{"product_id":"v-a-tv-anime-manga-new-age-soundtracks-1984-1993","title":"V.A. - TV, Anime \u0026 Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe percussive new age soundtracks of '80s and early '90s Japanese TV, anime and manga built alternative worlds and pushed boundaries in the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Japanese composer Yas-Kaz left Tokyo for Bali in the mid 1970s he had little idea of how influential his trip would become. In studying the storied art of gamelan, the jazz and avant-garde percussionist opened a door to a world of sound and rhythm left behind by the West. The music he and his contemporaries made would become known as new age. It also happened to soundtrack the golden era of anime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAwash with money and with the prerogative to entertain the burgeoning middle classes, anime in the 1980s experienced a creative and commercial boom. Not constricted by generic expectations, production houses such as the now renowned Studio Ghibli were able to experiment liberally with both form and content. And with it came the space for composers to be similarly adventurous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTV, Anime \u0026amp; Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993 charts this moment across eight tracks spanning classics of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egenre and previously unknown rarities. The collection brings together music that found kinship in electronic and acoustic instrumentation, often combining spiritual or environmental themes with percussive, varied and highly refined syncopations of non-Western musical traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong them is ‘Kaneda’ by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, the shape-shifting group of self-styled musicians, anthropologists and computer scientists that masterminded the soundtrack to game-changing dystopian anime Akira - and with whom the sound, tuning and breakneck speed of Balinese gamelan has become indelibly entwined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting the desires of the era to reach beyond Japan’s borders, many of the soundtracks featured were commissioned for narratives set in distant lands or alternative worlds. There’s violinist and composer Norihiro Tsuru’s ‘Farsighted Person’, written for The Heroic Legend of Arslān, set in ancient Persia; Yas-Kaz’s own ‘Hei (Theme of Shikioni)’, for period sci-fi manga \u0026amp; anime series Peacock King - Spirit Warrior; and two tracks - Tassili N’Ajjer and Fiesta Del Fuego - from Yoichiro Yoshikawa’s soundtrack to NHK’s proto-Planet Earth series The Miracle Planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch was the variety and quality of the music produced, if there is a guiding principle to the tracks collected here it is a sense of escapism and adventure that came with the confluence of modern electronic instruments and a fascination with percussive traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere, pioneering children’s TV composer Chumei Watanabe’s ‘Fushigi Song’ (performed by a vocal group Korogi ‘72) offers a trippy and infectious groove with sonic similarities to Don Cherry’s ‘Brown Rice’; little-known jazz-funk library group Columbia Orchestra showcase the best of Tokyo’s session musicians on ‘Hearts Beats - Theme for Andrew Glasgow’; before lawyer-turned-composer Kan Ogasawara closes out the compilation with a dramatic flourish on ‘Gishin Anki’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing on from Time Capsule’s acclaimed deep-dive into the world of manga \u0026amp; anime synth-pop in 2022, this vinyl only collection is set to broaden and diversify an understanding of how soundtracks shaped the sound of new age music in Japan for a generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eR\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eeleased April 25, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1. Korogi ‘73 - Fushigi Song 4:31\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Space Sheriff Shaider TV soundtrack (1984)\u003cbr\u003eComposed \u0026amp; arranged by Chumei Watanabe\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Nippon Columbia Co.,Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA2. Yas-Kaz - Hei (Theme of Shikioni) 4:40\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Kujakuoh Kikansai Ongakuhen anime soundtrack (1988)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and arranged by Yas-Kaz\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Pony Canyon Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA3. Yoichiro Yoshikawa - Tassili N'Ajjer 3:29\u003cbr\u003eTaken from A Dream Of Aku-Aku, a soundtrack for TV series The Miracle Planet (1988)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and arranged by Yoichiro Yoshikawa\u003cbr\u003e(P) 1987 EMI Music Japan Inc.\u003cbr\u003ePublished By: NHK Publishing\u003cbr\u003eLicensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA4. Norihiro Tsuru - Farsighted Person 4:58\u003cbr\u003eTaken from The Heroic Legend of Arslān III, IV Original manga Soundtrack (1993)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and arranged by Norihiro Tsuru\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Sony Music Entertainment UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Theme of Kaneda 3:11\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Symphonic Suite Akira (1988)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and produced by Shoji Yamashiro\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Victor Entertainment, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB2. Yoichiro Yoshikawa - Fiesta Del Fuego 3:29\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Cyprus, a soundtrack for TV series The Miracle Planet (1988)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and arranged by Yoichiro Yoshikawa\u003cbr\u003e(P) 1988 EMI Music Japan Inc.\u003cbr\u003ePublished By: NHK Publishing\u003cbr\u003eLicensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB3. Columbia Orchestra - Heart Beats - Theme for Andrew Glesgow- 3:28\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Palm - The Sea Shouldn’t Exist manga soundtrack (1986)\u003cbr\u003eComposed and arranged by Norimasa Yamanaka\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Nippon Columbia Co.,Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB4. Kan Ogasawara - Gishin Anki 5:05\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Yume No Ishibumi manga soundtrack (1985)\u003cbr\u003eComposed \u0026amp; Arranged by Kan Ogasawara\u003cbr\u003eLicensed by Pony Canyon Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered \u0026amp; Cut by Mike Hillier at Metropolis Studios, London, UK\u003cbr\u003eArtwork by 2 yang\u003cbr\u003eLiner notes by Anton Spice \u0026amp; Kay Suzuki\u003cbr\u003eCurated by Kay Suzuki \u0026amp; Rintaro Sekizuka (Vinyl Delivery Service)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Time Capsule","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771340742993,"sku":"TIME015","price":37.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/9574\/3906\/files\/a3526915973_10.jpg?v=1778691999","url":"https:\/\/very-special.com\/products\/v-a-tv-anime-manga-new-age-soundtracks-1984-1993","provider":"VERY SPECIAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}