LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Doxy brings you this deluxe 4LP set of Akira Kurosawa's most celebrated soundtracks in commemoration of the 100thanniversary of the birth of this great master of Japanese cinema!""

Akira Kurosawa's films dominated Japanese cinema for nearly half a century and his influence has been so widespread and profound that the world's best filmmakers seem to unanimously sing his praise. He first gained the attention of the international filmmaking community in 1951 when his masterpiece, Rashomon, won top prize at the Venice Film Festival. It was during this time that Kurosawa also began collaborating with the award-winning composer Fumio Hayasaka. The two great men soon formed a deep connection, with Kurosawa later commenting that Hayasaka caused him to see film music as a "counterpoint" to the image instead of a mere "accompaniment". Another promising young composer, Masaru Satō, soon joined the ranks at Toho Studios, working under Hayasaka. However, when Hayasaka died suddenly in 1955, Satō was left on his own to finish the unfinished film score. Kurosawa was so impressed with the results that he asked Satō to score his next two films, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. "

Includes soundtracks to: Rashomon (1950), the dramatic Ikiru aka "To Live" (1952), the epic Seven Samurai (1954), Record of A Living Being aka "I Live in Fear" (1955), 1957's much celebrated adaptation of Macbeth, Throne of Blood, and 1958's The Hidden Fortress. "

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Disc 1- Side A: (Rashomon - Music by Fumio Hayasaka) 1. Rashomon Side B: (Ikiru - Music by Fumio Hayasaka) 1. "Ikiru" title track 2. Petition Tub Is Turned 3. Sign of the Waiting Room 4. Diagnosis 5. Recollection 6. Gondola Cafe Song 7. Strip Show 8. Watanabe and I 9. Paths Toward Home 10. Mitsuo Irritation 11. Citizen Manager Seat of an Empty Seat 12. Happy Birthday 13. Gondola Park Song 14. "Ikiru" Ending ""

Disc 2 - (Seven Samurai - Music by Fumio Hayasaka) Side A:1. "Seven Samurai" title track 2. To The Little Watermill 3. Kanbei & Katsushiro - Kikuchiyo's Mambo 4. Rikichi's Tears - White Rice 5. Two Search For Samurai 6. Extraordinary Man 7. Morning Departure 8. Seven Men Completed 9. Katsushiro & Shino 10. Katsushiro, Come Back 11. In The Forest Of The Water God 12. Wheat Field 13. Interlude 14. Harvesting Side B : (Seven Samurai - Music by Fumio Hayasaka / Record of a Living Being - Music by Masaru Satō) 1. Farm Village Scenery 2. Weak Insects Into Samurai Ways 3. Flag 4. Magnificent Samurai 5. Kikuchiyo Rises To The Occasion 6. Tryst 7. Manzo & Shino 8. Rice Planting Song 9. "Seven Samurai" Ending 10. "Record of a Living Being" title 11. Guitar into the Night 12. Suromanho 13. Surorunha 14. Manbomerankoria 15. Star music 16. Ahirumanho 17. "I Live in Fear" end title ""

Disc 3 - (The Throne of Blood - Music by Masaru Satō) Side A: 1. "The Throne of Blood" Title 2. War Drum 3. Light 4. Rush 5. Old Woman Of The Straw Hat (Unused) 6. It Strangely Disappears 7. Ancient Battlefield 8. Wandering In Fog 9. Fireside 10. Disturbing Coincidence 11. Northern Castle 12. Hunting Contest Side B: 1. Provocation-Separation 2. Prisoner Of Delusion 3. Promotion 4. Horrid Feeling 5. Crazed Dance 6. Confused Position 7. Line Of Great Lords At The Funeral 8. Entry Of The War Castle 9. Conception (Original Version) 10. To Its Strange Cause (Unused) 11. Phantom Warrior 12. The Great Army Comes 13. Great Army 1 (Tympani) 14. A Sign 15. Spiderhand Forest Moves 2 16. "The Throne of Blood" Ending ""

Disc 4 - (The Hidden Fortress - Music by Masaru Satō) Side A: 1. "The Hidden Fortress" Titles 2. Fallen Warrior's Death 3. Burnt Ruins Of Autumn Moon Castle 4. Flight 5. Money! 6. Mysterious Mountain Man 1 7. Good Idea To Go Cross Country 8. Road To The Hidden Fortress 9. Useless Work 10. Escaping Woman 11. Rokurota, To The Cave 12. Riding In The Indicated Direction 13. Setting Off 14. Gestured Excuse 15. Reliable Ally 1 Side B: 1. Reliable Ally 2 2. Over The Black Smoke 3. Adept On Horseback 4. Spear Match 5. Line Of Firefighters 6. Firefighters 7. Highland Haunting 8. Going Downhill 9. Firefighters' Song 10. Execution Draws Near 11. Treasonous Pardon - Pass Crossing 12. Two Bad Men In Prison 13. ""'The Hidden Fortress" Ending"