Best anime OST ?

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:31 pm

I often appreciate to listen to OST, so if you like too drop some lines of what are the best OST in your mind...

Lets start with "Mononoke" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82QHiUvY5E

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:17 pm

I don't know about "best", but a couple of my favorite opening songs are:

White Album 1st OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtnga-3uJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frt_Uin81yY

Himiko-den OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsK7hb-MYtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9vCCWyapZs

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:17 pm

Do you mind if I tell other people: unlikely to ever get anything said it don't know about best but a couple of your favorite opening songs are

White Album 1st OP
httpwww dotyoutubedot comwatch.

Macron one · Post by **Macron one** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:32 pm

I don't own many anime soundtrack CDs, but of the ones I have the Air OST and Shakugan no Shana (season 1) OST are my favorites.

Natsukage (Air OST): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VJSmD1JlEo

Aozora (Air OST): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_-kExsuRk

Tori no Uta (Air OST): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNveovOv ... re=related

Shana (Shakugan no Shana OST): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaDO4cOz ... re=related

Post by **sensei** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:10 pm

Paradoxically, one of my all-time favorite OST albums is "To the Another World," Yoko Kanno's music for Earth Maiden Arjuna, one of the all-time truly dreadful anime series. But the music is phenomenally good, and the album tracks like a classical suite with some terrific choral set-pieces, particularly "Awakening" and "Aqua," which provide a nice set of bookends near the start and finish of the CD.

One of a very few OST albums that you can listen to with total pleasure without watching, knowing, or even thinking about the anime series for which it was composed. Which is just as well.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:08 am

My favourite OST is the Cyber City English dub version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlZakDfs ... re=related

It really summed up the series and for it's era, had an edge over all other anime in the prolific Cyber Punk genre.

In contrast to this I also love the Totoro soundtracks, I have 2 CDs and they're both impressive because they instantly remind me of the emotions associated with particular scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XeysI-l ... re=related

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:09 am

What makes OST is the Cyber City English dub version httpwww dotyoutubedot comwatch your favorite?

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:52 am

The Air OST sounds really relaxing.
Some effects in "Summer Lights" reminds me "Chrono Trigger" videogame OST during the Kingdom of Zeal part.

First time hearing and really like the Cyber City theme, what about japanese original, is there a source in order to balance them ?
Seems that native english have affinities for Cyberpunk and mature post apocalyptic anime in general. From this universe, here is another good shot from Kenji Kawai in "Ghost in the shell" (live) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvwhnmUxDA (starts at 1:40)

darksuzaku · Post by **darksuzaku** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:21 am

As for OST, i understand you are referring to the BGMs right?
Well, i tend to prefer the upbeat ones. Here are some of the series with BGMs that i like:

Air Gear (several)
Blood+ (several)
Fate Stay Night (a few)
Figure 17 (a few)
Gunparade March (several)
Jigoku Shoujo (a few)
Juuni Kokki (a few)
Kurau Phantom Memory (several)
Noein (several)
Pumpkin Scissors (several)
Red Garden (a few)
Scrapped Princess (several)
Shakugan no Shana (several)
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (a few)
Simoun (a few)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:22 am

Oh there.

beatrush · Post by **beatrush** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:51 am

As cliche as this choice is, I would say Cowboy Bebop has one of the best OSTs in Anime.

iceman57 wrote: Feel free to add Youtube links to allow people to listen to your favorites. Goal is to underline the musical aspect of anime which often contributes to its popularity

Well to list some favorites from Cowboy Bebop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAgYC89I73Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ukt4zwjaPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKnVaDwUg5s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lNGz-2TaQ

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:27 am

darksuzaku wrote:As for OST, i understand you are referring to the BGMs right?

Can be anything related to anime music and coming on the soundtrack CD, even OP or ED like the Arc En Ciel Driver's High :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvwhnmUxDA but except this title the rest of the GTO score is not what I'll call as memorable.

Cowboy Bebop is a nice example of jazzy titles propeled in a futuristic era. Feel free to add Youtube links to allow people to listen to your favorites. Goal is to underline the musical aspect of anime which often contributes to its popularity

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:27 am

I always feel completely free.

jcaliff · Post by **jcaliff** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:06 am

I find that pretty much anything Yoko Kanno did is good to listen to from beginning to end. I espeically like the two Macross Plus and the Please Save My Earth CDs. Other than that, I find that I like to listen to soundtracks that evoke scenes or characters, especially when certain characters have their own themes that are played frequently. Ryu Knight is a good example - I love listening to the OSTs.

Belldandy16 · Post by **Belldandy16** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:45 pm

i listen to the inuyasha soundtracks all the time. Mononoke is beautiful too.