Gikyokuonsou

by Motoi Sakuraba

Gikyokuonsou cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 October 1991
  • Label: Made In Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 45:20
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Before gaining international renown as a prolific composer for video game franchises like 'Tales' and 'Dark Souls', Motoi Sakuraba released this dizzyingly complex solo debut. Propelled entirely by his virtuosic keyboard work and a frantic rhythm section, 'Gikyokuonsou' merges triumphant symphonic prog with the breakneck intensity of jazz fusion.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, technical, melodic, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures

Tracklist

  1. Humpty Dumpty (6:26)
  2. Tone Access (3:46)
  3. Byzantium (6:00)
  4. Motion (8:15)
  5. Paradigm (4:01)
  6. Narratage (5:20)
  7. Scrap and Build (5:43)
  8. Drama Composition (5:44)

Credits

  • Motoi Sakuraba - primary artist, synthesizer, piano, organ
  • Ken Ishita - bass
  • Takeo Shimoda - drums

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