TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993
TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993 charts this moment across eight tracks spanning classics of the genre and previously unknown rarities. The collection brings together music that found kinship in electronic and acoustic instrumentation, often combining spiritual or environmental themes with percussive, varied and highly refined syncopations of non-Western musical traditions.
Among them is âKanedaâ by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, the shape-shifting group of self-styled musicians, anthropologists and computer scientists that masterminded the soundtrack to game-changing dystopian anime Akira - and with whom the sound, tuning and breakneck speed of Balinese gamelan has become indelibly entwined.
Reflecting the desires of the era to reach beyond Japanâs borders, many of the soundtracks featured were commissioned for narratives set in distant lands or alternative worlds. Thereâs violinist and composer Norihiro Tsuruâs âFarsighted Personâ, written for The Heroic Legend of ArslÄn, set in ancient Persia; Yas-Kazâs own âHei (Theme of Shikioni)â, for period sci-fi manga & anime series Peacock King - Spirit Warrior; and two tracks - Tassili NâAjjer and Fiesta Del Fuego - from Yoichiro Yoshikawaâs soundtrack to NHKâs proto-Planet Earth series The Miracle Planet.
Elsewhere, pioneering childrenâs TV composer Chumei Watanabeâs âFushigi Songâ (performed by a vocal group Korogi â72) offers a trippy and infectious groove with sonic similarities to Don Cherryâs âBrown Riceâ; little-known jazz-funk library group Columbia Orchestra showcase the best of Tokyoâs session musicians on âHearts Beats - Theme for Andrew Glasgowâ; before lawyer-turned-composer Kan Ogasawara closes out the compilation with a dramatic flourish on âGishin Ankiâ.
Following on from Time Capsuleâs acclaimed deep-dive into the world of manga & anime synth-pop in 2022, this vinyl only collection is set to broaden and diversify an understanding of how soundtracks shaped the sound of new age music in Japan for a generation.
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TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993 charts this moment across eight tracks spanning classics of the genre and previously unknown rarities. The collection brings together music that found kinship in electronic and acoustic instrumentation, often combining spiritual or environmental themes with percussive, varied and highly refined syncopations of non-Western musical traditions.
Among them is âKanedaâ by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, the shape-shifting group of self-styled musicians, anthropologists and computer scientists that masterminded the soundtrack to game-changing dystopian anime Akira - and with whom the sound, tuning and breakneck speed of Balinese gamelan has become indelibly entwined.
Reflecting the desires of the era to reach beyond Japanâs borders, many of the soundtracks featured were commissioned for narratives set in distant lands or alternative worlds. Thereâs violinist and composer Norihiro Tsuruâs âFarsighted Personâ, written for The Heroic Legend of ArslÄn, set in ancient Persia; Yas-Kazâs own âHei (Theme of Shikioni)â, for period sci-fi manga & anime series Peacock King - Spirit Warrior; and two tracks - Tassili NâAjjer and Fiesta Del Fuego - from Yoichiro Yoshikawaâs soundtrack to NHKâs proto-Planet Earth series The Miracle Planet.
Elsewhere, pioneering childrenâs TV composer Chumei Watanabeâs âFushigi Songâ (performed by a vocal group Korogi â72) offers a trippy and infectious groove with sonic similarities to Don Cherryâs âBrown Riceâ; little-known jazz-funk library group Columbia Orchestra showcase the best of Tokyoâs session musicians on âHearts Beats - Theme for Andrew Glasgowâ; before lawyer-turned-composer Kan Ogasawara closes out the compilation with a dramatic flourish on âGishin Ankiâ.
Following on from Time Capsuleâs acclaimed deep-dive into the world of manga & anime synth-pop in 2022, this vinyl only collection is set to broaden and diversify an understanding of how soundtracks shaped the sound of new age music in Japan for a generation.
