No.87121
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRGdEBBKA-MWhat are /qa/'s favorite scores for anime and such? Are they mostly comprised of scores for older series or has anything recent really drawn your attention and favor as well? Or, do you even notice the soundtrack while watching?
Also I don't mean an anime with say 1 good track throughout the whole thing with the rest forgettable, but one where the music as a whole is good.
No.87124
JRPG music in particular is something I cherish very dearly. One character and theme that has stuck to me for over 20 years is Rena from Star Ocean 2. Motoi Sakuraba has an extremely recognizable style in general, and his work for the Star Ocean, Tales and Valkyrie Profile games are legendary. He also does the soundtrack for the Souls games.
Theme of Rena:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlP1N7s-MEEMusic Box version (sad moments):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZza3_Ng54Arranged version (off an album):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5NMakAUE_0Ah, young love, even if it's for a fictitious video game girl...
No.87130
My ears tend to be biassed in favor of the whole packaging, so an ok OST can be charmed by the experience of a great show. Great OSTs of great shows which I instantly remember include Hellsing and NHK. A surprisingly good OST for a show under the radar was used in Bocchi's show.
No.87132
>>87129It's not for that reasons, it's complicated... Don't worry about it.
No.87133
>>87131uah I'd kill for a kebab right now
No.87155
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Too many to list, mostly series from over a decade ago. The sound is a major part of the viewing experience for me.
Two that I think might deserve more appreciation are Bartender and GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class. In fact, the music is what I like most about these two shows. I like listening to variations of the same motif. Bartender has several repeated motifs, while for GA it might be just the main theme's motif that gets repeated several times. Oh, and the main motif of the OVA ED theme is also used for the next episode preview.
Bartender:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpGJ_OOh58c&list=PLonNmoP_O6LF_xcrPL287diEa1DkvDa5J&index=1GA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YR1d72qVw&list=PLZ-5xVKu9PUmUEB0oVRgHxWMG98kOVosW&index=12I enjoyed the Spice and Wolf soundtrack as part of the anime, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much when I listened to it on its own, except for the OP and ED themes. On the other hand, for my favorite soundtracks, I enjoy them greatly both as part of the anime and on their own.
No.87157
>>87133I can't believe you would kill a fellow human being for something so trivial. You're a monster!
No.87170
There are two specific ones that come to mind.
First one is Noir. Purely as a soundtrack (i.e. in terms of matching the work, creating a fitting atmosphere, use of leitmotifs, etc.), I think this one is hard to top. Also happens to have probably my favorite OP ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpHU--A--8 No.87172
And yeah, I do notice the soundtrack while watching, I just find most of it unremarkable and forget it completely after I finish the series. Can't even remember the most recent one that I liked. Mashiro no Oto, if you count that? Oh yeah, there was a track in Akebi-chan that sounded like You from Higurashi. I know it's a common chord progression, but the contrast was amusing, what with the rural middle school setting and all.
No.87220
I maintain that Touka Gettan has one of the all time greatest anime soundtracks. Done by Tada Akifumi, who's written a number of anime soundtracks, but on this one they really gave him carte blanche to write whatever he saw fit for the scene. It's got themes ranging from classical eastern music, classical western music, jazz, hip hop, and there's even a mambo thrown in for good measure. Almost all of the pieces use a range of instruments too, it's surprisingly complex music for what was probably not a very high budget tv show.
>>87155agree on Bartender having a great soundtrack too.
No.87361
I'm probably in the minority, or maybe it's just that most anime have bland "wall paper" soundtracks, but I almost never notice the music aside from maybe taking note of the OP/ED if they're particularly good. Very rarely do I think much of music. More important to me is sound design.
No.87362
>>87361Most anime don't have a stand-out soundtrack, you're right. But that's not really an anime thing that's more a soundtrack thing in general. Good ones are usually hard to come by.
No.87383
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No.88015
>>87987Yeah that one is great too, but it might go over some people's heads since it's all soft and relaxing ambiental music.
No.88417
>>87383I liked some of that too, anime about idols always has many different songs so at least some of them are bound to be to someones liking.
No.88419
Welcome to the NHK is the 1st one that comes to mind.
765 has great music too.
No.89989
what kind of soldier
No.90711
>>90694I prefer soundtracks of Japanese games to Western ones though, mostly because Western games are obsessed with trying to emulate Hollywood orchestra and it always sounds bland and uninspired to me.
Also, did you guys know that Automata is getting an anime adaption?
No.92096
>>91845I love GA too. Have you played the PSP game? It is pretty cozy and emulates well.
No.92177
>>92096I've tried it before for a bit, but I didn't get very far and never got around to finishing it. Part of the reason why might be that I was disappointed that the soundtrack is different. The game soundtrack isn't bad per se, but it feels a bit bland and generic compared to the overall groovier feel of the anime soundtrack. Maybe I'll come back to it someday. I still haven't even read the manga yet, and I definitely want to do that first.
Have you listened to the drama CD that came with the limited edition of the game? You might enjoy it if you're still craving for more GA.
No.108964
>>108963Took me a few seconds to remember it, but I could hear the trumpets in my head perfectly right before they came on. That groove is hard to forget.
No.108990
>>108980Absolutely. The first murder scene in Umineko is such a memorable scene thanks to the music, a sharp contrast going from classical music to techno.
Going from Umineko to Ciconia, I was really let down by how lackluster the music felt. The near-climax scene in particular where
everybody starts declaring war on each other could have been so much more impactful with the right music.