Friday, November 23, 2018

Edogawa Ranpo Collection: Horrors of Malformed Men Original Soundtrack (CINK-30)

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Description:

Premiere release of the score to Teruo Ishii's "Edogawa Ranpo Collection: Horrors of Malformed Men" (10/29/1969), also simply known as "Horrors of Malformed Men". Bonus tracks include an outtake of DB1 (M1) and the unedited version of DB22 (M24). Music composed by Hajime Kaburagi. All music is in mono.


Album Information:

Label: Cinema-kan
Album Title & Catalogue Number:
Edogawa Ranpo Collection: Horrors of Malformed Men Original Soundtrack (CINK-30)
Music by: Hajime Kaburagi
Number of Discs: 1
Number of Tracks: 25
Run Time: 55:54
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Retail Price: ¥3,024 (Approximately $26.71 [as of November 3, 2018])


Track List:

The following are the Japanese and English translated track lists.


Track List (Japanese)

01. 東映マーク~メイン・タイトル (DB1(M1))
02. 灰色の空、鉛色の海 (DB3(M2))
03. 双面の美少女~坊主頭の男 (DB3(M3)、DB4(M4)、DB5(M5))
04. 曲馬団の少女 (未使用曲) (DB6(M7))
05. 殺人容疑~逃亡の旅 (DB7(M8))
06. 孤島~卍の傷痕~源三郎と入れ替わる広介
      (DB7(M9)、DB8(M10)、DB9(M11))
07. 深夜の散策~失敗の連続(眼鏡~犬)
      (DB11(M12)、DB12(M13)、DB13(M14))
08. 静子の誘い~窮地 (DB13(M15)、DB14(M16))
09. 毒蛇 (DB15(M17))
10. 怪人出現~暗躍する影~断崖のスケッチ
      (DB17(M18)、DB18(M19)、DB19(M20))
11. 人か?獣か? (DB20(M21))
12. 地平線の彼方から (DB21(M22))
13. 楽園の湖 (DB21(M23))
14. 宮殿の群舞 (DB22(M24)を編集)
15. 土蔵の中へ~秀子と猛 (DB22(M25)、DB23(M26))
16. 哀しみと恨みの間で (DB23(M27))
17. 分離手術~愛しあう二人 (DB24(M28)、DB24(M29)KEEP)
18. 丈五郎ととき(丈五郎の回想) (DB25(M30))
19. 闇に蠢く (DB25(M31))
20. 出生の秘密 (DB26(M31イ))
21. 名探偵の推理 (DB28(M33))
22. 逃走 (DB29(M34)・DB21(M22)を編集)
23. 終曲(花火と散った二人) (DB30(M35))

BONUS TRACKS
24. 東映マーク~メイン・タイトル (別テイク) (DB1(M1)KEEP)
25. 宮殿の群舞 (Original) (DB22(M24))


Track List (English)

01. Toei Mark ~ Main Title (DB1 (M1))
02. Gray Sky, Lead-Colored Sea (DB3 (M2))
03. Two-Sided Beautiful Girl ~ Shaved Man (DB3 (M3), DB4 (M4), DB5 (M5))
04. Circus Troupe Girl (Unused Cue) (DB6 (M7))
05. Murder Suspect ~ Journey of Escape (DB7 (M8))
06. Isolated Island ~ Swastika Scar ~ Hirosuke Replaces Genzaburo
      (DB7 (M9), DB8 (M10), DB9 (M11))
07. Late Night Walk ~ Series of Failures (Glasses ~ Dog)
      (DB11 (M12), DB12 (M13), DB13 (M14))
08. Shizuko's Invitation ~ Dilemma (DB13 (M15), DB14 (M16))
09. Venomous Snake (DB15 (M17))
10. Monster Appearance ~ Secretive Shadow ~ Sketch of the Cliff
      (DB17 (M18), DB18 (M19), DB19 (M20))
11. Person? Beast? (DB20 (M21))
12. From the Horizon (DB21 (M22))
13. Paradise Lake (DB21 (M23))
14. Palace Dance (DB22 (M24) Edit)
15. Into the Storehouse ~ Hideko and Takeshi (DB22 (M25), DB23 (M26))
16. Between Sorrow and Resentment (DB23 (M27))
17. Separation Surgery ~ Two People in Love (DB24 (M28), DB24 (M29) KEEP)
18. Jogoro and Toki (Jogoro's Recollection) (DB25 (M30))
19. Crawling in the Darkness (DB25 (M31))
20. Secret of the Birth (DB26 (M31I))
21. Detective's Reasoning (DB28 (M33))
22. Getaway (DB29 (M34) · DB21 (M22) Edit)
23. Finale (Fireworks and the Two Scattered People) (DB30 (M35))

BONUS TRACKS
24. Toei Mark ~ Main Title (Alternate Take) (DB1 (M1) KEEP)
25. Palace Dance (Original) (DB22 (M24))


Additional Notes:

The film is based on Edogawa Ranpo's short story Strange Tale of Panorama Island (1926).

Edogawa Ranpo (also translated as Edogawa Rampo) was a pseudonym of author Taro Hirai (October 21, 1894 - July 28, 1965). His pseudonym was intended to sound like "Edgar Allan Poe".


The score was recorded on October 25, 1969.

Only three cues from this score have been previously released on Compact Disc, found on disc 8 of King Records' King of Monsters box set (KICA 2201~10), released in 1994. The cues are:

01. Toei Mark ~ Main Title (DB1 (M1))
02. Gray Sky, Lead-Colored Sea (DB3 (M2))
03. From the Horizon (DB21 (M22))


Photo Gallery:

Here is a photo gallery of my copy of Edogawa Ranpo Collection: Horrors of Malformed Men Original Soundtrack (CINK-30). The last photo is an advertisement poster for the releases of both this album and Hunchback Man Ghost Story Original Soundtrack (CINK-31). The photos were taken on November 5, 2018.


The unopened box that the album arrived in.
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Opened box, with the album still in the packaging.
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Front of the album, sealed.
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Back of the album, sealed.
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Front of the album, unsealed and without obi.
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Back of the album, unsealed and without obi.
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Back of booklet, and disc.
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Booklet front.
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Track list (page 2, left) and page 3 (right).
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Booklet back.
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Inner side of the obi.
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Outer side of the obi.
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Advertisement poster for
Edogawa Ranpo Collection: Horrors of Malformed Men Original Soundtrack (CINK-30)
and Hunchback Man Ghost Story Original Soundtrack (CINK-31).
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