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Toho Music Talks Future Sci-fi Releases |
It's
been awhile since Toho Music released their two disc set for
Latitude Zero (TSFCD-22)
in 2006, but the department seems posed to return
to the company's lesser known science fiction features for
future soundtrack releases. In a statement on their site, Toho
Music has mused over releasing more titles in its "Sci-fi series".
The ones under closest consideration for production this year
include The
Mysterians (1957), Battle
in Outer Space (1959), and The
Three Treasures (1959). Nothing is set in stone, though,
and given Toho Music's near constant string of delays for their
releases it's hard to say what and when something might materialize.
In other news, the firm also mentioned what movies are
being considered for this line, or to be more exact a range
of films. The consideration block stretches from 1955's Half
Human to the already
released Latitude
Zero (1969), with those two films be given by name
as the parameters. The selection is said to be 22 movies from
this period. Excluding both the Godzilla and Akira
Kurosawa movies released during this time, as
all of these were already issued by Toho Music, there are roughly
25 or so movies that fit into this time frame that could be
considered "science fiction" films. So it will be interesting
to see what movies fall into this selection, although fan favorites
like Matango (1963)
and The
War of the Gargantuas (1966) seem highly
likely. A complete list of Toho's science fiction output can
be seen
here.
As for why Latitude
Zero (1969) might be the cut off point, it's quite
possible this was done in consideration of VAP's Toho SFX
Champion Festival (VPCD-81382)
which includes many of Toho's science fiction films from 1969
to 1977.
Update:
The Mysterians (1957)
and Battle
in Outer Space (1959)
have been given a release date of July 2009. The two will be
sold in a single set for ¥3,780 and will contain the CD number
of TSFCD-09/10. The
Three Treasures (1959) is still set for later in the
year.
Update: Toho Music has updated their site, giving a release
date of November 2009 for
The Three Treasures (1959)
soundtrack.
The release is intended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the production.
Update: A finalized release date of November 1st, 2009,
has been set for the two disc The
Three Treasures (1959) soundtrack. The set will have
a total of 71 tracks, including several outtakes, and will be
more expansive than the previous Complete Recordings: Akira
Ifukube Toho Special Effects Movie Music 8 (TYCY-5209/10)
that contained the score.
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