Yoko Kanno <3 (Favourite Soundtracks/Composers)

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Yoko Kanno is easily my favourite anime composer. I think she is just a genius, and I can't get enough of her music. Ever since I first heard the brilliant Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, I've been a HUGE fan.

 

Post your favourite Kanno songs, or playlists.

 

GITS:SAC

 

1. Velveteen

2. Torukia

3. Psychedelic Soul

4. Living Inside The Shell

5. I Can't Be Cool

6. Player

7. Lithium Flower

8. Stamina Rose

9. I Do

10. Cyber Bird

11. Rise

12. Run Rabbit Junk

13. Where Does This Oceon Go

14. Origa - Inner Universe

15. GET9

16. Some Other Time

17. Take A Little Hand

18. Dear John

19. Spotter

20. Tempest

 

Cowboy Bebop

 

1. Tank

2. Ask DNA

3. Cosmic Dare

4. The Egg and I

5. Pushing the Sky

6. Yo Pumpkin Head

7. What Planet Is This?

8. 7minutes

9. Gotta Knock a little Harder

10. Blue

11. Autumn In Ganymede

12. Call Me Call Me

13. Ave Maria

14. Mushroom Hunting

15. Chicken Bone

16. Wo Qui Non Coin

17. See You Space Cowboys

[Jeff]

She is definitely the best, though for some reason the only tracks of hers I have in my music library are from Macross Frontier and I rarely listen to them. I'll have to get some of her other stuff. But I agree that both Bebop and GitS OSTs are great.

[Lynk Former]

Don't forget Macross Plus.

[Rogue Nine]

Yuki Kajiura is better. >.>

 

 

 

OH YES I WENT THERE

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Oh, it's ON.

[Rogue Nine]

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Kajiura > *

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Great song indeed, but still doesn't compare to this...

 

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[Rogue Nine]

I actually don't care for that song very much, it's pretty repetitive and blah.

 

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Lithium Flower, however, is all kinds of awesome.

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See? I win.

[Rogue Nine]

But wait, I have more Kajiura goodness!

 

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Mai HiME ftw.

[Aash Li]

Yukie Kaijura is better. I still like Yoko Kanno though.

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So what Kaijura soundtracks would you guys recommend then? I want to check her out.

[Aash Li]

The first .hack//sign album is one of my favourites.

[Prime]

  Lynk Former said:

Don't forget Macross Plus.

Here here!

 

I love that soundtrack. Frontier is pretty solid too.

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  Aash Li said:

The first .hack//sign album is one of my favourites.

 

Listened to all of it, and it's okay, but nowhere near Kanno standard imo. I'll need to listen to it a couple more times though. Stand out tracks for me are 'Valley of Mist' and 'Fear'.

 

  Lynk Former said:

Don't forget Macross Plus.

 

I'm 'acquiring' it.

 

Edit: I actually own Macross Plus the Ultimate Edition, so I really don't why I never got the soundtrack before. After listening to all of them now, I have to say they are completely awesome. Stand out tracks for me are MYUNG Theme, Voices, Idol Talk, Go Ri A Te, and my favourite is definately Pulse.

 

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[Serpentine Cougar]

Don't forget Kanno's work on FullMetal Alchemist! (that's the only work by her I've heard...)

 

Kaijura Yuki:

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[Blix]

Okay Randomly, here's some of mine;

 

1. Organization XIII

2. The Other Promise

3. Somnus Nemoris

4. Rage Awakened

5. Namine`

6. The way this heart is

7. Disappeared

8. Sunset Horizons

9. Passion ~orchestral~

10. Traverse Town

 

Edit: Yes they are all mostly Kingdom hearts songs, so sue me XD

[Jason Skywalker]

Yoko Kanno was pretty good on Macross Frontier but it can't be a composer thread without Iwasaki Taku:

 

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Heh, Niner and I were talking about the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann soundtrack, and how awesome it is, just last night. ^^

 

MEGA HUGE GIANT ENORMOUS GREAT BIG SPOILER!!

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And how pissed off I am that Kamina had to die so early into it.

 

 

I gotta mention the brilliant Samurai Champloo soundtrack, which is one of my favs too.

 

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[Mav]

That shouldn't say spoiler leXX it should say MEGA-SPOILER!!

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Fix'd.