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| Very nice article. I really agree with whats written in this article. Although i have to note that i really dont understand about music overall, i feel that it can truly affect the way we watch an anime. Some of my personal favorite cases : Made in Abyss eps 1, when "tomorrow" being sang, then the characters seeing a breath-taking panorama. The music really amplifies the emotion, feeling....can't describe what i felt back then. In recent case, i think it's "urar", the opening song of Hakumei to Mikochi as well as "Harvest Moon Night", it's ending song. For me, personally, that opening has this mythical yet natural nuance and the ending is light and cheerful. These songs really fit the anime and i feel both amplify the nuance of iyashikei pretty well. |
| I'm amazed Boku no Hero Academia's "You Say Run" wasn't used as an example here, or TTGL's "Sorairo Days." I consider these as two of the best "fight" songs in anime because of how much they inspire you to move into action. |
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| I'm surprised End of Evangelion wasn't mentioned, it had some of the most unique music I've ever heard. |
| Great article. Made me go through those songs while reading. |
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| A nice opinion piece. Good selection of examples (I know it's not easy to choose as there are so many)! Just wondering, you say "RADWIMPS ... had to make the entire score under a very strict deadline and small budget. This led to the members recording the music using their own instruments at their own homes, not in a studio". Could you please provide a source for this information? Thank you. |
tdm said: A nice opinion piece. Good selection of examples (I know it's not easy to choose as there are so many)! Just wondering, you say "RADWIMPS ... had to make the entire score under a very strict deadline and small budget. This led to the members recording the music using their own instruments at their own homes, not in a studio". Could you please provide a source for this information? Thank you. Hi! I'm sorry but I deleted all my source links and can't seem to find it, but i know it was a segment of an interview in Japanese. I have a copy of the translation and analysis on the interview: Compared to writing a stand-alone album, it seems that scoring Your Name was different for the band, as Yojiro explains, “It was totally different. In making my own album you have to express everything all by yourself, only the music. But for the movie, it’s more comprehensive. The music has its own role in each scene. For some scenes, music doesn’t have to stand out and just be in the background. Letting the animation do the telling. And for some parts, the music leads the whole story.” For Akira, it seemed that timing was more of an issue. Yusuke then talked a bit more about the process, “Besides the vocal tracks, we divided parts and assigned each member to be responsible to complete the part. So the process was mainly individually and separately done at our homes. We never do that for our original albums.” My thoughts: In the interview it was implied that the reason recording was done at their homes is due to time, but in a separate interview with Shinkai, he said a low budget was given to RADWIMPS, hence budget is assumed to also be a factor. |
Izuka-kunApr 16, 2018 11:10 PM
Izuka-kun said: @tdm also, the translator and analyzer of the interview was the interviewer himself, Mr Ollie Brader whom you can find on his Twitter. Thanks for all the information, Izuka-kun. It's a pity there doesn't appear to be an active anime music club anymore. I'd start one, but it wouldn't be much fun with just two members. ;) |
tdm said: Izuka-kun said: @tdm also, the translator and analyzer of the interview was the interviewer himself, Mr Ollie Brader whom you can find on his Twitter. Thanks for all the information, Izuka-kun. It's a pity there doesn't appear to be an active anime music club anymore. I'd start one, but it wouldn't be much fun with just two members. ;) OMG THAT WOULD BE SO FUN! Yeah, hard to get members... but if you ever decide to make a club, invite me :))) |
Izuka-kun said: In the interview it was implied that the reason recording was done at their homes is due to time, but in a separate interview with Miyazaki, he said a low budget was given to RADWIMPS, hence budget is assumed to also be a factor. Hello again. Just a couple more questions while I think of them: You mention there was a separate interview with Miyazaki. Do you mean instead the director of Your Name, Makoto Shinkai? AFAIK, Miyazaki wasn't involved with the making of Your Name. Also, and this is a bit weird, but I think I've found two separate interviews with RADWIMPS, by two different authors, but with the same conversations. Check out: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/04/18/radwimps-on-how-they-scored-the_music-for-the-anime-blockbuster-your-name/#3359b494592c http://popcrush.com/radwimps-j-rock-your-name-human-bloom-interview/ When both articles start talking about "It was totally different..." then the next few paragraphs are essentially the same, even though both authors claim to have interviewed RADWIMPS themselves. Like I said, a bit weird. I wonder what's going on... |
tdm said: Izuka-kun said: In the interview it was implied that the reason recording was done at their homes is due to time, but in a separate interview with Miyazaki, he said a low budget was given to RADWIMPS, hence budget is assumed to also be a factor. Hello again. Just a couple more questions while I think of them: You mention there was a separate interview with Miyazaki. Do you mean instead the director of Your Name, Makoto Shinkai? AFAIK, Miyazaki wasn't involved with the making of Your Name. Also, and this is a bit weird, but I think I've found two separate interviews with RADWIMPS, by two different authors, but with the same conversations. Check out: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/04/18/radwimps-on-how-they-scored-the_music-for-the-anime-blockbuster-your-name/#3359b494592c http://popcrush.com/radwimps-j-rock-your-name-human-bloom-interview/ When both articles start talking about "It was totally different..." then the next few paragraphs are essentially the same, even though both authors claim to have interviewed RADWIMPS themselves. Like I said, a bit weird. I wonder what's going on... OMG yes I guess that's what happens when you answer questions at 2 am. I meant Shinkai, not Miyazaki. The interview was more on his reaction to people calling him the "next Miyazaki". He wasn't happy with the nickname, and said he didn't even like the movie. His biggest problem was the budget he said. He briefly mentions about how even the soundtrack is underbudgeted. I think about the copies of the interviews, it might have been plagiarism, but tbh I'm not in the position to verify that claim. |
| Very good article with very good points. Tokyo Ghoul, attack on titan, and your name are perfect examples of music capturing emotion and sometimes gets the viewer hyped. Honestly I’m very surprised that fma/fmab and zankyou no terror aren’t on here- I’ve often found myself moved by these series just thinking about how unbelievably beautiful the respective soundtracks are. |
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