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Toshiro Mayuzumi

Kuroi Taiyo (Black Sun) / Kyonetsu no Kisetsu (The Warped Ones): Original Soundtracks

(Think! Records, SPFJ-10/11) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1 - Kuroi Taiyo (Black Sun)

  1. Scene A (5:04)
  2. Scene A2 (4:52)
  3. Scene B (5:27)
  4. Scene C (7:02)
  5. Scene D (2:30)
  6. Scene E2 (10:36)
  7. Scene E3 (8:28)
  8. Scene F2 (4:55)
  9. Scene G (2:53)
  10. Scene H (2:15)

Abbey Lincoln: vocal
Max Roach: drums, etc.
Clifford Jordan: tenor saxophone, etc.
Ronnie Matthews: piano
Eddie Kahn: bass

Recorded by Norio Numakura
Mixed at Nikkatsu Studio, November 7, 1963

Disc 2 - Kyonetsu no Kisetsu (The Warped Ones)

  1. Scene 1 (2:02)
  2. Scene 2 (2:05)
  3. Scene 3 (1:32)
  4. Scene 4 (2:21)
  5. Scene 5 (0:44)
  6. Scene 6 (0:56)
  7. Scene 7 (3:54)
  8. Scene 8 (1:33)
  9. Scene 9 (0:50)
  10. Scene 10 (0:21)
  11. Scene 11 (1:42)
  12. Scene 12 (0:47)
  13. Scene 13 (1:30)
  14. Scene 14 (4:25)
  15. Scene 15-1 (0:21)
  16. Scene 15-2 (0:36)
  17. Scene 16 (0:40)

Musicians unknown

Recorded by Tsuneo Furuyama
Mixed at Nikkatsu Studio, August 20, 1960

All music composed by Toshiro Mayuzumi

Remastered by Soichiro Nakamura
Design by Akinobu Oda
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Kazunori Harada, and a 35 x 47 cm black and white movie poster

The movie Kuroi Taiyo [Black Sun] (directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara) was released in 1964.
The movie Kyonetsu no Kisetsu [The Warped Ones] (directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara) was released in 1960.

Released in February 2007