Released 1988 Label U.S. Renditions | Length 37:02 Producer Harmony Gold USA | |
Robotech music consists of the musical scores written for the original 1985 Robotech television series and its various sequels and spinoffs, including Robotech video games. The recognizable original themes were composed by Ulpio Minucci and orchestrated by Arlon Ober. Other composers include:
Contents
- Robotech BGM Collection Vol1
- Robotech Perfect Collection
- Robotech The Movie Soundtrack
- Robotech Perfect Soundtrack Album
- Robotech Battlecry Soundtrack
- Robotech Invasion Soundtrack
- Robotech 20th Anniversary Soundtrack
- Robotech The Shadow Chronicles Soundtrack
- Robotech 30th Anniversary Soundtrack
- References
Robotech: BGM Collection, Vol.1
This vinyl record from U.S. Renditions was the only LP release of the Robotech soundtrack in North America. The track selection represented only a small portion of the Robotech musical score from the original television series since additional volumes were never released. This album was the first domestic anime product of U.S. Renditions as well as the first ever American anime BGM album. The album was produced by David Keith Riddick who was a founding member of U.S. Renditions.
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Robotech: Perfect Collection
This single CD from U.S. Renditions was the first digital release of the Robotech soundtrack. This was the first American anime BGM (Background Music) soundtrack to be released in the Compact Disc format. This release included tracks that were missing from the earlier vinyl album release. Due to budgetary constraints, the track selection remained incomplete.
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Robotech: The Movie Soundtrack
Released only in France and Latin America for the rarely seen Robotech: The Movie, the various records, cassettes, and discs of this soundtrack are now considered collectors' items. Michael Bradley's single of Robotech The Movie: Underground was also released separately by Carrere Records.
Robotech: Perfect Soundtrack Album
This double CD set from Streamline Pictures is also known as the Tenth Anniversary Soundtrack and represented the first attempt to digitally restore up the music and gather as many tracks as possible from the original television series into a single collection along with some additional tracks from Robotech: The Movie and Robotech II: The Sentinels.
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Robotech: Battlecry Soundtrack
This CD from TDK Mediactive featured music from the Robotech: Battlecry video game that drew on Ulpio Minucci and Arlon Ober's original themes, but was limited to playback from synthesized instruments. It was bundled as part of special edition box sets of the game.
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Robotech: Invasion Soundtrack
This CD from Sumthing Else Music Works was composed by notable game composer Jesper Kyd for the Robotech: Invasion video game, but featured music that was very different in style and tone from previous Robotech music.
Kyd's thinking on the score:
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Robotech: 20th Anniversary Soundtrack
Released at the end of 2005, this double CD set from Harmony Gold USA is also known as the Twentieth Anniversary Soundtrack. Some of the music was cleaned up further over the previous tenth anniversary release and includes 7 more tracks than before. A variant was released in summer 2006 in which a stereo effect was simulated on tracks that were originally recorded in mono.
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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Soundtrack
Completed in 2006, composer Scott Glasgow recorded the music for the Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles movie with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, utilizing some of the original theme music by Ulpio Minucci. A CD soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande on February 13, 2007.
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Robotech: 30th Anniversary Soundtrack
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