| Use this post to nominate 1 anime song. Read the rules over on the main page and don't forget to upload your track someplace. All nominations will be closed after 10 tracks are nominated or until next Sunday rolls around. After that, we'll proceed to a voting phase. Feel free to discuss your nomination or other people's picks in this thread. Theme: Despair ZETSUBOUSHITAAA!!!! |
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| CHANGED ON PG 2 Very difficult choice. I wanted to use either of the Delgados songs from Gunslinger Girl, or Walking Through the Empty Age from Texhnolyze (but that seems more fit for a 'closure' week) - this is a really immense category, and I feel every person is going to have to widdle it down to the song that they find utmost represents despair. I am interpreting despair as the utter bankruptcy of hope. It's not as moving or passionate as sorrow, fear, or sadness. It is a more dull thud, a pang deep inside that overrides your whole life. Despair need not even be downtempo or dramatic, it need only be bankrupt of hope. Therefor m choice is: Title: Komm, Susser Tod (or: Come, Sweet Death) Artist: Shiro Sagisu and Arianne Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion End of Evangelion Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCLoNOYcVQU Literally a song about wishing for death after the failure of a relationship. Having lost the light of your life, you BEG for death. This song is especially hateful for life in that it takes the structure of an extremely hopeful classical piece, Patchelbel's Canon, and turns it into pure despair. A heart-wrenching song for a soul-wrenching movie. It all returns to nothing - it all keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down........ |
The_Golden_WitchSep 16, 2009 4:49 PM
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| No surprise at all that the first nominated piece is Evangelion related. :3 |
omo said: Yeah, and it's a crappy song to boot. Yeah. There's plenty of decent tracks i would have nominated from the tv series third soundtrack, but ah well. |
Shiroth said: omo said: Yeah, and it's a crappy song to boot. Yeah. There's plenty of decent tracks i would have nominated from the tv series third soundtrack, but ah well. Well technically I think you could argue that End of Evangelion and the Evangelion TV series are separate but related productions... |
| buwuh, I never would have thought people didn't like this song. Now I want to know why. |
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2009digitalboy said: I wanted to use either of the Delgados songs from Gunslinger Girl. Ditto. I think I'll have to ruminate on this one for a while. EDIT: Actually, no I don't. Title: Another dimenstion Composer: Yuki Kajiura Anime: Pandora Hearts Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCkjXvTvT4 |
OmisythSep 15, 2009 8:15 AM
NegativeZero said: Well technically I think you could argue that End of Evangelion and the Evangelion TV series are separate but related productions... Yes, people could argue that point, but I'd rather not see it. If pieces from ARIAs Animation, Natural, Origination, and Arietta had been nominated last week, I would have been a sad panda and done something against it. |
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2009digitalboy said: buwuh, I never would have thought people didn't like this song. Now I want to know why. Morbid lyrics set to inappropriately upbeat music. Plus it's a bit of an earworm. In my case I don't particularly like it because I've always found the song bright and happy (I know...) and seriously at odds with the tone of the rest of the movie. Plus I was surrounded for years by a bunch of fans that raved about how good it was. :( |
zzeroparticle said: NegativeZero said: Well technically I think you could argue that End of Evangelion and the Evangelion TV series are separate but related productions... Yes, people could argue that point, but I'd rather not see it. If pieces from ARIAs Animation, Natural, Origination, and Arietta had been nominated last week, I would have been a sad panda and done something against it. It might be worth clarifying what makes something 'different' though. Aria's not a great example since the music is all very similarly themed and by the same composer, but what about anime where the movie/OAV and TV series really are separate productions? An example off the top of my head: Rurouni Kenshin. Huge difference in the soundtracks between the OAVs and the TV series. Not even the same tone, let alone composer. EDIT: another, hairier example: Negima. The original TV series has one composer, the Shaft re-take and the first two OAVs share a different one, and the new OAVs distributed with recent volumes of the manga have a third composer. Each one has a fairly different style to it. I guess maybe it might be a bit of a case-by-case basis thing I guess. |
NegativeZeroSep 15, 2009 8:57 AM
| Fair point. My willingness to tolerate it would be dependent on the issue of different composers. So ARIAs are right out. If a Kenshin OVA 1 & 2 got a track in, that'd also be a no. On the other hand, a FMA and FMA Brotherhood track in any given week would be fine. Same goes for a Darker than Black and Darker than Black 2 track. (Now I'm going to watch as someone brings up a different example to make my head explode.) Anyhow, looks like I'll be doing my best to toss a Red Garden track into the mix... unless I want to save it for next week. We'll see! |
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| Still leaves Evangelion out though regardless. Unless someone wants to nominate some Bach. :P |
| Title: Confession Elevator - Daydreaming Troublesome Insects Anime: Revolutionary Girl Utena Composer: Mitsumune Shinkichi Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RQJE3JDX This has a good feel of despair, especially in the first half. If you've seen the series, then i expect you to remember this piece straight away. The scenes scream despair. |
omo said: ENDING SONG TO THE OAV PLEASE. The second ending is not a bad choice either, despite the corn. The corny factor is what kills it for me. Also, I had to listen to the ending song to the OAV and it's... weird. I liked the BGM piece that the ending song was derived from though. |
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| I've been meaning to nominate something Giant Robo related, but can't decide if I should go with a Latin chant or a pipe organ. |
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This is about the last thing that would pop into my mind for this theme, but reflecting on it it would work pretty well. Not wanting to influence your decision or anything mind you :P |
| Oh what the hell. Title: Main Theme ~ Sou dearu to Negau Kara Anime: Red Garden Composer: Akira Senju Link: http://www.imeem.com/people/L9Bxf3/music/mC3eYeQU/red-garden-main-theme/ |
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| Okay, so I decided to change my nomination. I remember a much, much, much better and more obvious choice. (and one people like!) Title: One More Time One More Chance Anime: 5 Centimeters Per Second Artist: Masayoshi Yamazaki Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97CzSEuRqW0 Please see the translated lyrics in the video while you're at it. I would much rather have the acoustic version, but it wasn't the one in the movie. I would explain it, but we've all seen 5cmps right? Then you should understand. This is pure, unbridled despair, here. It's also, once again, a song I am great at singing (well, I am still trying to memorize the lyrics. I wanted to sing it at otakon for omo, but ended up with better choices). |
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| Title: Shiro Anime: Wolf's Rain Artist: Yoko Kanno Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJe97VCDIEc&NR=1 This is a personal favorite of mine from the soundtrack. It starts off very woeful, indulges in some melancholy then proceeds to slowly builds up a little hope, only to be quenched in the final moments. |
| Why not choose a song that not many people would like, like myself? :P EDIT: New Song Song: Akai Kioku Anime: Shion no Ou Composer: Yamashita Kousuke Link: http://sharebee.com/1c8e3245 |
TheBigNSep 16, 2009 11:53 PM
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| I had half expected Brothers to have popped up, but that one works :p |
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| Changed the song, actually, though it could still work for someone else ("Dante" from FMA is the original, BTW). :P |
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| I would love to put another Kajiura track. But there's already two tracks there and adding one would be....so I decided for this one. ^^ Song: Karma Anime: Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ Composer/Artist: Kokia Link: http://www.imeem.com/geniebookworm/music/M8upKysJ/kokia-karma/ |
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| Song: Dis Irae Anime: Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still Composer: Masamichi Amano Link: http://www.imeem.com/people/Pvm0UNE/music/YXtTxfGG/masamichi-amano-dies-irae/ EDIT: Changed the song. |
schneiderSep 19, 2009 9:14 AM
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| With all the changes to nominations and stuff going on in here I'm struggling to keep track of whether we're at ten yet or not. If not then I have something in mind but I need to check it out carefully first, and can't do it from work. |
| I think we're currently sitting on 9 :P There's still time to nominate though. I haven't even started assembling/uploading the tracks yet and probably won't get to it until much later into the evening. |
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| I just realised that since 2009digitalboy changed his nomination, I can nominate this: Song: Namida Anime: Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Composer: Shiro Sagisu Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8l6Oc-AlzU |
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