Giant Robo OSTs 1-7 (Masamichi Amano) [Answering own request…]

I begged and pleaded.
And nobody helped me find them.
But now I have found them.
They’re 128kbps but they are BLOODY RARE so I’m not complaining.
Enjoy 🙂

http://rapidshare.com/files/74560335/giant_robo_ost_1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74565010/giant_robo_ost_2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74542383/giant_robo_ost_3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74569257/giant_robo_ost_4.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74553932/giant_robo_ost_5.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74573479/giant_robo_ost_6.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/74577839/giant_robo_ost_7.rar.html

what’s that dannyfrench?

nuuuu 5 doesn’t work for me! Hope my Shizuma drive is working

Hmm, I’ve just checked the links and they’re all good. What’s happening when you try to download it?

(Incidentally, I can’t claim credit here – I *FOUND* them, but I didn’t *RIP* or *UPLOAD* them. The links are from elsewhere.)

please can someone reupload ost 4?
it only zips to track 5 and then an error appears!
Please someone?

thank you so much! I have been looking for this for the last six months!

"I think I’ll finally give these a listen as the plagiarisms can’t possibly be as bad as dannyfrench makes them out to be…"

*plays track 1, orchestra begins playing Bill Conti’s theme to North and South*

"fuck!"

OST 2 was okay, but OST 3 was hilarious and full of Shostakovich references. What else but a temp track could compel someone to stick that close to the originals? It’s worse than McNeely’s stealings.

Four more to go.

Finally finished listening to these, and felt the ending of OST 7 was a bit anti-climatic. Anyway, the most obvious plagiarisms were the use of Bill Conti’s North and South theme, some of Horner’s Willow, Sneakers, The Pelican Brief, Zimmer’s Backdraft, Broughton’s Silverado, Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance, Rozsa’s El Cid, Shostakovich’s Symphonies 5 and 9, and a Russian-sounding theme I’m pretty sure is Maurice Jarre’s Dr. Zhivago, but I could be mistaken.

I think Amano was better in Battle Royale, but then regressed back to his old ways in Battle Royale 2.

Fuff! You’re obviously not much of a Goldsmith fan… 😉

Compare "Battle Of The Snowy Mointains" with this track (do listen all the way through if you can stomach it) and discuss… 😉

http://sharebee.com/6706ce12

If that’s not more blatant than a vague redux of North and South, and some Shostakovich fading in and out…!

Exactly what I was going to say. Goldsmith is quite present in Amano’s style.

There’s just too much Goldsmith out there for me to internalize right now. I was proud of myself to hear the El Cid references though. Rozsa is not as easy to memorize as Horner or Goldsmith. I’m sure Amano’s music is full of Goldsmith references, especially where those timpani/tomtom hits are involved.

I have ost2 in cd format and will upload a high bitrate mp3 for everyone.

Ah, I don’t believe it!!
Literally five minutes ago I just did a "Buy It Now" on ebay – for OST 2, for $60.

Giant Robo OST2 – Masamichi Amano

http://rapidshare.com/files/246061623/MA-GR2.rar
PSW: smile

That is GLORIOUS!

Now… where are the other six? Lossless please! 😉

Wow, thx a lot. Those old 128k were sure very limited in terms of audio quality.

Thanks to everyone for these!

Danny, major improvement – you’ll never look back hun 😉

That is GLORIOUS!

Now… where are the other six? Lossless please! 😉
Lossless of this is possible but I do not have the others.

Just to add to the fun list of plagiarisms above: ‘The Black Ball, Vogler’ = Masada.

I know I’m going out on a limb but could some one do a re upload or point me in the right direction of where i can acquire these?

Reason I ask is b/c i just watched Giant Robo for the first time and now my mind is blown.

Can happiness be achieved without sacrafice? Can life exist without hardship?

I: The Black Attache Case

FLAC | 19 Tracks | 00:45:51 | 227 MB

Release Date: 2001-10-24 (Re-Issue)
Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications
Catalog No.: TKCA-72240

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/38857)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!w8En2ZiI!aOol2Xr6ex1QdiVBc1FsPSnO0ap4TOUAM0oETG7 7POQ

MP3 -V0 (ADrive) – http://www.adrive.com/public/9DWVWh

1. Main Title
2. The House of Deception
3. Train Chase! Whereabouts of the Black Attach� Case
4. Charge! His Name is Giant Robo!
5. The Plot of the BF Clan
6. Tragedy Occurs Again… (after Gregorian Chant, Dies Irae)
7. The Development of the Shizuma Drives ~The Incident Starts Here~
8. The Storing of G ~From the Theme of the International Police Organization~
9. The Scenery from on High
10. Tetsugyu in Love
11. Sorrows in China (after Gregorian Chant, Dies Irae)
12. The Tragedy of Bashtarlle ~L’Elisir d’Amore: Una Furtiva Lagrima (Donizetti)~ [Tenor: ?]
13. A Great Fissure ~ A Tumult! Alberto Attacks
14. Twilight in Beijing
15. Escape
16. Explosive! Rocket-Fist Counterattack
17. Manifestation of Uranus
18. Robo Releases Autoguard!
19. Preview of the Next Episode

II: The Tragedy Of Bashtarle

FLAC | 15 Tracks | 00:45:51 | 202 MB

Release Date: 2001-10-24 (Re-Issue)
Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications
Catalog No.: TKCA-72241

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41614)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!E9UgBJxL!eEiHFQQeQbusQ6hBSHg06CohQbRMdSenrIzFrwD rFRE

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/jxg42u2zytz

1. Main Title
2. Rush! Issei & Youshi
3. Giant Robo in a Severe Fight
4. Giant Robo Through an Accident
5. Secret of Shizuma Drive
6. Bashtarlle’s Recollection
7. Dr. Shizuma’s Compensation
8. The Darkness Covering Beijing Sky ~ The Human Generator Taisou
9. Infiltration… Big Fire
10. The Black Ball, Vogler
11. The Day Earth Stood Still
12. Inversion! Giant Robo vs. Uranus
13. Conversation Under the Water
14. Shizuma’s Will ~ Daisaku’s Determination
15. Episode 2 Ending

III: The Fall In Shanghai

FLAC | 15 Tracks | 00:49:26 | 237 MB

Release Date: 1995-11-21
Record Label: Nippon Columbia
Catalog No.: COCC-11290

Album Information (VGMdB) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41608)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!gpUhTSrb!DcYOEFvKiwFUmK4vCuK3zwCPoS1kRSVpVW2THmm F0H0

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/ijylzqzjly0
1. Opening Theme
2. Peking Kichi e no Kikan
3. Shizuma Hakase yo Eien ni
4. Vogler no Moui
5. Haikyo no Paris -Alberto to Ivan-
6. Shutsugeki Meirei
7. Giant Robo no Theme (Kanashimi)
8. Daisaku no Theme
9. Hatsurei! Denji Net-Wire Sakusen
10. Vogler no Jouriku
11. Ware Geigeki ni Seikou Seri!!
12. Uranus no Shutsugen
13. Kyojin Gekitou!! (GR vs Uranus)
14. Shanghai ni Otsu
15. Ending Theme

IV: The Twilight Of Superheroes

FLAC | 13 Tracks | 00:41:29 | 214 MB

Release Date: 1996-01-20
Record Label: Nippon Columbia
Catalog No.: COCC-11447

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41609)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!hk9iwDAa!QCzH-W8oyxlSyAzEsoFoiXVY9CxNZGE6DucEgciRQZQ

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/3i1zmbzwt2y

1. String Quartet – The Great Dusk
2. Taisou to Youshi
3. Girder Mountain Overnight Experiment Room
4. Battle Of The Underground Road
5. Genya’s Ambition (Big Fire’s Theme)
6. Requiem
7. Men’s Heated Battle (Alberto’s Theme)
8. Supress Manhood!! Experts Battle Above
9. GR’s Revival
10. Gin Rei’s Theme
11. Tragedy Of Bashtarlle ~ The Greta Garbo
12. Ending Theme
13. Daisaku’s Theme (Inform The Kid)

V: The Truth Of Bashtarle

FLAC | 15 Tracks | 00:48:28 | 247 MB

Release Date: 1994-10-01
Record Label: Nippon Columbia
Catalog No.: COCC-11982

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41610)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!pg8zmCqI!UCKqNXvwGJjot3p49mYO1BJg81cbIArIkVw0a85 e8zs

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/lmtnmm0emji

1. Yukiyama no Greta Garbo
2. Genya no Senkoku
3. Chichi no Tamashii, Soshite Unmei no Hi
4. G.R. Hatsudousu!! -G.R. 1-Gou VS G.R. 2-Gou-
5. GinRei to Tetsugyuu
6. Himalaya no Expert
7. Taiketsu / Suspense
8. Emmanuel to Falmelle
9. Tetsugyuu no Ketsui
10. Eikou no Kagakushatachi
11. Shinjitsu no Bashtarlle
12. Hitoshirenu Namida
13. Yukiyama no Tatakai
14. Chichi no Ai
15. Ending Theme / Big Fire no Theme

VI: Crime And Punishment

FLAC | 15 Tracks | 00:44:58 | 212 MB

Release Date: 1997-07-21
Record Label: Nippon Columbia
Catalog No.: COCC-12716

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41611)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!AolTQBrS!Wxt90F_zyt_ESmTZ_eD9WXDNg9EMlEwZ1n3OcII o8-k

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/mfnxdtmmmjw

1. Jukketsushuu VS Genya
2. Alberto no Message
3. Robo Fuuin
4. Hitoshirenu Namida
5. Ashita e no Kibou
6. Genya no Ikari
7. Jukketsushuu Shutsugekise yo!
8. Big Fire no Shutsugen
9. Tsuioku
10. Unmei no Saint Abbey
11. Souzetsu! Ryouzanpaku Expert Ikusa
12. Daisaku no Ketsui
13. Daisaku Ayaushi!
14. Ending Theme

VII: The Grand Finale

FLAC | 17 Tracks | 00:53:05 | 295 MB

Release Date: 1997-12-22
Record Label: Toshiba EMI / Futureland
Catalog No.: TYCY-5584

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/41612)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!NZEAiSJB!HhpVchM-tISkMK4XiwtCHim8hlUU59hz6d_6T5a9–A

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382)) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/kmmgmm1jwqm

1. Daidanen e no Prelude
2. Ryouzanpaku no Shutsugen ~ Soshite, GinRei no Ketsui
3. Go Gakujin no Sakebi
4. Shisen ~ Saraba Murasame Kenji
5. Hametsu e no Makuake
6. Saint Abbey! Main Roshin Shidou!
7. Shizuma Drive 10 Nenme no Kessan
8. Hanzui no Giwaku
9. Hangeki no Toki ~ Daisaku no Ketsui
10. Shijou Saidai no Kessen ~ Abbey Kurenai ni Somaru Toki
11. Yuujou no Shougekiha ~ Robo Soukougeki
12. Emmanuel to Falmelle
13. Shizuma Saigo no Bousou
14. GR Keikaku
15. Mirai e no Kibou
16. Big Fire no Kakusei
17. Tatakai wa Tsudzuku (Ending)

Symphonic Suite "Giant Robo I"

FLAC | 9 Tracks | 00:42:48 | 212 MB

Release Date: 2001-10-24 (Re-Issue)
Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications
Catalog No.: TKCA-72242

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/38855)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!cVU32YLC!V-NmxUO5CtljPEcLvnkS8mig24paMqQ5T9UuEICPcO8

ADrive (MP3 -V0) – http://www.adrive.com/public/y5Tvey

1. Jokyoku
2. Higeki wa Futatabi (‘Dies Irae’ Yori)
3. Train Chase
4. Giant Robo
5. Kokusai Keisatsu Kikou
6. BF-dan
7. Uranus no Shutsugen
8. Alberto no Shuugeki
9. Taisou no Gyakushuu

Barefoot GinRei + Mighty GinRei

FLAC | 30 Tracks | 00:57:31 | 298 MB

Release Date: 1995-04-21
Record Label: Nippon Columbia
Catalog No.: COCC-12443

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!YBMnBCZZ!JGQajCLaBzqNdM5bkKbSyigruA1SPr3a0glFOo8 qESQ

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382).) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/znk1zmcjjtm

1. LOVE FIGHT
2. Good Morning GinRei
3. Alberto to Ivan no Takurami
4. Alberto no Theme
5. GinRei Spy Daisakusen
6. Kuro GinRei no Toujou
7. GinRei no Theme
8. Ikken Rakuchaku
9. GinRei no March
10. Saraba Kokusai Keibi Kikou
11. Shutsugeki
12. Daisaku no Tegami
13. Requiem
14. Vogler no Shutsugen
15. Daisaku no March
16. Mou Hitotsu no G-R
17. Blue Flower no Mambo
18. BF-dan Danin Boshuu Koukoku (Vivaldi)
19. Carmen ni Kanpai (Bizet)
20. Zenin China Wakuran Sakusen
21. Nageki no GinRei
22. Gekkou (Beethoven)
23. GinRei to Ivan (Donizetti)
24. Toilet no Beethoven (Denen ni Shisu)
25. Kichi e no Sennyuu
26. JINTETSU no Toujou
27. Special Beauty Megastrom Gattai
28. Alberto no Theme (A Capella)
29. Flying Phoenix
30. LOVE FIGHT (Karaoke)

Track 1 is performed by Sumi Shimamoto
Track 28 is performed by Yousuke Akimoto
& Yasuyoshi Hara\

GinRei with Blue Eyes

FLAC | 22 Tracks | 00:46:21 | 216 MB

Release Date: 1997-12-22
Record Label: Toshiba EMI / Futureland
Catalog No.: TYCY-5594

Album Information (VGMdb) (http://vgmdb.net/album/38856)

FLAC (Mega) – https://mega.co.nz/#!MB1h1T5b!Izx6TmEj-9-KxODrRyUKxCXyVM0EdR5whlVASwtdMVs

MP3 -V0 (MediaFire, still working link from Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382).) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/zhdmmyzoci2

1. Sabaku no Densetsu
2. Kouya no Ikkenya
3. Yuujou no Juudan
4. Saraba Tomo yo
5. Outotsu Konbi Toujou
6. Fedayeen no Kunou
7. GinRei of Arabia
8. PEEPING Tetsugyuu
9. Bojou
10. Sabaku no Kougun
11. Karei Naru Henshin
12. Iseki
13. Kairiki Otokotachi no Tatakai
14. GinRei no Hangeki
15. Yuujou Aru Settoku
16. Ano Yama ni Nobore / Aoi Hitomi no GinRei
17. Mishiyou Kyoku 1
18. Mishiyou Kyoku 2
19. Mishiyou Kyoku 3
20. Demo Kyoku 1
21. Demo Kyoku 2
22. Demo Kyoku 3

Thanks to Grandis (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/157.html#post1388382) and Sirusjr (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f91/lossless-anime-music-thread-66456/4.html#post1303616)! Thanks to Sirusjr (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/426.html#post2190899) and tangotreats (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/428.html#post2192386) for re-uploading! Thanks to NorikoTakaya for splitting all of the images, tagging them appropriately and putting it up on BakaBT (http://bakabt.me/168446-giant-robo-music-collection-flac.html)! Thanks to Doublehex for the custom covers (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/427.html#post2191015)!

OSTs are muxed with stood picture (u wouldn’t like them) in the source per episodes, and can be considered as BGM for each whole episode. no cue or other seeking chapter.

jadow81 (https://jadow81.blogspot.de/2012/12/giant-robo-animation-japanese-bd-boxset.html): "While playing the music, the album cover art is shown with zooming and panning. Popup menu has tracklist, and indicates what tune is now being played." Here’s the popup menu for OST 5 during BD playback: Image ()

I’ve downloaded this from Kiwamin / [Kagura] (https://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=654924&showfiles=1)’s torrent. Here’s it uploaded to Mega:

https://mega.co.nz/#F!Upcx2YAS!I3eStB_t_sNEg4JmW51X2g

.

thanks

WOW THANKS!

Youtube:
GIANT ROBO – EP7 Scoring Session (Part 1) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBnFzz9vtOY)
GIANT ROBO – EP7 Scoring Session (Part 2) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkY82H-GKEs)

Does anyone have scans for these OSTs (like U.S. reprints of Anime Trax) ?

Masamicz Amano
2e. Suite Symphonique "GR"
(GIANT ROBO)
The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by the composer

FLAC + SCANS | 2 Tracks | 55:29 | 303 MB

Release Date: 11.12.2002
Recording Date: April 1992 – May 1997
Recording Location: The Concert Hall at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland
Label: Cafua
Catalog Number: CACG-0017 (http://www.cafua.com/products/detail100.html)

Part 1 (25:18)
Part 2 (30:06)

I don’t think this is worthless at all. Certainly a fresh recording would be welcome, which would allow for perhaps greater tweaking of the score, but I think this is interesting as a reconceptualization of Amano’s exceptional scores for "Giant Robo" into a concert work. Frankly, it’s something I wish a lot more film composers would do… but of course it requires far more effort than just throwing all the cues onto a disc in chronological order and calling it a definitive presentation of the music.

That said, I find the "symphonic suite" album of the first episode’s score to be a more enjoyable and satisfying listen.

Reading this over again, it kind of sounds like I want film composers to re-edit their existing recordings into "concert suites." I meant that I wish more film composers would reconceptualize the music for concert performance, like Prokofiev creating the Nevsky cantata by reshaping his score for the film, or the supposedly dreaded "album rerecordings" of old where Rozsa, Goldsmith, Williams, et al. would pick highlights and tweak it for optimal musicality separate from the film to create a better listening experience. It’s nice to hear the music develop a bit instead of jumping from dramatic beat to dramatic beat when its divorced from the filmic context. But you all probably knew that’s what I meant, right?

FLAC
http://www.mediafire.com/?5g358gayh6cg2yk (Part 1)
http://www.mediafire.com/?7oqao36p1i02hrx (Part 2)

MP3 -v0
http://www.mediafire.com/?c74i4l29uh4taij

"Charge! His Name Is Giant Robo (Theme of Giant Robo)" and its variations throughout the scores
Charge! His Name Is Giant Robo! (OST 1, Track 4) (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/97yu9domu9/Giant_Robo_OST_1_-_04._Charge_His_Name_is_Giant_Robo_.mp3) / Cue for 7th Episode (https://youtu.be/xkY82H-GKEs?t=514)
VS
Is Paris Burning? (1966) Overture (comp. Maurice Jarre)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5dxoIXj9LI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UtOmY28BQc&t=32)

Source: Amasawa (http://music-compass.sakura.ne.jp/animation/giant_robo.html)

<hr>

"GinRei of Arabia"
http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/sn00r7ukzl/GinRei_with_Blue_Eyes_OST_-_07_-_GinRei_of_Arabia.mp3
VS
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Overture (comp. Maurice Jarre)
https://youtu.be/8i1mI-P9Z3s?t=40

What is this? Did the composer stole the melody from this tune?! It sounds nearly identical as the main theme for the series!

Fuck me… I think Amano really should be in prison at this point…!

Compare it for yourself, the video Herr Salat postet "Is Paris Burning? (1966) Overture" (the first part) and "Giant Robo’s Theme" (https://mega.co.nz/#!qowx3DZS!5sKe5KW1swnHOmHE66R1EufugP6iuEpGb_ARENd eqSs) from the animation. The similarities are striking!

Thanks.

Giant Robo Episode 5, Unreleased Cue (20:46 – 21:26) [SFX + Voices]

Audio: Untouched from the Japanese stereo FLAC (Source: G_P)
Duration: ~40 seconds

If this cue had been included in OST 5, it might have been between track 7 and 8.

https://mega.co.nz/#!K9RiWQ7I!4olN-pNjeYTpVksFrUz05wkliZv1GRz9t0165Nm760c

never mind. I pm’d you. I shouldn’t have written that in an open post.

———- Post added at 09:28 PM ———- Previous post was at 09:23 PM ———-

Also, Japanese composers are often accused of plagiarism from westerners. Yoko Kanno is another one. As far as I have read, the Japanese have far different ideas about "ownership" of art and what is copying/influencing. The culture just doesn’t see these things as stealing. I’m not an expert, though. Just my novice research.

Maybe Nielsen is the source ^^. It’s uncertain, especially if Shostakovich had heard Nielsen’s work.

1920-22 – Nielsen, Carl: Symphony No. 5 – 1st movt. Tempo giusto ~ Adagio non troppo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTBrdB-1KM&t=235)
1939-40 – Shostakovich, Dmitri: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" – 1st movt. Allegretto (https://youtu.be/_z8TZjcqYhY?t=446)
1966 – Jarre, Maurice: Is Paris Burning? – The Resistance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf-Yl3Li9rU&feature=youtu.be&t=191) (Alternative kiwi6 link (http://kiwi6.com/file/yskxcvafpf))
1992-93 – Amano, Masamichi: Giant Robo – Theme of Giant Robo (Episode 2) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX5bEOVDJpk&feature=youtu.be&t=43)
1999 – Kanno, Yoko: Turn A Gundam – Drum Head (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0lI2xQLSYA&feature=youtu.be&t=55)

Damn.

Seeing the OP of this thread reminds me of the days when rapidshare was the shit. Now it’s just plain shit 🙁

Damn.

Seeing the OP of this thread reminds me of the days when rapidshare was the shit. Now it’s just plain shit 🙁

Considering how dead it is, I’d say by now RS is more akin to fertilizer.

As for the subject, I’d say Ginrei of Arabia is more an hommage to Lawrence of arabia, as the both the composition and orchestration are very slightly different.

No excuses for "Is Paris Burning", although I doubt many people outside hardcore classical score fans would know about it or even recognize the piece. and it messhes well with the rest. and it’s not as if Amano had pulled a Tyler Bates.

Thanks

As LOADED with plagiarism as these scores may be – They’re just so much fun! Big, bold, unabashedly symphonic fireworks all arounds. Thanks for sharing these!

Amano might jut be Japan’s answer to Horner, supplanting even Naoki Sato as the most fun to "Spot the Overt Influence" game with…

can we not think of these as plagiarism and more like Homages?

Some of them ARE clearly homages; Ginrei Of Arabia, for example. The piece was written for a scene that deliberately evokes Lawrence of Arabia for comic effect, and consciously used elements from that famous theme in a cue that expertly re-imagines Jarre’s melody in Amano’s own style, even going as far as to intermingle fragments of music from elsewhere in Giant Robo, for the obvious purpose of making a musical joke. It’s a wink from Amano, just as the scene is a wink from the producers of the anime.

Other examples; lifting the entire main title theme from 1960s WWII movie, and using it as one of your principal melodies in a Sci-Fi adventure series twenty years later… is clearly, and obviously, not a homage – it’s Amano taking an existing piece of music he likes because he couldn’t be bothered to come up with something original, tried to come up with something original but couldn’t get the mood right, or ran out of time. Change a few notes around, and hope nobody notices. That’s about the same of it.

(Giant Robo’s two principal melodies are both lifted wholesale from other scores; one French ("Is Paris Burning?" 1966, by Maurice Jarre) and one American ("North and South", a 1985 mini-series about the American civil war, by Bill Conti) – it’s not subtle, it’s not being done to demonstrate affection for or respect towards the original composers or their work. They are both textbook examples of plagiarism.)

Throughout the seven main GR scores and the additional OVA scores, there are countless further examples – and you really need to consider these facts in the context of Amano’s career which has been largely defined by his orchestral music that brazenly and frequently rips off both himself (most hilariously, a cue that underscored a hardcore gay sex scene in 1990s Hentai "Boys Legend" turning up almost unchanged as the finale cue for Battle Royale 2) and other composers. Off the top of my head pinching Klendathu Drop (ALL of it) from Basil Poledouris’ Starship Troopers, also for Battle Royale 2, being one of the most shocking.

I love the scores and I love Amano, but let’s call a spade a spade. As far as the Japanese composers known for their orchestral music (my area of expertise) Amano and Yoko Kanno are the big two.

It’s a shame, but the music’s excellent… and in any case, these scores are twenty years old now. What are we supposed to do about it, but try to put Amano’s "inspiration" out of our heads and just enjoy them for what they are; larger than life, shamelessly grand symphonic scores – fine examples of the craft that remain the yardstick at which Japanese orchestral film scores are judged? 🙂

There’s a new torrent by Moozzi2 with the following bonus materials (upconverted from SD) from the 2012 Japanese Blu-ray by Media Factory:
nyaa (https://nyaa.si/view/852766)

Warszawa Local Recording Performance Video – 01 [ EP.01 ] (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 621.4 MiB | 09:52
Warszawa Local Recording Performance Video – 02 [ EP.02 ] (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 685.2 MiB | 10:56
Warszawa Local Recording Performance Video – 03 [ EP.03 ] (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 939.9 MiB | 14:59 | also contains a cue recording for episode 1 and some for the GinRei specials
Warszawa Local Recording Performance Video – 04 [ EP.06 ] (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 1181.8 MiB | 18:52
Warszawa Local Recording Performance Video – 06* [ Last Episode ] (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 1376.2 MiB | 22:44

*(sic), meant to be 05. Video for the last episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBnFzz9vtOY) has been available, but not for the previous four. jadow81 (https://jadow81.blogspot.de/2012/12/giant-robo-animation-japanese-bd-boxset.html) on these bonus materials: "This appears to be a bunch of home videos of the recording sessions. So, don’t expect the quality of concert video. The videos occasionally show noises which must be in the source. Most performances are not complete. There’s no narration, but sometimes Japanese text explains the date, the title of the music being played. Some tunes are shown with the accompanying scenes in a small window. Mostly it’s just the musicians performing, Amano conducting. No interviews with anyone. But occasionally you see interactions between Amano and musicians, engineers at work, and a little bit of views of Warsaw."

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Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 01 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3430.9 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 02 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3234.7 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 03 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3721 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 04 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3128.9 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 05 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3646.4 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 06 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 3399.5 MiB
Original Sound Track Jacket Robo – 07 (BD 1920×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 4047.2 MiB

OST in 2ch 24bit 96 kHz as single video files (no chapters) [original format: LPCM]. I’ve uploaded the audio (https://mega.nz/#F!Upcx2YAS!I3eStB_t_sNEg4JmW51X2g) (single flac files, no cues) from a torrent by Kiwamin/Kagura. Kiwamin/Kagura mentioned this regarding these bous materials:
"OSTs are muxed with stood picture (u wouldn’t like them) in the source per episodes, and can be considered as BGM for each whole episode. no cue or other seeking chapter".

jadow81: "While playing the music, the album cover art is shown with zooming and panning. Popup menu has tracklist, and indicates what tune is now being played." Here’s the popup menu for OST 5 during BD playback: Image ()

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Cast & Staff Interview (BD 1440×1080 x.264 Flac).mkv 2183.1 MiB | 36:27

Unsubtitled. Includes amongst others: Masamichi Amano (composer), Youta Tsuruoka (music design, sound director) [from 25:08 onwards]

thanks guys

Thanks

Sorry to revive that thread, but finding those as been such a bitch I want to thank the original poster again.

THANK YOU!!!

Giant Robo Ep. 5 (1994), Unreleased Cue (20:46 – 21:26) [SFX + Voices]

John! John Rambo! – I don’t believe this!
Rambo 3 (1988)

https://picosong.com/wedEh/

Thank you for these FLAC versions, quite excellent!

Thank you very much for all these gems