Publisher : Nippon Columbia Product Number : COCC-13263~64 Price : 5,000 yen Number of Tracks : 32 + 11 Discs in Set : 2 Sound Format : stereo and mono Playing Time : 56:46 + 55:37
If, by this point, you've enjoyed most of the other BGM soundtrack albums, and are in want of something that has sound effects, then this album is for you.
Most of us grew up listening to the Star Blazers episodes with the music we now have come to love played right along with the dialogue and sound effects. Now, we finally get to have this put into stereo on a real sound effect soundtrack.
Sound Fantasia Yamato -- the title of which actually has an "E" printed inside the "o" of "Sound", probably referring to "Sound Effects" -- was made by taking stereo music tracks (the same ones found on the symphonic theme music albums and the BGM albums) and overlaying actual film sound effect tracks onto them. Although there is no dialogue, either English or Japanese, the result is a very FUN listening experience.
This album is a double CD set, and in my opinion well worth its price. The first CD contains nine tracks of music mixed with sound effects, taking the listener on a trip spanning the first and second TV seasons (Quest for Iscandar, The Comet Empire); followed by 23 shorter tracks of only sound effects (in mono). These are 23 are labeled as "bonus" tracks. The second CD continues in the stereophonic journey where the first CD left off, with music mixed with sound effects from Be Forever Yamato (though skipping New Journey), then TV Season 3 (The Bolar Wars), and finally Final Yamato. There are no bonus sound effect tracks on the second CD.
Track Title Time 1. Opening .................................. 0:57 2. The Universe Spreading To Infinity ....... 5:23 3. Yamato: Birth and Takeoff ................ 8:27 4. Decisive Battle .......................... 7:02 5. Iscandar ................................. 4:09 6. White Comet .............................. 7:49 7. Yamato Takeoff ........................... 5:00 8. Desslok .................................. 4:54 9. Great Love ............................... 3:49 Bonus tracks (no music, just sound effects, mono) 10. Wave Motion Gun .......................... 1:24 11. Main Guns ................................ 0:25 12. Pulse Lasers ............................. 0:10 13. Exhaust Stack Missiles ................... 0:17 14. Rocket Anchor ............................ 0:06 15. Hanger Bay Door (Opening/Closing) ........ 0:12 16. Main Nozzle .............................. 0:23 17. Sub Nozzle ............................... 0:11 18. Auxiliary Engine ......................... 0:19 19. Wave-Motion Engine ....................... 0:48 20. Flywheel ................................. 0:32 21. Main Bridge .............................. 0:34 22. Interior Door ............................ 0:10 23. Panel (various) .......................... 0:29 24. Nova's Radar ............................. 0:12 25. Video Panel .............................. 0:13 26. Departure Alarm .......................... 0:24 27. Emergency Alarm .......................... 0:27 28. Cosmo Gun ................................ 0:08 29. IQ-9 ..................................... 0:17 30. Explosion 1 .............................. 0:26 31. Explosion 2 .............................. 0:14 32. Gamilon Base ............................. 0:38 Track Titles - Disc 2 1. Black Nebula Empire ...................... 4:32 2. New Cosmo Tigers ......................... 2:36 3. Double Nucleus Bomb ...................... 4:54 4. Within The Enemy Supply Base ............. 3:04 5. Double Galaxy ............................ 4:27 6. Main Decisive Battle ..................... 6:10 7. THE SUN .................................. 6:22 8. City-Planetoid Uruku ..................... 4:06 9. Pluto Battle ............................. 8:15 10. Water Planet Aquarius ................... 10:18 11. Yamato: Rise to Battle At Dawn ........... 0:49 Producer : Yoshinobu Nishizaki Composer : Hiroshi Miyagawa (C) 1996 Nippon Columbia