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digi-kun May 4th, 2009 6:31 AM

Best Anime Background Music
 
We all love our OPs and EDs, but sometimes the in-show music is just amazing.

What BGMs do you like the best, whether it be an entire soundtrack from a show or just a single song from that show.

twocows May 4th, 2009 9:31 AM

Macross Frontier had some amazing music. May'n (voice of Sheryl while singing) is great, though I'm not a fan of her style of singing. Megumi (voice of Ranka) is just friggen amazing in every song; there wasn't one I didn't like. The series itself was great, too; I stayed away from Macross in the past because I'm not really a fan of mecha, but I plan to go back and watch everything now.

These are some of my favorites:
Lion
Northern Cross
Triangler (fight on stage)
What 'bout my [email protected]
Interstellar Flight
Diamond Crevasse

@Superfairy:
Maybe, but I still like them, regardless of how I (mis)interpreted the thread.

devilicious May 4th, 2009 9:39 AM

Well, twocows, you're talking about Macross Frontier's insert songs, and not Background Music, lol. Even if they -are- great, and they were used as background tunes sometimes, I don't think that's the point of this thread.

That said, I really like Death Note's background music. It's just... epic and climatic. The orchestras and corals give them an eerie feeling that fits the series perfectly. I have to say that Princess Tutu's also really awesome. The variations and arrangements of various famous music, from Beethoven to Chopin, mixed with exciting ballets really do stand out. That's also the kind of feeling I get from Simoun's BGM- classic tunes arranged to fit the setting, giving them a classic-yet-new feel.

And I'm sure many will mention Gurren Lagann's, so I won't even start on that.

Blue_Drifblim May 4th, 2009 1:28 PM

Pokemon. (Depending on what version of the show you watch...), It's filled to the brim with orchestrated goodness. If you showed somebody some of the pieces of music from the show, they would probably never guess it's from Pokemon if you didn't tell them already. It's a shame most people will probably never know about the great music in this show, due to it being, well, Pokemon. Shinji Miyazaki does a great job.

processr May 4th, 2009 1:31 PM

Agreed with Superfairy re: Death Note. The orchestral scores are haunting, while the guitar pieces are surprisingly rocking. I have the first two OSTs on my iPod. =3

J May 4th, 2009 7:36 PM

The track "Startup" from Toradora! was pretty awesome.
And also "Get it by your hands" and "Storywriter" from Eureka Seven.
There are others that I don't know the names of though.

Salahra May 5th, 2009 12:06 AM

I have to ...um... third the Death Note nomination. Of course, I was slightly obsessed with Oldfield's Tubular Bells beforehand (I grew up listening to it), so that might have something to do with it. Think L's theme plus new age. Compare the track called only "L" with "Sentinel (Tubular Bells II)." You'd have to search them yourselves, since I can't post links yet (I lurk), but the resemblance is uncanny. I also love all of the music in the Miyazaki films I've seen.

Cherrim May 7th, 2009 7:53 AM

Death Note's soundtrack was okay. I'm not sure why but it seemed really repetitive to me and I don't like listening to it anymore. :( Was a nice listen the first time though and a few songs stick out as really good.

Gurren Lagann is the same way. I LOVE a few tracks on it and the rest are only meh. I still listen to it a fair bit though.

I loooove the OST for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni though. A ton of instances of the main theme but I love it so it's all good. The whole thing fits the series so well and it's a fairly relaxing OST to listen to.

I've also always enjoyed what I've heard of the .hack OSTs but I don't have the full disc(s) of any of them so I can't really judge yet. Other honourable mentions go to Witch Hunter Robin, Full Metal Alchemist and probably others haha. Don't have access to my music collection right now so my memory of what I've actually heard is a tad hazy.

devilicious May 7th, 2009 8:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Lightning (Post 4620481)
I loooove the OST for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni though. A ton of instances of the main theme but I love it so it's all good. The whole thing fits the series so well and it's a fairly relaxing OST to listen to.

Hm. I always thought the BGM for Higurashi was really bad (excluding the theme songs). :/
Maybe it's because the BGM for the sound novels is so incredibly awesome that the anime one feels just... poor.

Serene Grace May 7th, 2009 8:44 AM

Oh my gawd, I loved Death Note's BGM! It's really nice and it suits the theme of the anime very well. Also, It's one of the BGM's that you don't notice during the Anime but you know it would suck without it ;-;.

Also, I quite like Naruto's BGM. It well made and it suits the Anime's theme well. The differences is that It's very repititive and you get tired of listening to the same BGM after 100+ episodes.

Legobricks May 8th, 2009 8:11 PM

"Shinkai" by Kayo Konishi & Yukio Kondoo for Elfen Lied and "Unmei no Yoru" by Kenji Kawai for Fate/ Stay Night. Apart from those and some others, I prefer to fill my music library with video game tracks.
I much prefer BGM to a normal song that is simply cropped to a minute and half length (why do Western shows make their own theme songs and anime don't? Honestly I never understood that).

Graceful May 9th, 2009 2:51 AM

Final Fantasy VII advent children:Advent one winged angel,Advent Aeris theme
Sailor moon:Luna's theme,Carry on,my only love

Kotowari May 9th, 2009 11:05 AM

Soundtracks! 8D
I love listening to soundtracks and I'll be glad to share some of my favourite songs with everyone here. ^^

As for the CD's, I love these:
1) D.N. Angel Original Soundtrack I
2) D.N. Angel Original Soundtrack II
3) Samurai X: Tsuiokuhen OVA Original Soundtrack
4) Samurai X: Seishouhen OVA Original Soundtrack
5) Some of the Rurouni Kenshin Soundtrack songs
6) Some of the Saiunkoku Monogatari Soundtrack songs
7) Fire Emblem 9, Path of Radiance Original Soundtrack
...

And now some specific songs :3
Hitenmitsurugi Ryuu-Rurouni Kenshin
Ice & Snow - DNA OSTII
Freedert - DNA OST II
Another World - DNA OST II
The sound of Snow Falling - RK TOVA
In Memories-Kotowari - RK TK OVA Probably my fav OST song, now.... I think it managed to the catch the emotions of the Tsuiokuhen OVA very well.
Living Sin - RK SOVA

And there are many more, unfortunately I can't find any of the Saimono Soundtrack songs on youtube that I was looking for.

Andcetera May 9th, 2009 4:03 PM

Any BGM by Yoko Kanno, or Susumu Hirasawa.

¡No Hablo Inglés! May 11th, 2009 11:36 PM

Like several other people in this thread, I think the Death Note soundtrack was wonderful. I've got all three of the anime soundtracks lying around some place or the other. xD;

I also quite like the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni OST (*high fives Ligtning*), without that music the show would be severely lacking, and it's just generally nice to listen to, if you ask me. Oh, and Soul Eater too, I was pretty much obsessed with that soundtrack for a while. xD

Krymz3000 May 17th, 2009 6:24 PM

INITIAL D
SPEEDY SPEED BOY
NIGHT OF FIRE
DONT STOP THE MUSIC
REMEMBER ME
DOGFIGHT

Gusxx1 May 18th, 2009 12:04 AM

Anyone ever watch Last Exile? I said this in another topic but the music in that is amazing. You guys should listen to it or even watch the series. Probably hands down the best anime series i've seen in my opinion. And with the soundtrack it has makes it even better.

Raaji May 18th, 2009 3:53 PM

I thought the opening of Black Lagoon was pretty good
Red Fraction- http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecHOOQli5g&feature=related

And I liked Lilium from Elfen Lied as well
Lilium- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_SChDmSedM

Then again, those are the most recent ones I have watched, so I remember them most, lol

Ryoutarou May 19th, 2009 4:21 AM

I don't listen to OSTs too much anymore, but I've always been the biggest fan of Michiru Oushima and Toshihiko Sahashi's works. There are very few others that can really make me feel the music like these two, most anime OSTs would tend to bore me, but most of the works by these two really brought the music to life and added a totally new layer to the show that not many other composers could.

That said, Fullmetal Alchemist, Big O, Zipang, Gundam SEED and Destiny, Black Blood Brothers, and Nabari no Ou all have amazing pieces are usually my favorite anime OSTs.

Alakazam17 May 19th, 2009 5:07 AM

Hmm, a few come to mind:

A Song of Storm and Fire - Tsubasa Chronicle
This is my absolute favourite. It just made the anime even more epic than it already was. ^_^
Number One - Bleach
Had a nice ring to it. And like the Storm and Fire, it always played just before something epic happened. XD
Battle Theme - One Piece
Always plays when Luffy's resolve goes through the roof. This music always puts a smile on my face. =D
Battle Theme - Pokemon
It starts at 4:34 in the video(I couldn't find it anywhere else, okay!).

.inLOVE May 20th, 2009 1:52 AM

The Gurren Lagann soundtrack was awesome. I listen to it all the time.

The Death Note soundtracks were okay, but not the best.

Jorah May 20th, 2009 7:56 AM

I really liked the Death Note soundtrack, especially the track "Light Lights up Light"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alakazam17 (Post 4654828)
Battle Theme - Pokemon
It starts at 4:34 in the video(I couldn't find it anywhere else, okay!).

That's Advance Adventure Faunsu E

megawalk May 20th, 2009 8:55 AM

i totally froze when i heard Gaiking the Great's Theme
i also was very amazed when it happened 0_0
Gaiking the Great is not to be meddled with

A Pixy May 21st, 2009 5:13 PM

I really love the music that's playing in the background when Conan has found the culprit and is slowly breaking down the facts to their conviction. It's so epic...


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