Your Favorite Anime Theme / Soundtrack

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 21, 2002 9:57 am

Since some of SYMers also love to watch anime, which of the theme song or soundtrack you like ?

There's a lot on my lists, here's some of them :
1. Fourth Avenue Cafe by L'Arc~en~Ciel - Ending song of Samurai X season 4
2. Dream by My Will - Ending song of Inuyasha
3. Ima Soko ni Iru Boku by unknown - opening music of Now and Then, Here and There (This anime got no opening song - just music and it's a cool one !)
4. It's gonna rain by Bonnie Pink - Ending song of Samurai X season 5

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Tue May 21, 2002 10:18 am

Hrmpf.. One of the worst parts of anime is those pretentious signature songs they just have to play at every damn occasion.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 21, 2002 10:25 am

Originally posted by Dottie
Hrmpf.. One of the worst parts of anime is those pretentious signature songs they just have to play at every damn occasion.

Gotta agree on that one

especially if the song is really bad

<EDIT> Which is why most of my fave theme are ending songs since they never play the song at every damn occasion.

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue May 21, 2002 10:57 am

*quietly rushes in and starts to sing Kaze mo Sora mo Kitto*

I love that song. But outside of theme, Setsunakute Ii wins by a LONGSHOT. Highly recommended.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue May 21, 2002 11:14 am

Just to sound like a cliche, i would have to say Ghost in the Shell, truly amazing score

I pretty much agree with Dottie, most of them are nonesense

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue May 21, 2002 5:59 pm

@Sleep & Dottie : Dunno if you've seen tokusatsu if you do then that's one heck annoying to hear those main chars transformed with the theme song play in background.

PS : Tokusatsu kinda like Power Rangers film, an FYI most of Power Rangers film was 'bootlegged' from certain tokusatsu movie

And yes, the GiS opening theme are awesome. But wait till you hear Sol Bianca opening theme "To Be Free"

Aqua-chan · Post by **Aqua-chan** » Tue May 21, 2002 6:53 pm

Personally, I've always been a big fan of the Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, and Fatal Fury movie soundtracks. They do have some good songs (with the exeptions of the ones they play constantly by re-writing two notes and calling it a "mix" version). But who knows? There are a LOT of good animes out there!

Like Yu Yu Hakusho (which unfortuantly doesn't have a soundtrack as far as I know of) and MiyukiChan in Wonderland. I could name a hundred of 'em.

thantor3 · Post by **thantor3** » Tue May 21, 2002 7:19 pm

Originally posted by Aqua-chan
I could name a hundred of 'em.

Ok... *waits patiently*

I would have to agree with Mr. Sleep that "Ghost in the Shell" has an awesome sound track. "Perfect Blue" wasn't too bad either. I just purchased "Metropolis" and I am hopeful that the music will be up to the standards of the rest of the movie.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Tue May 21, 2002 9:37 pm

GitS was pretty good, however my favourite soundtrack so far has got to be Neon Genesis Evangelion. Especially the Rei themes, and the themes they play for the scenes that take place inside the characters' psyches.

And some of the renditions of Fly me to the Moon were pretty good too. The Asuka theme sort of ticked me off though.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Wed May 22, 2002 7:43 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
The Asuka theme sort of ticked me off though.

Well Ayanami Rei is the most kawaii bishoujo on NGE - it's concluded on a poll posted wayyy back somewhere on the net; while Asuka Langley come in second place

@thantor3 : Can't wait to hear your review on Metropolis

Out of curiousity who have seen Mazin Kaiser ? it's the new installment of Mazinger series (Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger etc)
And who saw Kotetsu Jeeg, God Sigma, Saint Seiya & B'Tx ?

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed May 22, 2002 7:49 am

We don't get much anime down here in Oz

, so there's a lot I haven't seen. I doubt I'd have seen more than 20 movies, and I'm something of an anime buff around where I live.

@KidD01-I guess democracy gets some things right.

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Wed May 22, 2002 3:15 pm

's my list
1 - Bubblegum crisis tokyo 2040 theme the best (romeo or something)
2 - the Trigun theme
3 - Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cruel Angel Thesis)
4 - X/1999

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Wed May 22, 2002 3:21 pm

Originally posted by /-\lastor
's my list
1 - Bubblegum crisis tokyo 2040 theme the best (romeo or something)
2 - the Trigun theme
3 - Neon Genesis Evangelion (Cruel Angel Thesis)
4 - X/1999

Note to all the people who haven't seen NGE: SHAME ON YOU
It's, in my opinion, the best series Anime has ever produced.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed May 22, 2002 9:20 pm

Originally posted by /-\lastor

Note to all the people who haven't seen NGE: SHAME ON YOU
It's, in my opinion, the best series Anime has ever produced.

Hear, hear!

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:41 pm

Originally posted by /-\lastor

Note to all the people who haven't seen NGE: SHAME ON YOU
It's, in my opinion, the best series Anime has ever produced.

Dont make me laugh.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed May 22, 2002 10:47 pm

Originally posted by Dottie

Dont make me laugh.

It's the best one I've seen (not that that's saying much). Which one do you think is the best?

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:50 pm

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
It's the best one I've seen (not that that's saying much). Which one do you think is the best?

To be honest I dont generarly like the series, movies seem to be much better. Serial Experiments Lain have always apealed to me though.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu May 23, 2002 1:01 am

We haven't got the movies down here yet

. I've been waiting for about two years now, but the negotiations to release them fell through and have only recently been reopened.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Thu May 23, 2002 8:40 am

Samurai X complete theme song list

Here's the full list of Samurai X Opening song & Ending song :
Opening Song :
1. Sobakasu by Judy & Mary
2. 1/2 (or sometimes pronounced Half) by Kawamoto Makoto
3. Kimi Ni Fureru Dakede by Curio

Ending Song :
1. Tactics by The Yellow Monkey
2. Namida wa sh1tte Iru by Suzukaze Mayo
3. Heart of Sword by T.M. Revolution
4. The Fourth Avenue Cafe by L'Arc~en~Ciel
5. It's Gonna Rain! by Bonnie Pink
6. 1/3 no Junjo na Kanjo by Siam Shade
7. Dame by You Izumi

Notable Music Theme :
1. Intermezzo Synfonica by Pietro Mascagni
---- The theme for infamous Kaoru & Kenshin fireflies parting scene
2. Run to You
---- Sagara Sanosuke theme music

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Thu May 23, 2002 9:23 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
We haven't got the movies down here yet . I've been waiting for about two years now, but the negotiations to release them fell through and have only recently been reopened.

We dont get either over here, and when some anime enters the stage it's mostly kiddy or low quality. I'm reduced to downloading the japanese fansubbed version.