Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> music passed on from father to son. \u201cI seem to have received my father\u2019s lesson\u201d<\/h2>\nAkira Miyagawa, who is in charge of music for Yamato 2202<\/em>, the latest installment of Space Battleship Yamato<\/em>, inherited the music of his father Hiroshi Miyagawa, who participated in the first Yamato<\/em>, Farewell to Yamato<\/em>, and others. We heard Mr. Miyagawa\u2019s thoughts on facing the music that his father created.<\/p>\nI intended to refuse at first<\/h3>\n
Yamato 2202<\/em> is a sequel to Yamato 2199<\/em>, which was broadcast in 2012, and 1978\u2019s Farewell to Yamato<\/em> is its motif. A few years after Yamato<\/em> returned from Iscandar, the Imperial star Gatlantis rises to conquer space, contrary to the peaceful wishes of the goddess Teresa. In this story, Earth begins to walk the road of military buildup.<\/p>\nMr. Miyagawa, who is also the popular composer of NHK\u2019s serialized TV novel Hiyokko<\/em>, is in charge of the music, following on from Yamato 2199<\/em>. He said that when he was offered the chance to participate in 2199<\/em>, he said, \u201cAre you still doing this?\u201d<\/p>\nHowever, \u201cI went to the meeting to say my piece and and I intended to decline. But when I met the director Yutaka Izubuchi and we put our heads together, it turned out we had the same ideas. I had fun talking with him. For me, participating in Yamato<\/em> is as heavy as raising a child. It\u2019s a big thing to carry on your back. However, it would have suffered if I didn\u2019t do it. If it wasn\u2019t me, it would be hard to live with\u2026\u201d and he seems to have changed his mind.<\/p>\nI may have the same feeling as my father<\/h3>\n
Since no sheet music scores were left behind from Yamato<\/em>, Mr. Miyagawa listed to the music left by his father and went through an awakening by making a so-called ear copy, and he made many discoveries.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s called salvage. Personally, I was excited. After all, the structure of the pieces was fascinating. I seemed to receive lessons from my father. There was genius in those tunes, like God was dwelling in them. It\u2019s like Hiroshi Miyagawa was there again.\u201d<\/p>\n
By facing his father\u2019s music, he seems to have felt something. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if it was experience or DNA, but I felt something. I feel romance in melody. <\/p>\n
Dad said \u201cI\u2019ve exhausted the combinations of the melody.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was young at the time, and that was wrong…I thought. The thing is, even when he was in dire straights, he still pursued a new melody. You have a dream, so you can do it, right?<\/p>\n
Also among the \u201csalvage\u201d was an impressive piece in Farewell<\/em> called White Comet<\/em>, which Akira Miyagawa performed on pipe organ in his high school days. When faced with that piece again, he revealed, \u201cThere were things I remembered about the time of that recording when he was conducting me very hard. I had forgotten how inspiring his command was toward me.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be Yamato<\/em> if it wasn\u2019t a struggle,\u201d Miyagawa also says. He seems to face up to the work without regard for profitability. \u201cI also wrote music that wasn\u2019t requested. I don\u2019t know where it will be used, but I took the time to record it.\u201d<\/p>\nThe staff may gather support from fans for 2202<\/em> simply because they overflow with such love and passion.<\/p>\nReturn to the index<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov17\/268a02.JPG\")
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