Ryoko Sano - 「季節の終りに」("Kisetsu no owari ni") (1991)
Lyrics by Tsutomu Uozumi. Music composed and arranged by Mark Davis (Koji Makaino).
Ryoko Sano’s last single.
Kind of reminds me of some British electropop / synthpop and music from the demo scene.
This is a shortened version, but there’s a full version of this song recorded by Michiru Kojima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSlfxofsr8
David Foster - “Flight of the Snowbirds” (1986). Composed by David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock.
I got David Foster’s 1986 album today and this is another one of my favourites from it.
There’s also a weird vocal version he recorded with the Red Army choir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9bUbj1FaEw
David Foster - “Playing With Fire” (1986). Composed by David Foster and Mike Landau.
Here’s a very nice upbeat track from David Foster’s self-titled album from 1986, featuring some nice horns that remind me of the Chicago albums he produced.
(EDIT: Turns out Chicago’s James Pankow, Walter Parazaider and Lee Loughnane actually played the horns on this track)
Set to clips from the Japanese OVA (Original Video Animation) “Dirty Pair”, which I’ve never seen personally, but fits it really well.
Chicago - “You Come To My Senses” (1991). Written by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg.
One of the few hits from their album “Twenty 1”. I’ve always liked this song. It seems some people really dislike it and the band itself wasn’t very happy with the album itself either (which is probably why they’ve never performed any of the songs from it live on their tours, AFAIK).
They did perform this song live on the Arsenio Hall show though:
“The Heroes Appear!” from “The Great Battle V”. Composed by Norihiko Togashi and / or Kennosuke Suemura.
Had to think of this track today.
This is the theme of the first stage of this 1995 crossover shoot’em up game for the Super Famicom (SNES) with characters from the Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Gundam series. It’s part of a series of different games starring these characters.
I kind of suck at the game, but I’ve always liked this theme.
Naomi Hosokawa -「君はどこにいるの」(“Kimi wa doko ni iru no” = “Where are you?”) (1989). Lyrics by Anju Mana. Music by Ichinen Miura. Arranged by Kei Wakakusa.
Here’s another song by Naomi Hosokawa, her first single actually. She recorded this just about two months before she turned 15.
Such a cute and cheerful song. :)
Naomi Hosokawa - 「Ren Takayanagi. Music by Masayuki Kishi. Arranged by Kei Wakakusa.
Another song I stumbled upon yesterday.
I’ve never heard of her before, but I think she has a nice voice and this is a very nice song.
Marina Watanabe - 「
Dimitri Tiomkin - “Strangers on a Train suite”. Performed by the
“Gazebo” from “The Secret Of My Success”. Composed by David Foster.
A nice David Foster track from the soundtrack for the 1987 film “The Secret Of My Success” starring Michael J. Fox.
