Sunday, February 9, 2014

Tomita Isao (冨田勲) - The Bermuda Triangle














Tomita is pretty legendary among synthysizer peoples. The approach is pretty much take good / decent classical music (Debussy, Mussorgsky, et cetera) and put a late 20th century edge to it. Other people did this too and Tomita wasn't really the first, but his albums are pretty well regarded and fondly remembered.
The Bermuda Triangle has Tomita working some Prokofiev pieces with a little bit of his Sibelius, John Williams, and his own mixed in. Not as straightforward as say Snowflakes are Dancing, his first album, more of an atmospheric quality. Dynamic.
This came in a cool pink or blue vinyl of which I will provide no pictures, though I suppose in the distant future I could, but even thinking of this seems rather pointless, like so many other things.


  1. The Round Space Ship Landing on the Earth While Emitting Silvery Lights [The Arrival of UFO and the Mysterious Electric Waves] <Tomita> (2:22)
    Look Out the Bermuda Triangle, Look Out the Bermuda Triangle, Look Out
  2. Strong Electromagnetic Waves ["Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 2: Montagues and Capulets] <Prokofiev> (1:29)
  3. The World of the Different Dimensions [Valse Triste] <Sibelius> (2:04)
  4. The Giant Pyramid Sitting at the Bottom of the Sea of Bermuda and the Ancient People [Scythian Suite: The Adoration of Veles and Ala] <Prokofiev> (6:37)
  5. The Venus Wearing the Space Uniform Shining in Florescent Light Color [The Return of UFO] <Tomita> (1:30) [Close Encounters of the Third Kind] <John Williams> (3:54)
  6. The Children Playing in Agharta, the Deep Underground Kingdom [Symphony No. 5: Allegro Marcato] <Prokofiev> (5:24) [Bridge: Close Encounters of the Third Kind] <John Williams> (0:22)
  7. The Hollow Vessel Called the Earth [Dororo] <Tomita> (4:39)
  8. The Song of Venus [Violin Concerto No. 1: Andantino] <Prokofiev> (3:52)
  9. The Dawn at Bermuda [Symphony No. 6: Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> (1:53)
  10. The Mysterious Electric Waves [Computer Data Signals] <Tomita> (0:29)
  11. The Dazzling Bright Cylindrical Object Which Had Crashed Into Tunguska, Siberia [Symphony No. 6: Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> (7:29)
  12. The Harp Being Played by the Ancient People and the Venus and Her Space Children Singing the Song of the Future [Violin Concerto No. 1: Moderato; Allegro Moderato] <Prokofiev> (7:52)
  13. The Visionary Flight to the 1448 Nebular Group of the Bootes [The Departure of UFO] <Tomita> (1:30) [Bridge: Scythian Suite: The Adoration of Veles and Ala] <Prokofiev> (0:18) [Valse Triste] <Sibelius> (1:29) [Vocoder] <Tomita> (0:37)
    Now, You Have Been Carried Away from the Earth 
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2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much! As Luigi would say, "Dat's a wonnaful!" Listened to Snowflakes and really wanted this one again. Good day, sir.

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    1. Yeah, he's a good guy, Tomita. Perhaps I'll get around to posting some more of his work soon.

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