Isao Tomita The Engulfed------------

[edwardogburn]

that`s "classical" dammit, oh well, better go back to spelling lessons too I guess..

[edwardogburn]

Tomita san ,reintroduced me back into "classical music" after years of "rock" absorbed listening, and so glad he did...stayed with "calssical" from then on.., Oh, uh, did I mention liking Rat Lynch and Vangelis too?, te he...

[OmegaLara685]

DL the audio from this song at soundnabber doht cohm.

[saxon954]

Can anyone explain why RCA suddenly stopped the backing for Tomita. It must have been obvious from the sales and positive reviews from magazines like "Grammaphone" that they had something unique but all of a sudden it all came to a standstill and Tomita went back to Japan. I've never been able to understand why.

[RichardKleiner]

Debussy is awesome!

[62porcupine]

This album introduced me to Debussy before I was even a teenager. I finally replaced the vinyl with a CD a few years ago. Thanks for posting this.

[teamcrumb]

I grunted at u a while back :) that unicorns and rainbows didn't add much to his music . . . and you were good hearted about the matter. i love this vid because 'familiar' is confusingly supernatural also.

[trichoone]

@teamcrumb , Thankyou glad you like this one .

[TheOptimod]

@teamcrumb Well I guess your seal of approval is all that counts.

[MaryAClark1]

One of my favorites. Debussy done right.

[vdwest4592]

@MaryAClark1 I agree wholeheartedly. This song is so delightfully spiritual. I seem to hear God's name in the section from 2:18 to 3:06!

[DollaTwo]

The Engulfed Cathedral

[john111257]

back again..this is amazing...

[DreamsofMajesty]

scribd (dot) com/nb812

[john111257]

turn out the lights...go with it...relax ...feel it..omg brilliant

[BitsBobsThisAndThat]

A small amount of research shown it to be 'La cathédrale engloutie' (The Sunken Cathedral). All that matters is that is a great piece of music and beautifully reworked by Tomita. Great video trichoone, Liked & faved - Keith :)

[ozziemckenzie]

This score scares you, relieves you and does leave an everlasting kinda effect on you for sure.

[john111257]

@ozziemckenzie i had the album ..on vinyl..takes me back..awesome

[Tubemeister77]

Debussy's original opus was "Le Cathédrale Englouti" which translates to English as The Engulfed Cathedral. His inspiration came from the ancient legend about Ys, a mythical city in the French northwestern province of Brittany. In the legend the cathedral was swallowed by the ocean around 400 AD, as punishment for the wickedness of its inhabitants. It would rise out of the water at sunrise to remind the people of their sins, then slowly return to the depths and an enchanted sleep... spooky...

[S1587915G]

This rendering of Debussy by Tomita is just pure ecstasy.

[john111257]

@S1587915G got me into classical ..

[Whodoodat1]

I used to play in a pop band in the 80s and we used this as our 'walk on tape'. The haunting sound never failed to put the fear of god into us before we walked on stage.

[vdwest4592]

I listened to this video and it is excellent as usual. However, it is starting to malfunction in some spots. Could you fix it, please Mr. Trichoone?

[tomandochelitas]

fabuloso,marabilloso

[johnnynoirman]

divine....celestial magnificence...ascension..i had this record way back when...it change how i listen to music.

[willibaldvongluck]

I could never understand why this particular track left me feeling so sad and lonely I was living in an old mill house on the edge of the English Lake District. That was a magical autumn (1975.) I sat staring out the window watching the leaves turn yellow and orange. It was also my favourite piece during a storm and the rain beating down on the small windows But I was haunted by it too..All these years later and I am older but not much wiser and I still play it to death, enjoying the slide show.

[ceolwulf]

I know what you mean

willibaldvongluck. I always loved listening to Tomitas version of `The Unanswered Question` in winter

[adoptfromarescue]

Thanks for posting.

[controlremot3]

sample intro, chuck over an amen, bang, every classic atmospheric jungle record ever made! the guy is a genius, him and delia derbyshire should have shacked up ......

[vdwest4592]

I find it fascinating that even the severest critic likes this video and music combination. It is an expression of what art is.

[ultimateinfinite]

It's shit!

[vdwest4592]

I may not be your cup of tea but to each his own.

[adoptfromarescue]

Please explain.

[FoxtronInk]

Right on trichoone, Greetings from Pierce Co. Washington, home of the greatest volcano in the northwest Mount Rainier.

Viva Isao Tomita.........Can anybody get music from The Bermuda Triangle?????

Come on Guys! Hurry up!

[mycatwilatackyou]

I used to listen to Tomita endless nights expanding my mind :) just taking a trip with him . Of course back in those days it was all LPs and boy did those headphones kick butt . I have still never heard anything in this class of synthesizer . He is a true master ... brings back some memories ..

[camiloquai74]

Beautiful, Isn't it?

[vibrohm]

Yes.

[jiggybilly]

Thanx for this one - great tune and wonderfull video ...

[neill5483]

Fantastic piece of music and superbly put to pictures, well done. Debussy was very french and composed musical images of things around him, and my understanding of this classic is that on a particularly foggy morning in Paris, Notre Dame was 'Absorbed/ sunken/ engulfed' but still cut an image through the fog.

Happy to be shot down in flames of course, I just love Debussy, and Pink Floyd. Wide tastes huh?

[Max1baL]

Espléndido acople de imágenes a esta soberbia interpretación de Tomita para la música de Debussy... ¡Gracias nuevamente Trichoone!

Splendid matching of images to this superb Tomita's performance of Debussy music... Thanx again Trichoone!

[vibrohm]

Superb vhodné tento obraz Tomita vynikajúcu interpretáciu Debussyho hudbu ... Trichoone Vďaka znova!

من الصور الرائعة المطابقة لهذه توميتا اداء رائع للموسيقى ديبوسي... Thanx مرة أخرى Trichoone!

[WIGNSWORD]

Whenever I hear this music I always see dinosaurs!!

[vdwest4592]

Everytime I listen to this song at the first chorus I hear God's name Jehovah each time. I don't know why but the sound are spiritual and I seem to hear angels repeating God's name. This is the only song that has that affect on me! Incredible!

[cabbygolf]

got taught this along with krafwerk in music class in the 1980's..pure genious..thank you

[jam311]

somebody lied to me sayin that this song was originally composed by him..was fooly poignant

[Toshncharon]

This is so fantastic it brings back memories for me, I used to lie on the sofa with my headphones on and the sound full blast crying my eyes out as it made me feel so emotional.

Thanks for sharing this excellent track with us all XX

[bonzo874]

travelling to tescos on a saturday afternoon in our hillman minx with the Alan Freeman show on radio 1 listening to tomita and Tangerine dream etc etc , well done fluff

[round51]

Actually this a composition by Debussy called "The Absorbed Cathedral" I think.I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere, I may be wrong.

I do like what Tomita did with it, That album "Snow Flakes are Dancing" was certainly an amazing undertaking and accomplishment for it's time...

Thanks for all these videos trichoone!

[trichoone]

Thanks you are welcome not sure of the absorbed thing but as you say that album was indeed magical and brilliant .

[Jonno1809]

As I understand it the French is Cathedral Engloutie - it is literally translated as absorbed. However, the common usage in English has always been the Engulfed Cathedral. I believe it relates to the Dutch tale about a town that got swallowed under the waves and the cathedral bells could be heard ringing under the waves. Regadless - great number and thanks for posting it.

[VladtheEmailer]

It actually is the Sunken Cathedral, at least the legend is about a Cathedral of "Ys" in which the inhabitants were punished by God to remain under the water but were allowed to rise up every 300 years or so. Incredible interpretation by Tomita!

[Toshncharon]

on the"snowflakes are dancing it is called

Track 6. The Engulfed Cathedral

The Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy but its also known as the sunken cathedral !! just to confuse us LOL

[DeRex9]

Tomita's music is timeless. My favorite is The Bermuda Triangle, and I used to have it on pink vinyl many years ago, maybe I will get it again. The Grand Canyon and Canon of the Three Stars is really good too. Thank you for sharing.

[kingofthedammed]

I dont know if a rarity but i had Snowflakes on a red vinyl ...

my dear uncle who has sadly departed this earth got me interested in this classic work of musical art and i just love the Moogs!

[kirakiram]

I've listened Tomita music since I was a little kid,too.

"Jungle Emperor Leo(Kimba)"

[camiloquai74]

Me too. Yo también la escuchaba de niño. I heard that amazing music wen I was a child. That makes us brothers some how. Hahaha. ¡Blessings from all over the earth!

[izcalliLA]

I never tough that there were a lot of people who know the tomita music I know it since Iwas a kid from an old vinyl disc .I like it a lot

[jazzmanaz]

I've listened Tomita music since I was a little kid. Thank you so much for sharing and thanks to my father who always has liked to listen this kind of wonderful and magical music.

[trichoone]

thanks for your comment and it just prooves age means nothing where music is concerned .

[Blancjaguar]

I also have travel with Tomitas's music, woderful video, thanks.

[trichoone]

Thankyou .

[Blancjaguar]

Wonderful, thanks.

[MOONBEAR72]

Your videos are wonderful and your selections for music are equally great. I'll have to watch more of them now that I've found them. Much enjoyed! Might I suggest some of Focus' "Hamburger Concerto"? Give it a spin and see how you like it.

[trichoone]

thankyou yeah Focus might do that .

[oliasdoug]

Have you explored the music of Jonn Serrie yet? You might look into his albums ...AND THE STARS GO WITH YOU and THE STARGAZER'S JOURNEY. This is electronic new age music that is simply beyond compare; it just doesn't get any better. You could do wonderful videos with his music! I like the idea of Hamburger Concerto, too--Focus was a fantastic prog band in the 70s.

[sofista25]

Isao Tomita is a great artist but Vangelis is the best!!!!

[gabetvc15]

tomita made concert suites, dum dum!

the best is probably the planets, and pictures at an exhibition, this is early eighties,

[copetoncito]

!pamplinas¡ recuerdo que este tema era usado de fondo para el espot de la tv educativa en la cadena de tv desaparecida IRAVISION en colombia y mostraban la imagen de un satelite girando

[gabetvc15]

estas retardado

[Syphonaptera]

Isao is legendary and receives not enough credit! I love his interpretations of classical themes. Sometimes he srews up a whole song by mixing in too childish sound effects.I wonder why his music is not used more often for soundtracks. Isao Tomita, who will remember him when he is in Heaven besides his true fans??

[Taranau]

I've had a movie,in my head,since the late 70's,with Tomita music as it's soundtrack.Yes,the voices are sometimes cartoonish,but the music is always music of greater glory.He manages to take you to wonderfull places when you listen to his work.

[Audinos]

I've always preferred Tomita's version of Arthur Honegger's "Pacific 231" to Honegger's version.

[Taranau]

I've always liked how you don't just hear the train,you feel it.You close your eyes,and you're on it.And it's one wonderfull ride.

[churchofvalis]

Nice visuals, they're a good compliment to Tomita's sound. His version of Holst's The Planets is absolutely stunning, my personal favourite.

[trichoone]

thanks i might use that format later .

[kadag]

such unbelievably beautiful music! Tomita will always send me.

thanks for posting.

[mtedora]

analog RULES!

[fmecantfindaname]

Forgot 'The Spell' album. Awesome.

[fmecantfindaname]

RJ Godfrey / The Enid. In my opinion he takes the crown from Tomita for phenomenal lack of recognition of unparalleled success in arranging classical sounds, purely because Tomita is a household name in comparison. I was being catapulted to other universes by Tomita and Yes when I was 10, in the late 70s. If the two had worked together it would have sounded like The Enid. Why not try the album White Goddess (for reviews go to Amazon UK), or The Seed and The Sower for starters.

[trichoone]

well thanks i will certainly have a look .

[dualsubstance]

I'll have to have a longer listen to the Enid. So far they sound like one of the bands that didn't make the cut because they weren't original enough for the musical climate of the time. They sound too much like Pink Floyd and Yes, with Tomita sounding synth passages. Every high rated band sounded completely different from each other in the prog rock scene.

[oliasdoug]

It absolutely blows me away that there is another person in here who is familiar with The Enid. So far, the only album of theirs that I have is IN THE REGION OF THE SUMMER STARS. They are truly amazing.

[qrazydutch]

Tomita, Jarre, Kitaro, some one add some more names please........

domo arigato, Tomita San

[mtedora]

LARRY FAST [Synergy]

[oliasdoug]

Jonn Serrie. Steve Roach. Kevin Braheny. Constance Demby. Robert Rich. Jon Mark. Kevin Kendle. Craig Padilla. Thom Brennan. Michael Stearns. Tim Blake. Brian Eno. Klaus Schulze. early Tangerine Dream (PHAEDRA/RUBYCON). Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy. Biosphere. Higher Intelligence Agency. Aphex Twin. Erik Wollo. Ralph Lundsten. Global Communication. A Produce.

[tomlang555]

Why do more people not know of Tomita? It's a crime, the man is an absolute genius.

[trichoone]

i agree .

[lewisr47]

I second that.

It just doesnt add up that everyone's has heard of Vangellis, but not Tomita. I think Vangellis is great- he creates the emotions, but Tomita can also paint those breathtaking images!

[Taranau]

I can close my eyes,and have no problem what-so-ever,coming up with phantasmic images to go along with Tomita music.I can listen to Planets and go to all of them.Listen to this song and make a big U-turn around Pluto.Then listen to Great Gate of Kiev and come back to Earth.You listen to Tomita,and you can dream the greatest things.There's so much life in his work.If I live forever,outlasting all my LP's,I will never forget Tomita.

[lewisr47]

I know exactly what you mean Taranau. Its good to hear someone else describing the visual spectacles I experience in my head with Tomita.

[dualsubstance]

Jack Horkheimer's Star Gazer on PBS has been using his music as their theme for decades.

[concrete619]

No cabe duda. Primera vez que oigo de Isao Tomita, y no marches buey, esta carbon ese vato.Gracias Trichoone.

[trichoone]

de nada

[camiloquai74]

¿Quién hizo este video? ¡Es una obra de arte! ¡Saludos desde Cancún!

[trichoone]

thankyou que puse juntos yo mismo con imágenes del internet-trichoone

[Thegungham]

ooohhhh ! grandioso , las imagenes son geniales !, y por su puesto la musica del maestro isao ...es sublime !, el tema pertenece al disco "snowflakes are dancing ", y reconozco que pasado noches gratificantes escuchandolo ...su musica es especial ,el sonido de una calidad avasalladora ...

[Jerdogius]

Enjoyed the video.Engulfed Cathedral has been my favorite Tomita tune for some time, and this was an interesting interpretation,especially the cathrdral at the end, surrounded by contemporary buildings.What city was that in? Peace. Jerry.

[msv021]

New York city... St Patricks cathedral

[pirana50]

wonderful comp and not a musical instrument used!!!!!!

[HerrPachelbel]

Very nice I am so please, it is a lovely composition and video.

[trichoone]

thankyou .

[flashbackfoley]

love it man..tomita and the cathedrals are great