Shadow Of The Highway (Original Soundtrack)

[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]] Has there ever been a soundtrack so thrilling and beautiful? A masterpiece of jazz-infused film music crafted by the great master Norio Maeda. Released in 1971, the film “Shadow of the Highway” was produced and starred in by Jiro Tamiya and directed by Jun Fukuda. As the tagline “A sports car racing north from Kagoshima to Hokkaido, slicing vertically through Japan” suggests, this suspenseful action film features a Mitsubishi Galant GTO speeding across the screen from start to finish. It’s a road movie often compared to the New Hollywood classic “Vanishing Point.” The music was composed by the masterful Norio Maeda. Dashing piano lines cornering with grace, a vibraphone racing by with breezy momentum, a powerful bass in full gallop, and drums steadily shifting gears—this soundtrack overflows with vitality and contrast: motion and stillness, obsession and desire, joy and sorrow. The thrilling performance and beautiful melodies amplify the f