatoichi And The Dark Shogun (1:50)
12. Conclusion - Ichi And The Nameless Ronin (1:09)
13. Ichi And Okiyo (1:40)
14. Ending (:46)

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Isao Tomita
15. Dainichi Mark (:22)
16. Main Title (1:13)
17. The Tragic Chinaman/Genocide (2:12)
18. The Invincible Chinese Sword (1:24)
19. Ichi And Oyone (1:10)
20. Wong Gong and Kakuzen (1:46)
21. Break! Chinese Sword/Ending (4:57)

Zatoichi at Large (1972) - Kunihiko Murai
22. Main Theme (1:20)

Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) - Kunihiko Murai
23. Ending (1:37)

Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) - Akira Ifukube
24. Zatoichi Takes Edo Highway (:51)
25. Main Title (1:46)
26. Ichi And Omiyo – Encounter (3:58)
27. Ichi And Omiyo - Farewell (1:29)
28. The Wounded People/Shinbei's Conspiracy (1:00)
29. Zatoichi - Victimization In Kasama (1:35)
30. Shinbei's Final Moment (:48)
31. Ending (:46)

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 47:08

NEW RELEASE SPECIAL: To celebrate our ZATOICHI release, we are offering our Toho LONE WOLF AND CUB compilation at www.lalalandrecords.com for a special sale price of only $4.98. Lone Wolf is going out of print December 31, 2009. We have less than 300 copies in stock! For a limited time.

 
 Posted:   Aug 24, 2009 - 11:34 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

I'm all over this like white powder on a geisha.



Akira Ifukube and Isao Tomita are two of my favorite Japanese composers.

I also highly recommend LONE WOLF AND CUB, if you don't already have it (they're practically giving it away!).

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 24, 2009 - 11:58 PM   
 By:   Squiddybop   (Member)

While I'm disappointed at the total lack of Ichiro Saito, I will still be buying this one up right quick!

 
 Posted:   Aug 25, 2009 - 4:05 AM   
 By:   nekromantik   (Member)

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.!!!

 
 Posted:   Aug 25, 2009 - 8:00 AM   
 By:   Scott H.   (Member)

Su-Ge!

So can we expect another volume of earlier Zatoichi scores?

Also, I would kill for a cd of the YAGYUU CONSPIRACY tv series.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 25, 2009 - 12:58 PM   
 By:   Nick Haysom   (Member)

About to go live...

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 27, 2009 - 12:28 AM   
 By:   movieben1138   (Member)

Does LLL send e-mail confirmation letters when you order via PayPal? I've ordered by credit card previously and immediatly gotten a confirmation. Yesterday I ordered via PayPal for the first time and haven't received anything yet. Just curious. (I would have asked them directly, but my computer's not accepting their contact link for some reason...)

--Ben

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 27, 2009 - 1:14 AM   
 By:   Squiddybop   (Member)

I've ordered from them using PayPal quite a few times and don't recall ever getting an e-mail confirmation, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 
 Posted:   Aug 27, 2009 - 8:30 AM   
 By:   La La Land Records   (Member)

Does LLL send e-mail confirmation letters when you order via PayPal? I've ordered by credit card previously and immediatly gotten a confirmation. Yesterday I ordered via PayPal for the first time and haven't received anything yet. Just curious. (I would have asked them directly, but my computer's not accepting their contact link for some reason...)

--Ben


We got it. Thanks!

MV

 
 Posted:   Aug 27, 2009 - 1:54 PM   
 By:   MD   (Member)

Great samples. Ordered aslo with Lone Wolf and Cub. Thanks for releasing!

 
 Posted:   Aug 27, 2009 - 4:23 PM   
 By:   johnjohnson   (Member)

As a side note, Eureka Entertainment in the UK will be releasing The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset on 16th November. Here's the info.

Eureka Entertainment have announced the UK DVD release of The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset on 16th November 2009 priced at £49.99 RRP. Based on the popular manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, this set brings the Lone Wolf and Cub series together with Shogun Assassin, officially licensed from Toho, fully uncut and freshly remastered for this release. Shogun Assassin is the first two Lone Wolf instalments re-edited into a single film for the American market back in 1980.

The films included in this set are:
Sword of Vengeance (1972, Kenji Misumi) 84 minutes
Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972, Kenji Misumi) 82 minutes
Baby Cart to Hades (9172, Kenji Misumi) 89 minutes
Baby Cart in Peril (1972, Buichi Saito) 81 minutes
Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973, Kenji Misumi) 90 minutes
White Heaven in Hell (1974, Yoshiyuki Kuroda) 84 minutes
Shogun Assassin (1980, Robert Houston) 86 minutes

Features include:
Freshly remastered, anamorphic, original aspect ratio transfers
Newly translated optional English subtitles
Original Japanese theatrical trailers for each film
Liner notes for each film by Japanese film scholar Tom Mes (midnighteye.com)
New packaging based on original Japanese poster design

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/71391/the-complete-lone-wolf-and-cub-boxset-r2-in-november.html

 
 Posted:   Sep 8, 2009 - 6:49 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 10:47 AM   
 By:   John McMasters   (Member)

Late to the party as always -- I finally picked this up along with a few La La Lands that were going out of print soon. Wow. This is a gorgeous CD. It was a last minute addition to my shopping basket -- but is so wonderful. The musical styles are so varied from electric guitars to whistling to intoned narration to thrilling action cues to calm musical ruminations. Great great stuff.

 
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