| 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. Remember: the theme is "Love" for this week. All nominations will be closed after 10 tracks are nominated or until next Saturday 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. |
zzeroparticleMay 17, 2009 10:17 PM
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| Song Title : Sora to Umi no Shi (空と海の詩) Anime Title : Byousoku 5 Centimeter Composer/Artist : Tenmon (天門) Link : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SIC3LHKX Love : the whole film is filled with love themes. And I don't know why, but the less love-ish theme is the one I chose. But Tenmon here really did something great. I feel like if the music was showing the cristallization of the protagonists' love, unrequited for both of them but tending to an infinite we cannot see. Going through the favorite themes of Makoto Shinkai : space, distance and love, I know that this particular piece of music is the actual concretization of Shinkai's message. Love is infinite and boundless. Illustrating how Takaki's love interest is far far away and how he has to love her even with all that distance between them, he's like the rocket that seeks the deep space. Well, I'm stopping the cheesy interpretations but Tenmon, in my honest opinion, was really for something in Byousoku 5 Centimeter's emotional strength. Guess I'll stop nominating movies themes, next theme I'll do anime. = ) |
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| Song Title: THANATOS ~if I can't be yours~ Anime Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion - End of Evangelion Composer/Artist: Loren & Mash Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2XTzvl1nYI Thanatos is a concept in which a person loves someone so strongly and deeply that the other person cannot love them back enough, otherwise known as unrequited love so powerful that the person feeling it may be driven to commit suicide or homicide. In this song, the lyrics portray a person who is so dedicated to the one they love that they care about nothing else, however the two of them are so fundamentally different that they can never be together, therefor the singer's existence is meaningless. She cries 'what am I if I can't be yours?' This is truly the most powerful kind of love, I'd say, where one's life becomes defined by their love for another. |
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| Song Title: Fuan (不安) Anime Title: Bokura ga Ita Composer: Jun Abe (安部純) & Seiji Muto (武藤星児) Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=07K8Y1DH The soundtrack for the series features quite a number of love themed pieces, though fuan has been my personally favorite since it's first appearance in the series. A sweet atmospheric piece that has a very nice build up to it, one that was a perfect match in regards to the love that was displayed between the two characters, Yano and Nana. |
zzeroparticleMay 17, 2009 10:18 PM
| I feel like I should be using "Aimo" from Macross Frontier or something like that. And I'm thinking to hard about this. :P Instead, let me go with: Song Title: Itsuka Kita Michi (いつか来た道) Anime Title: ARIA The NATURAL Composer/Artist: Takashi Senoo, Choro Club feat. Senoo Link: http://www.imeem.com/people/sZ3k6bl/music/j8XgJe_9/choro-club-feat-senoo-itsuka-kita-michi/ Though I think there are better songs in this series even in terms of love (like the vocal pieces) and such, to me, this song felt like a love song to "Neo Venezia" to me. The opening piano notes felt like the start of another day in the city, with much to see and do as things go on, or just to relax with if one so desired, and with the ending held strings signifying the end of the day. Though it can get schmaltzy at times, whenever I hear it, I think of Neo Venezia and Aqua in general. As the home planet is as much a character as the inhabitants that live on it (at least for the first two seasons), I'd to think that this is the "theme song" for the area. And I'd also like to think that this music goes though Akari's head as she explores and enjoys her training to be an undine. There is also a piano arrangement from Senoo which I believe was used in NATURAL and ORIGINATION here. In my opinion, I feel it's the better of the two, but because I'm not sure if I'm correct in it actually being used, I have it here. If anyone can verify that this version was used, I'll switch the versions. :P |
TheBigNMay 17, 2009 10:23 PM
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| Song Title: Yakusoku Anime Title: Love Hina Composer/Artist: Horie Yui Link: http://www.animeinstrumentality.net/anisongs/Love%20Hina%20-%20Yakusoku.mp3 Looks like Horie Yui gets another representation. Anyhow, I really remember being struck by how poignant this song was when I first saw it in the context of the series. And as a disclosure, this was my first harem show back when I first started watching anime, so it holds a high amount of nostalgic value for me. Now the question becomes whether it's aged well and I'll leave it to you guys to decide that. =) |
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depthcharge101 said: Ah... missing out on the nominations >< Just barely passed the limit. Actually, there's one slot left open. It's up for grabs! |
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| Dwah. Due to regional restrictions with Megaupload I'm not able to preview some of the tracks, guess I'll just have to wait for the nomination thread. EDIT: And I shall take up the final nomination since Saturday is ending in three hours on my side of the world. Guess I'll be another one who recommends a song, instead of a piece. Song Title: Ai no Melody Anime Title: Giniro no Kami no Agito (license renamed it Origin: Spirits of the Past) Artist: KOKIA Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbDfs4vPz0 Utterly, utterly beautiful song. What a shame that the anime movie was rather...average. Sorry I can't do writeups for nuts, but I figured that the title already explicitly fit the theme. =3 Oh by the way, mshaydown recommended me this 3 years ago, and I still think it's good. |
ottocycleMay 23, 2009 6:41 AM
| Oh sweet! Nominations are closed then and I'll be spending some time compiling this all together into a voting thread. Thanks humbug :3 |
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