I have included a list of Tomita soundtracks that have not been released
in album format to the best of my knowledge - if you know otherwise, do
let me know!
A whimsical tale of impossible love rendered in severely simplistic
stick-figure technique by
Osamu Tezuka.
Tezuka explored a vast range of styles and techniques in his animation
which he could not do with his manga. The music score for 'Memaid' is
the first of many done by Isao Tomita, who later went on to provide the
distinctive orchestral score for 'Kimba' and become a recording artist
in his own right.
The 3rd TV series Osamu Tezuka created with Mushi, 'Kimba' was the first
colour anime series made in Japan. Highly memorable for Australian kids
who saw it during its early 70s broadcast, 'Kimba' contained a certain
harshness and sadness atypical of animation then and still now. It is
based on the Zen notion of the greatness of nature: 'the great fish eats
the small'. Many episodes featured death and injustice as the brutality
of man is starkly contrasted against the survival codes of jungle animals.
The familial, social and genetic complexities of a lion family (Kimba and
his father Leo) who learn to speak English and introduce vegetarian diets
to carnivores are amazing flights of the imagination. Unavailable in the
west since the mid '70's, one can compare this seminal series with Disney's
recent 'The Lion King' to study just how east meets west.
Apparently this film by
Chris Marker
features Mussorgsky and Sibelius music recorded by Tomita. Not sure what
pieces are contained in the soundtrack or if he recorded them especially
for the film.
Narration Alexandra Stewart (English Version), Florence Delay (French Version)
Electronic Sound Michel Krasna, Isao Tomita
Music M. Mussorgsky, Sibelius (Treated by Isao Tomita), Song by Arielle Dombasle
Sound Mix Antoine Bonfanti, Paul Bertault
Film Extracts Sana na N'hada (Carnival in Bissau), Jean-Michel Humeau (Ranks Ceremony),
Mario Marret and Eugenio Bentivoglio (Guerilla in Bissau), Danièle Tessier (Death of a Giraffe),
Haroun Tazieff (Iceland, 1970)
Assistants Kazuko Kawakita, Hayao Shibata Ichiro, Hagiwara, Kazue Kobata, Keiko Murata,
Yuko Fukusaki, Tom Luddy, Anthony Reveaux, Manuela Adelman, Pierre Lhomme, Jimmy Glasberg,
Ghislain Cloquet, Eric Dumage, Dominique Gentil, Arthur Cloquet
This lightweight Japanese drama centers around a Tokyo teacher and his
junior high night-school students. The story is set in a night-school
in the lower east side of Tokyo. Kuroi, nicknamed "Old Fox", has been
teaching there many years. When his boss offers to transfer him to a
different school, Kuroi declines. As his students compose their
pre-graduation essays, they reflect upon future plans and their
individual memories.
Date Released
1994
Running Time
Unknown
Credits
Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi as Greengrocer, Masato Hagiwara as Kazuo, Hiroshi Kanbe as Osamu, Nae
Yuki as Midori, Yuri Nakae as Eriko, Toshiyuki Nishida as Kuroi, Eiko Shinya as Eomeoni,
Keiko Takeshita as Keiko Tajima, Kunie Tanaka as Inoda, Weng Huarong as Zhang
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Mermaid
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