Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Jun 30, 2022 at 9:50am CDT
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Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jun 30, 2022
He lived to a ripe old age and composed some amazing music. May he rest in peace.
Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Comment by o.supreme
Jun 30, 2022
Amazing career, he will be missed. All of those Super Robot series compositions are pretty awesome, the fact he contributed to Transformers was just the icing on the cake.
I think it's extremely telling the difference in culture. In North America tens of thousands will pack a stadium to see their favorite rock, pop, or county musician.
In Japan, tens of thousands will pack a stadium to hear an orchestra play their favorite themes to Anime and Tokusatsu shows and movies. If such an event ever came within a driving distance of me, I'd definitely be there.
I think it's extremely telling the difference in culture. In North America tens of thousands will pack a stadium to see their favorite rock, pop, or county musician.
In Japan, tens of thousands will pack a stadium to hear an orchestra play their favorite themes to Anime and Tokusatsu shows and movies. If such an event ever came within a driving distance of me, I'd definitely be there.
Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Comment by bluecatcinema
Jun 30, 2022
The Victory theme was always my favorite out of the Japanese TF series. RIP.
Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jun 30, 2022
He did the score, not the theme song.bluecatcinema wrote:The Victory theme was always my favorite out of the Japanese TF series. RIP.
Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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My bad. But the score was great, too.
Comment by bluecatcinema
Jul 1, 2022
Sabrblade wrote:He did the score, not the theme song.bluecatcinema wrote:The Victory theme was always my favorite out of the Japanese TF series. RIP.
My bad. But the score was great, too.
Re: Prolific Transformers Victory and Zone Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at Age 96
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Comment by o.supreme
Jul 1, 2022
Also just thinking about it, I believe the music score in the single Zone episode was all just reused music from Victory. Not trying to take away anything from the man, just an observation. A lot of Mazinger Z themes reappear in Great Mazinger as well, but GM has its own unique compositions as well.
