{"id":575,"date":"2009-07-30T19:06:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T00:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/wordpress\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-03-01T21:33:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T03:33:15","slug":"the-music-of-iron-chef-japan-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"The Music of Iron Chef Japan, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I present the first part of a special article written by a guest contributor. Enjoy.<\/p>\n

The Music of <\/span><\/span><\/em>Iron Chef Japan, Part I<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

by William \u201cBlissey\u201d Raymer<\/p>\n

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A few months ago, I submitted a post on the \u201cKitchen Stadium\u201d message board (partner to this site), asking for any assistance possible in locating music used on the original Japanese and Food Network U.S. dubbed versions of Iron Chef<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 I did this in preparation for an audio adaptation of my fan-produced Faith of the Heart: An <\/span><\/em>Iron Chef America Movie<\/em><\/span> script. Little did I know that it would lead me into writing this article.<\/p>\n

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For this article, I have viewed all 24 of my dubbed Iron Chef<\/span><\/em> episode video tapes (each containing 4-6 1-hour episodes per tape), plus separate tapes for the 2000th<\/sup> Plate<\/span><\/em>, New York Battle<\/span><\/em> and France Battles<\/span><\/em> specials as well as downloaded episodes from the Iron Chef Collection File House in order to compile this article.<\/p>\n

For each movie\/TV series I have detected, I will describe which cues are used where (to the best of my knowledge), including Iron Chef Collection episode database code numbers. For the purposes of identification of the used sections of each track, the track number and an acronym of the track’s title will be shown (i.e.: [9SMYF time code-0:22 to <\/span>1:12; extend to 1:37 for special battles]).<\/p>\n

A word of warning: the list in this article is, in no way, <\/em>definitive! If you find some information I have missed, please e-mail me at Blissey01@yahoo.com<\/a>. If your information is proven accurate, I will properly credit you in a future update of this article.<\/p>\n

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Now, let’s get down to business. Or, in other words, Allez Cuisine!<\/em><\/p>\n

1ST CONFRONT: THE \u201cTRIPLE CROWN\u201d<\/p>\n

When you discuss music used on Iron Chef<\/span><\/span><\/em>, you must first mention the three films comprising what I refer to as the \u201cTriple Crown\u201d of Iron Chef<\/span><\/span><\/em> music. The first leg, of course, is Backdraft<\/a><\/span><\/em>, the 1991 fire-fighting drama.<\/p>\n

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Composed by Hans Zimmer and conducted by the late Shirley Walker, the soundtrack to Backdraft<\/span><\/em> provided the majority of music heard in a regular episode of Iron Chef<\/span><\/em>. (Click here<\/a> to purchase this soundtrack.)<\/p>\n