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Robotech Perfect Soundtrack Album [Soundtrack]
Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Main Title | |||
| 2. Macross City | |||
| 3. The Mysterious Ship | |||
| 4. Zentraedi Theme | |||
| 5. Confrontation | |||
| 6. Musica's Theme | |||
| 7. The Way To Love | |||
| 8. Boobytrap | |||
| 9. Biomechanical Theme | |||
| 10. Ineptitude | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. My Time To Be A Star - Reba West | |||
| 2. The Man In My Life - Reba West | |||
| 3. To Be In Love - Reba West | |||
| 4. It's You - Reba West | |||
| 5. We Will Win - Reba West | |||
| 6. In My Heart - Three Dog Night | |||
| 7. Underground - Michael Bradley And Joanne Harris | |||
| 8. Saved By Science - Joanne Harris | |||
| 9. Only A Fool - Gigi Agrama | |||
| 10. Call On Me - Joanne Harris | |||
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ASIN: B00000E8ES Release Date: 1996-01-01 |
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the best collection of music for any anime/cartoon ever made.......2006-10-23
Anyone who likes the show MUST own this collection.......2004-06-09
By the time the mid-80s rolled around, the only two popular "robotic warfare" anime series to really surface at the time were Mobile Suit Gundam and Voltron. Being a kid in the late 80s, I thought those two shows were good (Voltron being an old favorite of mine), but another show of that type came about and blew both of them away. Robotech was this new contender. At the time that it came out, it was the most advanced cartoon of its type, featuring an interesting story that spanned out over numerous episodes and some of the best animation of its time. Of course one aspect that helped shape the story of the series is the music score. Each music piece created fit in perfectly at key points in the show, and so the composers unified all three series with the same score.
With 66 total tracks and over 145 minutes of music, Robotech Perfect Collection manages to cram nearly every piece of music that was (and wasn't) on the show. In fact, the collection organized each disc into two sections: The Complete Background Music Collection, and The Complete Vocal Song Collection.
DISC ONE - THE COMPLETE BACKGROUND MUSIC COLLECTION
On this disc, you have most every piece of musical score found in the Macross, Robotech Masters, and New Generation sagas. It has the main title and closing themes as well as some of the more calm pieces and intense battle pieces. There are 42 tracks on this disc, though the tracks all range anywhere from 8 seconds to over 3 minutes. Any fan of the original show will find themselves at home here. I'm not going to talk about all the tracks individually as there are so many of them, so onto disc two...
DISC TWO - THE COMPLETE VOCAL SONG COLLECTION
This disc is where you will find all the full vocal songs in one form or another. Tracks 1-5 are the songs sung by the character Minmei on the show. I was never really a fan of her songs as most of them were very dated and cheezy, and the slower songs were drenched in sappiness (then again, I guess the whole soundtrack sounds dated, but it sort of adds to the appeal if you have a soft spot for it!). The one song of hers that's actually decent here is the epic 'We Will Win', which fits the battle above earth in the show very well. The best tracks begin after the Minmei songs. 'In My Heart' is a song by the classic rock band Three Dog Night written for the Robotech movie that was never released (how did they end up on here?). Pretty good. Tracks 7-11 are also taken from the movie, but they have better sound quality and are basically new-wavish 80s pop rock songs. Most are sung by a woman, with track #7 sung in a duet with the character Yellow Dancer. My favorites are 'Underground', 'Call On Me', and 'The Future Is Now'. Track 12 appeared on Robotech II: The Sentinels. The remaining vocal tracks, #'s 13-17 are all from The New Generation saga sung by Yellow Dancer. These are probably the best vocal songs on the disc, especially 'Look Up! The Sky Is Falling' and 'It Don't Get Any Better'. Yellow Dancer also sings the Minmei song 'We Will Win', though for some odd reason I actually like the original version better.
As a bonus, tagged onto the end of the Vocal Collection disc is the musical score to the never released series Robotech II: The Sentinels, on tracks 18-24. Whereas the original series score was orchestral with synth touches, the Robotech II score is all synthesized. Some are very good, others sound dated, but the best ones are 'Young Warriors', 'The Regent', and my absolute favorite score piece throughout the 2 discs, 'Invid Strike'. These tracks are a nice bonus on an otherwise packed collection crammed with music.
Overall, this is an outstanding collection of music and very well packaged. It even contains some liner notes detailing how the music came to be on the show. 5 stars. If you never grew up with the show, then this collection might not be for you and it won't change your mind, but if you watched the show and loved its score, then Robotech Perfect Collection would definitely be worth your time. It's EXTREMELY PRICEY now, though I managed to secure a copy for 20 bucks a couple years ago. So if you ever see it for a decent price, pick it up as it's extremely rare. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FANS.
Other similar soundtracks:
-Transformers The Movie Soundtrack
-Project A-Ko Original Soundtrack
Robotech Fan?.......2003-05-02
Protoculture, HO!.......2002-05-08
The Minmei songs contain special qualities of kitsch and innocence that certainly were not present in other animated TV shows of the era. From a character perspective as a first effort by an emerging pop star manufactured to unite an ailing populace, who also went on to save the Earth from Dolza's Armada, I applaud. In other words leave Minmei alone! I also applaud the efforts of the music department of Harmony Gold in creating a fantastic mix of individual themes and songs. The sheer power of reminiscence this collection created left a big smile upon re-listening to these tracks, taking me all the way back to Boris' Breakfast Club many moons ago. Yes they sound dated, but many mainstream 80's tracks have suffered similarly with time. A MUST HAVE for any Robotech fan and so much better than dubbing a cassette tape from the original broadcast episodes to play in the car.
A Long Forgotten Favorite.......2002-04-18
Now looking back, the vocal CD is truly cheesy in every since of the word, but in the same way as most 80's music was. However, all the tracks retain their *charm* and never fail to entertain. Every time I listen to this CD it takes me back to when I was but a wee one, pretending to be a Veritech Fighter Pilot like the great Rick Hunter!
I'm sure it will do the same for you, pretty soon you and all your old...friends will be running around the house in your underwear claiming to be clones....or something like that.
Some Favorite Songs: "Look Up", "We Will Win" (Both Versions), "Saved By Science" and "It's You"
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