Movie soundtracks used in old-school KF films

[Jimbo]

430 - Tourist Trap (1979)*

*an addition to entry #387

Becky's Death (by Pino Donaggio)

Heard in:
Masked Avengers
And others...

[mickey]

Thank you for the response. I had Murder of Murders on a video cassette when I was a kid and I used to watch it over and over again.But I am not sure it's the same composition though. I hear those sounds on 35:35, 37:02 and 38:16, it seems to me that they are different. Perhaps the instrument is different or something.

mickey might be right, as I searched numerous western music and none of them corresponds. I doubt such a good song would not pop up on youtube after 2 hours of search.

This is a clear soundtrack for Challenge of Death, it's not heard for few seconds but for like a minute. I wonder why it is hard to find... For example we know all soundtracks of Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, even the ones that are heard for like 5 seconds...

Thank you again, I hope you or someone else finds it.

Greetings Gentlemen,

It was a short time ago when I inquired about a Japanese tv series that featured Sonny Chiba. The theme of that show was so close in melody to what you guys are discussing that I was able to be several steps ahead of the melody and not be off by much.

If you can find that TV series, It will put you much closer to who did the themes in the movies that you mentioned.

Synopsis of TV show: A young man abandons his hopes of playing professional baseball to look after his siblings after his mother leaves the family for a traveling theater company. The show begins with the man grown up and married and his mother suddenly comes back. It is a show that features sacrifice, hurt, healing and forgiveness: a real tearjerker. This show came out in the "70's.

mickey

[Jimbo]

mickey:

Thanks for sharing that. I'll look into it...I have looked into your suggestion a bit, and there is very little info online about Chiba's TV career.

Lashab:

The track you're looking for may very well be on youtube. Then again, it might not. You might be surprised just how many good songs/tracks are NOT on youtube. Or if they are, will take a LOT more work than just 2 hours of random youtube searches to find/identify, unless you actually know the source. Even then, you may not find it on youtube. For example, I have been aware (in some cases for years) of the names and sources of several different tracks that were used in many KF movies, but which I haven't mentioned or posted about because (AFAIK) they are not on youtube (or any other linkable source). I only include entries in this thread that I can post audible examples of. Of course, if I don't know an unlisted track and someone asks about it, I'll honestly state that I don't know. If I DO know a specific track that is NOT listed in this thread, NOR on youtube (or any other linkable source), and someone was REALLY desperate to know what it is, I might PM the name of it and/or its source to them. But that hasn't happened yet.

[Jimbo]

431 - Gator (1976)*

*an update of the 2nd track listed in entry #189. This is the actual track referred to.

Leaving Home/For A Little While (by Charles Bernstein)

Heard in:
Fists of Bruce Lee
Dynamo
Zen Kwun Do Strikes in Paris

[ShawFan17]

Oh My God! I am so stupid.

The very last moment in this film has this soundtrack! I just remembered and confirmed it after I checked it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1fuAG0WIE&t=5413s

I mean exactly at 1:30:13

I wonder what the soundtrack is...

The music in this minute is from "Sasabue Omon-Girl With Bamboo Leaves" (1969), composed by Hiroaki Watanabe. It was on youtube, but is gone.

In this Japanese movie is more Kung Fu soundtrack music:

-Magnificent Wanderers (many tracks)
-5 Tough Guys
-Trilogy Of Swordsmanship...

I made sound clips if somebody need them.

Klaus
Germany

[ShawFan17]

376 - Tyranny and Mutation (1973 album by Blue Oyster Cult)

Teen Archer

An alternate, instrumental version (or cover) of this song is heard in:
Mercenaries from Hong Kong

This track is a cover from Valentino Music. Here the track:

Valentino Product Music 6071 (Edward Simon) Trucking
http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=203627

Other Edward Simon tracks used:

-Police Force: Valentino Product Music 6071 (Edward Simon) Red Ball Express
http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=203520

-The Generation Gap: Valentino Product Music 6072 (Edward Simon) Deliverance Part 1 & 2
http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=203615

-The Heroine/Police Woman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzDYW3Cqmt0
is also Deliverance Part 1 & 2.

Some tracks are used in international versions of Shaw movies (Man Of Iron, The Delightful Forest):

http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!explorer?comp=1379004

Klaus

[ShawFan17]

432 - Bobby Deerfield (77)

1. Bobby Deerfield (Dave Grusin) Freedom Flight



2. Bobby Deerfield (Dave Grusin) Bellagio Vista

no link

Heard in:

Black Belt Karate

[ShawFan17]

433 - Double Or Quits (De Wolfe)

1. Jack Trombey - Roving Eye

http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...11&code=V5kx3j

2. Pete Milray - Double Or Quits

http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...08&code=yQI5Ha

Heard in:

Black Belt Karate

[ShawFan17]

434 - Revolver (Ennio Morricone)

1. Anna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUKnDlTm2g

2. Pericolo Per Anna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3okWp82V4JI

Heard in:

Black Belt Karate

[ShawFan17]

435 - Shanghai Holiday (by Domenico Savino)

http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=181919

This Valentino Music Library track is heard in:

Hero From Shanghai

Also in the Movie:
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (Ichiro Saito)
Adventures Of Zatoichi (Taichiro Kosugi)
Return Of Daimajin (Akira Ifukube)

[ShawFan17]

436 - Road To Hafia (by Piero Umiliani)

http://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=182141

This Valentino & Omicron Music Library track is heard in:

Four Riders

Does anyone know the samba theme of the beginning of the movie?

Minute 09:00:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvfXYu4GegE

[ShawFan17]

437 - Enter The Fat Dragon (1978)

Since it is too complicated to list each song individually, here all track I found in the movie (in order of appearance):

01 Pop Arp (Mat Camison) Hot Module (already in this forum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suU04wZXHfM
02 Hell's Gate Island (Shinichi Tanabe) Cursed Island
03 Pop Arp (Mat Camison) Stewpot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHi4FR3G-Os
04 Pop Arp (Mat Camison) Butter Crunch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlFBq8vXac
05 Buttercup Jones (Alan Parker) Funky Toothpaste
06 Bite Hard (Johnny Hawksworth) White Death
07 Buttercup Jones (Simon Haseley) Lonely
08 Rythmes (André Ceccarelli) 4eme Gauche
http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...06&code=8cJreQ
09 Bite Hard (Johnny Hawksworth) Evil Eye
10 Musique Dramatique Et Nostalgique (Vladimir Cosma) Waiting In Midnight
11 Decisive Action (Keith Papworth) Decisive Action
12 Buttercup Jones (Edward Ward) Tit For Tat
13 Good Company (Simon Park) State Ride
http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...43&code=np1rze
14 Pop Arp (Mat Camison) Orange Pip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjktTADEkNs
15 Good Company (Simon Park) March To The Moon
http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...35&code=3z75Lt
16- Good Company (Simon Park) Way Down Yonder In New Barnet
http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...30&code=PFPLsp
17 Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob (Vladimir Cosma) L'Envol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-zDIiQR8gc
18 Strings And Things (Reg Tilsley) The Lump
19 Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob (Vladimir Cosma) Les Maramouches Contre Slimane
20 Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob (Vladimir Cosma) Moto En Folie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82TAHoZe9-w
21 Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob (Vladimir Cosma) Le Rabbi Déchainé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_D6Tn_1Iw
22 Musique Dramatique Et Nostalgique (Vladimir Cosma) Aurore Tragique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueDamuwmnKc
23 Rythmes (André Ceccarelli) Magasins D'Usines
http://www.dewolfemusic.com/trackdet...13&code=0uLNGV
24 Dogsbody (Keith Papworth) Comic Point 2

[Jimbo]

The music in this minute is from "Sasabue Omon-Girl With Bamboo Leaves" (1969), composed by Hiroaki Watanabe. It was on youtube, but is gone.

In this Japanese movie is more Kung Fu soundtrack music:

-Magnificent Wanderers (many tracks)
-5 Tough Guys
-Trilogy Of Swordsmanship...

I made sound clips if somebody need them.

Klaus
Germany

Hi, ShawFan17.

Wow. Many thanks for the info, and for your contributions!

[Lashab]

The music in this minute is from "Sasabue Omon-Girl With Bamboo Leaves" (1969), composed by Hiroaki Watanabe. It was on youtube, but is gone.

In this Japanese movie is more Kung Fu soundtrack music:

-Magnificent Wanderers (many tracks)
-5 Tough Guys
-Trilogy Of Swordsmanship...

I made sound clips if somebody need them.

Klaus
Germany

Thank you very much. Unfortunately we still don't have the audible sample from youtube. And Hiroaki Watanaebe isn't even on youtube.

Jimbo

I understand. We now know the name of the track but the problem is it's not on youtube. The composer has no tracks on youtube and even when you google, it shows different Hiroaki Wataenebe from 2000s.

mickey

That's interesting, I will check that out.

[ShawFan17]

Thank you very much. Unfortunately we still don't have the audible sample from youtube. And Hiroaki Watanaebe isn't even on youtube.

Jimbo

I understand. We now know the name of the track but the problem is it's not on youtube. The composer has no tracks on youtube and even when you google, it shows different Hiroaki Wataenebe from 2000s.

mickey

That's interesting, I will check that out.

Good news:

I found a new youtube link. Here is the movie (Sasabue Omon - Girl With Bamboo Leaves):




Here is the imdb link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203087/...=tt_cl_sm#cast

The composer has only this credit.

Klaus