Miura is sadly gone, but Berserk’s Guts is back – courtesy of Studio Taka. Live action Bersek film in pre-production.
Berserk Motion Comic Episode 3 ((Studio Taka)
Kentaro Miura’s name is synonymous with Berserk, a manga-based universe that has seen several adaptations. These have included novels, various animated films and even some video games. Reportedly, a live-action Berserk is under pre-production for HBO now. Fans have been long unhappy with the translation to screen as animations simplified the story and altered the manga’s original feel. The unfaithful execution of the 2016-2017 tv-series (along with its low animation quality) especially left followers disappointed.
Picking Up Berserk – with a Deserving Theme
Studio Taka, a fan-based studio with an international crew, has picked up the story and has been creating the Berserk motion comic in a uniquely cinematic style. Fans are finally getting the authentic storytelling and artful execution they have wished for for decades. By Episode 3, the creators felt the need for Guts (Berserk’s main, complex, twisted character) to receive his own musical theme. They turned to Julius Dobos for Guts’ Theme, which he composed in the Fall of 2021 and produced just in time for Episode 3’s release at the end of the year. One of the four variations of Guts’ Theme, titled Guts Quiet Rage, was used in the trailer of Berserk Episode 3, while the upcoming episodes will feature the theme’s other versions, including the bombastic Guts’ Epic Fight. (You can listen to Guts’ Epic Fight on the sidebar of this page.)
Watch the Behind-the-Scenes mini documentary on YouTube and download Guts’ Themes on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to Action Against Hunger, who combat hunger worldwide, including the war-ravaged areas of Ukraine.
Throughout history, the solution to wars have been either discussion or aggression. This time around neither works; we can’t easily destroy nor reason with covid. It’s not unlike an invading alien species that only lives in the dimension of now.
So many are stuck at home and making music these days… do we need to hear more cliches? Maybe there are some new gems among all those duplicates? But then again, if one has some gems in them, do they have to be stuck at home to express them?
ff: W2 is in the making, still. The virus has no effect on it, whatsoever. Time does.
Please honor the memory of those who didn’t survive the pandemic despite of their intelligent efforts. Ignore the government propaganda, the false appearance of the economy – and please wear your masks. Let’s get ready for the crescendo.
forgotten future live at SIGGRAPH 2019 in Los Angeles – featuring the first ever real-time audience-controlled music performance of its kind
Following a successful 2017 show, Julius is returning to SIGGRAPH this year with a newly composed official Theme Music, and to perform the theme at the Opening Ceremony in Los Angeles, California. The majestic, electronic – symphonic score will be also heard throughout the conference (and around the downtown L.A. Convention Center). You can play & download an mp3 file of the music here.
SIGGRAPH is the world’s largest, most influential annual conference and exhibition in computer graphics and interactive techniques, attended by tens of thousands of professionals in the areas of film, games, VR and other new visual media.
FORGOTTEN FUTURE – INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE-CONTROLLED MUSIC at SIGGRAPH
Julius as forgotten future will be also performing a 25-minute set at Real Time Live! on Tuesday, July 30th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This revolutionary, experimental music event will reverse the roles of performer and audience, and put the control over Julius’ performance into the audience’s hands – quite literally. Various aspects of the music will be collectively influenced by several different sections of the audience in the 2,500 auditorium – in real-time. Julius will “gently guide” the audience through spontaneous projection of motion graphics, while participants will be using their smart phones to collectively change various aspects of the music and sound.
The event will be the first interactive performance of its kind in the word, and will also include a section where the audience will be composing a completely new piece of music together with Julius in real time. This will be achieved by sensors capturing smart phones’ flashlight gestures in several areas of the auditorium, computers translating those impulses into messages that are then fed into Julius’ performance computer and electronic musical instruments on stage. The set will feature three popular forgotten future tracks and an electronic, trance-inspired version of the new SIGGRAPH Theme.
In order to attend the performance (and witness the latest in computer graphics and interactive technologies), you must have at least a one-day ticket to the Real Time Live! event. The SIGGRAPH website gives you plenty of options to choose from.
forgotten future: LIVE IN CALIFORNIA features the recording of live performances from the 2016 San Jose and 2017 Los Angeles shows. Each track is a new arrangement or remix of the original track found on the first two forgotten future albums, with a harder, driving feel. In addition, LIVE IN CALIFORNIA includes a bonus track, Breakthrough [Chroma Mix].
This live album is the sonic documentation of the first phase of the W1–Realignment performances, Released on December 15, 1965, the anniversary of the first space rendez-vous (between Gemini VI and VII). Filled with real-time-performed 303 acid lines, epic leads and lush pad textures, forgotten future’s cutting-edge and spacey psybient / ambient organic electronic music was enjoyed as a high-energy soundtrack at various electronic music festivals – and now can be enjoyed in a download form!
“Realignment with our purpose and nature begins by realigning with other lives after getting a second chance on Earth.”
– forgotten future
The music of forgotten future is about layers and emotions. The realignment [interactive] microsite gives you the opportunity to explore and align the sonic representation of your own purpose, while also finding some background info about the Realignment album‘s tracks.
Using the orange and grey paths, you can align the layers of your present sonic identity, and move the horizontal slider to adjust the mix between the environmental and human emotions, until you reach perfect realignment.
