Saturday, July 13, 2019

Akira Ifukube Stage Music Complete Works Third Collection - New Snow: Nanbuzaka/The Last Shogun: Tokugawa Yoshinobu (VPCD-81155)

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Description:

This is the third in a four volume series titled Akira Ifukube Stage Music Complete Works, which features scores from New Kabuki theater productions composed by Akira Ifukube. This volume features the scores from "New Snow: Nanbuzaka" (09/02/1976 - 09/27/1976) and "The Last Shogun: Tokugawa Yoshinobu" (08/03/1969 - 08/29/1969).

"New Snow: Nanbuzaka" starred Kinnosuke Yorozuya (Kinnosuke Nakamura) as Ōishi Kuranosuke and was produced by Daisuke Ito. The production was held at the Misono-za in Nagoya, Japan.

"The Last Shogun: Tokugawa Yoshinobu" starred Kinnosuke Nakamura as Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu (Tokugawa Yoshinobu) and was produced by Daisuke Ito. The production was held at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, Japan.

Music by Akira Ifukube. All music is in mono.

Friday, July 12, 2019

Blog Update: Updated the Posts for the Akira Ifukube Unreleased Film Music Complete Works Series

Hello everyone! I hope all of my U.S. readers had a good Independence Day. Mine was pleasant, albeit uneventful. While I've made small tweaks to the blog's overall appearance, I recently finished making major changes to six of my early blog posts, which I will detail here.