All Sharivan Song Review
Nippon Columbia
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Introduction

The second in the Metal Hero AND Uchuu Keiji series, Sharivan along with Shaider were the series that were necessary to succeed to keep the Toei Metal Hero shows in production for many years to come. As with any television show, you need a good soundtrack to keep it running. Nobody wants to watch a silent movie anymore. So today, one of the aspects to Tokusatsu history comes into my scope. The Sharivan song collection.

Uchuu Keiji Sharivan

Uchuu Keiji Gavan was a hit. Now Sharivan was up to bat. Toei has been a well established firm by now and Song collections were standard equipment in every money making francise. The Song Collection for this series is seemingly light. They got Kushida to return, which is always a plus. Also, this series features the first Metal Hero song to
have a female lead singer. I don't really have much to say on this series collection. It's somewhat dull, but flows nicely along like it could be the background music in our life. As bland as it may seem, it contains a world of memorable songs. 3.5/5

CD Review

01. Uchuu Keiji Sharivan

>>Cowbell! Well, this is probably my favourite of the 'Uchuu Keiji' series OP songs. This song has a cool spacey feel to it. All disco aside, this song definitely holds up fairly well. Maybe not in the same way as Gavan or Shaider, but it is certainly a formula on it's own without having to be super upbeat.

02. Spark! Sharivan

>>The song is pretty serious. Despite the little sound effect, the song means business. There really isn't much to say about this other than giving props to Kushida for a great perfomance as always.

03. Yeh! Sharivan

>>Now this song is of the time. The creepy woman's voice stands out much over Kushida's normal efforts. The music in the song is rather generic with only a few points of interest. This song does work well in ways beyond your normal disc song.

04. Sharivan Victory March!

>>V-I-C-T-O-R-Y I got it! Ok, well the lyrics to this song aren't much. This song is your average happy-go-lucky track complete with Children backing to vocals. Happy anthems are always welcome in these old soundtracks. They'll never make them like they used to.

05. Son of Sun

>>If Kushi could sing any faster, he'd have the second Tokusatsu scat ever going. This song is pretty generic, but it does stick out in a way. It has a very vague spaghetti western tone to it, which is cool. How else could we portray a space cowboy?

06. Danger Melody

>>Now we're talking. This song is much different from the rest in the way that it's very upbeat. It also contains the first lead female vocals in a Metal Hero song. I guess thats important. Yes, yes it is important. This is the very first of many female sung Metal Hero songs. Danger Melody is definitely a fun song to watch a fight scene to.

07. Chou Jigen sentou bokan Grandbase

>>The big base song! This song is on the same grand scale as the topic. Kushi gives a memorable performance of what is now a dead type of song. Big mechanical bases and or robots in Metal Hero series. Those were the days.

08. Hoshizora no Machi o Arukou

>>A nice, settling way to end this whole IN song ordeal. A nice, jazzy slow song to cool everything down. The beginning of the song is great, and from there it flows along nicely with the changes you expect where you expect them to be. Very nice song.

09. Tsuyo sa wa Ai da

>>Kushida's style of singing is to be a little more intense than the music is. This song shows his style 100%. His harshness towards the brisk music is a great way to end every episode. This song is polite, upbeat and abrasive all at once.

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