Symphony of Space Battleship Yamato

Naoto Otomo conducting the NHK Symphony Orchestra

Composed by Kentaro Haneda¹

Symphony Space Battleship Yamato

This song makes extensive use of various themes from "Space Battleship Yamato," composed by Tai Miyagawa.
The style is romantic, a bit like Tchaikovsky.
The piece has four movements, the third movement Adagio has a vocalise in the middle, and the fourth movement is a double concerto for violin and piano. The transition to the main theme in the coda of the finale seems a bit contrived.²Although the very end is a bit tedious, I think it is well put together overall as a Romantic work.

Of course, it has no significance in music history, but I think that playing more pieces like this would help raise the profile of classical music among the general public.

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1. This is an example of using themes composed by others to make it into one's own composition. In May 2009, I received a lawsuit from the composer of the song of Katabami Kindergarten, who claimed that the labeling of the song as a composition was an infringement of the author's moral rights.^*I received it from (represented by lawyer Kito), and since it was a waste of time, I paid N million and settled it out of court, but in this case, the subject is actually^**It is only natural for musicians to label such things as "compositions." If I wasn't so busy now, I would have liked to take this to court and set a precedent.
2. There are a lot of awkward "connections" throughout the book, but this one in particular is disappointing. It seems he was revising it right up to the last minute, so he probably just didn't have enough time to finish it.
   
3. In another entry, I specified the composer's name (the lawsuit said I should specify it), but now I'm being asked not to specify it, so I don't know what to do. For now, the most recent request is not to specify it, so I won't specify it here.
4. Regarding the recognition of quotations in music, there seems to be a paper by Yutaka Watanabe. (Yutaka Watanabe, "Recognition of Quotations in Music," Kunitachi College of Music Research Bulletin vol. 17 pp. 151-165, 1982) I think I'll read it next time.