乱 Ran | Soundtrack Suite (Tōru Takemitsu)

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  • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985). Composed and Conducted by Tōru Takemitsu.
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    Music Awards:
    - Awards of the Japanese Academy - Best Music
    - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Music
    Playlist:
    00:00 Opening Credits - Main Title
    01:08 The First Castle
    01:26 Kyouami
    01:45 The Brave General's Bow
    01:57 The Buddhist Praying Temple
    02:08 The Last 10,000 and Hidetora
    03:15 The Fury Of Ootemon
    03:25 The Third Castle
    04:02 Kyouami Is Banished
    04:11 Hell's Picture Scroll
    07:34 The Crimson Citadel
    08:18 Surrendering The Castle / Desert Of Madness
    08:52 Azusa Castle In Ruins
    09:07 Escape
    09:14 Illusions In The Sky
    09:43 The Battle In Yawatano (II)
    10:33 Lamentation
    11:09 Chaos In The First Castle / Ujigabana
    11:36 The First Castle, Conflagration
    11:50 Attendance At The Funeral
    12:50 Flute Of Darkness
    13:36 Ending Credits
    Source:
    Toho Music AK-0013
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 34

  • @burtonthomas4340
    @burtonthomas4340 15 днів тому +2

    Takemitsu is one of the 20th century's great composers and is underappreciated!

  • @johnclossick7034
    @johnclossick7034 3 роки тому +58

    "Hell's Picture Scroll" is one of the great unsung cues in film history. Thank you Fred for reviving this great forgotten score.

  • @burtonthomas4340
    @burtonthomas4340 15 днів тому +2

    A brilliant score for a brilliant film. The juxtaposition of Takemitsu' ethereal music with battle scenes is magic.

  • @verbplural5631
    @verbplural5631 Рік тому +15

    Definitely one of the most haunting scores ever created for a film. I would also recommend watching this masterpiece if you haven't already.

  • @melissaking6019
    @melissaking6019 Рік тому +16

    The opening credits music is filled with menace and dread in the simplest music possible. Everything about Ran is a masterpiece.

    • @verbplural5631
      @verbplural5631 10 місяців тому +1

      Completely right. It wasn't a score based on just war, violence and death, but the sadness it is happening instead.

    • @Headhunter_212
      @Headhunter_212 6 місяців тому

      Right up there with "La Princesse de Broglie"

  • @PaulGT
    @PaulGT 3 роки тому +14

    My College Theater Department Chairman at East Tennessee State University loved Ran when I told him about it and its similarities to King Lear. He thought about making a theater adaptation of it. That was in the mid 1980's.

  • @brahms1691
    @brahms1691 3 роки тому +8

    That movie had made a scar in my mind, and I can't forget the colors and Soundtrack

  • @SoundtrackFred
    @SoundtrackFred  3 роки тому +40

    “Ran” is known as the last epic film of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of the warlord Hidetora, a ruthless leader, who built his empire on the blood and backs of others. When he abdicates his power due to his advanced age, a battle develops among his three sons for control of the empire. Two of the sons plot against their father, while the third son remains loyal, despite being banished by Hidetora from the kingdom. The story ultimately ends in total destruction for all involved. There are parallels between “Ran” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, although Kurosawa noted that those connections did not become apparent to him until after he had conceived of much of the script.
    Kurosawa selected Tōru Takemitsu to compose the music for the epic, who was one of Japan’s most well-known composers at the time and a recognized pioneer in contemporary concert music since the late 1950s. By the 1980s, he also had over 90 film scores to his credit. Composer and director had worked together once before, when Takemitsu scored Kurosawa’s film “Dodes’ka-den” in 1970. While influenced and inspired by many genres (pop-, electronic-, jazz- and traditional Japanese music) he is perhaps best known for his nuanced understanding of timbre and his ability to compose works that enabled listeners to experience it in new ways. So does the music of “Ran”, in its minimalistic and atmospheric way. The most famous musical cue, however (Hell’s Picture Scroll), has a much different style. It is the music that accompanies the ambush of Hidetora’s castle by his own sons. The musical model Kurosawa suggested Takemitsu for this scene was the late nineteenth-century composer Gustav Mahler, whose slow, often tragic orchestral works seemed an appropriate match to the horror that Kurosawa envisioned depicting in this brutal battle scene. Takemitsu initially resisted Kurosawa’s suggestions, but ultimately acquiesced and wrote one of the most heart-wrenching musical cues in the history of film music. Enjoy!

  • @snowflakepillow8697
    @snowflakepillow8697 3 роки тому +14

    Protip: when playing Morrowind, mod it so "Hell's Picture Scroll" is one of the songs that only plays within the Ghostfence / around Red Mountain

  • @amethyst7084
    @amethyst7084 3 роки тому +11

    This is simply amazing. It totally captures the horror that unfolds following Hidetora's abdication of power. I can visualise the movie scenes of the battle that ensues during the taking of Hidetora's castle, and the carnage that follows. Simply amazing score.🎼👏🏾👌❤

  • @jacekohl6402
    @jacekohl6402 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks Soundtrack Fred! Such a very interesting sound! Your videos are the highlight of my Fridays!

  • @RMAREIDOOM
    @RMAREIDOOM 10 місяців тому

    Love this soundtrack. 😍

  • @GroundPilotsMusic
    @GroundPilotsMusic 3 роки тому +5

    Epic

  • @pauloamaral6069
    @pauloamaral6069 3 місяці тому +1

    Hells Picture is the most pungent theme ive ever heard for the image of death and desolation.
    Btw, its funny how many games with japanese background use a soundtrack that draws its inspiration from.thia movie.
    Shogun 2 Total War and Ghost of Tsushima, for example.
    Beautifull flutes.

  • @JohnCine
    @JohnCine 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderful!

  • @mircelalettin
    @mircelalettin 2 роки тому +1

    Attendance at the funeral, so unforgettable

  • @travisbickle4307
    @travisbickle4307 3 роки тому +5

    Ran (1985). Kurosawa's last samurai epic.

    • @Suite_annamite
      @Suite_annamite 2 роки тому

      "Ran" came out in 1985; since the film you're thinking of was "Kagemusha".
      ua-cam.com/video/Fvn3giWYZTg/v-deo.html

  • @nantetoev1188
    @nantetoev1188 2 роки тому +1

    9:18 All my soul contained in that

  • @miltonabbiati7598
    @miltonabbiati7598 3 роки тому +3

    🐉👍🏼

  • @morlock2086
    @morlock2086 3 роки тому +7

    HOLY COW! One of the heavy hitters of the Jidaigeki subgenre of Chanbara films. Thank you! We're not worthy! We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
    OK, geeking-out over and under control. This film broke my heart when I was a wee lad. I was privileged to see it in a small art-house theater while in college. (Unfortunately, I was sitting behind a lady who was dissing the film. What a dismal and ungrateful woman!) As the story unfolded, I was swept up in the tragedy of it all. RAN means chaos after all.
    I would easily rate this soundtrack in my top ten OST of all time for how it evokes - wrings out - the essence of the film. Tōru Takemitsu steadily built layers upon layers of dread until the final conclusion. One of my favorite films that, had Tōru Takemitsu resigned - like he threatened to do - the film would have suffered. Thank you, Fred for your excellent suite. I can now - after steeling myself for battle - go to work and teach my 6th graders.

    • @SoundtrackFred
      @SoundtrackFred  3 роки тому +2

      Great insights, Morlock! Really appreciating them and being glad you like the video. Thank you very much!

    • @Will-tw5og
      @Will-tw5og Рік тому

      Cringe

  • @jethrothomasibarreta5892
    @jethrothomasibarreta5892 3 роки тому +4

    Can you upload more soundtracks of Akira Kurosawa films?

    • @SoundtrackFred
      @SoundtrackFred  3 роки тому +7

      Hello Jethro,
      yes it's possible but it will take some time to the next one. But it will come!
      Best wishes!
      Fred

  • @danahimawan9590
    @danahimawan9590 3 роки тому +2

    Hello greetings sir as always a lovely piece of score that you always post. But may i request the soundtrack from the movie called a warm december that was released in 1973, the soundtrack was so beautiful and romantic i’ve been looking for it everywhere but can’t seem to find it, if you could upload it i would be so grateful sir. Thankyou

    • @SoundtrackFred
      @SoundtrackFred  3 роки тому +6

      Hello Dana,
      unfortunately this score never saw the light of a release in any form (LP or CD), yet and therefore I can't do much, unfortunately. I am afraid we will have to be patient for some time more. I am sorry to say but wishing you all the best!
      Fred

    • @danahimawan9590
      @danahimawan9590 3 роки тому +3

      @@SoundtrackFred thankyou very much for you reply sir i really appreciate it hope we can find that beautiful music score soon till then i’ll be waiting patiently and hopefully. Wishing you all the best and good luck for your channel sir keep up the good work for you’re always the best👍🏻. Best regards😊

  • @AnAlieninFrance
    @AnAlieninFrance 4 місяці тому

    Do you have a song 00:31:38?