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MASARU SATO Sound Theater: A SINGLE PENCIL

Composer of 308 film scores, Masaru Sato is one of Japan's most well-known and respected composers. As a testament to Sato's illustrious career, this album represents a collection of his best film scores, highlighted by new world premier recordings performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in glorious stereo sound. While most of the new recordings were performed faithfully from the original score manuscripts, some cues had to be reconstructed by ear, as no copies of the original scores exist.

Track Listing

DISC 1

1. GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN
2. HIYA-MESHI TO OSANTO-CHAN
3. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
4. DESPERADO OUTPOST
5. YOJIMBO -Trailer Music (from "Ooinaru Kurobe")
6. RED BEARD
7. MEN AND WAR -Main Theme
8. MEN AND WAR -Love Theme
9. BATTLE CRY -A Turbulent Age
10. THE ALASKA STORY -Mountains & Rivers in Alaska
11. THE ALASKA STORY -A Whaling
12. KOTEI NO INAI HACHIGATSU -Introduction
13. NOMUGI PASS -Crossing Nomugi
14. AH! NOMUGI TOGE: SHINRYOKUHEN -Prologue
15 .THE LAST GAME -Far Sky's Bolero
16. TOWARD THE TERRA -The Faraway PlanetcMy Home
17. KITA NO HOTARU
18. NOBUNAGA ODA
19. AFTER THE RAIN (APR?S LA PLUIE)
20. AFTER THE RAIN (APR?S LA PLUIE) -Two of Us
21. AFTER THE RAIN (APR?S LA PLUIE) -End Title
22. BAND OF ASSASSINS -When the Sun Rises in the Sky

  Conducted by Nin Yau Shean / Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

DISC 2

1. A SINGLE PENCIL -Chieko Sato
2. MICHIYUKI -Chieko Sato
3. TO RUMOI'S SEA Part 1
4. TO RUMOI'S SEA Part 2

 Conducted by Nin Yau Shean / Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

From "THE 2nd ITAMI FILM FESTIVAL: MASARU SATO FILM MUSIC CONCERT"

5. KOTEI NO INAI HACHIGATSU -Allegro Maestoso
6. SAPORRO WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES -Sayonara Sapporo
7. A DISTANT CRY FROM SPRING
8. THE GLACIER FOX -The Coming of Spring
9. YOKIRO
10. BAND OF ASSASSINS -When the Sun Rises in the Sky
11. RASHOMON -Bolero for Masago's Testify
12. SEVEN SAMURAI -Samurai's Theme
13. DUN-HUANG (THE SILK ROAD) -Suite

 Conducted by Masaru Sato/ Osaka Symphonica Pf: Takao Yatomo All tracks composed by Masaru Sato (Except Disc 2 T.11, 12) Composed by Fumio Hayasaka (Disc 2 T. 11, 12) Arranged by Masaru Sato (Disc 1 T.6-22, Disc 2 T.1-10, 12), Yuki Yatomo (Disc 1 T.1-5), Fumio Hayasaka (Disc 2 T.11)

About this CD:

Disc 1 represents Masaru Sato's distinguished film music career in chronological order. This disc also includes two vocals performed by Sato's widow Chieko Sato- a noted chanson singer- as well as the world premier recording of To Rumoi's Sea, an orchestral piece written for a documentary that was shown in an exhibition in Sato's hometown of Rumoi, Hokkaido. Disc 2 consists of more premier recordings, and is highlighted by a live recording from the "2nd Itami Film Festival Masaru Sato Concert," which was conducted by Sato himself.
20 pages of booklet.

About Composer:

Masaru Sato was born in 1928 in Rumoi, Hokkaido Japan. A graduate of the National Music University in Tokyo, he was a student of famed Seven Samurai composer Fumio Hayasaka. Sato's debut film score, Santa and Chiyonoyama was co-composed with Hayasaka. Thereafter, he composed music for over 300 films for Japan's most distinguished directors, including Akira Kurosawa (Yojinbo and Red Beard, among others), Kihachi Okamoto (Dokuritsu Gurentai and Nikudan), Tokihisa Morikawa (the Wakamono Tachi series), Yoji Yamamoto (Kazoku and Shiawase No Kiiroi Hankachi), Satsuo Yamamoto (the Men and War series and Nomugi Pass), and Hideo Gosha (Yokiro, Yakuza's Ladies and his last work, After the Rain- Apres La Pluie). Sato also composed music for the documentary film Ooinaru Kurobe, and the TV dramas Band of Assassins (1966-67), Sanishimai (1967), and Taikohki (1987). Furthermore, he scored the LaserDisc documentary Poetry of Africa, a stage play Holland Oine, folk music such as Hibari Misora's A Single Pencil, and the original symphonic pieces To Rumoi`s Sea, and Overture of the North. 
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Sato has received numerous awards including the Japanese Academy Award for Best Composer 3 times, as well as the Mainichi Film Concours award for Best Music on 3 occasions. He died of illness on December 5th, 1999, and is survived by his wife Chieko.

Credit:

Producer:
Katsuhiro Sato

Director:
Masaru Hayakawa

Recording producers:
Yuki Yatomo (New Recordings at Shanghai/ Itami Concert)
Shigeru Hanba (New Recordings at Shanghai)

Recording Engineer:
Yoshikazu Iwasaki (Digit Plant)

Design:
Nobuo Seto (Twinkle)

Special Thanks to:
Chieko Sato
Masao Iwase (Toho Music)
Hajime Hoshino (Ark Enterprise)
Itoko Kitaura
Atsushi Kobayashi
Koujun Ito
Yutaka Aoshima
and
Reiko Sato

Manufactured by Ag (www.agsoundtracks.com)

Distributed by Ark Enterprise Co., Ltd.

AGCS-5001/02 (2CDs set) $35.50 Street Date: June 23rd, 2004

Title / Composer(Artist) / Descripsion / Release Date / Format / Price(USD)
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MASARU SATO Sound Theater: A SINGLE PENCIL (2CD)
Sato, Masaru

ARK SQUARE Exclusive!! Masaru Sato is one of the Japanese representative film composers. This CD is his memorial album including the world premier recordings, the first release in Stereo at high quality sound, and also includes the live recordings from Masaru Sato's Itami Concert. Distributed by Ark Enterprise.
  2CD $35.50
$26.63
$35.50 (USD)
$26.63 (USD)