The music uses his instantly recognizable style, from writing (he favors low brass and loves cimbasso) to sound (german gibberish choir) but he certainly found his spark with this franchise. Ike recorded the respective scores not in a single session but across the show's runtime in various studios. The two shows for the franchise recieved true scored-to-picture Hollywood Fantasy scores with a massive budget for a TV show: A 60-Piece Orchestra, a 40-Piece Choir and in total over five hours of film score, 90% of it scored to picture. Rage of Bahamut is unique in the anime scoring world. This also includes the OVA End Title and an action cue from Shadowverse straight out of Bahamut. LINK IN DESCRIPTION ( !Zm5ggbiZ!UEofsO_Fs_4wu0Ju8Jw7cJ_T94KMh-fae6V0mTz3-M8)ĭownload ( !7zpi圜LK!B6JXodg2R5x3dpZEDg9BqimyU8b6a1xxr2sj圎MwXY0) / Remastered ( !uuwGxYTD!Wlw-gTtL8RfYB_tLSU7jSgSmZP6TWuzf5A1zX1w0aMU) and if you consider his recent output and future projects (something similiar to Super Robot Wars in summer), he’s never been in better shape. Rush Hour is a great testament how much Ike’s style has matured. His melody for the Highschool girls is incredibly catchy and puts a smile on my face. Kamichu! Is a nice and relaxing afternoon score with guitar and chamber ensemble. Welcome to the Space Show is in parts classic ScFi and in parts Americana score with some real heartwarming moments. With The Empire of Corpses and The Dark Side of Dimensions Ike continues to evoke the RC scoring style but like Sato he does this with the knowledge of a classical film composer so the result is haunting thrillers with major setpieces like “Playback of the soul” that is in part concerto for organ and orchestra.Īsura is a dark and depressing tale with much modern scoring elements but also symphonic beauty at the end. This is a combination of all the scores for the franchise, even including the musical homages to Nolan’s and Tim Burton’s Batman films. Tiger & Bunny is a modern superhero score done right, with catchy themes, great action set-pieces that hold your attention for several minutes, spy-movie flair and classic film music moments. This optimistic drama score certainly lifts your spirit and here Ike employs his matured sensibilities. The Great Passage is a full-on romantic detour full of uplifting moments that put a smile on your face. REIDEEN is a modern action score done right with much classical bravado and choral action. Romance of the Three Kingdoms X is another score performed by a big orchestra with much Chinese flair and classic Hollywood moments. I personally can’t wait to hear all of his recent score for Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul and his game score for Tempest of the Gods which is scored in similar manner.įor the game Crimson Sea 2 Ike employs a real symphony orchestra and sends us again on an epic orchestral voyage but more in the context of the concert realm and less the big screen. Bahamut is a dream project for any composer wanting to write like the good old days and Ike delivered here perhaps the best score of his career. Bombastic choral marches and villain themes for Demons, ethereal choral passages for Angels and frantic brass action for battles. Ike was involved in one of the rare instances of a TV-anime being scored to picture so this is in essence a film score and it sure as hell impresses like one. Rage of Bahamut: Genesis is a Hollywood rollercoaster, going full Mask of Zorro or Carmina Burana. He also hosts various orchestral concerts of his media work, for example Bahamut or Tiger&Bunny.Ī 20th anniversary album of his music was released of which I’ve selected all orchestral tracks for a good introduction of his work. He’s currently the “in-house” composer of Japanese company “Cygames” and is scoring numerous anime, games, TV-dramas and Live-action films. He always had a favor for large choral works in the vein of Verdi or Orff and certainly loves to deploy the orchestra’s low register in full force with cimbassi and contrabass bones. Some of his work can be really hit or miss and he is not one I would associate with great movie themes and he occasionally ventures into RC territory a bit too much but his classical film scoring sensibilities have improved over the years and if he is given an opportunity to do it like in the 80s, boy does he fire the guns. Sometimes you catch him incorporating Dvorak’s New World Symphony into a score or directly quote Silvestri or Williams. Yoshihiro Ike is yet another Japanese composer with a distinctive voice and much display of classical and film music knowledge.
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