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Favourite Anime OST
Eledhrim:
Havoc10K
I remember downloading the OST just for that one song. I remember just putting it on repeat over and over. Silly, but it's just so cute!
Kinda' like the first time I finished Portal and heard Still Alive. No, exactly the same.
Havoc10K:
it's my cell phone score when my gf is calling :] it fits her ;]
Eledhrim:
Not suggesting anything. But, for the sake of a reply, it probably fits her.
I despise saying 'lol', so it's kinda' difficult to say something else. So, meh!
ndryden:
--- Quote from: Eledhrim on April 15, 2010, 06:01:47 PM ---ndryden
Whether or not I should have, I've never heard of The Vision of Escaflowne.
High fantasy adventure or something, yeah?
Which reminds me, I always hoped for more Epic Adventure anime shows. One long 'quest' to be told over the course of the story. I suppose of the ilk of Seirei no Moribito. I had hoped to find it in shows such as Gina Densetsu Weed but have yet to find another series long anime with only one focus.
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It's from 1996, so it's not exactly one of the "hip" new anime (although it still ranks as one of my top favourites). The show might not be to everyone's taste, it's fantasy adventure with mecha and a heavy touch of romance, in a rather shoujo style. It wasn't as groundbreaking as, say, Neon Genesis Evangelion (which is also from that approximate time-frame) in terms of themes and style, but it has an excellent storyline, no fillers, quite good animation for its time--I like its animation better than the animation in some more recent anime--and, most importantly for this thread, a soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno (who also did, for example, Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop's soundtracks). The soundtrack is quite different from more recent anime, as it's mostly orchestral--not just, say, some string instruments and a piano--with several pieces of Gregorian chant, including both male and female choruses. Also, the opening theme was sung by the main character's seiyuu, who was sixteen at the time.
Oh, and I just noticed you asked for the top three soundtracks, but I'm only going to give my favourite--I have far too many tied for second place just behind this one, and I'm both indecisive and afraid I'll leave something out. ;)
Eledhrim:
ndryden
Well, that was indeed a very 'elaborate' description. Thank you. Whilst I'm more than partial to Romance, Mecha has never appealed to me. Though, when I think 'mecha', I immediately think Gundam and Transformers. But I understand it is not like that. Still, I might indeed check it out. And with an orchestrated soundtrack, complete with a choir as you say, I might indeed check it out.
Plus, no fillers is win-win, right? I don't mind fillers in some Anime. Indeed, Seirei spent a huge portion mid-season with fillers, but it worked. It helped build the characters. Rarely do fillers actually work. But of course, having no fillers is even better, right?
Thanks.
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