Which anime has the best music

[Kardiva]

finally someone else who likes the music from samurai champloo.

[DDBen]

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
Vampire Princess Miyu. Haunting, beautiful, atmospheric, sad & scary. Just the way I like it.
It also fits the show very well, seeing as it has less cheery moments than the majority of the GW newbies have braincells.

If you have any interest in the soundtrack for Vampire Princess Miyu Terra let me know I got it with the boxed set for the TV series so I could always rip it and send it your way.

First off I find Cowboy Bebops music overrated I did enjoy the series but I think that other series have had much better use of music.

The best series for music IMO is likely Initial D I find they always set the mood well with the music and I'm not a big techno fan to begin with. Honerable mention in my world goes to Gundam Seed, Full Metal Alchemist and Bleach.

[Rei-chan]

I agree FMA has an amazing soundtrack! Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, Vampire Princess Miyu, Fullmoon Wo Sagashite and Magic knighsts Rayearth are also have good music. Quite hard to pick the best one. But I must say that the opening song in Ah! My Goddess is absolutely beautiful..

[Terracosmo]

Originally posted by: DDBen

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
Vampire Princess Miyu. Haunting, beautiful, atmospheric, sad & scary. Just the way I like it.
It also fits the show very well, seeing as it has less cheery moments than the majority of the GW newbies have braincells.

If you have any interest in the soundtrack for Vampire Princess Miyu Terra let me know I got it with the boxed set for the TV series so I could always rip it and send it your way.

First off I find Cowboy Bebops music overrated I did enjoy the series but I think that other series have had much better use of music.

The best series for music IMO is likely Initial D I find they always set the mood well with the music and I'm not a big techno fan to begin with. Honerable mention in my world goes to Gundam Seed, Full Metal Alchemist and Bleach.

Thanks for the offer but I have it already (actually the soundtrack was the reason I watched the series, I heard it before seeing it) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[Uchiha Barles]

Wow! Not even a single vote for the "Noir" soundtrack?! The music in that anime is just plain phenomenal. The music sounded like the anime looked: A gun fight between skilled assasins with backing by higher powers a.k.a. gregorian chant mixed with trance and rock. Music was generally haunting, dark, and intricate, but it had its lighter, child-like (in a possesed doll kind of way) moments which were also interesting. Highly, HIGHLY recommended to any trance, industrial, or rock music fan.

[lilphatboi88]

NOBODY KNOWS WHO I REALLY AM
I'VE NEVER FELT THIS EMPTY BEFORE
AND IF I EVER NEED SOMEONE TO COME ALONG
WHO'S GONNA COMFORT AND KEEP ME STRONG

[Board of Command]

Noir only had one tune, which they played over and over and over and over again. It was a very good tune the first couple times, but after listening to it 60 times throughout the series, especially nearing the end, it gets a bit old.

[DDBen]

Originally posted by: Uchiha Barles
Wow! Not even a single vote for the "Noir" soundtrack?! The music in that anime is just plain phenomenal. The music sounded like the anime looked: A gun fight between skilled assasins with backing by higher powers a.k.a. gregorian chant mixed with trance and rock. Music was generally haunting, dark, and intricate, but it had its lighter, child-like (in a possesed doll kind of way) moments which were also interesting. Highly, HIGHLY recommended to any trance, industrial, or rock music fan.

I was to busy sleeping through Noir to pay any attention to the music sorry.

[Uchiha Barles]

Originally posted by: BOARD_of_command
Noir only had one tune, which they played over and over and over and over again. It was a very good tune the first couple times, but after listening to it 60 times throughout the series, especially nearing the end, it gets a bit old.

There's just no way. If you only paid attention to the music during the fighting then I can see how you'd get that impression. But overall the music was varied and even in the set of battle songs there was dynamic and tempo difference between songs. For those who haven't heard it, here's a good list of tracks to sample and get an idea of what the soundtrack is about:

1)Colosseum (OST II)
2)Power Hungry (OST II)
3)Snow (OST1)
4)Chloe (OST I)
5)Salva Nos (OST I)
6)Le Grand Retour (OST II)
7)Canta Per Me (OSTI)
8)Secret Game (OST II)

This should cover everything the soundtrack is about. I might've missed a few things. As far as the anime itself if you haven't seen it, it requires an attention span greater than what an average kindergardener can offer, but if you have it, then you're in for a treat if you enjoy in depth story. The action wasn't half bad either, and it plentiful.

[Y]

Noir had really, really repetitive music.

And sucked.

[intense]

i say elfen lied...
the one in the last episode when they had this nice piano piece into it. it was great. i wish i could play as well as that.

[Board of Command]

Originally posted by: Uchiha Barles
1)Colosseum (OST II)
2)Power Hungry (OST II)
3)Snow (OST1)
4)Chloe (OST I)
5)Salva Nos (OST I)
6)Le Grand Retour (OST II)
7)Canta Per Me (OSTI)
8)Secret Game (OST II)

I either missed 7 of those songs, or they all sounded the same.

i say elfen lied...
the one in the last episode when they had this nice piano piece into it. it was great. i wish i could play as well as that

I agree, I lied the Elfen Lied music better than Bebop or the likes because I'm not really into jazz. The Elfen Lied music fits the show perfectly, so watching the show allows you to appreciate the music much more.

[Uchiha Barles]

Hah! That list wasn't really targeted at you, but alright, you're a lost cause. Thanks for giving it a shot though. For anyone else that won't be deterred by massive naysaying, try out the songs.

[AfroMain]

Hm, I think that everyone loves the Cowboy Bebop music because it was such a great anime...I mean, the music was good, don't get me wrong, but I think its time to get off Yoko Kanno's metaphorical nutsack. I have only see ONE mention of BECK or FLCL in this whole thread, which is pretty strange considering they have the best music of all anime ever. After all BECK is an anime about rockin' out (which the groups on the soundtrack do well) and as for FLCL...well, in addition to being the best anime ever, The Pillows made an awesome soundtrack for it. Props to Samurai Champloo, though, for the fresh beats and great OP

[Mut]

Originally posted by: AfroMain
After all BECK is an anime about rockin' out (which the groups on the soundtrack do well)...

Some people just don't give a shit about "rockin' out".

[AfroMain]

Originally posted by: Mut@t@

Originally posted by: AfroMain
After all BECK is an anime about rockin' out (which the groups on the soundtrack do well)...

Some people just don't give a shit about "rockin' out".

Damn I thought everybody loved to rock out, possibly with their cock out

[Crows_Kill]

Kano is a great compiser. Her stuff varied alot from one anime to the next, from orcehstral, classical, acapela, to rock, techno or jazz. She does not limit herself to one mucisal genre. Thats one reason I like her stuff, it almost never gets old and she has talent for matching her music to the style of the anime that is withou equal.
FLCL's the pilows rocks, even if a japanese blues singer is almost as painful as a japanese rapper. They really have a punk feel and I had to go download their whole library as soon as I heard the forst chords in the fight music from the first episode.
On a related note, nobu's music from final fantasy (almost all of them) might not be the coolest thing o admit to listening, but its great classical and thematic music.
The akira soundtrack also has some great precussion- the drum and voice work together adds up to an awesome combination, which john williams ripped off quite well for [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]uel of the fates"
The evangelion soundtrack has some good points too, but it's all over the place, some good tracks but some are really bad too. It's a tough call.
I also love the opening theme to Hellsing, but I can't recall the name of the group that does it. Cool groovy blues/jazz. And for once, it's jap-scat that doesnt require a xxx rating.

[DDBen]

Originally posted by: AfroMain
Hm, I think that everyone loves the Cowboy Bebop music because it was such a great anime...I mean, the music was good, don't get me wrong, but I think its time to get off Yoko Kanno's metaphorical nutsack. I have only see ONE mention of BECK or FLCL in this whole thread, which is pretty strange considering they have the best music of all anime ever. After all BECK is an anime about rockin' out (which the groups on the soundtrack do well) and as for FLCL...well, in addition to being the best anime ever, The Pillows made an awesome soundtrack for it. Props to Samurai Champloo, though, for the fresh beats and great OP

I did not mention Beck for a few specific reasons. First off the Manga is WAY better then the anime. This is a matter of the anime forcing a ending where there simply wasn't one. Overall I was very disatisfied with the Anime. Its one of those things where its simply a fact that a amazing singer by Japanese standards wasn't the same as one would be by my standards. Understandably as the series progressed the improvement in singing lied directly in the band improving their English. This caused a problem for me as they really didn't change the music to reflect the growth. From the manga I expected when Kyoku(SP) would sing that I would get shivers down my spine and this VERY rarely happened. This series is also completely untranslatable as a majority of it depends on the Engrish being used by the Japanese band attempting to talk to Americans.

Given all of that I like the music I just feel it didn't do its job in the series.

[Spawn of Mr.Satan]

I think that Full Metal Alchemist has some really good music. Different than Cowboy Bebop's, but none the less good

[AfroMain]

Originally posted by: DDBen

I did not mention Beck for a few specific reasons. First off the Manga is WAY better then the anime. This is a matter of the anime forcing a ending where there simply wasn't one. Overall I was very disatisfied with the Anime. Its one of those things where its simply a fact that a amazing singer by Japanese standards wasn't the same as one would be by my standards. Understandably as the series progressed the improvement in singing lied directly in the band improving their English. This caused a problem for me as they really didn't change the music to reflect the growth. From the manga I expected when Kyoku(SP) would sing that I would get shivers down my spine and this VERY rarely happened. This series is also completely untranslatable as a majority of it depends on the Engrish being used by the Japanese band attempting to talk to Americans.

Given all of that I like the music I just feel it didn't do its job in the series.

Ah see, I never read the manga to give me high expectations...but I've gotta wonder how an anime like this, with such a high audio component, works as well (or better) as a manga? Did you have to imagine the music or something? Also, they shows him (koyuki) progressing some, learning to write music and getting a louder voice and all...and wouldn't it be sorta weird if a shiver went down you spine every time you listened to a song?
Anyway, on topic, I forgot to mention that the first 25 eps of Hajime no Ippo have one of the best OP songs I've heard.

Oh and yeah, Yoko Kanno is sweet, I was just hatin. The Real Folk Blues was the first mp3 I ever downloaded