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Favorite Anime music?

DkongDkong
edited April 2008 in Anime
The title is pretty self explanatory- what's your favorite music in anime?

My favorites are:
FLCL- kickass J-rock. Just fucking awesome. I have both OSTs and they're great (and the fact that rightstuf has them on sale for $6 each....yeah, go get them!)
Cowboy Bebop- obvious reasons
Fullmetal Alchemist- great openings and endings. Got me into L'arc en ciel, Asian Kung fu generation, and Porno Graffiti.
Death Note- Good openings and endings. Got me into Maximum the Hormone.
Inuyasha- crappy as the series may be, the openings and endings are pretty good and have a nice classic Japanese feel to them.
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  • NeitoNeito
    As much as I've been fanboying this anime since I've seen it, Gurren-Lagann has had some damn good music.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    As much as I've been fanboying this anime since I've seen it, Gurren-Lagann has had some damn good music.
    Hell yes. I also really like the openings and endings for Bleach and One Piece.
  • DkongDkong
    As much as I've been fanboying this anime since I've seen it, Gurren-Lagann has had some damn good music.
    Hell yes. I also really like the openings and endings for Bleach and One Piece.
    Ah, yeah, Bleach. I've only seen like 5 episodes, but I have most of the OPs and EDs downloaded, and they're all pretty damn good.
  • ErwinErwin
    Anything from Jam Project.
  • whateverwhatever
    The only anime shows I've watched with music that I'd listen to even without the show are Cowboy Bebop and FLCL. All other good music I've heard in anime is really only good in context.
  • NeitoNeito
    Anything from Jam Project.
    JAM Project is pretty good, but most of their anime music is covers, except for the SRW stuff.
  • SailSail
    FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Ghost in the Shell.
  • One SinOne Sin
    edited April 2008
    Bleach: D-technoLIFE
    Blood +: Colors of the Heart
    Bubblegum Crisis: Konya wa Hurricane
    CLAMP in Wonderland 2: Action!
    Gundam SEED: Invoke, Find the Way, Fields of Hope, Reason, Pride
    Eureka Seven: Days and Shounen Heart
    Fate/Stay Night: Anata ga Ita Mori
    Nadia: Blue Water
    Galaxy Angel: Happy Question
    Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: White Reflection
    Knights of Ramune: Miracle Body ni Goyougin
    Evangellion: A Cruel Angel's Thesis
    Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars: Marionette Messiah
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  • chaosof99chaosof99
    Two Bands I got into through anime: The Pillows as heard on FLCL, and Ore Ska Band which I got introduced to by the ending themes for both, Naruto and Bleach.
    Since I am not going to recount my "Animetard" playlist on my iPod, I'll just say that the songs in One Piece and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei are great.
  • RymRym
    I prefer Yoko Kanno's orchestral works, such as the soundtrack to Escaflowne. Barring that, I prefer melodic vocals, like the openings to RahXephon, Bokurano, or Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I really like Maaya Sakamoto's voice.
  • VigaViga
    As much as I've been fanboying this anime since I've seen it, Gurren-Lagann has had some damn good music.
    Fuck yeah!

    I also want to put in NANA (which is music focused anyway), Gravitation (also music focused), Eureka Seven, Gurren Lagann and although I hate it, Bleach.
  • That Which YoesThat Which Yoes
    Gotta say the Hellsing soundtracks (Raid and Ruins) were the biggest surprises I ever got - I can't even put a genre to it b/c it's so eclectic and diverse.
    Yoko Kanno is a given, as are the Pillows.
    Trigun's album "The Second Donuts" holds a special place in my heart as well for its blues/Western draw.
  • KieyKiey
    The music from Baccano! was/is really good. Reminded me a lot of Bebop's. Also don't forget Big O's music, which was perfect for the show.
  • RochelleRochelle
    Anything done by Yoko Kanno. I mostly enjoy her work from Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop.

    I also extremely love the Samurai Champloo OSTs. It introduced me to Tsutchie, Nujabes, Fat John, and MINMI. I don't think I can ever get tired of those OSTs.
  • SymmetrySymmetry
    Lots of people have mentioned Yoko Kanno, but let me add that her soundtracks for Arjuna and Aquarion were the only good things about those two animes. *Every* track on the first Arjuna soundtrack is just amazing and you should buy it if you like her stuff even if you never intend to watch the anime.

    I also like Yuki Kajiura a lot. If I had to pick a favorite CD for her it would probably be Future Sounscape III, with Dreamscape, Slipstream, and Swordbreaker.
  • ErynEryn
    edited November 2008

    Galaxy Angel:Happy Question
    [...]
    Knights of Ramune:Miracle Body ni Goyougin
    Fuck yeah! Power to the cute songs! I thought I was the only person in the world who really, really liked "Miracle Body ni Goyoujin," despite a seething hatred of Ramune itself. XD; And don't get me started on Galaxy Angel music. For years now, I've been the only person on LiveJournal with "Galaxy Angel music" listed as an interest.

    As for other favourites... gah. Anyone who's listened to my old podcast knows, I like so much anime music, it's hard to choose. The only thing I know for sure is that my number one two* favourite anime song of all time is "Virtual Star Embryology" from Utena, partly due to allegiance to the show and mostly due to the might of J.A. Seazer. Heck, all of Seazer's Utena music is way up there in favourites territory for me (I don't really like his non-Utena stuff, though; too esoteric even for me).

    Hm, other faves... I guess I could just copy and paste the favourites list I made for my podcast's site. Save me some time and effort. XD So, apart from Virtual Star, I really like "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Eiko Shimamiya (When They Cry - Higurashi), "Senobi wo Shite Follow You" by Mahou Tsukai Tai (Magic User’s Club), "Re-sublimity" by KOTOKO (Kannazuki no Miko), "Tori no Uta" by LIA (Air), "You Won’t See Me Coming" by Jean-Jacques Burnel (Gankutsuou), "Fields of Hope" by Rie Tanaka (Gundam Seed Destiny), "Galaxy Baban ga Bang!" by Angel-tai (Galaxy Angel A), "Breeze" by Megumi Hayashibara (Slayers TRY), and "Cloud Age Symphony" by Shuntaro Okino (Last Exile).

    * - "Rinbu Revolution" by Masami Okui finally overtook VSE. I thought that song was played out for me, but hearing it again recently while re-watching Utena, it's still <3<3<3. :D
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  • DkongDkong
    edited April 2008
    I also extremely love the Samurai Champloo OSTs. It introduced me to Tsutchie, Nujabes, Fat John, and MINMI. I don't think I can ever get tired of those OSTs.
    I was going to list Samurai Champloo, but I don't really like the music that much. I have the first OST and I've listened to stuff from Nujabes. Outside of battlecry, most of it is repetitive hip hop rhythms which get old by the end of a 4 minute track.
    So that's a show with music great in context, but shitty outside of the show, as far as I'm concerned.

    And yeah, fuck yeah Pillows! Though I really haven't listened to much of their stuff outside of FLCL.
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  • RochelleRochelle
    I was going to list Samurai Champloo, but I don't really like the music that much. I have the first OST and I've listened to stuff from Nujabes. Outside of battlecry, most of it is repetitive hip hop rhythms which get old by the end of a 4 minute track.
    For myself, I don't need a song with words and people singing. Most of the OSTs make good music to listen to while working and even better, while reading.
  • UsagimaruUsagimaru
    Eureka Seven:DaysandShounen Heart
    No love for Taiyou no Mannaka he or STORYWRITER?

    Everything from Gurren Lagann is awesome.
  • One SinOne Sin
    Fuck yeah! Power to the cute songs! I thought I was the only person in the world who really, really liked "Miracle Body ni Goyoujin," despite a seething hatred of Ramune itself.
    It's really weird. I found Miracle Body ni Goyoujin by mistake on Gendou while looking for a different song. >_>
    No love for Taiyou no Mannaka he or STORYWRITER?
    I liked them, but I didn't love them. If I listed every song I liked, then my list would have been at least three times as long. >_
  • ErynEryn
    edited April 2008
    I actually really, really don't like "Taiyou no Mannaka" for whatever reason. It takes quite a bit for me to actually delete an anime song (most aren't bad or boring enough to me to warrant doing so), but I deleted that one less than a couple weeks after getting it. I think I just had issues with the vocalist. :/

    "Shounen Heart," though, now there's a Eureka 7 opening I dig a lot. :D "Days" is pretty darn good, too.
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  • chaosof99chaosof99
    I listened to Mad Machine today again after listening to the "Bubblegum Crisis episode 8" episode of Fast Karate and what a great song that is. And now I am wondering what Dave would pay to have that song in Rock Band.
  • VigaViga
    From Eureka Seven I think Sakura is an awesome song.
  • DaveDave
    I listened to Mad Machine today again after listening to the "Bubblegum Crisis episode 8" episode of Fast Karate and what a great song that is. And now I am wondering what Dave would pay to have that song in Rock Band.
    More money than there is numbers in the universe.
  • One SinOne Sin
    From Eureka Seven I think Sakura is an awesome song.
    Sakura was good save for one part that made me despise it.

    "Fall in looooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooveeee!" Blech.
  • N15PCAN15PCA
    Patlabor 2 The Movie-Kenji Kawai's Unnatural City I and Unnatural City II.

    Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe- Tenchi Muyoi Ryo-Ohki's Theme, Washu's Lullaby, Talent for Love, Dimensions of Love and Forevermore.

    Utena TV- Shi No Aphrodite, Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku with Banyuu Inryoku, Seijuku Nenrei Toumeiki, Hitomi No Naka No yokan, Yumir Miru Saibou, Pessimism, Tenderness and Aphrodite Scat.

    Maison Ikkoku TV show- Will Tomorrow be Brighter, Cinema, Suki Sa, Fantasy and Hello Sadness.

    Blue Seed- Carnival Babel and Tounch and Go.

    I'm sure I can think of some more songs later.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWA!
  • jccjcc
    If an awesome anime has a terrible soundtrack, listening to that soundtrack will remind a person of that anime's awesomeness, and they will overestimate the actual quality level of the song for people who aren't familiar with the anime. A lot of internet anime music radio stations seem to have this problem.
  • One SinOne Sin
    Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe- Tenchi Muyoi Ryo-Ohki's Theme, Washu's Lullaby, Talent for Love, Dimensions of Love and Forevermore.
    I actually bought the English soundtrack a year or two ago. I liked The Lonely Moon and I'm a Pioneer the most. Does anyone else have the Japanese 6-CD karaoke set? Now that was epic.
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