Comments on: Clannad ~After Story~ Episode 16 – Examining the Musical Component

By: lira

lira — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:04:32 +0000

super beautiful nmn ngpicture!!!!!……..

By: Clannad Original Soundtrack – Review | Anime Instrumentality Blog

Clannad Original Soundtrack – Review | Anime Instrumentality Blog — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:08:47 +0000

[...] and by incorporating Nagisa’s theme into the piece, the audience too acutely feels his pain. While I have discussed the effect of this piece during the scene which depicts Nagisa’s passing, it bears repeating that what makes this [...]

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:28:28 +0000

Well, I thought that “Torch” was a worse problem. In “Nagisa’s” case, the point of using her theme in that scene was to elicit memories of Nagisa from the reviewer and make us, the viewer, realize the gaping void in Tomoya’s life.

By: clannadfreak808

clannadfreak808 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:51:21 +0000

You know the impact of this song on the scene did kind of kill it due to its happy nature. But for those clannad fans it fit in pretty well, it personified Nagisa’s feelings. And I can see what the creator’s of Clannad were trying to do, since there are a lot of clannad fans who do in fact cry when they watch this show (i cry sometimes as well) putting in something with a happy tone makes it easier for people to take in. With its melancholic tone, it is both sad and yet happy.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:31:43 +0000

Actually I heard that thought being tossed around the AnimeSuki forums quite a bit and I largely agree with that sentiment. The most appropriate way to end this particular episode was to play the “Dango Daikazoku” ED from season 1 just to drive that point even harder. Special events like what happened in episode 16 call for a special ending and I’m with you in thinking that they should have used something other than “Torch.”

By: Karisu

Karisu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:03:25 +0000

Did you find the ED song more than a little inappropriate like I did? Wish they would have gone without an ED or done a special one for the episode.

By: Lero

Lero — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:11:26 +0000

I think that the musisc is pretty good.
Died Nagisa = WIN.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:52:39 +0000

@ETERNAL
Tell me about it. I just got through watching episode 18 and that burst of music when Tomoya goes face to face with Ushio in the field of sunflowers really hammered the sheer beauty of the moment. Clannad’s definitely got some great music, but like you said, the way the music and the scenery flows in tandem is what makes the experience feel so extraordinary.

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:11:52 +0000

Not much that I can say other than that your analysis is excellent. The music in Clannad is incredible to begin with, and the effect of playing a song like that over such a heart wrenching scene was extraordinary.

By: Taka

Taka — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:41:01 +0000

The entire thing is “Nagisa~ Farewell at the Foot of a Hill” it’s on the OST and starts out with the standard “Nagisa” theme and transitions about halfway through to a repeating parallel theme.

By: Wafflemania

Wafflemania — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:40:39 +0000

AW THIS ep made me cry lots…..TT.TT

does anyone know the song right before the Ed music starts? or have an mp3 or title of that song. it is very nice sounding…. and i think it was made just for this ep!

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:12:55 +0000

@Taka: I listened to that segment again and you are absolutely correct on both counts.

The piece that plays is indeed “Nagisa~ Farewell at the Foot of a Hill” and I particularly found your thoughts to be spot on in describing the effect that the piece has upon that scene. I’d even go as far to say that the single playthrough of that segment from “Nagisa” and the subsequent repeating rhythm is a symbol of the ephemeral nature of their relationship, and that their happiness simply couldn’t last.

By: Taka

Taka — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:53:07 +0000

I think the actual song used was Nagisa~ Farewell at the Foot of a Hill. Which while starting out as the same theme repeats a new musical phrase for almost half the song. I think something can be said for it’s inclusion. The repetition serving to display each tableau of the time spent between Nagisa and Tomoya. Which starts out kind of muddled at first but gradually takes the center stage harpsichord enters yet again. Paralleling the Nagisa theme. The fadeout as a opposed to the full stop in Nagisa’s theme makes this version even more fleeting to some extent.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:45:52 +0000

And you thought that “Toki wo Kizamu Uta” was already pretty melancholic. That song pretty much hinted at this scene and even though you’re prepared for it, it’s still hits you pretty hard.

And definitely agree, I don’t think “Dango Daikazoku,” “Nagisa,” and “Chiisana Tenohira” will ever sound the same to me again. It’s hard to dissociate those two pieces from this scene and listening to it will only conjure up memories of this moment.

By: 53RG10

53RG10 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:07:59 +0000

I think the optimism of “Nagisa” also came from Nagisa’s favorite song “Dango Daikazoku”…which has the same melody as “Nagisa”. That melody has this happy yet melancholic feeling behind it thanks to these two songs.

After episode 16, “Dango Daikazoku” will also sound a bit melancholic to me…