Toshiaki Tsushima - Army Of The Apes (Saru no gundan, 1974) (tv soundtrack)

Here's a MAJOR soundtrack by Toshiaki Tsushima, 70s 80s japanese soundtrack composer.

Best know for his work on Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (The Street Fighter) in 1974 :

directed by Shigehiro Ozawa with Sonny Chiba.

And :
The Green Slime directed by Kinji Fukasaku. A great SF movie in which a crew of "i'm paying the rent right now, honey" american actors are terrorized by one-eyed tentacle monsters.

Today we'll focus on the Ape-mania spreading to the Far East in the mid-70s : we are nearly 2 years after the release of 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes' (june 72) and Tsuburaya Productions released their own Ape-based tv series. It ran 26 episodes, 25 minutes each.

You'll have to trust me on this one, the soundtrack is MUCH better than the series itself.. (not to be confused with the american one btw..)
=> It simply goes from a 'horns and marching bands' Morricone feel to a 'more-orchestrated & sound fx'd' Jerry Goldsmith one.. Very nicely produced. Songs sung in japanese.

That's 1h15 for 56 cues.

And that's ***** / *****

Toshiaki Tsushima - 01 - Main Title (Army of the Apes)
Toshiaki Tsushima - 02 - Monkey Army (TV Size)
Toshiaki Tsushima - 03 - Sub Titles
Toshiaki Tsushima - 04 - Encounter with the Monkeys
Toshiaki Tsushima - 05 - Action Start
Toshiaki Tsushima - 06 - Cold Sleeve
Toshiaki Tsushima - 07 - To the Ape World
Toshiaki Tsushima - 08 - Battle Without Honor
Toshiaki Tsushima - 09 - The Last Retake
Toshiaki Tsushima - 10 - Troop Gathering
Toshiaki Tsushima - 11 - Battle Impossibility
Toshiaki Tsushima - 12 - Mysterious Ninja Ape
Toshiaki Tsushima - 13 - Abduction of Yurika
Toshiaki Tsushima - 14 - A Moment of Peace
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Toshiaki Tsushima - 52 - An Unknown Region
Toshiaki Tsushima - 53 - Army Big Operations
Toshiaki Tsushima - 54 - Time of the Trials
Toshiaki Tsushima - 55 - Rescue Operations
Toshiaki Tsushima - 56 - There's Love Somewhere (Record Full Size)

Feel free to ape yourself.