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Comment on Monday Music Musings by signor_rossi

signor_rossi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:27 +0000

Seirei’s soundtrack is far above F/SN’s for my tastes. I tried to listen to the latter yesterday and couldn’t bring myself to like it, regular J-Pop doesn’t stand a chance against songs like ‘Nahji no Uta’ for me, and I couldn’t find any instrumental that was ’special’. But then again I don’t like much J-Pop in general, or better said I am really repulsed by most of it. I like quite a few Kokia songs though (but is her genre really J-Pop?) and the OP of Dennou Coil isn’t bad either.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by Reltair

Reltair — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:07:05 +0000

Mmmm, looking forward to more of these Monday Music Musings. It was interesting to read about the thoughts of the composer on the chorus of the GiTS intro. Now that I think about it, I do associate that music with GiTS but haven’t really thought about it before.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:17:54 +0000

@Yi
That’s all too a commonality that we wish could be otherwise. Oh well, if all else fails, they could just lip-sync

I’d still take Seirei’s soundtrack over F/SN though since that one just felt more epic and I’m partial to epic moreso than dark/creepy stuff. It’s not ahead by a whole lot though.

@omo
It’s a start and well, at least Love and War got in the mix. If there’s anything to enjoy, it’s that he did go for a wider selection. I’ll take what I can get.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by omo

omo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:23 +0000

>> After all, a man who likes Hidamari Sketch and anime music can’t be all bad.

I applaud his effort to promo anisong, but it is a headdesk-inducing experience for me thus far, 10 minutes into the program.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by Yi

Yi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:34:36 +0000

“the labels focus more on image than the actual musical content.”
It’s a sad truth of the music industry everywhere.

Anyways, I was wondering about where I knew Kenji Kawai from earlier. This reminded me. Fate/stay night’s track is pretty good.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:26 +0000

@signor_rossi
Yeah, those are pretty awesome and I’d say that Seirei’s soundtrack is one of his stronger releases recently. I haven’t been able to think of an album that reaches the high bar that he’s set.

As for my reviews, all of them will be 2009. I do intend to revisit older stuff at some point, but that’s what my Reminiscence column will be all about. We’ll see!

Comment on Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 – Review by Burning Lizard

Burning Lizard — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:29:55 +0000

Either the FT Main Theme, or Natsu no Theme. I’m not one hundred percent certain, but I’m 75% certain it was the main theme.

Comment on Monday Music Musings by signor_rossi

signor_rossi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:19:09 +0000

I also am not a hardcore fan of Kawais music, but I really like his music for the GitS movie, especially Chant III – Reincarnation, with the great middle part when the choir is silent. I thought I had heard this part in the Seirei no Moribito soundtrack (which is also great, btw, I love Kawais folksy/ethnic compositions) too, but couldn’t find it when I checked.
Looking forward to your coming soundtrack reviews. Are they about recent releases or older ones?

Comment on Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 – Review by GAGAGA

GAGAGA — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:10:17 +0000

which one is the ost for episode 1? the part where natsu fought

Comment on Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2004 by zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:29:17 +0000

@Yi
That’s why it’s listed first! I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Mai-HiME’s soundtrack was the best of what we got out of 2004.