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TRIGUN: THE FIRST DONUTS
© Nightow Yasuhiro / Shounen Eihousha /
Tokuma Shoten / Nippon Victor
VICL-60341
Available 24 June 1998
¥3,045
—by Hiromi Hasegawa
| 1. |
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NO-BEAT |
3:07 |
| 2. |
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BIG BLUFF |
3:44 |
| 3. |
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BLOOD AND THUNDER |
3:37 |
| 4. |
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KNIVES |
3:18 |
| 5. |
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Permanent Vacation |
1:56 |
| 6. |
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Blue Funk |
3:23 |
| 7. |
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PHILOSOPHY in a Tea Cup |
4:34 |
| 8. |
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NOT AN ANGEL |
3:44 |
| 9. |
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Cynical Pink |
3:44 |
| 10. |
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Sound Life—LEM |
5:20 |
| 11. |
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Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku (The Wind Blows Toward The Future) |
3:40 |
| 12. |
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H.T |
1:30 |
| 13. |
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WINNERS |
3:30 |
| 14. |
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Never Could Have Been Worse |
4:55 |
| 15. |
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Stories to Tell |
2:34 |
| 16. |
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People Everyday |
2:52 |
| 17. |
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Fool's Paradise |
4:07 |
| 18. |
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YELLOW ALERT |
3:02 |
| 19. |
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Carot & Stick |
3:51 |
| 20. |
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Perfect Night |
4:35 |
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TRIGUN, currently on the air in Japan, is fast becoming
one of the more popular anime shows to debut this year. "Deep Space Planet
Future Gun Action"—as this english copy taken from the original manga
by Nightow Yasuhiro
implies, TRIGUN is a mixture of
Science Fiction and Western. This bizarre combination brings about interesting
collection of music: from groovy techno to country western, with occasional
hard rock and latin samba.. Guitar plays an essential role in this soundtrack;
one explanation for this is that series director Nishimura Satoshi is a big
Led Zeppelin fan. He was wearing a Zeppelin T-shirt at the meeting with Mr.
Imahori to discuss what kind of music TRIGUN should have.
And they decided Zeppelin was the answer.
The main the reason I bought this CD was
H.T, the OP theme. The hard
rock electric guitar sound perfectly matches with the animation and makes it
probably one of the best OP this season.
Track 4, is titled KNIVES. Knives is the
name of the archenemy of Vash the Stampede, but he has not yet appeared in
the show. But somehow, this track doesn't really sound like what I thought
the character's theme would be. A better match is track 20, PERFECT NIGHT. But this track is used in the TV episode when Regato, his assassin, first appears.
The CD also includes a song called SOUND LIFE—LEM (track 10) which is first heard at the end of
the BRILLIANT DYNAMITES NEON episode. While the song
itself is not bad, the singer AJA does not have the vocal
presence or delivery to make this song as outstanding as it could have been. The
character LEM that this song represents is important, as
she was killed by Knives and that is why Vash is wandering around on this planet.
The ED song KAZE WA MIRAI NI
FUKU (THE WIND BLOWS TOWARDS THE FUTURE) is
performed by AKIMA & NEOS. It also has a very hard-rock
feel, but it is not as good as some of the other tracks on the disc. It is
still, however, a nice ED song. (This song is now
available on CD single as well).
Musician by musician Imahori Tsuneo does a good job of blending a wide
variety of styles into a comprehensive musical world. Even with many
different musical styles, he manages to find a way to hold all the tracks
together.
Overall, this CD is cool; the music really
matches the atmosphere of the show and helps to provide additional depth to
the world of TRIGUN. I recommend it for anyone who likes
TRIGUN. (As an additional note, the CD
is subtitled FIRST DONUTS, which probably means that at
least one more CD will be released in the future. Stay
tuned).  |
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