Shunsuke Kikuchi is a prolific composer specializing in incidental music for television and film. His music has set the scenes for a long list of anime, drama and period drama programs, as well as tokusatsu shows like Chôjin Barom 1 (aka Superman Barom 1), Denjin Zaborga (aka Electroid Zaborger), Iron King and Robot Keiji (aka Robot Detective). In addition, he was responsible for the music in the first few installments of the long running Kamen Rider (aka Masked Rider) series. Kicuchi has also composed quite a few impressive soundtracks for films including Hajime Sato’s Kaitei Daisenso (aka Battle Beneath the Sea or Terror Beneath the Sea) and several of the Female Convict Scorpion, Gamera and Sister Street Fighter movies.
Masato Shimon is another heavy-hitter in the world of theme songs, lending his distinctive vocal talents to many tokusatsu classics such as Kikaida, Kikaida-01 and Inazuman (aka Lightning Man). He has teamed up with Shunsuke Kikuchi on several occasions with tracks for Denjin Zaborga, Iron King and Kamen Rider to name just a few.
Kamen Rider Amazon was the 4th installment in the Kamen Rider series and aired on TBS in Japan between 1974-1975. The program only ran over a course of 24 episodes and is known as the shortest running series in the history of Kamen Rider. The show starred Tôru Okazaki and is considered by many to be the most violent and bloodiest of the Kamen Rider series. It is for this reason Kamen Rider Amazon is said to have had such a short run on television, as it was considered to be just too “dark” for the kiddies.
Submitted for your listening pleasure are 2 short BGM tracks from Kamen Rider Amazon composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi. And for something a little different, a modern 2000 remix of the opening theme song “Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari” (aka “Amazon Rider is Here”), featuring vocals by Masato Shimon and remixed by URU.
- Jungle M-18 by Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Concrete Jungle M-10 by Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari vocals by Masato Shimon and remixed by URU
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love the opening theme. the cord progression sounds very similar to the Getter Robo G intro.
Comment by tone — March 20, 2007 @ 7:36 am
In which country do you live?
Comment by mozilla free download — March 20, 2008 @ 8:41 pm
Can you reupload the remix of KR Amazon?
Comment by Alex Smith — October 9, 2008 @ 3:46 am