Sean Wolcott - Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijō-jima (2025) [Hi-Res]

“Lady Swordfighter: Escape From Hatcho-jima” is the latest library album from composer & producer Sean Wolcott, continuing the saga with a 19-track descent through captivity, madness, rage, and rebellion.

A prequel to Lady Swordfighter, this chapter follows her descent into a brutal prison island—and her mythic rise through blood and sisterhood. Blending heavy-psych jidaigeki, haunted exploitation score, and inner-spirit orchestra, the album pushes the saga further with shakuhachi, koto, shinobue, taiko, and more—fused with deadly funk, fuzzed-out psych, epic horns, ritual drums, and vengeance-fueled ballads.

All songs were written, produced, arranged, orchestrated, and recorded by Sean Wolcott at Soundview Analog Recorders.

Tracklist:
1 Story of the Broken Blade
2 (Theme From) Escape from Hachijō-jima
3 Death in Defense at Shimabara Yūkaku
4 Massacre at Minamiarima
5 Ballad of Prisoner 47: The Betrayed
6 At the Gates of an Unwelcoming Buddha
7 Ballad of Prisoner 34: The Avenger
8 Sisters of the Iron Wall
9 Punishment of the Sword Tester
10 Ballad of Prisoner 55: The Fortune Teller
11 Bad Girls Go to Hell
12 Ballad of Prisoner 13: The Bandit
13 Uprising in Cellblock Seven
14 Bloom of the Barren Cherry Blossom
15 Ko-omote Mask of Warden Ichirō
16 Ballad of Prisoner 68: The Wrongly Accused
17 Blaze at the Devil’s Island
18 Together We Are Free
19 On the Shore of Revenge