Play That Funky Music, White Boy

A bunch of anime tracks, including OPs, EDs, character tracks, OSTs, and the occasional remix. I'll be posting anywhere from one to three tracks a day.

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[C] - The Money of Soul and Possibility Control is an anime by Tatsunoko Productions.

The singer is Kayo Ishu, who also did a track for the Black Butler anime, and is largely a studio artist apart from that. Her strong voice is definitely what carries this track.

High Heel Shoes in Pink is the last track played in the show, and while some people may say that Ishu’s accent detracts from the song’s English lyrics, I feel it adds a sort of charm that meshes well with the backing strings.

Lyrics:

When I was young I dreamed a sunny day And I had high heel shoes in pink The passing train seemed to be fast for me But I wished my life would be so nice My time capsule in the spring yard I opened it and layed a little sunlight There was a love No rain, no tears, no lies, Flying high to that sunshine When I was young I dreamed a sunny day And I had high heel shoes in pink My time capsule from the old days Such unforgettable rays Mint and bicycle Alive in this future We dreamed a dream to be so free When I was young I dreamed a sunny day The day we repeat “I love you” All this belongs to me Your heart beat is singing My Sweet, high heel shoes brought my dream

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Guilty Crown is an anime by Production I.G., directed by Testuro Araki and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino.

Hiroyuki Sawano composed Guilty Crown's OST. He's also known for his work on the Ao no Excorcist soundtrack and more recently, the Shingeki no Kyojin soundtrack.

Close Your Eyes at first seems like a generic emotional ballad, but the melody and music quickly change that, as it melds a frenzied electronica beat with strings and other acoustic sounds with an impressive result. The vocalist carries well throughout the entire piece, without being dominated by the well-orchestrated music behind her. Overall a good piece.

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is an anime by Production I.G., based on the manga by Shirow Masamune.

Emily Curtis is an American-born artist. What's It For was her first work with an anime composer, though she's also worked with Yuki Kajiura in the Xenosaga animation.

What's It For is a quiet, thoughtful song carried by acoustic guitar and Curtis's voice, and one that brings up several themes of the show.

I'm not too sure I can go much further I'm not even sure the things are even getting better I'm so tired of me that has to disagree I'm so tired of me that's in control I woke up to see the sun shining all around me how could it shine down on me? you'd think It didn't notice I can't take it anymore had to ask myself, "what's it really for?" everything I tried to do it didn't matter and now I might be better off just rolling over cause you know I tried so hard but couldn't change a thing and it hurts so much I might as well let it go I can't really take the sun shining all around me why would it shine down on me? you'd think it might have noticed I no longer believe I can't help tellin' myself "it don't mean a thing" I woke up to find the sun shining all around me how could it shine down on me? sun shining all it's beauty why would it shine down on me? you'd think that it would notice I can't take it anymore just had to ask myself "what's it really for?"

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is an anime by Production I.G., based on the manga by Shirow Masamune.

Yoko Kanno is an eclectic composer, known for her work on such landmark series as Escaflowne, Macross Frontier, and Turn A Gundam.

Yakitori was a surprise to me - even as a long-time Kanno fan, I am still surprised by how she's able to turn out Buckethead-esque pieces like this one. Complete with enough guitar work and percussion to bring a tear to any eye, this is definitely not a piece to miss.

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is an anime by Production I.G., based on the manga by Shirow Masamune.

Yoko Kanno is famed for her work on series like Cowboy Bebop and Darker than Black, and for good reason. She seems to be adept at whatever style or genre she tries her hand at, often bringing entirely new things out of the woodwork when it comes to her music.

Run Rabbit Junk is easily recognizable to anyone who watched the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, with its heavy industrial beat, word salad lyrics, and thumping bass and guitar work.

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I'd like to apologize in advance for the fact that as far as I can tell, uploads will no longer have album covers. Tumblr is refusing to let me upload them (when I click on Select Album Art, it doesn't bring up the files). Until this is fixed, I won't be able to post the eye catchers.

So basically tumblr's coded horribly. What else is new.

Still, music uploads will continue as normal, with breaks on Sundays.

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Code Geass is an anime produced by Sunrise studio, directed by Goro Taniguchi and written Ichiro Okouchi.

Kotaro Nakagawa is a prolific classical composer, noted for his mix of strings and catchy brass to accompany the anime he composes for.

0 is instantly recognizable to any fan of the show, and with its catchy but intricate melody and iconic usage in the show itself, it's easy to see why this fast-paced action track is so iconic.

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Hey! Love your blog! Do you think you could upload a song or two from the Code Geass soundtrack? :) Keep up the great posting! :D

Glad you’re enjoying it! I’ll definitely try and get my hands on the Geass soundtrack, it’s a pretty good one, though I wish the individual tracks were longer.

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Evangelion 3.0, titled You Can (Not) Redo or Q, depending on where you live, is the third movie in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, produced by Klockworx, Studio Khara, and Gainax, created as an alternate version of Gainax’s classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

This track is based on Beethoven's Ode to Joy, presumably reorchestrated by Shiro Sagisu, the man who did the Bleach and Magi soundtracks.

Given that the 3.33 trailer has been making the round on tumblr lately, I thought that I'd upload the trailer music.

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an anime by Kyoto Animation, based on the light novels by Nagaru Tanigawa.

This image song is sung by Yuki's voice actor, Minori Chihara. The quality of her songs for the character are often remarkably better than the other ones, as Minori is a professional singer and artist as well as a voice actor.

Minori's voice meshes well with the technopop beat that the song has, which represents its character quite well.

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[C] - The Money of Soul and Possibility Control is an anime by Tatsunoko Productions.

The singer is Kayo Ishu, who also did a track for the Black Butler anime, and is largely a studio artist apart from that. Her strong voice is definitely what carries this track.

High Heel Shoes in Pink is the last track played in the show, and while some people may say that Ishu's accent detracts from the song's English lyrics, I feel it adds a sort of charm that meshes well with the backing strings.

Lyrics:

When I was young I dreamed a sunny day And I had high heel shoes in pink The passing train seemed to be fast for me But I wished my life would be so nice My time capsule in the spring yard I opened it and layed a little sunlight There was a love No rain, no tears, no lies, Flying high to that sunshine When I was young I dreamed a sunny day And I had high heel shoes in pink My time capsule from the old days Such unforgettable rays Mint and bicycle Alive in this future We dreamed a dream to be so free When I was young I dreamed a sunny day The day we repeat "I love you" All this belongs to me Your heart beat is singing My Sweet, high heel shoes brought my dream

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Track from Studio Bones anime Darker Than Black - more specifically, its second season.

The first season's OST was done by the genius Yoko Kanno, which is a hard act to follow, but I personally think that Ishii Yasushi was up to the challenge. While the show's second season was received poorly, the OST is just as strong as the first. I'm rather upset that Yasushi hasn't done more soundtracks - this is only his second one, the other one being the original Hellsing anime's soundtrack.

Dive Into the 9 is a fast-paced rock track, featuring catchy strings and good use of keyboard to keep the pulse going.

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Angel Beats! is an anime by P.A. Works and Aniplex, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Jun Maeda of Key Notes fame.

The show's OST is composed of original Maeda compositions and also Jpop/Jrock by Anant-Garde Eyes, though they were called in-universe 'Girls Dead Monster'.

The song in the original show was sung by a different character, rather than Yui, which is part of the reason why I uploaded this one in particular - I thought more people would like to hear this younger vocalist. Sure, it's not as unique as some of my other uploads, but it's good jrock all the same.

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Death Note is an anime produced by Madhouse, based on the manga by Tsugumi Ohba (writer) and Takeshi Obata (artist).

The soundtrack was a joint production between Hideki Taniuchi (composer of the Kaiji Ultimate Gambler soundtrack) and Yoshihisa Hirano (composer for Hunter x Hunter and Ouran High School Club). For this particular track, though, I see far more influences of Taniuchi's elaborate math-rock esque mix of strings and percussion.

Most people overlook Light's theme for the more iconic L's theme - even me! I accidentally uploaded Light's theme instead of L's, but then listened to it and remembered how good it is. As a contrast between the quick changes between calm measured pace and sudden rushes of power that L's theme had, Light's theme has an ongoing buildup and melody all throughout it, and is just an overall pleasure to listen to.

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Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) is an anime by A-1 Productions, based on the ongoing monthly manga by Kazue Kato.

Hiroyuki Sawano has been composing anime OSTs for about seven years now, working on the acclaimed Guilty Crown soundtrack and also the recent Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Atlas) soundtrack. He's notable for his mixing extremely modern, off-the-wall genres with more classical orchestral works.

U & Cloud has a strange, foreign flavor to it, supplanted by an electronica-esque buildup and breakdown. It's an extremely memorable song, and the third movement in 'Exorcist Concerto' - for this OST, Sawano split up the songs into groups of three and four, each group being composed for a certain kind of mood or scene. Exorcist Concerto is made for scenes of great plot importance and thematic relevance - for lack of a better word, the 'epic' scenes.

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Kara no Kyoukai is a series of movies made by ufotable, based on the novels by Kinoko Nasu.

Yuki Kajiura is an accomplished composer, famous for her ethereal, unique style of music. She's done the OSTs for Fate/Zero, Pandora Hearts, Mai-Hime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Sword Art Online.

I would have preferred to upload Paradigm or perhaps If I Cry, but they were too large to upload. What's most interesting about Kajiura's work on these movies is that she created extensive tracks that spanned multiple scenes, meaning that the OST more resembles a symphony rather than a tracklist.

In the Garden of Sinners is instantly recognizable to anyone who has watched these movies, as it is featured in all seven, I believe. It's quiet, but also contemplative, with a harp complimenting a haunting background vocalist. Accompanying them are ambient sounds resembling waves on a shore or wind through a tree's branches, bringing about an ease and calm that is so rarely seen in the movies.

Overall, a beautiful composition. I highly recommend that you check out more of these movies' soundtracks.

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Another Studio Bones anime, Soul Eater is based on the shonen manga by Atsushi Okubo.

The show's soundtrack was largely done by Iwasaki Taku, the man behind Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and [C]'s OSTs, but this particular track was done by Lotus Juice, a rapper who also participated in the soundtracks for the Persona 3 game and Persona 4 anime.

With a heavy hip-hop beat and flavorful lyrics, this song unfortunately appeared very little in the show, and never in an extremely memorable context, which is a shame given how fun the track is.