I'll just put this in Anime section :think:

I'm thinking of buying a OST of an anime, but can't decide which one. I have Love Hina, Final Fantasy, Fruit Basket, Studio Ghibli (collection of songs from their movies), Full Moon, and Naruto

Noir has some of the best music I've heard in any anime, TV show or movie. However I think there are 3 different OST's so that may make it harder.

:/ darn it...can u name some of the good song names? so maybe i could find it on the back of the CD and maybe choose a good OST to buy

.Hack/Sign

I don't think you should buy a random OST, but pick an OST with music of an anime you've seen and liked. I had the Noir OST long before I saw the anime but it hardly appealed to me. I suggest you pick an OST of an anime you like.

I'd go with the Boys Be OST.

Hehe, I get the soundtracks before I've seen the anime but it's best to get one from an Anime you've seen so you understand the context of the different songs/themes. I recommend Evangelion OST 1 (as it doesn't have the 5 billion versions of Fly me to the Moon on it), .hack//SIGN, Noir and if you like jazz music Cowboy Bebop is good too. :) What sort of music are you into - metal, classical, jazz etc? Different animes have different musical styles - NGE is primarily contemporary orchestral - lots of brass, strings etc with the occasional electric guitar bunged in here and there. Yuki Kajiura's anime music (.hack and Noir) is influenced by a number of different styles - e.g. choir music, electronic music, experimental soundscapes and standard classical music. And so on ;)

The anime hellsing has some really good music on it. Such as A world without logos and Shi-kuretto Karuma Serenade from the second OST.

But then again, you may not like the type of music it is, so it's best if you go with the music from an anime you like. Just like Angelic said.

I love the soundtracks for .hack//SIGN and Noir especially... so unique

but then again I'm a fanboy for Yuki Kajiura :wub: :lol:

If you do decide to go with the Noir soundtrack I'd say the best one to get is the first OST. It has all the best songs like Canta Per Me, Melodie, Les Soldats, Corsican Corridor, Lullaby and Snow. The others are good too but the first one has the most popular music on it. You can usually get a pretty good deal for all three on Ebay if you look.

Noir, .hack//SIGN, Rurouni Kenshin and D.N Angel has very good music, but I wouldn't buy an OST of these.

I have a soft spot for Prince of Tennis/Tennis no Oujisama's OSTs. It's a sports anime, so the music is fast-paced (for a lack of better word... >.>)

since .hack//SIGN has more music that it actually has animation, I have to suggest that too... ^^;;

Also, definately x/1999's soundtracks. It's slow and sad, and definately beautiful.

anything by Yuki kajiura is worth buying in my books

i have .hack//sign, liminality, Outlaw star, Neon Genesis 1, and Noir (my personal favorite)

I think..

.hack//SIGN
Noir
Cowboy Bebop
Macross Plus
Hellsing

looks like everyone said .hack//sign hm... :think:

No contest. Gravitation.

Originally posted by Elite666@Aug 25 2004, 07:43 AM
If you do decide to go with the Noir soundtrack I'd say the best one to get is the first OST. It has all the best songs like Canta Per Me, Melodie, Les Soldats, Corsican Corridor, Lullaby and Snow.
And don't forget Salvas Nos - the Singers with Oomph! :D

Originally posted by Sashiro@Aug 26 2004, 04:46 AM
No contest. Gravitation.
Yes. Gravi also. XD I love the punk-ish rock music. Gravi rocks my world! XD

I'm rather fond of .hack//SIGN but there are several good ones, such as gravitation and noir. One thought: don't buy the CHOBITS cd unless you love repetitiveness. I find that the same tune plays over and over again throughout the CD. It's still fun though, so if you have cash to burn...

Someone mentioned Kenshin, very good music right there
Another one you might look into would be Berserk, very interesting yet good songs put into that soundtrack

Let's see: Noir, .hack//sign and Liminality, Madlax, Aquarian Age, and anything else that I forgot by Ms. Kajiura.

Stellvia has amazing themes. Haibane Renmei has a relaxing classical soundtrack. FLCL has great vocals by The Pillows.

Yuki Kajiura is brilliant

i have her album 'Fiction' now which contains a mixture of stuff shes done, definatly a good buy

i think kenshin and hack are all good.
though you probably should stick to something you're familiar with, somhting you could relate to

Kaijura is great, yes, but I'm not fond of her vocals...

The first ost of full metal alchemist is good

For me it would be Gundam Seed, Full metal Alchemist and rurouni kenshin :D
but it pretty much depends on what type of song you like.. :P

i bought .Hack//Liminalty which i think it's the best OST in my collection so far

i'm planning to buy Evangelion and FMA soon

ARG used so much money X_X oh well worth it

If you like spacey relaxing type kind of music, I'd suggest Wolf's Rain. Other than that, I like Noir and Cowboy Bebop, as well as Hellsing. .hack//SIGN is pretty good too, of course.

Either:

Noir
.hack//sign
Evangelion

It really depends on the type of music you like though

Evangelion has some tracks that are nice but most songs are pretty bad in my opinion. Nothing compared to Hack Sign or Noir.

FLCL also has a nice OST if you like J-rock (and then I don't mean the ghey kind of guys like Gackt)

yeah..

i love the pillows....

very grunge-ish....

leaning towards punk...

but its good...

edit: i realized that ppl that don't noe that the flcl soundtrack is made up of songs by a band called "the pillows" would be very confused about wut im talking about...

Erm...I myself tend to lean on the fast-paced, upbeat type of music, so I would totally recommend Initial D soundtracks (Eurobeat style music), probably even if you haven't seen the anime or read the manga before, just because it's so...energetic...

i think that .hack// (ex. foreigners, in the land of twilight), final fantasy (all de chocobo songs and many others), love hina (Yakusoku and others). also rk has ok music

So far, I've found Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal to have the best OST music. Go Noriyuki Asakura and Taku Iwasaki!

The Samurai X soundtrack has slower music, but the RK one has a variety. Evangelion has an okay soundtrack, and PeaceMaker Kurogane is also okay...

noir
.hack sign
inu-yasha
ayashi no ceres
Ah! megami-sama (ah my goddess)
Kenshin (samurai X)
X
Naruto
Intail D
Frutis basket
Hime Mononoke
Spirted away.
yea i gots lots more.

I go for Gundam Seed, .hack, Escaflowne and Rurouni Kenshin. XD

wow no one said Final Fantasy the Piano collection one?
you think those worth buying? i do have a $4 off coupon ^_^

Chrono Trigger OST.

NOIR is definitely good. But OST 1 & 3 are the best, cos 2 has too many too dark and scary songs.

Yoko Kanno is always great too.

Final fantasy has the greatest music ever. have you listened to suteki da ne in ffx? thats a great one and to zanarkand is also a great one makes me wanna cry :cry:

This isn't about Final Fantasy you know? This forum is called anime and manga, not anime, manga and games.

Final Fantasy is technically kinda like Anime Angelic, Don't Scare the new member :whistle:

Final Fantasy is not an anime, full stop.

n_n;;

That is spam...please try to refrain from posts like that.

I think that Escaflowne has good music as well as Noir.

I think Naruto and Bleach have good music :D

i have choices... but can't make out which one... i appreciate every song, since they have their specialities and such...

but gotta admit that <Rurouni Kenshin>, <Saiyuki>, <Samurai Deeper Kyo>, <Cardcaptor Sakura>, <naruto> and etc... have very good songs...

i&#39;m more into relaxing music, soothing and very lyrical
not really rock, jazz or punk kinda thing

I think Initial D has some pretty good music.

if i was you i would buy a initial d soundtrack. they can make your brain start clicking

Final Fantasy is not an anime, full stop.

well.. technically final fantasy is also an anime... it is a game.. but also anime.. havnt u heard of ff unlimited? (i think its called unlimited.. LoL.. :heh: )

but hmm.. i think naruto, full metal alchemist, initial D has got good music...

if i was you i would buy a initial d soundtrack. they can make your brain start clicking

what you mean by "Make you brain start clicking"?

I personally enjoyed The Escaflowne Movie OST and the Haibane-Renmei OST

Originally posted by Neerolyte@Dec 23 2004, 06:53 PM

what you mean by "Make you brain start clicking"?
i dont know. i thought it would be fun to say :heh:

Now I don&#39;t know if this turned out to be an anime but I choose Tales of Symphonia. Good music and good game. Or FLCL.

Inu-Yasha has good musics

Well to me, it is Full Metal Alchemist. Their opening and ending songs are great. The instrumental and others are fantastic&#33; :D

Originally posted by Anchovy@Jan 3 2005, 09:20 PM
Well to me, it is Full Metal Alchemist. Their opening and ending songs are great. The instrumental and others are fantastic&#33; :D
Well I&#39;ve never seen Fullmetal Alchemist so I wouldn&#39;t know, but I think Naruto has good music :music:

I like the Naruto music too&#33; The song...I think it was Sorrow and Sadness? I like that song...The ending/opening themes are great&#33; My favorite song in Naruto that isn&#39;t an opening or ending is the...Hmm, it&#39;s the Go Go Naruto&#33; song. The song when Naruto has to hide from that guy...Also, I love the song The Raising Fighting Spirit. The songs are here. (http://www.narutofan.com/index.php/content-multimedia,music) If you don&#39;t know what I&#39;m talking about...You have to register to listening to them...It&#39;s free, so don&#39;t worry&#33;

Another thing...Where can I get the flute music for Raising Fighting Spirit? I think that&#39;s a flute...

By the way, viet_pride15, I like your avatar and signature&#33; Kakashi is cool and so is the Sharingan...On eBay they someone was selling Sharingan contacts&#33;

DN Angel ~

Prince of Tennis has a few good OST/Singles but they have like a 100... err... at least a lot....

Gundam has a lot of good music...

Mai HiME ost~ by Yuki Kajiura

and I agree with Ellesig about DN Angel~

My vote goes to almost anything by Yoko Kanno and Yuki Kajiura, especially the Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne and Earth Girl Arjuna soundtracks. For YK, add the Shin KOR OST - that was very early in her career, but it still sounded good. And don&#39;t forget Takayuki Hattori&#39;s Captain Harlock: Endless Odyssey soundtrack if you&#39;re into dark, dramatic music.

Naruto does&#33;&#33;

I&#39;d have to say d.n.angel, naruto or inuyasha ^^

What I like the most is....... let me think. Many of them. These are my favourite:

1. Heart of Sword-Rurouni Kenshin
2. Open up your Mind-Saiyuki
3. Rage your Dream-Initial D
4. Scarlet-Ayashi no Ceres
5. Butterfly Kiss-Rave
6. Dame&#33;-Rurouni Kenshin
7. Higher and Higher-Rave
8. Moonlight Densetsu-Sailor Moon
And many more...........

Definitely .hack//SIGN. Yuki Kajiura has a great gift&#33; The music is really beautiful...at least on the first soundtrack, i haven&#39;t heard the others. Kenshin has some really good music too, but I don&#39;t know if all the good ones are on one CD or not. I doubt it. The bad news is that it has some really annoying music too.

gundam seed ~&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;...^^"
and gundam seed destiny ... those haf the best songs ... has great singers .... like T.M revolution .. really really good ... ^^"
the ending song to angelic layer is also veri good "The starry sky" - HAL
and full metal panic ... and full metal panic fumoffu...^^"... it&#39;s got fast and slow songs ... realli good ...~&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; :heh:

Naruto

Inyasha&#33;&#33;&#33;

I think.. Uta Kata has great music... as in, background music. Yakitate Japan&#33;&#39;s opening song by Rythem is really good, and Meine Liebe has really good background music too~

I think by far Inuyasha has the best music. Most of them are by BoA. I like "Every Heart" myself and "Dearest" as piano music. if only i could play it. ^_^

Utakata&#33; Most of the BGM&#39;s in there are awesome, and the OP and ED are great too.

Full Moon wo Sagashite is pretty good too.

In my opinion,
Neon Genesis Evangelion,
Great classical music, as in the lovely lovely Ludwig Van, ans some great originals too, like, "Thantos(if I can&#39;t be yours)"

:(

A good way of finding good anime music is to browse around Ichigos and preview the music via MIDI. It shows what the style of music the anime has.

Personally, I feel that Inuyasha has a good soundtrack, but the .hack series has some of the most diverse and most powerful songs (ex. B.T. Obsession (Specal Orchestra Version), and the opening theme).

DNAngel, hands down.

and then Blue Sub followed by GitS SAC.

After seeing the anime Haibane Renmei, I bought the soundtrack. Then I played it about 50 times. And then I played it some more. BEAUTIFUL music, absolutely stunning. Most are instrumental.

Gundam SEED , Gundam SEED DESTINY .

I personaly think that the music that accompaines the anime-series Inuyasha was excellent,

it&#39;s calm, relaxing, and some of them are beautifuly simple&#33;




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Tony&#39;s first post.

Any .hack OST and anything by Yoko Kanno

Well I would have said Naruto, lol, but Inu Yasha music is pretty good.

hmmmm

Yu Yu Hakusho (just SOME of em)

Full metal alchemist (i got all the cds&#33; They ROCK&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; LUV EM&#33;)

Inuyasha (This one i like too&#33;&#33;&#33; ^^)

Anything by Yuki Kajiura is GODLY. Her music is music from the heavens. MADLAX
Noir
.hack//SIGN
.hack//LIMINALITY
Mai HiME
Xenosaga: Episode II

Other great soundtracks not by Yuki Kajira: Air
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Haibane Renmei
Cowboy Bebop
Rozen Maiden
Samurai Champloo

Witch Hunter Robin has really nice music.

It really depends on your taste.

Like eiko it depends on ur taste so i like Laputa =D

I think rurouni kenshin and prince of tennis has the best^^

Bleach has some pretty good music in it. :mellow:

chobits, noir, .hack//sign yeah....

yeah i like the music on cowboy bebop,samurai champloo, kenshin, .hacksign, one piece's opening, yup ... i have a kenshin soundtrack in japanese... a song called shiori ichigo is on it... ayone and susume's voice people sing it(a duet) 1 song sounds funny... it starts cool then goes into something that sounds like a disco song mixed with rap or hip-hop

Anything by Yuki Kajiura is GODLY. Her music is music from the heavens.

It also all is in the same style, she kind of lacks originality sometimes.

Though at the same time, it has her mark - you can always tell when a piece is done by Kajiura ;) I think FMA's music is excellent, though they do overdo it a bit on the string and brass pieces at times. Bleach's OST is also very good *hugs Never Meant to Belong* :D

Though at the same time, it has her mark - you can always tell when a piece is done by Kajiura ;) I think FMA's music is excellent, though they do overdo it a bit on the string and brass pieces at times. Bleach's OST is also very good *hugs Never Meant to Belong* :D

Noooo, I was gonna say the stuff about FMA~! :P Oh well~ Hmmm....... .hack music is great~! (Kajiura :D)

samuri champloo has good music

also i think cowboy bepop has good music

I would have to say RahXephon of course...Any thing with Yoko Kanno is basicaly good.

Also, who did the music for Mononoke Hime? I love his/her music!

FLCL, naruto, and Cowboy Bebop have good music

Tsubasa Chronicle, Air, Mai Hime

Shiken, i like you =D. we have same tastes

wow.. everyone has different tastes
i like more of the contemporary classical, or such..
noir, tsubasa, (even though they were by the same people) tsukihime were all good
I haven't heard the .hack music but since everyone says its good... then yea, i'll go listen to it.

yeah ,hack music is pretty good too

.hack//sign, tsubasa chronicles, shingetsutan tsukihime (whyd it have to end its so sad :cry: ) kimi ga nozomu eien

*Animes with good music

-Air
-Ai Yori Aoshi(one of my fav. OSTs)
-Chobits
-Chrno Crusade
-DNangel
-Elfen Lied
-Inuyasha
-Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
-Mahoromatic
-Naruto
-Rurouni Kenshin

I guess there are more... but all animes I could think of right now.. with music I like.. =]

*Added

-Samurai Champloo

-Air
-Tsubasa Chronicle
-Naruto
-Ah! My goddess
-Mai Hime
-DNAngel

They are the only ones I'm able think of right now.

to me..the gundam seed destiny songs ^^

hmm i say

- Naruto
- FMA
- RK

i kno there are more but i cant think of em right now

FLCL rock
Cowboy Bebop jazz
Ah My Goddes classical
Trigun mix

[QUOTE=Radical_Dreamer
Also, who did the music for Mononoke Hime? I love his/her music![/QUOTE]

I believe that was Japanese Composer Joe Hisaishi

I believe that was Japanese Composer Joe Hisaishi


Yes, it was ~ I love that music ~ He does a lot of Miyazaki's composing, but I adore Itsumo Nando Demo (Always With Me), by Youmi Kimura. I cried the first time I heard that song, and I always cry when I hear it now.

Joe Hisaishi has done a lot of different anime, I know of atleast 30.
BTW I always liked The Venus Wars Soundtrack, which I believe was also done by Joe Hisaishi.

Joe Hisaishi has done a lot of different anime, I know of atleast 30.
BTW I always liked The Venus Wars Soundtrack, which I believe was also done by Joe Hisaishi.

Ooooh, I'll look for some of that music, since I <3 Hisaishi's music so much~ :D

Hikaru no Go
Samurai Champloo
Bleach

Venus Wars, The Girl From Phantasia, Burn Up(The original), Outlanders, Gunbuster,and the rare E.Y.E.S. Of Mars.



Did I mentention Kenichi Sonada's Riding Bean?

if people haven't said it yet, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, if people have then good someone else out there thinks like me

if people haven't said it yet, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, if people have then good someone else out there thinks like me

OMG I <3 FMwS MUSIC! And Tsubasa Chronicle, worship Kajiura! :D

*bows to kajiura and the awesome music*

*bows to kajiura and the awesome music*

*also does* OMG we have the same Japanese music tastes I think~! :D

Final Fantasy is not an anime, full stop.


i dont actually know if i actually know what im talking about,but ive seen an actual anime (fist sized sweatdrops and everything) called Final Fantasy: Unlimited. its on Rogers On Demand Digital Cable.

i dont actually know if i actually know what im talking about,but ive seen an actual anime (fist sized sweatdrops and everything) called Final Fantasy: Unlimited. its on Rogers On Demand Digital Cable.

Okay so that is an anime, FFU~ ^_^

UM BLEACH, AIR, MAI HIME, FULL METAL ALCHEMIST, GUNDAM SEED ONE PIECE WELL ALL OF THEM AV SOME NICE SONGS

please please, dont post all capts...

Okay so that is an anime, FFU~ ^_^

Also, before anyone says the ony connection between the game and anime is the name, untrue. Theres chocobos and moggles in it :P

.hack//sign's music is the best hands down. Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop have some great stuff too. ^_^

I'd go with Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto (Someday's Dreamers) as my best pick....
Runner ups are Utakata and Air TV

bleach, air, hunter x hunter i don't know evry one

.hack//sign's music is the best hands down. Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop have some great stuff too. ^_^

I love the .hack//SIGN OSTs~! :D ^_^ They rock so much~ I must hear some Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop one day...

Full metal panic TSR, full metal alchemist, inu yasha, full moon wo sagashite or rurouni kenshin.. i can't decide which have the best music

anything with yukki kajjura is good

i really liked the Samurai Champloo soundtrack. it had a lot of hip-hop influences going for it. thats probably what i liked so much about it.

anything with yukki kajjura is good

Everything except the spelling ;)

Cowboy Bebop and Hellsing have awesome soundtracks :D

Full metal panic TSR, full metal alchemist, inu yasha, full moon wo sagashite or rurouni kenshin.. i can't decide which have the best music

I love InuYasha music, Full Moon wo Sagashite, FMP, FMA, and I've heard a little of RK~ ^^ Want to hear more though~ ^.^ I <3 Yuki Kajiura's singing & composing, she rules~ :)

Samurai Champloo!

Fruits Basket, Ai Yori Aoshi, 君が望む永遠, Our Promise Place in the Early Day, A Voice from a Distance Star

I think these have the best music.

Rurouni Kenshin. I like the music simply because of its unique style. Well, the "style" itself isn't very unique (in fact, it's really anime-ish) but it has a nostalgic feeling to it that I like.

Fruits Basket, Ai Yori Aoshi, 君が望む永遠, Our Promise Place in the Early Day, A Voice from a Distance Star

I think these have the best music.

Ai yori aoshi indeed =), Toshira Masuda ftw, and RK of course too

Any anime with music by Yoko Kanno. 'nuff said. I think my personal favorite of hers is Brain Power'd which is amazing because I haven't even seen the anime. Of course the Bebop soundtracks are a must as are the Escaflowne ones. Lodoss War is good but not as good as those 2 imho. I haven't picked up Arjuna so unsure about that one.

Gankutsuou's soundtrack is making me squee right now. Just like the anime it mixes the old with the new... it goes from piano and opera singing to techno flawlessly.

Rurouni Kenshin is a huge favorite of mine. Specifically the soundtracks with dominantely Kyoto arc music or music from the OAVs.

Tenshi ni Narumon has to have the weirdest OST out there... and I adore it.

Hellsing's soundtracks took a little warming up time for me but then I was hooked to them... and the track titles are hilarious.

Hana Yori Dango has two soundtracks... the harder to find one has the long orchestral pieces used in the series... songs from 5-9 minutes filled with gorgeous themes for different characters and such. Doumyouji's, for instance, takes all of his themes... his music when he's violent, sad, overjoyed, and violent again... and it's all put together into one song that screams that it is HIS music despite the variations in the themes themselves. I think that sort of composing takes talent. Plus there are some well placed but lesser-known classical pieces in the series.

Any anime with music by Yoko Kanno. 'nuff said. I think my personal favorite of hers is Brain Power'd which is amazing because I haven't even seen the anime. Of course the Bebop soundtracks are a must as are the Escaflowne ones. Lodoss War is good but not as good as those 2 imho. I haven't picked up Arjuna so unsure about that one.

Gankutsuou's soundtrack is making me squee right now. Just like the anime it mixes the old with the new... it goes from piano and opera singing to techno flawlessly.

Rurouni Kenshin is a huge favorite of mine. Specifically the soundtracks with dominantely Kyoto arc music or music from the OAVs.

Tenshi ni Narumon has to have the weirdest OST out there... and I adore it.

Hellsing's soundtracks took a little warming up time for me but then I was hooked to them... and the track titles are hilarious.

Hana Yori Dango has two soundtracks... the harder to find one has the long orchestral pieces used in the series... songs from 5-9 minutes filled with gorgeous themes for different characters and such. Doumyouji's, for instance, takes all of his themes... his music when he's violent, sad, overjoyed, and violent again... and it's all put together into one song that screams that it is HIS music despite the variations in the themes themselves. I think that sort of composing takes talent. Plus there are some well placed but lesser-known classical pieces in the series.

Oooh, Escaflowne music rocks very hard! XD It *does* though... Yoko Kanno's singin' voice is just as powerful as Kajiura's ~ :D

Noir has very good music too, same with Fullmetal Alchemist, 'specially Brat'ja (Brothers), Melissa, and Kesenai Tsumi (Indelible Scars)~

Uh.. Bleach,FMA,FLCL,Gundam Seed.
Those pretty much have good music, I like "Go" from Naruto

I really like all the anime songs I've heard:

Ohayou & Kaze no Uta (Hunter X Hunter)
Pray & Popcorn (Hunter X Hunter, Greed Island)
Catch You Catch Me, Groovy, Purachina (CCS)
Little Wing (Scrapped Princess)
Mune Ga Doki Doki, Step by Step, Kimi Ga Ireba, Hikari to Kaze no Roman, Kimi Ga Ireba, Nazo, Secret of my heart (Detective Conan)
Meikyuu - Mei Q!? - Make you by, Koigokoro (Tantei Gakuen Q)
Successful Mission (Saber Marionette J)
Get Along (Slayers)
Sakura Saku (Love Hina)
Kikari Takaramono, Be for You Be for Me (Love hina Again)
Doraemon no Uta (Doraemon)
Ai Shuuseishin (Excel Saga)
Cruel Angel Thesis (Evangelion)
Jajauma ni Sasenaide, Don't Mind! Lay Lay Boy (Ranma 1/2)
Butterfly, I wish (Digimon 1)
Akai Shougeki, Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku (Digimon 2)
The biggest dreamer, My tomorrow (Digimon tamers)
FIRE! ,Mujaki na Mame de (Digimon Frontier)
Infinity (Lost Universe)
Just Communication, Rythm Emotion (Gundam Wing)
Egao ni Aitai (Marmelade Boy)
Moonlight Densetsu (Sailor Moon)
Asu no egao no tame ni (Gatekeepers)

I can't choose one song of these

DNA2, Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, Bleach, GTO, Midori No Hibi, and maybe Gatekeepers. I can't really decide the best of all of them :sweat:

wonder who wrote the music for "Black Cat"... it is sounding pretty good so far..

and expecting great things from Mai Otome Hime soundtrack too, since it's yuki kajiura's work =) Mai HiME's OST was great.

Wolf's Rain music is beautiful; was that also composed by Yoko Kanno?

evangelion, elfen lied, gankutsuou, the kenshin ovas, uhh... well there are plenty of other's but i think those are my favorite.

escaflowne all the way (yoko kanno), sorry if it was mentioned dont have that much time atm :(

Some songs from Card Captor Sakura are really nice, but I can't say the whole soundtracks are. There are also some catchy songs in Chobits, Bottle Fairy and Sayuki.

Oooh, Escaflowne music rocks very hard! XD It *does* though... Yoko Kanno's singin' voice is just as powerful as Kajiura's ~ :D

Is it actually Yoko Kanno singing? I thought she just composed the music. She's awesome! I also love her music in Cowboy Bebop.

I also love the music from Last Exile, Scrapped Princess and Get Backers. They're great to study to. :)

Wolf's Rain music is beautiful; was that also composed by Yoko Kanno?

Yeah, it was. With Maaya Sakamoto singing. I love both their work.

there are many anime songs I like, but I think that Detective Conan has the best music

Cowboy bebop probally, I know there are others that I can't think of though.. >_<

Maybe... Ruroni Kenshin. *the only one I could think of x_x*

elfen lied, lilium best anime song ever~. Haruhi suzumiya has some pretty good rock/futuristic music, music that involved Yakumo in school rumble, inuyasha( really liked to hearts end), and tsubasa chronicles music fits perfectly with the scene etc...
so.... i would say tsubasa chronicles...

-Samurai Champloo
-The Place Promised in our Early Days (anime movie)
-Spirited Away (anime movie)
-Origin: Spirits of the Past (anime movie)


I can't really think of anything for anime series.

Mmmm Noir is amazing music. But the second CD has its good points as it includes the second ver of Salvos Nos and most of all INDIO!!! That song is featured in the particularly pivotal point in the series.
NGE is good good. Listening to Shuffle! OST for the moment which is actually quite brilliant! (I refer to the anime <_<)

Hmmm... okay let me think... Noir has some awesome music... Tsubasa chronicle, Final Fantasy, Kingdom hearts, and Naruto! (Lol... I really like the 2nd ending theme for Naruto shippuden^__^ It rocks!)

Oh dearie me... I can't decide that! I just generally adore the music in animes. I guess I do enjoy some music more than the music in other animes...

Okay, I adore the music in Voices of a Distant Start, The Place Promised, Haibane Renmei and InuYasha.

I like some music from Full Metal Alchemist, Fushigi Yugi, Saikano, Gunslinger Girl...

I love Kingdom Hearts, Naruto, Bleach, Wolf's Rain and Rurouni Kenshin music. :D

the heavy metal of death note rocks. the shin chan end theme is pimpin. and i love all inuyasha music... but my all time favorite is the 1st bleach end theme!!!

Hmm... good OSTs...

Rozen Maiden - Good pieces all over place, too many to list...

Zero no Tsukaima - Mitsumune Shinkichi again, my particular favorites were Louise, Gandalv from season 1, and the piano arrangements and acoustic version of I Say Yes from season 2.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Surprisingly good OST, it's apparently written by two westerners, plenty of symphonic stuff in there. One of the pieces reminds me of the Star Trek theme.

Fate/Stay Night - nice use of strings, a few of the main themes are quite sad (in a good way).

Code Geass - a variety of styles in this one, the insert songs are what I liked the most.

Steel Angel Kurumi - The OST is probably the best aspect of this series. Brilliantly done to be honest. Composer uses a large variety of instruments, and there are several spectacular symphonies in the OST. Although the only problem is that you'd probably have a good amount of difficulty finding any store that sells this.

Clannad - Good stuff. A lot of the pieces are very catchy, piano is nice.

If you're gonna go RANDOM, you can't go wrong with the Rurouni Kenshin OVA soundtracks--especially the one for Seishouhen--Gankutsuou, and Bartender. Both contain great pieces and none of those "fluff" pieces that really only take up space in shows. The RK OST I mentioned is mostly orchestrated, with a fair mix of slow and fast songs. Great stuff. <3 Heck, the Trust and Betrayal OST for RK is also great, as well. More slow pieces, but In Memories rocks.

The Gankutsuou one is a bit darker, but still very enjoyable--especially if you've seen the series!

So far, all the ones I mentioned are mostly orchestral or piano works.

BARTENDER if you love jazz piano/strings. Amazing soundtrack, but it really depends on tastes. But this is seriously my favorite anime OST of all time.

Other good ones: Honey and Clover OST (only if you've seen the show...not even kidding!), Bakumatsu (GREAT stuff...too bad the show didn't live up to the music, but as a stand-alone, both Bakumatsu OSTs are excellent)

If you want something more vocaly, Gravitation. It's much more modern-sounding, with tons of synth and guitars.

I tend to stay away from OSTs with really generic-sounding pieces...like the typical-sounding piano pieces that end up in tons of animes....if you have any idea what I'm talking about. =D

But yeah. If I had to choose three from my list, I'd say the two Rurouni Kenshin OVA OSTs, both Bakumatsu OSTs, and Bartender. Great CDs and no filler junk <3