musicfag here
what's your favorite anime ost? not speaking about op/ed singles, pure soundtracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSAMDEQLdgg
Obligatory.
>>113263608
PSG every time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBzDGG7WeU
Obligatory Wish from Kaiji
>>113263608
The Berserk ost was pretty awesome.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBnSFP_UYc
I'm not sure many people would agree, but I also love the P&S ost.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvewPtk7sg&list=PL91DFD5E6CA9F3BE4&index=8
>>113263770
Shit, forgot link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkiOxO0Jk6o
>>113263608
K-ON!
Say what you will about the show, it had a great soundtrack and spawned a bunch of other neat music.
At least something good came from it
ARIA, all 3 of them.
PSG and Shiki were both terrific in terms of soundtracks. As far as this season goes, Kanno's ZnT OST is pretty damn good as well.
Ping pong the animation and rebuild.
Really like Iwasaki Taku
Got to be SnW OST, It's just perfect all over.
>>113263952
>Ping Pong.
The wait is horrible.
![1687-xzbvjgtffn[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/h6Krhw5.jpg "1687-xzbvjgtffn[1].jpg")
SnK's OST is amazing, Hunter x Hunter(2011) also has superb soundtracks.
Probably the SamFlam OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxpcO1K8rc
>HOLDING OUT FOR A HEROOO
>>113263990
Ping Pong's OST has been out for a week now.
>>113263608
My single favourite would be Joshiraku, followed by Ping Pong, Zetsubo Sensei, Monogatari, Maouu Yuusha, Hajime no Ippo S1, Katanagatari and recent things I enjoyed were Mahouka and Gits:Arise (altough all Gits music is notable as well)
>>113264034
>SnK
I hope you mean Sidonia no Kishi.
>>113263823
Katou does some neat stuff.
Kyousougiga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtS8_4SpQiA
Katanagatari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRRhX3pnms
Kara no Kyoukai
Faggots keep removing videos from YT, but 17 and 41+42 from 7 are particularly great
Sora no Woto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShVno5Yj4AQ
Paprika and everything else Hirasawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9RgTiIKDE
Shiki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA5CJrla26s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OlcJzin3LE
>>113264044
Fuck so it has, Forgot about it cause of the Nyaa down time.
>>113264070
Kato is SERIOUSLY underrated, I don't know why, Free and Horizon are fucking glorious.
>>113263915
I think aldnoah's is pretty good but i think its just cause i like sawano so much
I've always loved Escaflowne's OST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYf7NluE5D4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_49H_N43jQ
![1409837565701[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xcx04zJ.jpg "1409837565701[1].jpg")
>>113263997
good taste
Samurai Champloo
>>113264070
Free! OST is the best part of the show by far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJPM9-9YVu0
Sora no Woto is my favorite, Spice and Wolf is amazing, Jormungand's soundtrack fits it amazingly well, and Madoka deserves an honorable mention.
>>113264129
>>113264044
>tfw my music uploads YT account was permabanned for uploading it so I could post the songs in these threads
with jews you lose
Kaiji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbSLyeurl9E
>>113264190
Jormungand only has a few good songs though
>>113264068
Fuck off hipster faggot, I meant Shingeki no Kyojin.
>>113264242
I'm judging it by the atmosphere it helps create.
Darker than Black 1 had Yoko Kanno and 2 had some pretty good UNTZ.
Why do so many anime have fantastic OSTs anyway? There seems to be a whole load of musical talent in the industry.
Guilty Crown
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
Symphogear
Rozen Maiden
>>113264312
Music is by far the most important part in anime when it comes to setting the mood.
>>113264312
11's just seem to do well with music.
i remember wen i was a narufag and downloaded the osts. pretty neat, though
Spice and Wolf definitely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50hz9uBuHw
Shigofumi also had some nice tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeKXuX0GVkI
>>113264181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CITVSOqWLH4
>>113264276
>netflix original series
>hipster
Hah, Sidonia no Kishi is one of the least hipster shows that has fans on /a/.
>>113263608
Space Dandy has a great OST
>>113264312
I'd guess it is because it is packed together with characters and the story.
When I listen to K-On songs I am not enjoying it on a musical level, but on a character level, it is like extension media to the show. I don't think I'd ever listen to songs like the ones from K-On if I didn't picture the characters with it.
Same thing with, for example, Opera. It's on a different level when you listen to a piece and knowing its context.
Shamploo a must
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3fZ8LXNs_E
>>113263608
Difficult question, but I had say Cyberbird from GitS SAC 2nd. Jeez, that's one of the most freeking music out there, and we only listen to it a few seconds in two episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfUpn6pJFrs
Shadow of the Colossus
>>113264068
Shingeki no Kyojin was pretty awful, but the soundtrack was good pushing very good, even though I'm not personally a huge fan of Sawano. If you can't disassociate your dislike of the show/it's tumblrcore fanbase from objectively evaluating the music you need to grow the fuck up.
>>113264312
It seems to me that a lot of soundtracks are as good as they are because they're able to be fusions of all sorts of different styles and traditions. You've got everything from the Western orchestral tradition to East Asian musical tradition to fucking American hip-hop. That combined with a large pool of talent makes for some really neat stuff.
>>113264070
I fucking love Kato.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ffifs1L3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yGJx_QEbqo
>>113264312
Japan has a lot of great studio musicians and composers, I guess.
>>113264571
I'm not saying that because I hate Shingeki no Kyoji, I'm saying it because Sidonia no Kishi had a much better soundtrack.
>>113264636
>Sidonia no Kishi had a much better soundtrack.
What
>>113264476
Honestly I think it's like that for me for most songs. The main reason I listen to a lot of anime songs is because of the show it is related to and the memories it gives me when I think back on it, especially if it's a really great and emotional piece
![[HorribleSubs] Soul Eater Not! - 07 [720p].mkv_snapshot_21.47_[2014.05.20_17.18.20].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zhQXUQy.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Soul Eater Not! - 07 [720p].mkv_snapshot_21.47_[2014.05.20_17.18.20].jpg")
>>113264034
>SnK's OST is amazing
>>113264636
Really? I watched the show and listened to it after and it didn't strike me as all that outstanding. Good, sure, but not excellent. Maybe I should listen to it again.
>>113264571
>but the soundtrack was good pushing very good,
It's probably his weakest effort. Only people who have never heard of Sawano thought it was good
>>113264606
>>113264411
>>113264181
>not even posting best track from the show
http://youtu.be/-b205QALkno?t=4m16s
>>113264757
Maybe it's just because of how amazing the OP and ED were, but the OST seemed quite good as well.
I'm probably the only one but I rather like some of the tracks from Heroic Age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW7O0JpQkU4
Also...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdvQ9s-uKoU
I really liked pic related. Silly song names but listening to this shit at work really improves efficiency.
Second favorite would beLucky Star
>>113264831
I agree that it's not anywhere close to his best, but it's still pretty decent. Just like with anime in general, we forget the enormous mass of truly mediocre shit out there. It's better than average.
>>113264571
>>113264831
Sawano has recently struck me as being stuck making the same OST over and over.
Go back to his older stuff like Blue Exorcist, unicorn and Sengoku Basara. They have his style, but also their own feelings to fit the show.
Meanwhile the SnK, KLK and even Aldnoah soundtracks all sound exactly the same.
>>113264831
SnK part 1 is great, but part 2 is meh.
>>113264489
>putting Watanabe on your list
That's cheating.
>>113264433
Do you seriously think it came out on netflix first or it came out only on netflix?
>>113263608
is there any anime OSTs that dont completely suck?
Guilty Crown just for ????
>>113265022
>/mu/
Opinions discarded
>>113265022
Why put a name, we know who you are by your post anyway.
>>113265017
Jesus, were you even in all of the Sidonia airing threads? Everybody was constantly joking about the "netflix original series" line that Netflix was advertising with, I was just using the fact that Netflix was touting it as such to show that it's not a hipster show.
I love Sawano so much. I don't care if that makes me have shit taste.
>>113265017
It's called a Netflix original you fucking idiot. How new are you? I haven't even seen the show and I fucking know that.
>>113265050
Subhuman detected.
Best ones I've heard are Mushishirerelease never ;_;, Kaiji (both seasons), Ghost in the Shell: SAC + SSS, Meguca, Kara no Kyoukai, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Macross (all), Aria, Spice & Wolf, Soranowoto and Kaiba.
I'm honestly starting to buy OST's for series I haven't even seen, simply because there's so many good OST's for garbage series. Case in point, Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere, Kill la Kill, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette and numerous others.
>>113265081
>Sawano
>shit taste
Dude, what's wrong with you?
>>113265022
Check out Nodame Cantabile.
>>113265050
>>113265053
thanks for answering my question
>>113265110
>mushishi
Creepiest OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9XG9NGDaO4
>>113265022
gintama's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_o0a2IqsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJhcheHdyE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2lGv8bVDKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZdds56v770
>>113265081
Everyone loves that nigga Sawano.
>>113265081
His work in Gundam Unicorn is something you can really, really appreciate if you listen to it intently. The way he introduced the base melodies in OST 1, built upon them in OST 2, interwove them into OST 3 and tied everything together in OST 4 was like listening to a musical tapestry.
Or maybe he just likes to remix random stuff and I'm thinking too hard.
>>113265194
this is great
Quite a bit from here, though some only have a few good tracks and others were more about the presentation in their series that the music itself
I'm just gonna post Sasami since people have already posted some other favorites of mine. Love this soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNrpDx8aUaU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FaORpCrc1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHmaoT6B9Ks
>>113265274
have some more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3I-b2Oz_FU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjpWKE8vNrI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcAEo8lyaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwitZlKZ_kI
Clannad/After Story has a great soundtrack
>>113265262
Unicorn is his base template for GC, SnK and KlK, not that i'm complaining though.
>>113265262
Best example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxNL5gr3NiY
>>113265320
>Attack On Titan and Guilty Crown being listed when they're not even his best works or even good OSTs
I love the Darker Than Black 2 soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0kle5YWdJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_XjIRuAoqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOzGNa64fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLIlWtiL0UI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syld-fg6Dc8
What anime movie has the best soundtrack and why is it EoE?
While many on /a/ might hate Fairy Tail for everything but the fanservice, you must admit that the OST is also high-tier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OcLms1ld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzk_AjRbh2EGc
Bleach also had some pretty nice, very fitting BGM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2nXIjz1sk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJ-GRwTubo
I come from /mu/ and literally everything you posted is shit.
>>113265320
It's scary how much of that you can attribute to Kajiura/Sawano/Kanno. They may have their haters but denying them entirely is pretty much impossible.
Kyousougiga;s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8dlsVxRDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQnfqDbJxXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoHMgy2d9O4
>>113265410
I come from /mu/ and some of it is really nice
>>113265410
Post something '' good'' then.
>>113265407
That's not GitS: SAC SSS or Redline.
>>113265466
>inb4 he posts classical
>>113265194
Really great.
>>113265410
>/mu/ thinks something is shit
I'm so shocked I might not ever recover.
>>113265466
>replying a b8
>>113265320
Needs the Free! OST in my opinion.
I'd probably have to go with the FLCL soundtrack and the Soul Eater soundtrack.
Never forget:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA0-YEtoUBQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIl2ojkbEMQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36Ls6rFZgk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD5L4LeO7v8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z0MC5C8DQ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rJZV_rRj0
>>113265472
Redline's soundtrack is really overrated. Outside of Redline Day, Yellow Line, Machine Head, Monitor Room, and *maybe* LynchMan & JohnnyBoya none of the tracks are worth more than one listen or fit in well with the movie
Black Cat/Katanagatari/Gurren Lagann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bo1QnJPeB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIVXKoKgA-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V7aUT13qtM
Are some of my favourites. All time fav is Samurai Champloo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9hwjQBQFIo
>>113265410
Actual salaried composer here, /mu/ is 4chan's cesspool and nobody there knows what they are talking about. There is a lot of good music happening in anime. Not all of it, sure, but a lot.
Anohana
Non Non Biyori
Arakawa Under The Bridge
>>113265496
Even i learn it, i still think classic a shit, same goes for jazz.
I'm just doing it to improve my reading and technique.
>>113265711
You know, I really agree with you. Some stuff is actually well done. Specially in games, in my opinion, but anime also has some good songs.
>>113265022
Millennial Dream Corp.
>>113265410
>/mu/
>not deddit as fuck since Kanye-san's Deep Dark Fantasy
Not posting Natsume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Il-B2m5BM&list=PLB9917D7910D1FDCD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3AVIsBaSs&list=PLB9917D7910D1FDCD&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgKRd8ATy_U&list=PLB9917D7910D1FDCD&index=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSKZnpTNNE&index=19&list=PLB9917D7910D1FDCD
and my favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwhr1G4Jzs&index=18&list=PLB9917D7910D1FDCD
>>113264312
I think it has a lot to do with how anime is edited and paced. You look at a lot of western movies and shows, and it feels less and less like they give music the room breath; tons of quick cuts and changes in perspective and shots, and in action movies in particular, fucking use of shaky cam. A composer can only do so much with that kind of imagery. Plenty of anime give the composers room to breath.
There's also this perspective in Hollywood right now where it's seen that music that's too upfront can be "emotionally manipulative", which leads to directors and people who are producing the film or show to ask for less melody and robust sound. I personally hate this mindset because I think it's spawned almost completely from a sense of cynicism and jadedness.
>>113264129
Katou has a lot of good OSTs: Gingitsune, Mirai Nikki, Buddy Complex and Fate/kaleid are good examples of that, even in shows like Hyakka Ryouran or Quaser, his work is good as fuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohR5UbYg30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgVR96r3Hss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czctNmVEQ1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSoin2V69c
>>113265799
Because most of them had "ambience", hence they called soundtrack.
>>113265825
Stop anon, I'll get flashbacks to the multiple times it's made me cry. ;_;
>>113265711
Hello I am Barack Obama
>>113265794
Classical and Jazz arent bad. It's just the listeners that are disgusting.
Such a chill ost.
>>113264312
Japan has the third biggest music industry in the world
>>113265022
yes, tons
but a guy from /mu/ wouldn't know anything about good music
>>113265980
After the US and the UK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj9jdVx1kyw
such a massive thread and so much bland
panty and stocking has the best musical talent of recent stuff, its also fun to listen to
old things are hard to judge, nostalgia makes even average stuff feel far better than it (probably) is
>>113266071
>panty and stocking has the best musical talent of recent stuff
>>113265365
Remind You and 20090522OR0331 are even better examples.
OYM-PF and Sternengesang are the prettiest themes I've heard in an anime OST.
>>113265850
It all started with Inception and Hans Zimmer's BRRRM BRRRM idiocy.
>>113264312
Instrumental
>>113265697
Champloo is absolutely based, but most of nujabes other stuff is even better
>>113265981
funny guy
>>113265694
I wouldn't say Redline Day fits into the movie at all. Still a nice track.
>>113266131
Zimmer's been doing the same thing long before Inception, though. I don't think he holds a candle to some of these moon composers.
http://youtu.be/a1Wrq5eK-2o
>>113265066
>using jokes other people clearly wouldn't understand
tone down your autism
off the top of my head:
PSG both album
KLK both albums
Gundam Unicorn
Jojo Battle Tendency
>>113265850
A lot of issues I have with recent Western films is the reliance on actual songs. It'd be like watching a Nanoha film and having 20 Nana Mizuki songs instead of actual score.
Honestly I'd much rather have something like, say, The Fountain, or Drive, or Bladerunner.
I still generally listen to vidya and animu soundtracks more often. Listening to something like NieR or Mushishi I just wonder whether there's any films in the last half decade or so that've actually had notable scores and generally don't find much.
>>113265860
I want to hear his work in Sora no Method, even when I know that it'll be a shirt anime...
>>113266270
I just noticed a lot more action movies and thrillers using that over-the-top score since Inception. I hope he isn't scoring Interstellar, but knowing Nolan he is. Oh well, at least it doesn't have Michael Cai-OH, WAIT.
>>113265694
>*maybe* LynchMan & JohnnyBoya
>maybe
Best Theme. Best Team
>>113266131
I can't really blame Zimmer; he's writing the music these producers and directors want.
I mean I look at a lot of these movies, and I can't really hear them not sounding like they do, if that makes any sense. Like, people criticize him for writing music now that's ostinato heavy, and doesn't really have a whole lot of melody, but how can you really develop a melody when shots are changing every two seconds? The ostinatos also keep a sense of pacing when the scenery is being jerked around like crazy.
>>113265825
>memories
Almost forgot about UN-GO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0KvRgudkc4
>>113263608
PSG
JoJo
Space Dandy
Cowboy bebop
Either Gundam Unicorn or Turn A
Pic related is my most recent favorite.
>>113266391
That's not David Fincher and Trent Reznor/Attics Ross. The Social Network and Dragon Tattoo has brilliant scores.
>inb4 I AIN'T WATCHIN' NO FACEBOOK MOVIE!
>>113265941
Both of them are niche, not everyone can enjoy and appreciate it, even for me it's just good for learning only, not for personal enjoyment.
![[ANE] Kara no Kyoukai - 1 - Overlooking View [BDRip 720p x264 AAC].mkv_snapshot_25.49_[2012.05.22_00.46.23].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ECr7fy6.jpg "[ANE] Kara no Kyoukai - 1 - Overlooking View [BDRip 720p x264 AAC].mkv_snapshot_25.49_[2012.05.22_00.46.23].jpg")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9hp_xdOiZE#t=505
I could listen to this all day.
>>113266433
good taste, but
>>113266279
>>113266403
tl;dr blame the money.
>>113266463
I thought JoJo would just be dad rock, because of the character names and whatnot.
Pleasantly surprised.
>>113266587
My bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXYL0lclVqE
>Favorite
You're not making this easy for me, man
I'm gonna post my 9 favorites in no specific order
Kaiji
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Kill la Kill
Gundam Unicorn
Cowboy Bebop
Gundam Build Fighters
Gatchaman Crowds
Sora no Woto
Ghost in the Shell
>>113263608
Berserk, every track is amazing
>>113266490
A brilliant score doesn't necessarily have to accompany a brilliant work.
I still stand by my opinion of Call of Duty: Black Ops having one of the best scores of the last vidya generation, despite the game itself being complete shite.
>>113263767
outstanding taste
>>113266270
Hans needs to compose an anime OST for a change.
>>113266771
>A brilliant score doesn't necessarily have to accompany a brilliant work.
100% AgreedThat's why i say Accel World's OST is amazing, despite the anime being shit
>>113266771
For vidya, i still choose MGR:R for the best OST.
>>113266771
You could also say the reverse. No Country for Old Man had next to no music and is widely considered one of the best films of the 200's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZVGpvHdtQ
Stardust Crusaders soundtrack has been really good too
>>113266829Blame the fat MC.
>>113266887
Nah nigga
Nah
Doesn't even hold a candle to Falcom's scores
Or Xenoblade
Still pretty fucking good and gets you pumped up as fuck
Sage for not anime
Sora no Woto
FLCL
Kurenai
Kyousougiga
Gunbuster
Diebuster
Madoka
Jigoku Shoujo had such a tense soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1HEBWbNVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGk-YmhFyyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U75t_bGHSQc
I want /v/, /tv/ and /mu/ to leave.
>>113267006
Blame the OP for
>musicfag
>>113267006
>/mu/
I see no Neutral Milk Hotel in sight, what are you talking about?
>>113266915
Agreed. NCfOM is amongst my top 10 films of all time actually, it's a wonderful piece. The absence of music really fits the whole atmosphere and setting and adds an extra edge of creepiness to Chigurh's actions.
>>113266887
It fits the mood of the game perfectly. It's angry as fuck, fast paced and actually quite complex in places, which also sums up the battle system in Revengeance.
>>113266299
>I just wonder whether there's any films in the last half decade or so that've actually had notable
You have to look in weird, and sometimes lame places. A lot of the best, most listenable music for films is actually coming from shitty films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sN493J0jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1KYg857ywI
>>113267000
I can only listen to the Madoka OST on rainy days and my area is having a drought right now.
>>113267052
and no one is posting memerap
>Taku Iwadubstep and Yuki "One song" Kaijura all over the place
Tasteless faggots
Get some more powerlevel, nerds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnr2-l4j2-k&index=4&list=PL379E14D79B80ED61
>>113266829
>>113266887
>>113266915
A good soundtrack is not necessarily good music. I've heard fantastic soundtracks that are a pain to listen to on their own. Hell, that's the case for most good soundtracks - if they sound too good on their own they become overbearing often.
Hell, MGR has really shitty metal but it works because of the context. And the fact that you're too distracted by the boss battle to notice it's shitty metal, and you're too distracted by the metal to realize how shitty the boss fights are. It's a win-win.
>>113267052It's a drum
>>113267006
SOMEBODY GET THIS HOTHEAD OUTTA HERE
>>113267129we already know what it is
>>113267129
I've been waiting for someone to come in and criticize specific composers. Sure took your fucking time.
>>113267161A potato drum
>>113267100
Is that a metaphor for something, Bateman?
couple of favorites
>steins gate
>clannad
>little busters
>planetarian
>>113267129
>Taku Iwadubstep
You're a faggot.
>>113266969
It's subjective, maybe because it's performed by a band, so it's easier for me to replicate it if i want to play along with my band.
>>113267075
>angry as fuck
I spent 2hrs to beat the senator and i'm not even mad becauseSTANDING HERE.
>>113267129
>Taku Iwadubstep
Holy shit, you're stupid
>>113267129
>you're too distracted by the boss battle to notice it's shitty metal, and you're too distracted by the metal to realize how shitty the boss fights are
What kind of sense does that make? Unless you're just here to b8.
>>113266969
Falcom is so fucking great.
can't believe no one's mentioned CCS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jot20dvd3zM
>>113267313
For serious, Rising has been on my backlog forever and I still have that shit on my phone.
>>113267313
His entire post, sans the video he posted, was obvious b8. Elitism, pedantry and calling out specific popular things that are already mentioned make up 90% of what he said.
>>113267271
That's the kind of fight I had butin the end it has to be this way
My anime OST folder, my favorite is probably the C3-bu one, dem jazz tracks man.
Also downloading the Mahouka OST right now because I remembered how good it was, too bad the anime sucks, why are there so many bad anime with good soundtrack?
>>113267129
>A good soundtrack is not necessarily good music.
This sucks hard while at the same time being great. Stuff like Jihad would be pretty mediocre if it wasn't for the memories that come with it. I really don't like Kotoko's voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr0ABxxq7ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiRdixLq38o
This entire show is fucking bonkers good.
>>113267199
Most of /a/ is tasteless plebs. That's why you get posts like >>113267214
>>113266717
Shikata ga Nai
>>113267288
>>113267231
It's a fucking joke. That said, he does his job adequately but not particularly well. Very hit or miss, and definitely overrated.
>>113267313
Let me elaborate, both elements are toned down somewhat compared to similar aspects in other games/media, and that allows them to mesh together better. Apart they're mediocre at best, but together it's amazing.
Imagine playing MGR without the music. Kinda becomes a meh game, right? The gameplay isn't all that engaging on its own, though still quite fun. Same goes for Giant Robo. Or Amadeus. Or anything else that utilizes music heavily. They tone down other elements to make room for the strong auditory input.
>>113267401
>Elitism is b8 now
I thought this was /a/.
Probably Nichijou, most of it is ideal to listen to while reading or doing random stuff. FLCL is pretty memorable as well.
>>113267498
>Imagine playing MGR without the music. Kinda becomes a meh game, right?
No
>>113267401
You guys have shit taste, I guess it's timeI FOUND WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR
>>113267498
MGR is shit even with music though
>>113267498
>I thought this was /a/
It is. We're all elitist fucks, that's why every single thread ever has b8. I wouldn't have it any other way.
>>113267498
>I thought this was /a/
It is, which is why elitism in vidya and music is still frowned upon. It's /a/, not /mu/.
>>113263608
Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC5RhDdwscM
>>113267533
Go play the game then on mute then, and come back and tell me it's the same experience.
Hell, watch this video without the sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbQdxGe0sqU
The thing is, whether playing games or watching anime or what not, so long as the music isn't the main focus, it needs to be somewhat toned down for you to be able to digest everything in stride. You don't listen to Mendelssohn in soundtracks, and in MGR the metal isn't as complex or full-bodied as it could be. Melodically it's simple, the rhythm is consistent, and the only time it goes crazy is in an interlude or something, like that one guitar solo in the Monsoon fight.
There's no reason to fight this, it's a part of who we are, our human limitations, aRULE OF NATURE.
>>113267635
Well, if you think it's shit with music, it's marginally more shit without.
>>113267635
>>113267498
The VN OSTs that anon listed aren't as good as something like Subahibi, eden*, or Asairo, but they're still pretty decent.
>>113267690
It's /a/ related music, though. I think the MGR thing is going a bit far, but it's related to the subject and as long as we don't start talking about Radiohead or whatever else /mu/ has a boner for it's fine.
>>113264529
>Shadow of the Colossus
In all seriousness, Kow Otani does good work. See: Haibane Renmei, the season of GSG that people insist doesn't exist, etc.
>>113267547
It can't be helped, it'sRULES OF NATURE
>obligatory RoN
http://youtu.be/mwPkO53NFiI
>>113267829
>Go play the game then on mute then,
I have and I still thought it was great.
>>113267934
RoN was already used. But hey, I'm sure you can use it asYou're Your Own Master Now
>>113267922
That season of GSG wasn't as bad as it could've been, and that's coming from someone who read that arc in the manga before it aired. He also did soundtrack work for Shana S2 and S2 was garbage, but the score was wonderful.
>>113267829
On a related note, notice how all the songs in MGR are modulated so that the vocals don't even come in for most of the fight. That's part of keeping the music from becoming too distracting.
>>113267880
Meh. They're alright. Not total shit like G-Sen but not as good as, say, Ef or something. Seriously, fucking tenmon.
>>113267968
To each his own, but you can't deny that the music makes it that much more enjoyable.
>>113268050
Minori's OSTs are fucking beautiful. That much I can't deny at all. eden* became a much more remarkable experience for me precisely because of it.
>>113268034
I'm so disappointed anon, I just want toWASH AWAY MY DREAMS AND DISAPPEAR
>>113267968
Why the hell would you play a game on mute? I find it really distracting to be playing something in silence or without appropriate sound.
It'd be like watching Lord of the Rings and replacing the whole score with Skrillex.
California Crisis
>>113267829
>>113268050
This toning down music shit sounds like a load of bull. Like is that really something the composer would actively think about
>hmm how complex can i make this exactly
How complex can a melody get before it gets distracting even?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGc3EX_gbY
>YFW EVERYONE FORGOT ABOUT THISI even forgot about it ;_;
>>113267001
Definitely my favorite soundtrack by Takanashi.
>>113268258
I dunno. If I want to do the VR missions, or go through the harder the difficulties, or if I'm going through a long dungeon in an RPG, I would listen to a podcast or something. It makes it feel less like a waste of time.
>>113268258
>he never fight for 1st place in all VR missions
>>113268334
Everyone thought the Shakespearan lines that were being thrown around were cheesy as fuck, but I thought it was great. Nothing makes me more harder then Shakespearean lines
>>113268432
True, I haven't done that yet.
I do have 100% achievements in NieR though and that required a lot of grinding, but fuck that score was so good I just didn't care.
>>113268328
No, that is something composers actively keep into mind. Seriously, look it up. There's a reason soundtracks tend to be so ambient. It's a staple of composing music for films and games and even anime. There's a place for grand melodies and golden-age film scores, but it's not the majority of the movie/game.
>>113268508
Look it up where?
>>113268328
Not all soundtracks need to be toned down, but there are certainly different considerations for BGMs than for just music designed to be heard on its own.
>>113268536
Find interviews with composers. Not a shortage of them and I'm sure some of them will say that. I recall hearing it on a TV program I saw a while ago about the history of film scoring.
>>113268508
>There's a reason soundtracks tend to be so ambient
That really depends on the movie and the composer.
>cntrl+F
>no misato
>step it up /a/
>>113268588
Misato is my favorite OST too.
>>113268584
True, but it's just a general principle. You generally don't want your music to overpower the stuff going on screen.
>>113268536
Literally anywhere.
>>113268328
Well, there's a reason you don't see songs as complex as classical compositions in movies, anime and so on. Like, you can slap Gymnopédies in almost anything with a more melancholic tone (Mother 3, Haruhi movie, Mahoyo, and Subahibi all have it, and a lot of other stuff). Same with something like Ravel's Bolero or Csikós Post (a fucking SNES yoshi game uses that song), but can you imagine something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgcHjq1xKQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UORxpTn-pOE working properly in most cases in anime, VNs or stuff like that? They would just distract the spectator/reader/etc. Of course in a more agitated scene they might work, but most of the times in stuff like that you'd just have a generic instrumental hard rock song slapped in.
>>113265445
>Kyousougiga
Good taste spotted.
The Rance Series OST.
It may not count but it blows my mind how a hentai visual novel of all things has one of the most based OST.
>Advance On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PQ6oeaQ9Y4
>Rebirth the Edge
>Sentou Amu
>>113268650
Yeah, but I don't know if "ambient" is the right wording. It's about the composer ensuring that they aren't completely overwhelming the scene; being louder than the people talking, etc.
When I think ambient, I think of something synthetic with a lot of pads.
>>113268258
A lot of people do this while grinding on JPGs. I know people /vp/ must grow tired of the in game music while breeding eggs with perfect IVs all day every day.
>>113268748
When I think 'ambient' and score I just think of Drive or anything invovling Vangelis.
>>113268748
You can call it "atmosphere" if you want, it's literally the same.
Gurren Laggan
listening to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otO2hbfE2zM
makes me feel hope.
Redline and Darker than Black for maximum
>UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ
>>113268792
*JRPGs.
Skyrim, too.
>>113268573
Well, you'll have to provide specific examples, because I'm not sure what I'm supposed to look for, exactly.
It just seems like you're just confusing composing something for a scene, and composing something for a game level. Obviously, when you're composing for a specific scene, you want to draw a specific emotion, or make something appropriate for what's happening on screen.
But video games aren't that specific unless we're talking about cutscenes. Like, I literally don't comprehend how complex music could distract people from gameplay. People listen to their own music(music meant to be listened to on its own) while playing video games all the time.
>>113268820
>Redline
Which is funny because the best track on that OST is Redline Day, which is anti-UNTZ.
>>113268651
>most of the times in stuff like that you'd just have a generic instrumental hard rock song slapped in.
Do you think that could be because some composers are just bad?
>>113268809
Exactly. Though Vangelis could be pretty upfront with his music, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeDsa4Tw0c
Hellsing
Gungrave
Samurai Champloo
Multiple Evangelion OSTs
I bought these from Suncoast about a decade ago
The Tetsujin 28 remake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bCQwx4uOaM
Giant Robo has good music too, but I never really liked the anime.
>>113268845
I think it's the contrast of the soundtrack that really made that song. It can stand by itself of course but after hours of UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ, that song really shines.
>>113268885
True. I was thinking more Bladerunner.
>>113268929
Same composer, you know.
>>113268876
In that case, yes. But I just don't see enough space for more complex compositions in games and the like. Not because they're superior or anything, but because OSTs are supposed to enhance the experience. They can still be creative and interesting, but too many details will ultimately distract the player. Well, unless it's a really powerful scene, in a key moment of the game. Grandiose or complexity in those cases could work. I mean, if you do know a good example of a more complex song in a game, I'd like to see it. Most of the more memorable songs for me are more about how important they were for each moment in the game/anime/VN rather than their "quality".
>>113268734
>rance
>the best hentai VN OST
Step up your game motherfucker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3xaXFee-uM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_7Yn-YAtZo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI01ELqLVsQ
>>113266887
>>113267129
>>113267885
Agreed. I don't think I've ever played a game prior in which the music was so well integrated into the gameplay aside from actual rhythm games.
>>113268734
Nope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY1YMua3JkI
>>113265445
Shiina's work on Yoyo to Nene was pretty great as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ0fciLU8fM
>>113269080
>Not posting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-xd84QdGz4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFzBbWT7IVc or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKilyOMJss or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deg1RHwmKpo
You had one job, dude. One job.
