1988

Film Score and Soundtrack Album

Arranged, Programmed & Performed by Anthony Marinelli 

Composer  Giorgio Moroder

DIRECTOR  Toshio Matsumoto

PRODUCERS  Shuji Shibata, Kazuo Shimizi

Language Japanese (english subtitles included)

ACTORS  Yoji Matsuda, Shijaku Katsura, Hideo Murota, Eri Misawa, Kyoko Enami

Distributor  Sony

About the Score

Instrumentation  Synclavier, Drum Machine, DX-7, Roland Modules & Keyboard Synthesizers

Style  Contemporary/Pop

Songs Music by Giorgio Moroder

“Another Way” - Sung by Jennifer Rush

“Stop that Thief” - Sung by Cheap Trick

“Open Up” - Sung by Beth Andersen

“Sometimes Sparks Fly” - Sung by Beth Andersen

“Ocean Battle” (Instrumental)

“The Submarine” (Instrumental)

“The Berlin Theme” (Instrumental)

“Car Chase” (Instrumental)

“Another Way” (Instrumental)

Label  Epic/Sony

Film Synopsis

A man is confined to a mental institution after trying to murder his fiancee. Two doctors relate his problem to an Asian philosophy that states that mental defects are transmitted from generation to generation. Two doctors relate his problem to an Asian philosophy that states that mental defects are transmitted from generation to generation.  He learns that one of his distant ancestors murdered his wife as a way of demonstrating a point to his lord about the importance of love over the emptiness of lust and to drive home the point further, created a series of illustrations of the dead woman decaying which in turn trigger the memories of his distant descendant.
He learns that one of his distant ancestors murdered his wife as a way of demonstrating a point to his lord about the importance of love over the emptiness of lust and to drive home the point further, created a series of illustrations of the dead woman decaying which in turn trigger the memories of his distant descendant. But is the whole thing merely a game concocted by the two doctors, who may even have driven themselves mad?

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