Favorite Anime OST's.

project1980

If there's another thread with this title you know what to do mods. Just name your favorite OST's my list so far are Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Seed, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Hitman Reborn, Bleach and both FMA series.

alfredjohn617

one piece! loved the naruto season 1-3 soundtrack as well.

Kitsune Inferno

Fairy Tail. Oh god, Fairy Tail.

Crossword

One Piece's tracks are pretty awesome, especially since the music's direction has moved away from the goofy synch stuff from the early days to a more orchestral style.

I also really liked Yoko Kanno's jazzy score for the first season of Darker than Black. Really brought out the atmosphere of the city. I didn't really care for the more European rave-inspired stuff from Ryuusei no Gemini and the OVA. I really liked the grandoise march music from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

Fairy Tail also has a good handful of tracks that are more awesome than they have any right being.

Knuckle

Blood+ and Gundam OO. Both are fantastic !

LaCaSiNa

I adore the OST's for Gankutsuou, Monster, Michiko to Hatchin, Ergo Proxy, Mushishi, Mononoke and Soul Eater.

I also really enjoy the soundtrack for Kaiji, the songs fit so well in the anime.

tigerlilly

Haven't watched too many anime series but from those that I have watched Samurai Champloo, Mitchiko to Hatchin and Soul Eater stand out. Especially Soul Eater has a couple of suprisingly atmospheric pieces there.
And also can't forget Cowboy Bebop. It is a little gem.
Even though it's not a series, Akira deserves a special mention since it conveys the essence of the original material too well. This OST absolutely creeps me out at some points, and I think that was the point.

@Kitsune:

Fairy Tail. Oh god, Fairy Tail.

@Crossword:

Fairy Tail also has a good handful of tracks that are more awesome than they have any right being.

Heh…looks like I should give this Anime a chance, shouldn't I? Haven't checked it out since the manga didn't really get me. But maybe with the right sound it gets better

SympathyX

One Piece's soundtracks have always been an outright joy to listen to. Particularly Movie 7's - Average movie, mind blowingly brilliant soundtrack.

As already mentioned, the original Naruto series soundtracks were fantastic. Love the fusion metal on them.

Despite Bleach's anime being a garbled mess, it actually has a fairly good soundtrack. The flamenco motifs for the Arrancar were astounding.

Then theres the obvious - Elfen Lied, Bebop, GITS:SAC, Death Note etc

Half related as well but the 20th Century Boys movie soundtracks are also amazing.

Crossword

@tigerlilly:

Heh…looks like I should give this Anime a chance, shouldn't I? Haven't checked it out since the manga didn't really get me. But maybe with the right sound it gets better

To be honest the anime starts out rather poorly but gets its act together somewhat around eleven episodes in. It's still got its share of flaws, moves through the material at LUDICRIOUS SPEED! since it was originally supposed to only run for a year, and the animation quality is still very hit-or-miss even without stock footage, but I suppose it manages to be mildly entertaining, and has gotten better since the beginning.

More music…I did like Rebuild of Evangelion's take on some of the classic tracks from the original series, and a lot of the new tracks were pretty grand as well. I think the composer's the same guy who does Bleach's music.

I've never watched the entirety of Cowboy Bebop...I really, really need to get on that.

FolhaS

Besides some already mentioned I fell in love every time I hear Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X OST.

Senshi Mizaka

One of my favorites is Gash Bell. I love the music that accompanies the action scenes. But, a lot of the other tunes they use fit the mood.

A few of my favorite tracks:

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Tyndel

Berserk,anyone?

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Goosebumps.

Robby

FLCL
Nadia:Secret of Blue Water
Berserk
Trigun
Lupin the III
Stellvia
The Slayers
Utena
Sakura Wars
Tenchi In Love II
Full Metal Alchemist

to name a few.

Freddy G.

Yeah, Berserk's soundtrack is amazing. I also enjoy Hokuto no Ken and One Piece OST's.

Kitsune Inferno

@tigerlilly: fairy tail is pretty terrible, but its OST is really good.

Tsukishima

Saint Seiya soundtrack is really good. There are some really good sad song, this one is particurlary good:

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@LaCaSiNa:

I also really enjoy the soundtrack for Kaiji, the songs fit so well in the anime.

Wish is a classic:

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I also really: Kaiji Theme and Line of Light.

@RobbyBevard:

Full Metal Alchemist

Bratja, need I say more?

Cyan D. Funk

Evengelion can go die in a fire, but it has a very nice soundtrack.

Mainly 'Cruel Angel Thesis'.

ShunketsuXZ

Death Note
Dragon Ball/Z (Japanese)
Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood
Naruto (Original)
One Piece

Aioria

@Cyan:

Evengelion can go die in a fire, but it has a very nice soundtrack.

It's true NGE had a good soundtrack, I really like their take on "fly me to the moon".
Oh wow, Tsukishima, that one song from Saint Seiya gives me goosebumps, it takes me back to when I was a kid, I was a huge Saint Seiya fan.

My favorite soundtracks have to be:
#1 Noir. I can listen to this any day and I'll love it.
#2 Cowboy Bebop.

There a few other soundtracks that have some really good songs but don't travel on my mp3 player: Last Exile, the ED of Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Ergo Proxy had a nice OP and ED (can't fail if the use material by Radiohead), same goes for Gunslinger Girl (music by The Delgados), GTO had awesome OPs and EDs, same for HxH.

Smore

One Piece and Fairy Tail for me.

Naruto (not Shippuden) has a memorable soundtrack as well.

goty

Saint Seiya's is probably the best.
So epic that makes the anime seems much better than it actually is.

Envy

One Piece's OST is great. I'm talking about the background music, which I really don't think gets enough credit for how quality it really is. Even before I came to love the series, I loved the background music. lol.

Fullmetal Alchemist also has a great OST. I was so fortunate to actually find one (the third OST) today and buy it. I really love the adaptation of Chopin's Etude No. 3 with the orchestra, oboe, and English horn. Very beautiful (It's called

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Of course nobody can go without mentioning Cowboy Bebop. I'll just say my favorite song is actually

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project1980

I remember listening to this for like 4 straight days could't get enough just a really smooth song that went well with YYH
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LaCaSiNa

@Tsukishima:

Wish is a classic:

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I also really: Kaiji Theme and Line of Light.

Yes, Line of Light is excellent, it's one of those songs that give you a boost. Chorus is another favourite of mine from that soundtrack, it gives me goosebumps. Sadly I couldn't find it on Youtube.

Let's have some Gankutsuou.

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Lord Starfish

@Crossword:

More music…I did like Rebuild of Evangelion's take on some of the classic tracks from the original series, and a lot of the new tracks were pretty grand as well. I think the composer's the same guy who does Bleach's music.

Yup, Shiro Sagisu did the music for both Bleach and Eva. And Rebuild's soundtrack is indeed awesome, the tracks with the ominous English chanting in particular.
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Also, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
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project1980

@Night_slayer:

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RedDog Akainu

@project1980:

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omg I thought the openings were good but Kateyko Hitman reborn has some of the best OST.

Senshi Mizaka

I'm just gonna say this: I hated the Eyeshield 21 anime. The soundtrack, on the other hand…

Just have a listen:

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Ao Kiji

the majority of shonen series have pretty forgettable soundtracks.
definitely gotta give credit to nodame cantabile and beck for their soundtracks here.

alfredjohn617

@goty:

Saint Seiya's is probably the best.
So epic that makes the anime seems much better than it actually is.

just downloaded it. dang

project1980

Soundtrack for Ao No Exorcist just came out this week and it's probably one of the best I've heard in a while.

Chopperxoxo

Spirited away, When Chihiro and Haku are flying together it was Beuatifully written

Gekko135

Wait wait wait. Holy shit, why has no one mentioned the Hellsing series ost 1 and 2? Even though the ultimate movies put the anime series to shame, it still had a kickass soundtrack!

dogmatix

Bakemonogatari
Railgun

gabzilla

Anything Yoko Kanno and Yuki Kajiura do.

C_uggs

Haruhi
Railgun
Higurashi no naku koro ni
Saint Seiya
Scholl Days
Black Lagoon
Air
Yu Yu Hakusho

I play most of them on my accordion.

Kareem Said

The Berserk anime had a damn good soundtrack. As did Soul Eater's anime. And I know it's blasphemy to say stuff like this but the part one Naruto soundtrack was very memorable.
Listening to Blue Exorcist's now and you're right project it's great.

Mrs. Iceburg

I haven't seen that much anime, but my favourite OSTs would be Samurai Champloo, One Piece and Death Note.

Juvar

@Gekko135:

Wait wait wait. Holy shit, why has no one mentioned the Hellsing series ost 1 and 2? Even though the ultimate movies put the anime series to shame, it still had a kickass soundtrack!

Good call Gekko, it's pretty amazing!

I'd also have to agree with Berserk, Death Note, OP (although I haven't downloaded that yet), and - Bleach. Despite everything the series is NOT, it still has a great soundtrack.

Narutossss

Panty and stocking with garterbelt had a damn good OST.

Kareem Said

@Mrs.:

I haven't seen that much anime, but my favourite OSTs would be Samurai Champloo, One Piece and Death Note.

Oh yeah this. I loved DN's soundtrack. One Piece certainly had some memorable tracks as well.
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@Juvar:

Good call Gekko, it's pretty amazing!

I'd also have to agree with Berserk, Death Note, OP (although I haven't downloaded that yet), and - Bleach. Despite everything the series is NOT, it still has a great soundtrack.

Yeah Bleach's anime had a pretty good soundtrack as well even if most of the rest of the series is crap.

sanji499

The cowboy bebop ost.

SakugaSaga

@gabzilla:

Anything Yoko Kanno and Yuki Kajiura do.

This x10000000000000. They're both amazing women. It's their use of chorus chants and nonsense language that make everything epic and awesome. (Still waiting for all Madoka tracks to be released)

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Arjuna - Diving (
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Cowboy Bebop - Wo Qui Non Coin (
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Wolf's Rain - Mouth on Fire (
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Napple Tale - Toy Train (
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.hack//Sign - Aura (
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Taku Iwasaki's works on Soul Eater, Gurren Lagann, Katanagatari, Black Butler are a must hear. I haven't watched [C] yet, so I don't know how good the OST is since Taku is also worked on this.

Few of my favorites:

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Katanagatari - Bahasa Palsu Jazz'n Mix (
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Black Butler - Die Hasen! (
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Gurren Lagann - "Libera me" from hell (
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[/hide]Shiro Sagisu and his works in the Evangelion series and the early season of Bleach. He brought us memorable pieces like "Rei II" and others which are too many to list. The Evangelion series also has beautiful songs too.

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