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 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 3:23 PM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)

I've been listening to as much Ikeno as I can (which is not much unfortunately). I just got a 3 disc set of his concert works from Ark Square. I discovered via Google that an older 4 disc set of some of his film music but it doesn't appear on any searches on the internet for re sellers. Anyone know of this set and if it's available anywhere?

I love his style. Very much inspired by Bartok and mid 20th century composers. Quite modernist especially his Yokai Spook Warfare score which I got recently as well (1 disc featuring that score and another one).

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 5:29 PM   
 By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

I expect you have Secret of the Telegian - the 2nd disc in the 3-CD set with H-Man & The Human Vapor.

Regarding that out-of-print 4-CD set on vintage Ikeno film music, I can be of no help at all I'm sorry to say.
I, as well, have never located any used copies in the secondary market.

My only other input, none-too-helpful at that, is that Sei Ikeno's genre scores remind me most of all of British horror flicks.
To me, Ikeno was very contemporaneous with Tristram Cary, Gerard Schurmann, Elisabeth Lutyens, Don Banks, etc.
Honestly, I don't hear Bartok in Ikeno's music ... but I do hear parallels with modernistic British composers.

 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 6:29 PM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)

I expect you have Secret of the Telegian - the 2nd disc in the 3-CD set with H-Man & The Human Vapor.

Regarding that out-of-print 4-CD set on vintage Ikeno film music, I can be of no help at all I'm sorry to say.
I, as well, have never located any used copies in the secondary market.

My only other input, none-too-helpful at that, is that Sei Ikeno's genre scores remind me most of all of British horror flicks.
To me, Ikeno was very contemporaneous with Tristram Cary, Gerard Schurmann, Elisabeth Lutyens, Don Banks, etc.
Honestly, I don't hear Bartok in Ikeno's music ... but I do hear parallels with modernistic British composers.


Some of his concert works evoke both Bartok and Stravinsky actually.

I do hear parallels with Humphrey Searle’s work (The Haunting especially) so the whole British modernism thing is a good observation. I only have his Yokai score as I’m new to his music. Would love to acquire more scores of his.

 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 6:36 PM   
 By:   Advise & Consent   (Member)

I expect you have Secret of the Telegian - the 2nd disc in the 3-CD set with H-Man & The Human Vapor.

Regarding that out-of-print 4-CD set on vintage Ikeno film music, I can be of no help at all I'm sorry to say.
I, as well, have never located any used copies in the secondary market.

My only other input, none-too-helpful at that, is that Sei Ikeno's genre scores remind me most of all of British horror flicks.
To me, Ikeno was very contemporaneous with Tristram Cary, Gerard Schurmann, Elisabeth Lutyens, Don Banks, etc.
Honestly, I don't hear Bartok in Ikeno's music ... but I do hear parallels with modernistic British composers.


I too I'm limited to Secret of the Telegian, Yokai - SET and a handful of tracks on the 50th Anniversary Godzilla Soundtrack Perfect Collection Box 1 apparently.

 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 7:24 PM   
 By:   Ostinato   (Member)

We definitely need more Ikeno scores released as well as reissued. I have more or less all of them with the exception of DESL-001~4. I've been spending quite a long time trying to track down a copy in a condition to my liking. They do pop up, but not often (and always during a period where I'm unable to purchase it).

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 7:51 PM   
 By:   MMM   (Member)

It's my favorite of all his releases. Well worth it if you can find a copy. Too many of his releases have very similar album titles...

Here's another one, with THE BRIDE OF HADES...
https://www.discogs.com/release/14299142-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD-Sei-Ikeno-Works-For-Film

I like this one a lot. Some studio, some live, but the latter is cleanly recorded:
http://www.sowbun.com/ikeno/
SEI IKENO: Music of Sei Ikeno (Sowbun release) [The Japanese Yo-Kai Wars (1968/2006)/Suite Symphonique Cinematographiquement No. 1 (2006)/Timpanata (1977)/Divertimento (2000)/Fragment Antique (1984)/Evocation (1974)] (2-CD SET)

And I also have this on CD:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NYDG25R/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2KC4FT2UCCW6W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yVgDk5-yzhKKi3xztWoHl5v6zM8yK3qcpEEVUEiobTsCYkuLylcOyQiy941CAfx6.T3NxnE3rf3IOhinqfZ0D-z6CcMHuQ0tr_UfRTpB2_Ds&dib_tag=se&keywords=sei+ikeno&qid=1721962170&sprefix=sei+ikeno%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-4

 
 Posted:   Jul 25, 2024 - 8:57 PM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)

It's my favorite of all his releases. Well worth it if you can find a copy. Too many of his releases have very similar album titles...

Here's another one, with THE BRIDE OF HADES...
https://www.discogs.com/release/14299142-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD-Sei-Ikeno-Works-For-Film

I like this one a lot. Some studio, some live, but the latter is cleanly recorded:
http://www.sowbun.com/ikeno/
SEI IKENO: Music of Sei Ikeno (Sowbun release) [The Japanese Yo-Kai Wars (1968/2006)/Suite Symphonique Cinematographiquement No. 1 (2006)/Timpanata (1977)/Divertimento (2000)/Fragment Antique (1984)/Evocation (1974)] (2-CD SET)

And I also have this on CD:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NYDG25R/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2KC4FT2UCCW6W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yVgDk5-yzhKKi3xztWoHl5v6zM8yK3qcpEEVUEiobTsCYkuLylcOyQiy941CAfx6.T3NxnE3rf3IOhinqfZ0D-z6CcMHuQ0tr_UfRTpB2_Ds&dib_tag=se&keywords=sei+ikeno&qid=1721962170&sprefix=sei+ikeno%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-4


Yup I have the Bride of Hades coupled with Yokai on the same disc and I love it. Has a Herrmann vibe to it in places.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 26, 2024 - 12:24 PM   
 By:   cultasiansoundtracks   (Member)

Hello to the board! I am new to posting here (but I've been a lurker for a looooonnng time) I have a Youtube channel devoted (mostly) Japanese film and TV music and I have posted a few Sei Ikeno titles:

BLACK TEST CAR (1962) this is taken from DESL 001/004 "Sei Ikeno Works For Film"
https://youtu.be/o9fCj2CR69A?si=XJCFGLMuIVHMxUD4

BRIDE FROM HADES (1968) This is a suite from the "Monster Box" I have been meaning to update it with actual tracks from DESL 007 but haven't got around to it yet
https://youtu.be/TtMfPEwskTQ?si=oEC0MnkFLkJRGNNw

SAMARITAN ZATOICHI (1968) This is taken from "Zatoichi's Musical Journey Vol 3."
https://youtu.be/aJQv_VwO178?si=tFe-2citaX16dghy

ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD (1964) This is taken from "Zatoichi's Musical Journey Vol 1)
https://youtu.be/290GSA9YDZM?si=XVgBqXvjJrS3smi7

SHINOBI NO MONO: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF KIKURAKU SAIZO (1964) This is taken from the CD "Shinobi no Mono/Rikugun Nakano Gakko"
https://youtu.be/_fN5zKCyIm8?si=P34iciL-j3a-nOwC

YOKAI DAISENSO (1968) This is taken from DESL 001/004 The CinemaKan version is superior but I had this version first
https://youtu.be/i6pec1jWPfo?si=NCv4mSZsJ6sZ-bO-

Here's the homepage of my channel "Cult Asian Soundtracks"
www.youtube.com/@cultasiansoundtracks5688

Thanks for looking!

- Eric

 
 Posted:   Jul 26, 2024 - 7:54 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)


Here's another one, with THE BRIDE OF HADES...
https://www.discogs.com/release/14299142-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD-Sei-Ikeno-Works-For-Film
...

Yup I have the Bride of Hades coupled with Yokai on the same disc and I love it. Has a Herrmann vibe to it in places.



Thanks for reminding me about this 10-year-old release that I'd completely forgotten about but miraculously was just able to order from Ark Square. Looking forward to it!

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 3:01 AM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)


Here's another one, with THE BRIDE OF HADES...
https://www.discogs.com/release/14299142-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90-%E6%B1%A0%E9%87%8E%E6%88%90%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD-Sei-Ikeno-Works-For-Film
...

Yup I have the Bride of Hades coupled with Yokai on the same disc and I love it. Has a Herrmann vibe to it in places.



Thanks for reminding me about this 10-year-old release that I'd completely forgotten about but miraculously was just able to order from Ark Square. Looking forward to it!


It’s a great disc and the only one available with Yokai monsters on it. The 3 disc cinema-kan Yokai set is going for ridiculous prices on eBay so that was out.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 3:12 AM   
 By:   MMM   (Member)

There is also some Sei Ikeno on the three-volume Zatoichi series, but these are ridiculously expensive if you can even find a copy for sale, which seems to be pretty much impossible. It's a wonderful series, both the movies and the CDs...

http://www.godzillamonstermusic.com/zatoichi1.htm

http://www.godzillamonstermusic.com/zatoichi2.htm

http://www.godzillamonstermusic.com/zatoichi3.htm

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 5:16 AM   
 By:   cultasiansoundtracks   (Member)

Hello to the board! I am new to posting here (but I've been a lurker for a looooonnng time) I have a Youtube channel devoted (mostly) Japanese film and TV music and I have posted a few Sei Ikeno titles:

BLACK TEST CAR (1962) this is taken from DESL 001/004 "Sei Ikeno Works For Film"
https://youtu.be/o9fCj2CR69A?si=XJCFGLMuIVHMxUD4

BRIDE FROM HADES (1968) This is a suite from the "Monster Box" I have been meaning to update it with actual tracks from DESL 007 but haven't got around to it yet
https://youtu.be/TtMfPEwskTQ?si=oEC0MnkFLkJRGNNw

SAMARITAN ZATOICHI (1968) This is taken from "Zatoichi's Musical Journey Vol 3."
https://youtu.be/aJQv_VwO178?si=tFe-2citaX16dghy

ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD (1964) This is taken from "Zatoichi's Musical Journey Vol 1)
https://youtu.be/290GSA9YDZM?si=XVgBqXvjJrS3smi7

SHINOBI NO MONO: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF KIKURAKU SAIZO (1964) This is taken from the CD "Shinobi no Mono/Rikugun Nakano Gakko"
https://youtu.be/_fN5zKCyIm8?si=P34iciL-j3a-nOwC

YOKAI DAISENSO (1968) This is taken from DESL 001/004 The CinemaKan version is superior but I had this version first
https://youtu.be/i6pec1jWPfo?si=NCv4mSZsJ6sZ-bO-

Here's the homepage of my channel "Cult Asian Soundtracks"
www.youtube.com/@cultasiansoundtracks5688

Thanks for looking!
- Eric

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 7:26 AM   
 By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

according to the posting history, there have been contributions to this thread by a "cultasiansoundtracks" member - but I do not see these in the thread.

Why are these posts not visible?

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 8:50 AM   
 By:   Advise & Consent   (Member)

according to the posting history, there have been contributions to this thread by a "cultasiansoundtracks" member - but I do not see these in the thread.

Why are these posts not visible?


I was wondering the very same thing until I recalled that new members have a quarantine period of which I can't recall the duration.

Edit. I did check out his YouTube channel though.

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 9:30 AM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)

according to the posting history, there have been contributions to this thread by a "cultasiansoundtracks" member - but I do not see these in the thread.

Why are these posts not visible?



I had thought the same thing. I know their YT channel and have enjoyed the Ikeno scores they have posted. Would be nice to get their input on the forum about this underrated composer.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 11:58 AM   
 By:   cultasiansoundtracks   (Member)

Sorry for the earlier double post frown I did not know there was a "quarentine" period and thought I did something wrong so I posted the same thing twice. Anyways, glad to be here! My fave Sei Ikeno score is "Yokai Daisenso." So much so, I have all three versions of it on CD (The two Salida versions: the aforementioned 001-004 and 007 as well as the awesome Cinema-kan "Yokai Trilogy" set) and also the "Monster Box" which has a cool suite of music from the film. I've been meaning to upload some the tracks from "Red Angel" from the Sei Ikeno "Works from Film" (DESL 001-004) to my Youtube page, but have not gotten around to it yet.

- Eric

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 12:56 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Eric Yee, the fountain of knowledge about Japanese tokusatsu film scores who used to post here back in the day?

- Josh (formerly "American Nightmare")

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 1:09 PM   
 By:   cultasiansoundtracks   (Member)

Hi Josh!

Yes, that's me. I couldn't remember my password for the account that was created years ago, so I created a new account.

- Eric

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 1:26 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Cool! Welcome back.

 
 Posted:   Jul 27, 2024 - 1:49 PM   
 By:   DavidCoscina   (Member)

Sorry for the earlier double post frown I did not know there was a "quarentine" period and thought I did something wrong so I posted the same thing twice. Anyways, glad to be here! My fave Sei Ikeno score is "Yokai Daisenso." So much so, I have all three versions of it on CD (The two Salida versions: the aforementioned 001-004 and 007 as well as the awesome Cinema-kan "Yokai Trilogy" set) and also the "Monster Box" which has a cool suite of music from the film. I've been meaning to upload some the tracks from "Red Angel" from the Sei Ikeno "Works from Film" (DESL 001-004) to my Youtube page, but have not gotten around to it yet.

- Eric



I almost don’t want to ask why the Cinemakan Yokai is better because people are charging an arm and a leg for it on the web but I have the older 2014 release coupled with the Bride of Hades (amazing score too). But I kinda want to know. I love Yokai both film and score. Spook Warfare is an amazing (weird) film but I dig it.

 
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