Computer Animation Arts

When previous The Tune's have featured the work of Bernard Herrmann, John Barry and Jerry Goldsmith, I’m probably taking a risk featuring the soundtrack from a Godzilla film. Then again Masaru Sato’s soundtrack to Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla probably has more cinematic credibility than you’d expect. Take the fact that Sato composed  the score for Akira Kurosawa’s hugely influential Yojimbo . It’s bombastic opening theme and iconic shots of the mysterious, vagabond samurai becoming instantly iconic . Jump forward a few years and Sergio Leone remakes Yojimbo as A Fistful of Dollars and the pieces slowly come together. Sato was one of the great Japanese film composers in an era where Godzilla was fair game as far creating serious musical landscapes goes. Though it's unfairly short, I really love this soundtrack. The closest comparison I can think of is Ennio Morricone's score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It's very different in so much that Sato opted for a Bi...

As suggested by my previous teaser post, I’m starting a spin-off CGAA Cinema series entitled Monsters! Which as you may well of guessed is dedicated to the simple delights of monster movies the world over. Why monster movies? These films are pure cinematic spectacle, so what better choice of genre for a thread dedicated to cinema. More practically as far as character design and animation are concerned, then there’s much to be absorbed from the wealth of cultures who have spawned their very own monsters. I’ve no idea what I’m expecting to discover from these films, as so many of them are just as new to me as they might be to you, but I hope that it can inspire some fun observations from a relatively neutral observer. Once again, this is open for anyone to submit, and it could be interesting to see Monsters! extend into other CG Arts Blog threads such as One-a-day and The Supplement . As a general rule I'm going to ignore  Americanised versions of Japanese films (and ...