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Hamradun - Sinklars Vísa

My current favorite song.. love this band

Finishing off the Gs

GUNNM(battle angel alita in the US)
i have both the image song album and the "another story" album which has the audio drama for the motorball story arc as well as the actual background music used in the anime.




Next is a fantastic, yet very dark series-

Gunslinger girl.- season 1 was done by madhouse studio so it is top quality and i have all the manga (it ends badly for most of the main characters)

Since it takes place entirely in italy it have a very mediterranean/italian feel.




I also have the game soundtrack


And finally gunsmith cats from the character creator of the bubblegum crisis Keichi Sonoda

His World Sanic the Hargharg. Crap game, Sonic '06. Pretty good song, though.




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Right now, I'll never give up! Never give in! Won't stop believin' 'cause I'm gonna win!




And before that.

Well kind of in the game theme, but anime. i have started in on the .hack soundtracks

there is so much .hack it took me a while to watch it all- my favorites are the original, quantum and the move "beyond the world": that had almost a final fantasy feel to it.


So of course i bought the soundtracks

the original-



quantum




beyond the world

The Gunsmith Cats opening is the best opening in Anime! Nice pick!

Had this one stuck in my head for the last week and still won't vacate the premises. There is the use of one F-bomb...




...and dammit, who is that fox with the juke box? Didn't like this song as a kid but its grown on me and this mash up is fantastic!

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HEROIC AGE-

An excellent if little known anime that combines an epic space saga with enormous space battles, mecha, and super monsters that would make ghidorah run home to his mommy- all based on the greek saga of the 12 labors of heracles

And now for a little Morricone

Final Fantasy 14 OST has been my go to lately.

About half way into the Sandman audio dramatization, it's mostly ok but Death is a bit off, not bad but not quite what I had in my head

Epic as feth!

A little throwback time.....i've had this soundtrack in my collection since the late 80s when i was in high school...man hard to believe it's been that long-golden age anime time


ICZER 1

The soundtrack was a strange mix of a synthesizer rock with a brass/horn section.

On a real nostalgia binge right now and found this. Don't remember this on the album which I must've listened to many times, especially Song For Clay (Disappear Here) and Hunting For Witches could've been on a rerelease or something? Anyway, I like it! I like the way it escalates.

In some ways I actually preferred that to their original (and more popular) debut album - much more of a slow burner but I found myself coming back to it quite a few times.

A pretty eclectic mix of albums on my playlist that I've been revisiting over the past week

Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (live album)

A new Day now - Joe Bonamassa

NEHRUVIANDOOM - MF Doom & Bishop Nehru

Nothing But Thieves (self-titled album)

A new song from an old favourite

I'm a huge fan of studio madhouse, they are one of those studios that has earned a reputation for quality with their own original works like demon city shinjuku, cyber city oedo 808, wicked city- the black guard as well as work on other well known shows like gokuu midnight eye, gunslinger girl season 1, deathnote, black lagoon and so many others. https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/11/Madhouse

So as one might expect. i have a mix of different soundtracks from them.
currently listening-

One of the more famous of studio madhouses movies-

jubei nimpucho (ninja scroll in the USA)




Another one from a well known manga artist with a stylized kind of 70s flare buichi teresawa's raven tengu kabuto. a one shot ova series based on his manga with a great soundtrack.

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In some ways I actually preferred that to their original (and more popular) debut album - much more of a slow burner but I found myself coming back to it quite a few times.

Weekend in the City? Yeah, it is a damn good album, although I do prefer Bloc Party by a close margin as well, Helicopter and Banquet are just so good in my eyes, also, Two More Years from the tour version or something. But it was The Prayer which got me into them back in the day, used to play on Juice TV or whatever it was when I went to a Cyber Cafe a lot lol. Although, I think Weekend in the City had more critical acclaim.

Back on topic, and still on the nostalgia binge with this...



My father used to tease me that this was my 'song' when I was a teenager, T_T

Ah Wheatus! Loved the video to Buddy Holly, done by Spike Jonze (who has done some immense videos: Fatboy Slim weapon of choice, Bjork Oh so Quiet, Daft Punk Da Funk

Every part of the building blocks used for the creation of the amazing anime Cowboy Bebop is brimming with genius: The writing, the characters, the worldbuilding, the animation, but most of all the music.

Well yoko kanno.....there is a reason why i own so many anime soundtracks she has worked on.


So a newer edition to the collection -

kabaneri of the iron fortress

opening



sample BGM track

Liking this song the more I listen to it. Also helps it's hugely nostalgic for me after hours of playing Grand Theft Auto Vice City it being on the radio in the game.

Well i have moved on to great little anime
katcho oji/section head chief (black heaven)

A story about a japanese rock god who did the responsible thing in japanese society after his college days-got a salary man job, got married had a kid....and hates his life, all he wants to do is play guitar.

He is approached by a stranger that wants him to play for her. turns out she is an alien soldier fighting some un-named alien force in a galactic war(that parts not really important) and they need his guitar playing to activate their super weapon. hilarity and drama ensues.

The soundtrack was a collaboration with John Sykes of thin lizzy/whitesnake fame.

Sam Smith: Promises

Another fantastic series with a great soundtrack

-Last exile

kind of a different setting with a very victorian steam punk feel. however it is so far into the future that mankind has mastered faster than light space travel(you find that out at the end) and gravity technology. which of course in true Jules Verne style mean flying battleships and planes that look like cars from the 1920s.





The first series has a strong mix of celtic/gaelic/italian sound quality with lots of violin, chello, and flute

The sequel series-last exile-fams silver wings has a bit of a different sound but still fits with the original.

Fell in love with these guys back in 2010 when they released the single 'Spin' from the album Nothing on TV. But boy oh boy that's nowhere near their best song. This and 'You Take It' are my favourites. It was a shame they sorta petered out, as they are very underrated in my eyes. She's amazing in this live performance. But apparently, she's doing well as a songwriter now, which somewhat makes up for it...Maybe they did much better in Aussie? Australians are pretty good at rock and stuff, I think. She's also pretty nice on the eyes, I've gotta say.




Also, You Take It. Freaking love this Bass Line almost as much as Frank Reynolds loves his RUM HYAM!!




This has the best bass line ever, though...Sorry Cassette Kids.

A bit of a cover version today

I am on a bit of a marathon right now with all my record of lodoss war soundtracks

the original 3 OVA soundtracks




Along with the inspired album mistrels memory




Along with a symphonic album followed up by the "legend of the heroic knight" TV series soundtracks with the opening done by none other than Yoko Kanno featuring Maya Sakamoto of escaflowne fame.

Damn, this was fun as frig to play on Guitar Hero (Was it 3? I think so) 3's and 7's by Queens of the Stone Age (put it in a spoiler tag as it's quite uhh...mature)



And my favourite James Bond theme! Although Skyfall by Adele comes in a close second.

Todays update

Probably one of the funniest anime series in my collection

Magic users club (maho tskai tai)

Think of it as -independence day-the comedy

Thats right a high school magic club defending the earth from alien invasion...








The we are back to yoko kanno as i start the macross series with the back story-
macross zero-