Search - Toshihiko Sahashi :: Big O: Sound Score II for Second Season

It's Show Time part 2

Tommy Nunez | Bronx, New York United States | 06/29/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Toshihiko Sahashi does it again with this second installment of Big-O 2 sound score. The man remixes some of season's 1 sound score while adding a few more tracks to the mix.



1 Sure Promise - Union Square The remix version of the Sure Promise battle theme from season 1. Was used in acts 14,21.



2 Brick Ballades - Houston Street This song was not in the season 1 cd for no reason but this is the saxophone version of Apologize which uses a piano. A great theme.



3 Respect - Upper West Side The opening theme for Big-O 2 instead of the Big-O opening theme from season 1.



4 Apologine - Bleecker Street The theme for before Big O, and Big Venus fuse into one bot. Also used for when Roger realizes his role as Roger Smith in the ending moments of Act 14. When Big-O walks to Big-Fau in Act 21.



5 Painful Dream -When Roger is walking the streets of Paradigm-City that he doen't know.



6 Respect - Lower East Side This was used in Day of the Advent when Roswater told about his evil scheme. This is what I called the Alex Rosewater theme mainly because it matches him during that scene.



7 Distance- This is the sad remix of Apologize when Mrs Fitergerald is picking up the remains of her late husband in Act15. Roger and Angel hanging on the beach in Acts 19-20. Also the perfect moment. When Roger speaks to Dorothy in Act 24.



8 Solitude- Song always remind when they are talking about the past. Flashbacks as what you call. Used various times like in Act 17, The conversatuion that Vera, Angel, Gordon are having in Act 25. Angel finding the basement in act 26.



9 Dreadful- A song used to represent confusion. Used in act 14. When Roger is reading the Newspaper about the comic book Big-O



10 Before Dawn- The tune that Mr McGowan is telling the people about the angel that is coming to save the people who were forsaken for these times. Also when Tammy meets Dorothy at the same scene. Act 16



11 Prayer - 50th Street- A church hymn with people singing proabably used in Act 17.



12 Token- "It's morphing time" The muscial tune that Beck and his goons Dove and T-Bone used to transform to Beck The RX3.



13 Divine- A song that was never used in Big-O.



14 Chain- This was used in "Third Big". When Rosewater was traped in Big Fau.



15 Painful Dream - Spring Street A Remix of Painful Dream when Roger is walking down the night life of Paradigm-City a city that he doesn't know.



16 Prayer - 14th Street- The dragon is coming and this is Leviatan's theme from Act 17. Shcwarvald you are the man.



17 Centenary- The celebration song that the citizens of Paradigm are dancing to in Act 16.



18 Perverse- A short tuned that was used while Beck is talking to Roger in the "Acme Bank" in Act 14.



19 Obfuscate- A great mystery theme used in act 26. Roger sinking to his seeming death inside Big O. Roger walking in the rain without a umbrella in Act 14. The ending mins of Act 24.



20 Prayer - WTC Street The song that R.Instro plays in the church while the people are singing also when Dorothy is leaving the church when the leviatan pics are blowing away in the wind.



21 Flag-"

Big O--Action!

J. Greene | Hyannis | 11/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great CD. More of the wonderful music we've been hearing from the show. This album includes Respect, Brick Ballades (the saxaphone version of the Apologize theme), Sure Promise and a very pretty orchestral version of the ending theme "And Forever", to name just a few.My only complaint, honestly, is that the tracks aren't longer! If you are a fan of the Big O, you'll enjoy this very much."

Almost Perfect...Almost!

Scott Armstrong | 09/09/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you loved the original OST for the Big O, then this album will also be right up your alley. While there is a lack of new material (don't expect a completely different album) the repeated material from the first volume receives different instrumentation an ultimately satisfies rather than disappoints. Your mileage may vary, though, especially since this is an import and they tend to cost more than your typical soundtrack.



However, the new compositions as well as remixes of said compositions range from great to absolutely stunning. I still tend to favor the end of the CD in particular, mostly because I found the WTC Street version of Prayer to be particularly moving, not to mention the stellar arrangement that is Flag. The Grand Central version of And Forever is also quite surprising. You may have mixed feelings about Legend of First Memory since it happens to be a remix involving several themes from Big O mixed together, but it seems to be a track where you either like it or you don't. The transitions can either feel right or completely out of place.



Overall, this certainly is a soundtrack worth owning if you are a fan of Big O. There's just a slight problem though that tends to be typical of most soundtracks, both foreign and domestic. There are a few songs from the series itself that are missing from both soundtracks. Granted, they aren't major pieces and they are usually covered in some way, shape, or form between the two existing ones, but I was looking for a particular piece and have only heard it in the show insofar. That's not to say that the soundtracks aren't worth it, but if you happen to be looking for every single song from the show, just be forewarned that there is a chance that you will only hear it in the series itself.



Aside from that small problem, though, this particular CD is well worth owning."