●LP● ROUJIN Z Soundtrack (老人Z サウンドトラック) 30th Anniversary Vinyl

 

ROUJIN Z (老人Z ) Soundtrack was released in analog vinyl for the first time with the latest remastering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the animation film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保 弘之)  with an original story and screenplay by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also worked as mecha designer. Otomo's friend manga artist Hisashi Eguchi (江口寿史) was in charge of character design and the cover art illustration. Released in September 1991, the film won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film (毎日映画コンクールアニメーション映画賞) that year.

In charge of the music was Bun Itakura (板倉文), the leader of bands such as CHAKRA (チャクラ) and KILLING TIME (キリング・タイム). The soundtrack that includes various genres such as industrial techno, ethnic, and contemporary music, is sometimes boldly edited, giving off a charm that is independent to the movie. The ending theme song is sung by Mishio Ogawa (小川美潮), a close friend from the CHAKRA days. 

The album is pressed as a transparent red vinyl and includes a booklet with interviews with Katsuhiro Otomo, Hisashi Eguchi, Hiroyuki Kitakubo and Bun Itakura. The album was also released as a Compact Disc compatible, new High Quality Blu-spec CD2 format.

Official website: https://www.110107.com/s/oto/page/RoujinZ_soundtrack

TRACK LIST

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SIDE A:

1. 宣誓 (0:07)

2. Z [Accepter] (2:59)

3. 挨拶 #1 (0:08)

4. Happy Circle [Opening Title] (2:18) 

5. Impressions of a MOMENTO (4:16)

6. Interlude~Hello Liddy (0:51)

7. Metabolism #1~#4 (3:34)

8. 挨拶 #2 (0:08)

9. Ornament Love (1:20)

SIDE B:

1. New Type (2:08)

2. Escapass (0:59)

3. Interlude~Hustle Muscle→A(W.T.D.)...Wild Today's Description (2:43)

4. Spring (1:55)

5. Stepping Smart [#1 Dark House, #2 Chase] (4:36)

6. Interlude~Hollow Dolly (1:36)

7. 夢の桟橋 [#2 Evening] (2:14)

8. 走れ自転車 [Ending Roll](歌・小川美潮) (4:39)

CREDITS

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Composed By:

-Akihiko Kuriyama (栗山昭彦) (track: 13)

-BAnaNA-UG (tracks: 4,10)

-Bun Itakura (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9~12, 14~17)

-Ma-To (tracks: 5)

Computer, Synthesizer, Keyboards & Programmed By Ma-To [Masato Fujii (藤井将登)]

Drums: Jun Aoyama (青山 純)

Guitar, Synthesizer: Bun Itakura (板倉文)

Keyboards: Akihiko Kuriyama (栗山昭彦) , Tatsuro Kondo (近藤達郎)

Percussion: WHACHO [Tetsuaki Hoashi (帆足哲之進)]

Producer: Bun Itakura (板倉文)

Strings: Neko Saito (斎藤ネコ)

Synthesizer, Piano: BAnaNA-UG [Yuji Kawashima (川島裕二)]

Vocals: Mishio Ogawa (小川美潮)

ALBUM DETAILS

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Label: Great Tracks
Release date: 2021-IV-24
Format: Vinyl | LP | Stereo
Duration: 36 min 41s
Reatil price: ¥4,400
Catalogue number: MHJL-179

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PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

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●CD●ROUJIN Z Soundtrack (老人Z サウンドトラック) 30th Anniversary

ROUJIN Z (老人Z ) Soundtrack was released with the latest remastered sound source in High Quality Blu-spec CD2, a new format from SONY compatible with regular CD readers that delivers better performance. This release celebrates the 30th anniversary of the animation film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保 弘之)  with an original story and screenplay by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also worked as mecha designer. Otomo's friend manga artist Hisashi Eguchi (江口寿史) was in charge of character design and the cover art illustration. Released in September 1991, the film won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film (毎日映画コンクールアニメーション映画賞) that year.

In charge of the music was Bun Itakura (板倉文), the leader of bands such as CHAKRA (チャクラ) and KILLING TIME (キリング・タイム). The soundtrack that includes various genres such as industrial techno, ethnic, and contemporary music, is sometimes boldly edited, giving off a charm that is independent to the movie. The ending theme song is sung by Mishio Ogawa (小川美潮), a close friend from the CHAKRA days. 

The album was also released for the first time in analog format,  pressed as a transparent red vinyl. The CD includes a miniature version of the booklet included in the LP with interviews with Katsuhiro Otomo, Hisashi Eguchi, Hiroyuki Kitakubo and Bun Itakura

Official website: https://www.110107.com/s/oto/page/RoujinZ_soundtrack

TRACK LIST

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1. 宣誓 (0:07)

2. Z [Accepter] (2:59)

3. 挨拶 #1 (0:08)

4. Happy Circle [Opening Title] (2:18)

5. Impressions of a MOMENTO (4:16)

6. Interlude~Hello Liddy (0:51)

7. Metabolism #1~#4 (3:34)

8. 挨拶 #2 (0:08)

9. Ornament Love (1:20)

10. New Type (2:08)

11. Escapass (0:59)

12. Interlude~Hustle Mustle→A(W.T.D.)...Wild Today's Description (2:43)

13. Spring (1:55)

14. Stepping Smart [#1 Dark House, #2 Chase] (4:36)

15. Interlude~Hollow Dolly (1:36)

16. 夢の桟橋 [#2 Evening] (2:14)

17. 走れ自転車 [Ending Roll] (4:39)

CREDITS

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Composed By:

-Akihiko Kuriyama (栗山昭彦) (track: 13)

-BAnaNA-UG (tracks: 4,10)

-Bun Itakura (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9~12, 14~17)

-Ma-To (tracks: 5)

Computer, Synthesizer, Keyboards & Programmed By Ma-To [Masato Fujii (藤井将登)]

Drums: Jun Aoyama (青山 純)

Guitar, Synthesizer: Bun Itakura (板倉文)

Keyboards: Akihiko Kuriyama (栗山昭彦) , Tatsuro Kondo (近藤達郎)

Percussion: WHACHO [Tetsuaki Hoashi (帆足哲之進)]

Producer: Bun Itakura (板倉文)

Strings: Neko Saito (斎藤ネコ)

Synthesizer, Piano: BAnaNA-UG [Yuji Kawashima (川島裕二)]

Vocals: Mishio Ogawa (小川美潮)

ALBUM DETAILS

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Label: Great Tracks
Release date: 2021-IV-24
Format: Blu-spec CD2
Duration: 36 min 41s
Reatil price: ¥2,750
Catalogue number: MHCL-30670

AVAILABILITY

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●LP● DŌMU Soundtrack (童夢 サウンドトラック)

 

Dōmu's 1984 LP by King Records has been reissued as LP after the 2019 CD edition . The original soundtrack of Dōmu (童夢), a manga written by Katsuhiro Otomo in 1980, was re-released in CD format  35 years later to commemorate the anniversary. This LP release features the same cover illustration by Otomo and includes a talk between composer Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦 ) and Otomo.

LP DETAILS

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DŌMU Limited Edition, Original Recording, Soundtrack
(童夢 限定版, オリジナルレコーディング, サウンドトラック)

Label: FUJI
Release date: 2021-IV-21
Duration: 42 min
Retail price: ¥3,900
Catalogue number: FJLP-153
JAN: 4988044063662

AVAILABILITY

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TRACK LIST

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SIDE A:

A1. Act 1 Scene 7 (3:51)

A2. Act 2 Scene 26 (4:26)

A3. Act 3 Scene 8 (3:42)

A4. Act 4 Scene 14 (4:23)

A5. Act 5 Scene 10 (1:59)

SIDE B:

B1. Act 6 Scene 24 (5:12)

B2. Act 7 Scene 23 (4:14)

B3. Act 8 Scene 11 (4:43)

B4. Act 9 Scene 27 (4:20)

CREDITS

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Producer, Music By Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦)

Supervised By [Director]: Toshinori Takatsuka (高塚俊紀)

Mixed By: Ryoji Fukushima (福島良治)

Sequenced By [MC-4], Programmed By [Synthesizer]: Tatsuhiko Mori (森達彦)

Violin [Solo]: Toshihiro Nakanishi (中西俊博)

Bass [Wood]: Motohiko Hamase (浜瀬元彦)

Drums: Atsuo Okamoto (岡本郭男)

Electric Bass: Yuji Muto (武藤祐二)

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar: Kenji Kitajima (北島健二), Takayuki Hijikata (土方隆行)

Mandolin: Hideki Wachi (和智秀樹)

Percussion: Tatsuji Yokoyama (横山達嗣)

Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano, Synthesizer: Hirotaka Izumi (和泉宏隆), Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦)

Saxophone, Flute: Ikuo Kataoka (片岡郁雄)

●VIDEO REPORT● The Making of ELEMENTS OF FUTURE

 

JPTCA Japan Traffic Culture Association has released a behind-the-scenes video of ELEMENTS OF FUTURE, the ceramic relief mural designed and supervision by Katsuhiro Otomo and created by CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio that was installed last december at "Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza" on the Ookayama Campus of Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学 大岡山キャンパス).

Otomo's Comments

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I came up with the concept of elements. They create things. The idea was to express them in a new, modern way. Fire, water, air you know the five elements, But today's new creative elements should be students, the city that surrounds them, science or IT. Those new elements will create new generations.

I didn't want to create a goal, hence the empty space at the center. So instead of saying, "This must be your goal" or "this is how things must be", I created something that was abstract, like space. I wanted to say, "The rest is up to you."

Jiro Tanimoto's (谷本二郎) comments

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It's an incredibly complex drawing, but it's also exciting. It's going to be a challenge. Mr. Otomo's picking fights with everybody. Like he keeps saying, "Can you do it?" But of course nobody says no.

This mural is about 7 meters to the top, so we needed different tricks to show things that were way up there. Such as making the top parts larger or thicker. We did things like that and assembled the pieces into a mural. It's three dimensional, so it looks different depending on where you stand or if it's day or night. There are lots of ways to enjoy it.

Atsuo Suzumura's (鈴村 敦夫) comments

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What I love about glazing is that... the result always exceeds my expectations.  The possibilities are infinite. It's like alchemy. We prepared 118 glazes for this single artwork. And each piece had 2 or 3 layers for complexity. Colors change depending on thickness, where they're placed in the kiln or if it's electric or gas. There are endless possibilities. Once the firing starts,I'm anxious until the pieces come out. It's the result of the balance between all the pieces. The overall result is good.That's the best aspect of this work.

●DIGITAL ART● COLORS OVER SCRAMBLE

Katsuhiro Otomo's original digital art "COLORS OVER SCRAMBLE" was presented at Shibuya Scramble Square (渋谷スクランブルスクエア) Urban Core Digital Signage in Tokyo.

NKB Co., Ltd. planned "COLORS OVER SCRAMBLE" entrusted by Shibuya Station District Development Planners (Tokyo Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.) and Scrambles Shibuya. This is the 548th public art by the Japan Traffic Culture Association, and with the motif of the transition of the Shibutani River and the transition of the four seasons, computer graphics are used to express changes in color from inorganic to organic in a one-minute video. 

The size of digital signage is 5.9 meters long and 1.3 meters wide and Otomo spent 6 months producing the work in which rocks and soil settle in the water and fruits and plants emerge to become full-grown trees while white flowers bloom along with gentle background sounds and chirping of birds that are pleasant to the ears

Purpose of the artwork

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■ To promote the spread of public art through digital art works based on the original drawings of cartoonist and film director Katsuhiro Otomo

■ To create a space that soothes and encourages people's hearts by easily familiarizing themselves with art through public art.

■ To contribute to regional revitalization and tourism development through the works of famous artists Shibuya Scramble Square Urban Core Digital Signage.

Katsuhiro Otomo's comment:

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"I wanted to add color to the place with digital art suitable for a new building. I hope that people who visit Shibuya Scramble Square and see the digital art will be able to understand the charm of the fusion of natural and pop music."