In 1984, a documentary titled “Big Wave” would be released on May 25th of that same year.
The film, directed by Walter McConnelly, covers the surfing scene in California as well as other types of outdoor and risky sports found in the west coast of the United States at the time which included paragliding, skydiving, and base-jumping together with others. Much of the footage displayed was taken in Hawaii, Texas, and even California.
When it came to the music for the film, Yamashita was approached and commissioned to do the entire soundtrack with Beach Boys covers.
A second soundtrack was made for the movie which contained instrumental rock ‘n roll surfing-themed tracks by the Pineapple Boys, a Japanese band known for creating other similarly-themed albums in the 80s,. This record was also published by Moon Records, the same label that Tatsuro was signed onto at the time.
Tatsuro’s “Big Wave” album peaked at #2 on the Japanese Oricon and would sell over 450,000 copies while it was staying on the chart, becoming one of the commercially successful soundtrack albums in Japan at the time.
1. Tatsuro Yamashita โ The Theme From Big Wave ~ 00:00
2. Pineapple Boys โ Tube Wave Surfin’ ~ 3:38
3. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Please Let Me Wonder ~ 5:44
4. Pineapple Boys โ Winner’s Run ~ 8:53
5. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Jody ~ 12:14
6. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Girls On The Beach ~ 16:04
7. Tatsuro Yamashita โ I Love You (Part 2) ~ 18:51
8. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Magic Ways ~ 20:55
9. Pineapple Boys โ Midnight Cruiser ~ 25:43
10. Pineapple Boys โ Summer House ~ 27:37
11. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Guess I’m Dumb ~ 30:39
12. Pineapple Boys โ Hang On ~ 33:54
13. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Your Eyes (Album Version) ~ 36:08
14. Pineapple Boys โ Sea Gang ~ 39:06
15. Tatsuro Yamashita โ This Could Be The Night (Album Version) ~ 41:53
16. Tatsuro Yamashita โ I Love You (Part 1) ~ 45:51
17. Pineapple Boys โ The Big Wave ~ 47:56
18. Pineapple Boys โ Rock ‘n Roll Park ~ 51:16
19. Pineapple Boys โ Beach Angel ~ 53:24
20. Pineapple Boys โ The Mad Wave ~ 53:33
21. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Only With You ~ 57:57
22. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Breakdance ~ 1:01:40
23. Tatsuro Yamashita โ Darlin’ ~ 1:05:45
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