
{"id":668,"date":"2009-08-30T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/wordpress\/?p=668"},"modified":"2011-03-01T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T03:33:08","slug":"the-music-of-iron-chef-japan-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"The Music of Iron Chef Japan, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4              &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                            &lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It&#8217;s time for the second installment of this post by a guest author, William Raymer. (Remember, if you purchase any of the soundtracks through the links in the article, you are helping to support the Iron Chef Collection.) \u00a0&#8211;Keith<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Music of<span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef <em>Japan, Part II<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">by William \u201cBlissey\u201d Raymer<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This time, I shall focus on some of the lesser-known (compared to the \u201cTriple Crown\u201d films in Part I)films whose music was used on the original Japanese and English-dubbed versions of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">2ND CONFRONT: OTHER FILMS I<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Other than the \u201cTriple Crown\u201d films, there are still some other films whose music was used on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef<\/span><\/em>. Here is a look at some of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">First up in this section is the score to the 1994 film <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek Generations<\/span><\/em> (the seventh film in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek<\/span><\/em> franchise), which was composed and conducted by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/span><\/em> TV series composer Dennis McCarthy. (<a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=irchte-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=B000001P1K\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to purchase this soundtrack.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track 1, the \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek Generations<\/span><\/em> Overture\u201d (which was used as the film&#8217;s end credits) (1STGO time code 0:00 to 0:26) was used in the finals of the unaired-in-America \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef<\/span><\/em> World Cup 1997\u201d special<span> <\/span>(ICC episode number <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=270\" target=\"_blank\">538b<\/a>) during the pre-verdict entrance of Iron Chef Japanese II\/Japan Representative Komei Nakamura and France\u00a0Representative Alain Passard. (The 0:04 to 0:10 section of the cue was also used to introduce countdown segments in the (also)unaired-in-America \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=262\" target=\"_blank\">Iron Chef<\/a><\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=262\" target=\"_blank\"> Best 50 Battles<\/a>\u201d special (unnumbered in ICC episode list).)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Excerpt used in the World Cup 1997.<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script> <object id=\"STG1\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=STG1&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/STG_Overture(Excerpt-WC97).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"STG1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=STG1&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/STG_Overture(Excerpt-WC97).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<li>Full Track<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol><object id=\"STGF\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=STGF&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/STG_Overture(Full).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"STGF\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=STGF&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/STG_Overture(Full).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Next up is composer Bruce Broughton&#8217;s score to the 1998 film version of the &#8217;60s sci-fi series <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lost in Space<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0The cue \u201cThru the Planet\u201d (19TtP time code 0:40 to 1:07) was used during the introductory film of Dominique Bouchet in the unaired-in-America \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef<\/span><\/em> Millennium Cup 2000\u201d special (ICC episode number <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=195\" target=\"_blank\">801a<\/a>). (<a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=irchte-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=B000005ZD6\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to purchase this soundtrack.)<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script> <object id=\"LIS1\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=LIS1&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/Thru_The_Planet.mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"LIS1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=LIS1&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/Thru_The_Planet.mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<li>Next up is the score to the 1995 film <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mighty Morphin&#8217; Power Rangers: The Movie<\/span><\/em>, composed and conducted by Graeme Revell.\u00a0The cue \u201cFreddy to the Rescue\u201d (17FttR time code 0:00 to 0:11) was used in a sequence deleted from the American version of the 2000 <em>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef:<\/span> <\/em>New York Battle\u201d special (but left intact in the original Japanese broadcast&#8211;ICC episode number <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=274\" target=\"_blank\">802aOA<\/a>). In this scene, Fukui-san and the four Iron Chefs (Michiba, Morimoto, Sakai and Kobe) are en route to an event at a Harlem community center.\u00a0The \u201cFreddy to the Rescue\u201d clip plays over the establishing shot of the van bearing Fukui-san and the four ICs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Excerpt used in show<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object id=\"FTTRe\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=FTTRe&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/Freddy_to_the_Rescue(Excerpt).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"FTTRe\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=FTTRe&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/Freddy_to_the_Rescue(Excerpt).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<li>Full Track<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object id=\"FTTRf\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=FTTRf&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/Freddy_to_the_Rescue(Full).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"FTTRf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=FTTRf&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/Freddy_to_the_Rescue(Full).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Next up on our list is the score to 1991&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/span><\/em>, composed and conducted by Cliff Eidelman.\u00a0Track 13, the \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Star Trek VI<\/span><\/em> Suite\u201d (the film&#8217;s end credits) (13ST6S time code 0:00 to 0:11) was used in the unaired-in-America \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=262\" target=\"_blank\">Iron Chef<\/a><\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=262\" target=\"_blank\"> Best 50 Battles<\/a>\u201d special (unnumbered on the ICC episode list) during a recap of the 1994 Potato Battle between Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi and challenger Katsuyo Kobayashi (ICC episode number <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=141\" target=\"_blank\">232<\/a>), which was at #10 on the Best 50 Battles list. (<a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=irchte-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=B000002OJG\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to purchase this soundtrack.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Full Track<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object id=\"STVI\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=STVI&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/STVI_Suite.mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"STVI\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=STVI&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/STVI_Suite.mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Our next stop is the 1999 film <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wing Commander<\/span><\/em>. The theme of the film, composed by David Arnold (01O time index 0:11 to 0:42) (For the record, the other cues in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wing Commander<\/span><\/em> score were composed by Kevin Kiner), was used as Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai&#8217;s personal entrance theme during the original Japanese version of the \u201cKing of Iron Chefs Tournament.\u201d\u00a0You can hear the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wing Commander<\/span><\/em> theme during Sakai&#8217;s entrance to the \u201cGrand Finale\u201d (ICC episode number <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=260\" target=\"_blank\">736cOA<\/a>). (<a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=irchte-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=B00000IFTX\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to purchase this soundtrack.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Excerpt used on show<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object id=\"WCe\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=WCe&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/WingComm_Overture(Excerpt).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"WCe\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=WCe&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Excerpts\/WingComm_Overture(Excerpt).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<li>Full Track<\/li>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object id=\"WCf\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=WCf&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/WingComm_Overture(Full).mp3\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"WCf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/player.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"playerID=WCf&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/BKS\/Music\/Full\/WingComm_Overture(Full).mp3\"><\/embed><\/object><\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the next installment, we will focus on even more films whose music was used on the original <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iron Chef<\/span><\/em>. We will also focus on items from other media, such as TV shows and video games, whose music was also used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">William \u201cBlissey\u201d Raymer<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Yuma, Arizona USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">7 August 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the second installment of this post by a guest author, William Raymer. (Remember, if you purchase any of the soundtracks through the links in the article, you are helping to support the Iron Chef Collection.) \u00a0&#8211;Keith The Music of Iron Chef Japan, Part II by William \u201cBlissey\u201d Raymer This time, I shall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,71],"tags":[65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}