FUMIO HAYASAKA (COMPOSER) - THE SEVEN SAMURAI [ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE] NE

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKSAkira Kurosawa’s epic historical adventure drama "Seven Samurai" (1954) has consistently ranked highly in critics’ lists of the greatest films, such as the BFI’s Sight & Sound and the Rotten Tomatoes polls. It has remained highly infl uential, widely regarded as one of the most remade, reworked, referenced fi lms in cinema. It was most famously remade in Hollywood as the western The Magnifi cent Seven in 1960.The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history, and it follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven ronin (masterless samurai) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops."Seven Samurai" stars Toshiro Mifune as Kikuchiyo, and has poignant music by Fumio Hayasaka, all of which is presented on this release. NHayasaka died of tuberculosis shortly after in 1955 at the age of 41. Hayasaka’s complete music for the 1955 Kurosawa film "I Live in Fear" [aka Record of a Living Being], which was the last score the composer made before his death (it was completed by Masaru Sato, who would continue working with Kurosawa), has been added here as a bonus.All music composed & conducted by FUMIO HAYASAKAOrchestrations by Fumio Hayasaka & Masaru Sato.Recorded in Tokyo, Japan, 1954.(*) BONUS TRACKS: I LIVE IN FEAR [aka Record of a Living Being]All music composed & conducted by FUMIO HAYASAKA & MASARU SATO.Recorded in Tokyo, Japan, 1955.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET01 THE SEVEN SAMURAI (MAIN TITLE)02 TO THE LITTLE WATERMILL03 SAMURAI SEARCH04 KANBEI & KATSUSHIRO / KIKUCHIYO’S MAMBO05 RIKICHI’S TEARS / WHITE RICE06 TWO SEARCH FOR SAMURAI07 GOROBEI08 LET’S GET TO IT09 FISHING FOR SLIPPERY FISH10 SIX SAMURAI11 EXTRAORDINARY MAN12 MORNING DEPARTURE13 JOURNEY LANDSCAPE / OUR STRONGHOLD14 WILD WARRIOR’S COMING15 SEVEN MEN COMPLETED16 KATSUSHIRO & SHINO17 KATSUSHIRO COME BACK18 BED CHANGE19 IN THE FORES OF THE WATER GOD20 WHEAT FIELD21 KANBEI’S ANGER22 INTERLUDE23 HARVESTING24 RIKICHI’S TROUBLE25 HEIHACHI & RIKICHI26 FARM VILLAGE SCENERY27 WEAK INSECTS INTO SAMURAI WAYS28 FOREBODING OF BANDITS29 TO THE NIGHT ATTACK30 FLAG31 SUDDEN CONFRONTATION32 MAGNIFICENT SAMURAI33 BANDITS SIGHTED34 KIKUCHIYO RISES TO THE OCCASION35 REWARD36 TRYST37 MANZO & SHINO38 RICE PLANTING SONG39 ENDING40 I LIVE IN FEAR (MAIN TITLES) (*)41 LATE NIGHT GUITAR (*)42 SLOW MAMBO (*)43 SLOW RHUMBA (*)44 PREVIEW MAIN THEME (*)45 STAR MUSIC (*)46 MAMBO MELANCHOLIA (*)47 DUCK MAMBO (*)48 END TITLES (*)