Credits:
Fuyuki Toru/Mark Mckinniss,Fuyuki Toru
Description:
This is the 40th anniversary edition of "Ultraman 80". Along with the subsequent "Andromelos", this 5-CD box set sums up the TV series of the early 80's with music! Includes a 64-page booklet with one track of background music for the first time. Ultraman 80" aired for a year from April 1980. This is a compilation of recordings, original BGM, and sound effects from the broadcast, including the first commercialized sound sources. In addition, it also includes the music used in "Andromelos," which was serialized in magazines as an extra story in the Ultraman series after "Ultraman 80" ended, and broadcast on TV in 1983. The theme song was originally released on record as an image song in 1981, before the TV broadcast. The background music is from "THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRAMAN," an overseas version of "The Ultraman" produced in 1981, and this is the first time it has been released on CD in a cohesive form. This is the first time the music of the Ultraman series from the first half of the 1980s has been released on CD together with "Ultraman 80. The music was digitally remastered in 2020. The jackets of DISC-1 and DISC-4 are reprints of the LP record design along with the obi. Full page of single record jackets and LP record enclosure cards are also included on the inside pages in reduced size. The single record jacket of "Andromelos" includes two types of jackets, as well as a poster from the time of its release. In addition, the jackets of major related records are also introduced in color. Main contents of the 64-page booklet (Includes re-collections of the producer's contributions, composer's interviews, and contributions that appeared on the LP records of the Theme Music Collection and the Special Effects Original BGM Collection. / BGM list of "Ultraman 80" is listed in order of M number and master tape reel, with more information than the previously released CDs. / The BGM list for "Andromelos" is listed by reel on the master tape of the overseas version of "The Ultraman". / Album history of the original background music. / The main songs are listed with their M-numbers in the broadcast data of "Ultraman 80" when the background music of "The Ultraman" was used in the broadcast. / In the data of "Andromelos" broadcasts, the main scenes in which the music was used in each episode are also listed./ Other, commentary on recorded contents, etc.) DISC-1 Ultraman 80 Theme Music Collection Special Edition: Includes all songs from the "Ultraman 80 Theme Music Collection" album from the time of the broadcast, starting with the full-size theme song "Ultraman 80" (sung and performed by Talisman) with background music for the main title. DISC-2 Original BGM DISC-2 Original BGM Archives 1: Includes the theme song in TV size and the first stereo recording of the original BGM in M number order. Included as a bonus track is a supplemental monaural version of the BGM that was not included in the "The Ultraman" 5-CD box set. DISC-3 Original BGM Archives 2: Contains the second stereo recordings of the original BGM in order of M-number, as well as selected monaural BGM that were not included in the LP record "Special Effects Original BGM Collection: The World of Ultraman 80".Included are the theme song-related sound sources and sound effects, including the first commercialization of the theme song, as well as a bonus track of stereo mixed sound effects + BGM excerpts from the LP record "Ultraman 80: The Greatest Scenes", and another take of the theme song melody orchestra. The instrumental of the insert song "Kokoro wo Burning That Guy" is recorded on ME tape, as the master tape is hopelessly missing. DISC-4 Ultraman 80/Andromelos in 1981: The first CD release of the LP record "Special Effects Original BGM Collection: The World of Ultraman 80" containing the monaural version of the BGM. The full-size only track of the theme song "Ultraman 80" is included here. In addition to this, the single record of "Ultra Super Legend: Andromelos" and its related sound sources; two records released in December 1981 are combined on one disc. DISC-5 Andromeros BGM Collection (from "THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRAMAN"): Comprised of BGM from "THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRAMAN" (1981), the overseas version of "The Ultraman", and the 1983 broadcast of "Andromeros", in the order of when they were first used. Composed in the order of the first use.It also includes the TV size of the theme song, which was edited from the full size and used.
