The ultimate "anime rare groove" disc, and Haneken's debut work as an accompanist for a play! Columbia Sound Treasure Series Treasure Island Original Soundtrack" [Ryozo Fuwa's "Anime no otto" Vol.02

The second installment of "Anime Noto" will feature the CD "Columbia Sound Treasure Series Treasure Island Original Soundtrack" (music by Kentaro Haneda, performed by the Ken and Flutter Orchestra), which was released on November 28, 2018.

Treasure Island" is an animated television series that ran from October 8, 1978 to April 1, 1979, with a total of 26 episodes broadcast on Sundays at 18:30 on Nippon Television Network. It was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (now TMS Entertainment, Inc.), a company that established an era with its sports roots works such as "Star of the Giant" (1968), "Attack No. 1" (1969), and "Samurai Giants" (1973). The company's "Ace wo Nerae! (1973), and the same duo continued to work on the second film, following the previous "Ienakako" (1977), which was produced along a new line based on a literary masterpiece. This is a masterpiece in the history of animated television, and is still talked about today as a film that successfully adapted Robert Stevenson's famous adventure novel into a drama with even more warmth and depth.

The music was composed by Kentaro Haneda (1949-2007), an arranger and pianist. Later, "HANEKEN" made his big break as a major soundtrack music composer with "Sengoku JSDF" (1979), "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross," "Space Cobra," and "Western Police Part-II" (all 1982), and this "Treasure Island" is a memorable soundtrack for him. Treasure Island" was his memorable debut soundtrack work. At the time, Mr. Haneken was well known in the music industry as a skilled pianist, but as a composer, he was still an unknown quantity. The person selected to replace Takeo Watanabe was producer Noriko Iida of Nippon Television Network Corporation.

According to Mr. Haneda, "I don't know how it happened, but I was selected by Noriko Iida of NTV Music at the time. I had written some commercial music before that, and my manager told me that I could also do composition work, so I guess she didn't pick me without knowing my abilities as a composer. As a result, when I turned it over to him, it turned out to be Dora for me and for the work (laughs). (laughs) I have always loved TV, and it was very moving to hear my own compositions played from the TV. It was also the first time for me to arrange music for such a large orchestra, and I think it was still rare to use such a large orchestra for music for a Japanese TV animation. I think it was right around the time when anime music was changing from simple theatrical accompaniment that was an extension of sound effects to a full-fledged "soundtrack" that was not so different from a movie. I was happy that my music was able to be present at that point. (From the liner notes of the CD "Haneken Land: The World of Kentaro Haneda Soundtrack" (2003), .......

The background music for "Treasure Island," the debut work that Haneken worked on with such extraordinary enthusiasm, has been commercialized three times in the past. The first was in November 1978, during the broadcast period, as an LP record titled "Treasure Island: A Collection of Hit Songs," which included the insert songs and a small portion of the background music (recorded in stereo for the record). The second was released in 1980 as the LP record "TV Original BGM Collection Treasure Island", an album consisting only of monaural soundtracks actually used in the main anime. The third was the CD "Forever Series Treasure Island" released in 1992. Before the spread of the Internet, fans gathered in a PC communication conference room and combined their wisdom to select and compose the songs, and this was the first product to include both stereo and monaural versions of the songs. However, even after these three commercial releases, the entire music of "Treasure Island" could not be included. The CD "Columbia Sound Treasure Series Treasure Island Original Soundtrack" was produced as a "complete" soundtrack that includes not only the previously released soundtracks but also a wealth of never-before-recorded soundtracks. Forty years after the broadcast of "Treasure Island," the fans' wish has finally been fulfilled.

The project, composition, and writing of this disc is the responsibility of Gekitan Club, a website for research on gekitan music, and is led by Neko Haramaki. He himself runs the independent soundtrack CD label "SOUNDTRACK PUB," and released the CD "Ienakiko: The Complete Music Collection" last December. The following "Treasure Island" was released by Nippon Columbia, and also in February or March of this year, "Chogo-Godai Majutsu Robo Gingaizer Original Soundtrack" from the Columbia Sound Treasure Series and "Blocker Gundan IV" from the SOUNDTRACK PUB label. The two companies' collaborative efforts to uncover and commercialize buried masterpieces of BGM are highly anticipated by soundtrack fans as an ideal joint venture to promote archiving while mutually complementing each other.

The Columbia Sound Treasure Series has also previously released the "Lupin vs. Holmes Original Soundtrack" (music: Hiroki Tamaki and Jazz Friends/2015), the CD "Triton of the Sea Original Soundtrack" (music: Hiromasa Suzuki/2015), and the CD "The Great Dinosaur Era Original Soundtrack" (music: SHOGUN/2016). There have been attempts to re-evaluate these soundtrack recordings from a musical perspective, which are not only accompaniments to anime plays, but also records of famous Japanese jazz/crossover/fusion performances. Haneken, who made a name for himself in the Japanese recording industry as a "first call musician" (a nickname for the most popular studio musician), took the plunge into composing the music for "Treasure Island," and the music on the album is full of the same kind of music that he was familiar with from his days at the forefront of studio music. The music of "Treasure Island," for which Haneken, who had made a name for himself in the Japanese recording industry, was fully engaged in composing, contains a lot of well-matched performances with the leading studio musicians of the time. The arrangements include speedy 16 beats with flowing strings, and jam-session style songs with free and vigorous improvisation by electric guitar, trumpet, saxophone, etc., which would later attract fans to many of his works. The "Haneken sound" that would later attract fans to many of his works was already almost complete at this point. Some of the sessions were so sharp that they far exceeded the common image of music attached to literary anime masterpieces. In addition to the great session piece "Daikaisen - Yuhi no Daitai" (Disc 1: Track 12), which was included in the "Treasure Island Hit Song Collection" and which blew the minds of fans at the time, "Action I [MM-11-1]" (Disc 2: Track 51), "Dream World / Chase [M-51 ]" (Disc 2: Track 58), for example, are of a tension and quality that completely exceeds the calorie level of BGM performances for TV animation. One cannot help but feel the tremendous enthusiasm that Haneken has put into this first soundtrack release.

Regrettably, there are no records of the musicians who supported these masterful performances. Nippon Columbia's inclusion of musicians who performed on anime-related records began with the 1977 LP "Symphonic Suite Space Battleship Yamato" and continued with the LP "Eccentric Sound of Spider-Man" (1978) and "March Suite Dinosaur Squadron Coseidon" (1978), both of which were released in the same year as "Treasure Island. The trend was spreading to other works of the same era as "Treasure Island". However, "Takarajima: A Collection of Hit Songs" is strongly characterized as a product for children, including theme songs and insert songs, and although several names are mentioned in Mr. Haneda's recollections (as noted in the liner notes of this disc), unfortunately, no accurate recording data such as musicians who performed on the album remains.

However, these thrilling and cool songs and performances by Haneken and his friends caught the ears of anime fans and anime-related people at the time and were greatly appreciated, and after "Space Warrior Baldios" (1980), the band blossomed into a science fiction/action band. After "Space Warrior Baldios" (1980), the Sci-Fi/action genre flourished, and he became one of the most successful accompanists in the 80's with "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross," "Space Cobra," "Western Police Part-II," "Space Battleship Yamato: The Complete Works" (1983), "Farewell Jupiter" (1984), etc. In the 90's, "Tamori's Music is the World" was released. !", "The News Station", and "The Untitled". In the 1990s, Mr. Haneda became a well-known figure in the Japanese TV industry for his witty and witty banter on such programs as "News Station" and "Ongaku no Nai Ongakukai (21)". He delighted his fans with his skilled action music for "Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger" (2003), but sadly, he passed away in 2007 at the young age of 58.

The music for "Treasure Island," a record of the first steps taken by a pianist of only 29 years of age in rowing into the ocean of composing, is like a milestone placed at the halfway point in Kentaro Haneda's life. And the origin of the "Haneken Sound" that we all loved is definitely here.

(Text by Ryozo Fuwa)

Product Information

CD "Columbia Sound Treasure Series Treasure Island Original Soundtrack

Release date: November 28, 2018

Price: 3,500 yen (excluding tax)

Label: Nippon Columbia

■Contents

Disc 1

<Treasure Island (Collection of hit songs)>

1. treasure island

2. benbow and me

The Sea is My Life

4. captain silver is a great guy

A Pleasant Boat Trip to the Distant South

6. little sailor

7. to a world unknown

8. spooky treasure island

9. we are pirates

10. faraway home

11. voyage log

12. great naval battle - sunset fleet

<Bonus Tracks

Record-size karaoke

13. treasure island (original karaoke)

14. little sailor (original karaoke)

Pirates' Chorus Collection

15. pirates' chorus

16. pirates' chorus (a cappella) *

17. pirates' chorus (original karaoke)

18. pirates' chorus (demo) *

TV size karaoke & melo karaoke

19. treasure island (TV size karaoke) *

20. a small sailor (TV size Sax melo orchestra)

21. treasure island (TV size/EGt melo orchestra)

22. small sailor (TV size, EGt melo orchestra) *

Music for TV spot

23. OP B type for TV spot * 24.

24. ed type A Pf melody for TV spot * 25.

25. ed. for TV spot A type Sax melody * 26.

26. ed for TV spot B type Sax melody * 27.

27. ed b-type pf melody for tv spot *

Alternate BGM Collection

28. separation (alternate take) [M-34A] * 29.

29. odori (dance (short)) [m-56a] * 30.

30. boating song (short) [M-57A] *

31. fukin (another take) [M-58B] *

32. jim no kesshin (another take) [M-65B] *

33. izakaya (lighter) [M-70A] *

(A) [comma 2A] * 35.

35. what did you say? (B) [comma 6B] * 36.

(A) [comma 7A] (B) [comma 6B] (A) [comma 7B] (B) [comma 7A] (A) [comma 7B

Surprise (B) [comma 7B] * 38.

Anxiety (A) [comma 8A] * 39.

(A) [comma 10A] *

(B) [comma 10B] * 41. touch of fear i [mm7b

41. touch of fear i [mm-4-2] *

42. touch of fear ii [mm-4-3] *

43. touch of fear iii [mm-4-4] * 44. tailing short i [mm-4-4

44. tailing short I [MM-9-2

45. tailing short II [MM-10-2] * 46.

46. touch of action I [MM-11-2

47. touch of action II [MM-11-3] * 48.

48. warabeuta (karaoke) * 49. warabeuta (karaoke)

49. warabeuta (karaoke) * 50. treasure island (TV size)

50. treasure island (TV size Solo Version) (Treasure Island Solo Version)

Disc 2

Avant Title - Opening

1. avant title

2. dance [M-56B] 3. treasure island (TV size)

3. treasure island (TV size)

Benbow Pavilion

4. morning sea [M-2] 5.

5. scene of a village [M-10] 6.

6. the sea in the daytime [M-3] 6. the sea in the daytime [M-3] 7.

Fearful Billy has come!

7. dream of terror / tail [M-52] 8.

8. the devil's hand [M-44] 9.

9. violence i [m-47] 10.

10. boatsong [M-57B] 9.

I'm going, Mother!

11. determination [M-15] 12.

12. nature in Ireland [M-1] 13.

13. mother's love [M-13]

Friend or Foe, John Silver

14. town of bristol [m-11] 15. tavern [m-70]

15. tavern [M-70B] 16.

16. cold gaze (B) [comma 1B] 17.

17. something's wrong, huh? Something's wrong (B) [comma 4B] 18.

18. shockwave (B) [comma 3B] 19. fear [M-42B]

19. fear [M-42]

Go! To Treasure Island

20. set sail [M-18] 21. the ocean [M-8] (B)

21. big ocean [M-8] 22.

22. sailor [M-48] Jim and Benbow

Jim and Benbow

23. innocent play [M-22] 24. shimeta!

24. shimeta! [comma 5] 25.

25. wow, I'm so happy (b) [comma 2b] 26.

26. eh, what did you say? (A) [comma 6A] 27.

27. mischief i [m-36] 28.

28. mischief ii [m-38] 29.

29. jim's resolution [m-65a] 29.

The Hispaniola at Night

30. evening sea [M-4] 31.

31. night view of the sea [M-5] 31. night view of the sea [M-5] 31. night view of the sea [M-5] 32.

Heard in the Apple Barrel!

32. a night of horror [M-41] 33.

33. anguish [M-43] 34.

34. sorrow [M-27] 34. sadness [M-27] 35.

Something starts on Treasure Island!

35. pirates in action [M-19] 36.

36. cold stare (A) [comma 1A] *

What's wrong? Something's wrong.

(B) [comma 8B] *

(39. deadly energy (A) [comma 9A] *

(40) deadly (B) [comma 9B] *

What's wrong? Something's wrong.

42. standoff [M-62] *

This is life! Friend or foe

43. fight to the death with a shark [M-49] 44.

44. big pinch [M-50] 45. hymn

45. hymn [M-28B] 46. death

46. death [M-29] 44.

47. to the box of the dead

47. wind harp [M-58A] *

48. thriller [MM-3] *

49. fear~thriller [MM-4-1] *

50. surprise~chase [MM-5] *

Don't take my word for it, I'm not a kid!

51. action i [mm-11-1

52. tailing II [MM-10-1

53. comical I [MM-comical-1] *

Comical II [MM-comical 2] * 55.

Tailing I [MM-9-1] * 56.

Action II [MM-12] *

Treasure of the Living!

57. impact blow (a) [comma 3a] * 58. dream world/chase [mm-9-1] * 59.

58. dream world/chase [m-51] *

Violence II [M-46] 60.

60. land in sight! [M-23] * 59.

Shiokaze yo, meet again if you have a chance

61. joruri no kyoku [M-55] 62.

62. separation [M-34B] 63.

63. death of a comrade [M-28A] 64. next preview (OP TV)

64. next preview (A type for OP TV spot)

Flint Can't Fly Anymore

65. british national anthem [m-74] *

66. friendship [M-32] 67.

67. joyous homecoming [M-25] * 66.

Closing

68. little sailor (TV size)

First recorded sound