In the course of reflecting upon the music of last year’s anime, an idea as obvious as recognizing some of the best of the best soundtracks and OP/ED songs has to be done. In years past, that idea materialized in the form of a Decades post series where we looked at some of the more [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
1st Annual Anime Music Awards – The Best of 2010
Posted in Editorials Tagged Annual Awards, Fairy Tail, Michiru Ooshima, Tatami Galaxy, Working!! 19 Comments
Ano Hana ED Single – secret base ~Kimi Ga Kureta Mono~ – Review
Album Title: secret base ~Kimi Ga Kureta Mono~ Anime Title: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai Artist: Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, Saori Hayami, Norihiko Machida Catalog Number: SVWC-7764 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: April 27, 2011 Purchase at: CDJapan
Posted in Soundtrack Reviews Tagged Ai Kayano, Ano Hana, Haruka Tomatsu, Hayami Saori, J-pop, Norihiko Machida, OP/ED 17 Comments
Aftershok Composes: Hare Hare Yukai for Four Saxophones
Yuki, Haruhi, Mikuru, and shadowy Unit-01 are back for a second helping of OP/ED rearranging shenanigans, and this time it’s the sequel to last week’s “Bouken Desho Desho?”: “Hare Hare Yukai.” Willed into existance by Haruhi herself, this sax quartet arrangement had a bit of a rocky inception.
Posted in Compositions Tagged Arrangement, composition, Hare, hare hare yukai, Haruhi, OP/ED, Quartet, Saxophone, Suzumiya, yukai 5 Comments
Gosick ED Single – Resuscitated Hope / Unity – Review
Album Title: Resuscitate Hope / unity Anime Title: Gosick Artist: Lisa Komine, Takeshi Sakabe, Asu Catalog Number: COCC-16467 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: April 27, 2011 Purchase at: CDJapan
Posted in Soundtrack Reviews Tagged Asu, Gosick, J-pop, Lisa Komine, OP/ED, Takeshi Sakabe 13 Comments
Aftershok Composes: Bouken Desho Desho for Four Saxophones
It’s been almost an entire two days in the making, but, at last, I am proud to present to you all the culmination of nearly 48 hours’ worth of work, sweat, and instant noodles. Written/arranged by me and performed by my four other identical quintuplet brothers (pictured), this arrangement of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s [...]
Posted in Compositions Tagged Arrangement, Bouken, Desho, Haruhi, Quartet, Saxophone, Suzumiya, Unlimited Saxophone Works 14 Comments
