On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:08:41 -0500, "Dave Baranyi"
<a_nospam.b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote to rec.arts.anime.misc:
>I've been listening to the "Oh Edo Rocket" OST pretty much non-stop since
it
>arrived a week ago. Yusuke Homma's sound track for Seiji Mizu****ma and
>Kazuki ****a****ma's brilliantly witty and imaginative sci-fi anime series
is
>equally brilliantly witty and imaginative. It is also audaciously
>anachronistic, which I find appropriate for a historical sci-fi action
>comedy.
>
>I keep on thinking that there was some reason that Homma decided that a
good
>deal of the music for this series set in 1840s Japan would be a tribute
to
>American Swing Era music of the 1940s. When you listen to the songs in
>"Chapter I" of the CD (Aniplex SVWC 7471, release date 07-10-03, Y3150)
you
>are immediately caught by riffs from the classic Dorsey and Goodman tunes
>from that decade. But then, those Swing Era musicians also "borrowed"
from
>the musical heritage of their day. So one of the more interesting tunes,
08
>"Twilight", echoes Tommy Dorsey's "Song of India", which of course, was
>based upon Rimsky-Korsakov's classical piece.
>
>But there are plenty of other pieces in "Chapter I" that are done in a
more
>contem****ary straight-ahead jazz style, albeit with a full jazz big band,
>harkening back to jazz orchestra music of the early 1960s. And there are
>also some musically humorous adaptations that stand on their own, such as
>track 09, "Shogun", which is based upon Khachaturian's "Saber Dance", but
>done at a 60s slow boogaloo march beat. One of the odder but still
extremely
>nice pieces is track 10 "Maneuvers", which starts out as a Vince
>Guaraldi-style piano bossa nova that transitions back into the
Swing-style
>arrangement of "Song of India", but keeps the bossa nova beat. (In one of
>the earlier "pure" swing tracks a riff is also taken from another 60s
bossa
>nova, "Desafinado".)
>
>"Chapter II" in the brings a very abrupt change of pace with track 14,
>"Passion", and 15, "Heaven", which are both jazz flamenco pieces done in
the
>style of Ottmar Leibert. I found it interesting during the series that
these
>themes were associated with Ginjirou, the former thief, sometime secret
>agent, and lost love of O-Ise.
>
>Then with "Chapter III" the sound track moves into the world of fusion
jazz
>of the late 60s, with the main themes evolving 20 musical years from
their
>Swing Era versions. There are also two "bonus" tracks 25 and 26, which
are
>more ornate variations on "Passion" and track 03, "Swing". The opening
theme
>and two closing themes from the series are also present as "TV Versions".
I
>find the adaptation of Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" for the second ending
theme
>to be thoroughly delightful.
>
>All-in-all, this is an anime OST that will get a lot of air time in my
car,
>and around the house when I want to hear some lively, skillfully played
and
>eminently hum-able tunes.
Y'know, this is exactly the sort of post that Ru Igara**** likes to see
in rec.arts.anime.music - it's filled with useful information for that
group's FAQ. (crossposts reply to r.a.a.music, and doesn't snip the
above)
>BTW - I was very surprised the other day to notice on the CD Japan
website
>that the first press of this OST is already sold out! I'm sure glad that
I
>didn't wait to order my copy.
I ordered my copy after the "First Press Sold Out" message was posted,
although I got one sticker in my copy (a slightly larger image of the
front cover). Was I lucky, or are there other bonuses with the first
press?
>Dave Baranyi
>
>BTW II - if you go to the CD Japan page for the CD:
>
>http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SVWC-7471
>
>and go to the bottom where it says, "Customers who ordered this item also
>ordered"
>
>Guess who that "customer" was. <LOL>
Not me... <g> (I ordered the "CLAMP in Wonderland" DVD with my copy,
and got the first press of that, with the huge book.)
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/>
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