Last update made on:

11th April 2007

 
 
Some of the CDs listed below contain soundtrack from the original 1965 Jungle Emperor series, but most of this soundtrack was in the U.S. Kimba episodes from the 60s and 70s as well. The music on all these CDs was composed by the legendary Isao Tomita (except on the reissued CD from the 1989 series, whose music was composed by Tomoyuki Asakawa).

1997.

 Jungle Emperor Leo soundtrack

This is the soundtrack of the 1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie. It contains everything from the movie except the ending theme "Wind Song" ("Close to You").
Released by: BMG Japan, 1997
Release date: 24/07/1997
Catalog number: BVCH-1529
Where to buy it online? This CD can be bought from the following websites: CD Japan, Amazon.com, Amazon.com Japan, Amazon.com Germany, Amazon.com Canada
Track list:
1. Morning in the jungle - birth of Rune and Rukio 16. Mary and Rune
2. Mr. Ham-Egg goes to town of Endigona 17. The circus is on fire
3. Secret of the moonlight stone 18. Parting with Mary
4. Rune's flight in the sky 19. The mortal disease advances in the jungle
5. Discovery of the music box in the airplane wreckage 20. Raiya's death
6. Rune's fight with Bizou, a small elephant 21. Higeoyagi saves animals
7. Men are destroying jungle 22. Leo decides to go up the mount Moon
8. Fire in the jungle 23. One line to face mount Moon
9. Leo's anger 24. The rocky road
10. Rune gets help from Higeoyagi 25. Attack of the wolf
11. Rune imagines the world of humans 26. The top of the mountain is reached
12. Deluge in the jungle 27. Is the moonlight stone finally discovered?
13. Mysterious mount Moon appears from the fog 28. Leo and Higeoyagi remain at the end
14. Music in the circus 29. Leo's death
15. Rat's Jack 30. Ending scene - Higeoyagi; Rune goes to Icada
 

1998.

 Jungle Emperor

This CD contains the original japanese soundtrack (opening themes and other songs) from the original Jungle Emperor (a.k.a. Kimba the White Lion) episodes aired in Japan on TV in 1965/1966.
Released by: Toshiba/EMI, 1998
Release date: 28/03/1998
Catalog number: TOCT-10235
Where to buy it online? This CD can be bought from Amazon.com Japan only (the website is mostly in japanese, but it has a Help section in english as well)
Track list:
1. Janguru Taitei (opening theme 1) 12. My Baby
2. Janguru Taitei (opening theme 2) 13. Work Song (from The Bad Baboon)
3. Mama Who Became a Star (Kimba's Mother's Song) 14. Owls' Song
4. Dick and Bo (Hyenas' Song--Tom and Tab) 15. Being in the festival
5. A-I-U-E-O Mambo ("Sing A Human Song") 16. Work Song (from Jungle Fun)
6. Riya's Song (Kitty's Song) 17. Song of the 4 Panthers
7. Kimba's Song to His Father (from Insect Invasion) 18. Wandering Death Gods (from Destroyers from the Desert)
8. The Great Jungle Chorus (from The Trappers) 19. Flying Song (from The Balloon that Blows Up)
9. Seeds of Rumor 20. Leo's Song (end theme)
10. The Spring Cleaning Song (from Scrambled Eggs) 21. Janguru Taitei (performed by "Duke Aces")
11. Kimba's Song to an Egg (from Scrambled Eggs) 22. Janguru Taitei (performed by "Happy Beans")
 

2001.

 Jungle Emperor - Symphonic Poem

This CD is a companion to the "Symphonic poem" movie - it is the reissue of the japanese LP from the 1960s (with the music from the "Jungle Emperor" series) that was used as a base for creating the movie itself.
Released by: Nippon Columbia, 2001
Release date: 21/12/2001
Catalog number: COCX-31629
Where to buy it online? This CD can be bought from Amazon.com, Amazon.com Germany, Amazon.com Canada
Track list:
1. Introduction (in japanese) 10. Caged onboard a ship
2. Morning in the jungle 11. Leo's birth
3. Gathering of the animals 12. Eliza's tale
4. The way home 13. Stormy ocean
5. Here come the hunters!! 14. Merry fish
6. Panja's bravery 15. Saw shark
7. Animals' pleasure 16. Mummy becomes a star
8. The captured Eliza 17. I see Africa!
9. Panja's death
 

2005.

 Jungle Emperor hit-parade (limited edition)

This CD contains the opening theme and other songs from the original Jungle Emperor (a.k.a. Kimba the White Lion) series aired in Japan on TV in 1965/1966, but this time these songs are faithfully re-recorded in stereo in 1967.
Released by: Nippon Columbia, 2005
Release date: 27/04/2005
Catalog number: COCX-33161
Where to buy it online? This CD can be bought from the following websites: CD Japan, Amazon.com, Amazon.com Japan, Amazon.com Germany
 
Track list:
1. Janguru Taitei (opening theme) 9. Riya's Song (Kitty's Song)
2. From the episode The Wind In The Desert 10. Work Song (from The Bad Baboon)
3. Flying Song (from The Balloon that Blows Up) 11. Wandering Death Gods (from Destroyers from the Desert)
4. Work Song (from Jungle Fun) 12. Kimba's Song to an Egg (from Scrambled Eggs)
5. Mama Who Became a Star (Kimba's Mother's Song) 13. Dick and Bo (Hyenas' Song--Tom and Tab)
6. Owls' Song 14. Kimba's Song to His Father (from Insect Invasion)
7. Song of the 4 Panthers 15. Leo's Song (end theme)
8. A-I-U-E-O Mambo ("Sing A Human Song")

 

2007.

 Symphonic Fantasy: Jungle Emperor (limited edition) 

This CD is a reissue of the soundtrack album of the 1989 Kimba/"New Adventures of Kimba" series (originally released on CD by Nippon Columbia on 21st February 1990, catalog number CC-4651), which contains extended versions of music from the original japanese series.
Released by: Nippon Columbia, 2007
Release date: 21/03/2007
Catalog number: COCC-72250
Where to buy it online? This CD can be ordered from the following websites: CD Japan, Amazon.com, Amazon.com Japan, Amazon.com Canada
Track list:
1. Prologue: Legend 9. Seventh Chapter: Scene
2. Past the Savanna (opening theme) 10. Eight Chapter: Adventure
3. First Chapter: Birth 11. Ninth Chapter: Crisis
4. Second Chapter: Hero 12. Tenth Chapter: Tragedy
5. Third Chapter: Memories 13. Eleventh Chapter: First Love
6. Fourth Chapter: Boys 14. Twelfth Chapter: Challenge
7. Fifth Chapter: Hometown 15. Closing Chapter: Harmony
8. Sixth Chapter: Fellows 16. The Glow of the Sunset (end theme)
 

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