Some perspective on Kikuchi's music

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I think a big part of is the giant generation gap. People now-a-days aren't as familiar with the old music, so it doesn't sound as cliche as it did 20 years ago. Guys like Barry Watson and Bruce Faulconer would have been especially tired of the old school music since they were a lot closer to it during their childhood (older generation than myself). and believe me Bruce made some negative comments about the Japanese score.

I stand by my earlier statement that you can see anything emotional as cheesy once the devices behind it are familiar enough. Or you can try to open up and enjoy things anyway.

And most cartoon scores in the 80s were not cheesy synth pop, they were jazz bands trying to fit into TV land. That goes for action series too. The pop music on the radio was synth pop, the TV arranger guys hadn't caught up yet. Even shows like Knight Rider show a lot of jazz band influence if you listen to more than just the main theme. Vince DiCola's Transformers movie score was wayyy updated compared to the TV score btw.

Edit:More thoughts, I think there can be something irritating about having to listen to your parent's generation of music that eventually fades. Did you know JS Bach's son C.P. Bach thought Dad was really dated sounding? (along with many others). It's true, Bach held onto the Baroque style longer than most. Things were trending toward Mozart's later 'Classical' style (true style period 'Classical' usage here) Now I bet many people have no idea about the difference or which one came first. What's cool about Bach is he mastered the Baroque style, doing it better than anyone had...kinda closing the book on the whole thing (his fugues are masterpieces noone can touch for instance) Ok I'm veering off topic now lol.

I never thought of Harry Mancini having an influence on Kikuchi until you brought it up, but it makes a whole lot of sense. I have a CD that has some of his greatest hits (like Experiment in Terror and Romeo and Juliet) lying around some place.

At the same time, there's definitely an 80s/90s sound in the insert songs they play on occassion. Whether Kikuchi actually worked to compose those I don't know.

Kikuchi composed Son Goku Song and Muten Rōshi No Oshie ("The Teachings Of Muten Rōshi").