Comments on: The Music Theory

By: Tatum Swedeen

Tatum Swedeen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:55:23 +0000

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By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:15:48 +0000

Xak: I’m not just saying that I’ll listen to any music just becuase it’s from an anime… but the emotional cues from a scene can enhance the enjoyability of some music, if only because the music evokes something one liked from the scene in question, or else the music itself gets a boost from the memory – God Knows’ rocking rhythm, combined with the energy of the crowd, evokes memories of live performances for me… as it apparently did for you as well, given how you dismissed it until seeing the scene in question. The music itself has to have a bit of a catch to it in the first place… but the scene that it accompanies (example: “Akatsuki no Kuruma” accompanied both Athrun and Cagalli’s first faceoff, as well as the destruction of Orb at the end of Ep 40) can add extra ‘punch’ to the music.

By: Xak

Xak — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:07:30 +0000

I go for songs that appeal to me musically. As in I don’t listen to songs just because they are from a certain anime. They have to pass the bar first. I usually create playlists on the go, depending on what I feel like listening to. Sometimes I just feel nostalgic for a certain anime and I’d start listening to the OST, but there are only a few that I keep, such as Mai HiME, ARIA the Animation, ARIA the Natural, Fate/Stay Night, as well as excerpts from The Third, Nanoha and Nanoha A’s. Then I have a current playlist with more contemporary songs, such as the Pray album (OP for Gintama) and Haruhi songs. Interestingly enough, the first time I heard God Knows I just put it off as just another rock-type song. But after watching it I saw it in a whole new light. That kind of applies to the Haruhi OP and ED too. Haruhi is the exception to my usual choices.

By: abao

abao — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:21:33 +0000

Yep. God Knows is like a must in my everyday song list. Somehow i can visualise all the anime scenes of the song and it makes the impression all the more stronger.

By: Tsubaki

Tsubaki — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:43:17 +0000

God Knows gets played everyday on my list. Followed by everything else in random.

By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:31:08 +0000

Well, I’d have to say that the scene which accompanied “God Knows” was what made the song more than just ‘eh’ – it’s like that with me and some of the other stuff I’ve heard in anime in the past few years – examples include “Akatsuki no Kuruma” and “Annaniissho Datta No Ni” – they’re alright by themselves (and I personally feel Akatsuki no Kuruma’s among the best of the songs which showed up in Gundam SEED, and among some of Kajiura’s better vocal compositions), but it was the scenes which they accompanied which made them more memorable.

Kanno’s music can stand on its own, but sometimes it’s the scene where it first appears in which makes it resonate more in a person’s memory – like Torukia from GITS:SAC 2nd Gig, or Inner Universe when used with the last scene of the first season.

By: tj han

tj han — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:30:49 +0000

You need some good songs. Like Break the Cocoon, Equal Reason and others.

By: bj0rN`-

bj0rN`- — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:26:41 +0000

Now I finally understand DM’s music taste. =P

By: サイバー ☆ UP

サイバー ☆ UP — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:35:09 +0000

lol paper kun…
somehow i didnt really like haruhi op too…
but on other hand … i really god knows – hirano aya one!
nothin wrong with her voice… although i prefer if she speak just using normal voice on tv event …

and yeah… music need to be played at least 3 times for me, to make sure whether i can like the music or not ^^
but for me… if i like the music first time i listen it, then it gonna be my new favorite music… although after mass looping i will go bored to the song…