What song does Okada play?
What is "Okada's song"? His signature guitar piece. And for that matter, what's the other guitar song that is being playing throughout? Any help would be great, thanks a lot.
shareMy translation calls Okada's theme, "Song of Killer," but that is Okada's own description of it when asked by the guitar's owner. The other guitar music is completely unknown to me, but its presence throughout the film is sort of like the guitar music in Scorsese's The Departed.
shareTo me it sounded as if Okada plays the same song than the guitar's owner. He just plays it better.
Nanae says to Sanada (Sensei):
"Thats the song Okada used to play" at the beggining of the film,
then when she hears Okada playing it:
"That's him, only he can play it that way".
I still dont know whats the name of the song. Nevertheless, Kurosawa himself said about the music on this film, that he wanted to use the Dreigroschenoper (this song is originaly used on G. W. Pabst "The Threepenny Opera"), but they couldnt get the rights to use it, "so we used cheap guitar music as a substitute".
No, they are two different songs. But thanks for the interesting info regarding the original idea of Kurosawa using the Dreigroschenoper, would have fit the atmosphere perfectly!
Regards, Rosabel
I think he calls it either "The Killer's Theme" or "The Killer's Anthem" something along those lines...
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