Music Your favourite piece of anime music

[Lone_Garurumon]

Sure, anime's great and all, but you know what else is great? The music in an anime. Whether it's the OP/ED, an insert song, or just a normal backing track. anime never fails to bring us some solid bangers. So, what's your favourite?

Mine is, potentially very predictably, Brave Heart, the insert song played during evolution in Digimon Adventure. A song about not giving up and becoming better than you are now, and just a generally enjoyable song to listen to. Specifically the original version, I don't feel like any of the later remixes captured quite the same energy.

 

[SoaringDylan]

My favorite piece of anime music? Yeah, that one is impossible to pin down. I love a lot of songs, and every season tends to bring new ones that I'll love to my attention.

What I can tell you is my favorite anime composer, being Kevin Penkin who has done the OST for both Tower of God as well as Made in Abyss. Both of these series probably have my favorite anime OSTs out there.

Besides Kevin Penkin, the band RADWIMPS whom have done the music for the last two Shinkai, Makoto movies "Your Name

Kimi no Na wa

" and "Weathering With You

Tenki no Ko

" (which are my favorite anime movies), is up there as contender for best anime music creators (imo).

 

[Tactician Karina]

This is very hard since I have a lot of favorite tracks spanning from vastly different series, I'll just post a few that are still one of my top favorites (in no particular order):

Spoiler: Pandora Hearts - Will

Spoiler: One Piece opening 14 - Fight Together

Spoiler: Speed Racer English opening

Spoiler: Prince of Tennis - Sukeeru

Spoiler: Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Crossing the Bridge of Light

 

[Aulos]

Hunter x Hunter (2011) has a great BGM. Many of the pieces are based off of classical music. Some more obvious than others. I think this is my favorite, though:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvYk0aXAwag


It took me way too long to notice that it is pretty much the melody of the introduction bassoon solo to The Rite of Spring. Considering I had played the bassoon for a decade by then and had even played Rite of Spring in an orchestra (not the solo, though!) that reflects pretty poorly on me, does it not?

Ouran High School Host Club's BGM which is done by the same composer is fantastic, as well.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvYk0aXAwag

Ooooh and how could I possibly forget Rose of Versailles' fantastic OST?

I especially love the second part of this (starting around 1:50):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5rd2bJln8

 

[Aozora]

I'm a big fan of KOTOKO and I've Sound in general. It's really hard for me to pick a favorite track, but of the ones that are for anime soundtracks, I guess I'd say "β－Nendo no Hoshi," from Kare Kano, which I haven't actually seen.

Spoiler

View: https://youtu.be/4VS-lYYbeMw

 

[Sheep]

Pandora Hearts has amazing music, agreed! Yuki Kajiura is so incredibly talented. I always love her work.

three songs come to mind, though I have a much bigger list overall...!! these are my absolute favorites:

The Promised Neverland - Opening

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndfrzr-rftc


Made in Abyss - Opening

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91G8m9uM_0


BanG Dream! - Raise A Suilen - RIOT

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MhfTCE-ukY


I've listened to these so, soo many times. they're so catchy and I love both the song and visuals. ;_; I get shivers watching aaa

 

[Tactician Karina]

After posting in a anime opinions thread I started re-listening to some other tracks I like (again in no particular order):

Spoiler: Konosuba - Explosion

Spoiler: Prince of Tennis OP5 - Fly High (my fav PoT OP)

Spoiler: Kuroko no Basket - Tetsuya Kuroko's theme (Gyakushu)

Spoiler: Haikyu!! OP1 - Imagination

Spoiler: Free! Dive to the Future final ep ending theme - Blue Destination

Special mentions/runner ups:

SAO Alicization - Shooting Stars
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments - The 10 Commandments
The Seven Deadly Sins - Dragon Sin
Ace of Diamond - Do Or Die
Ace of Diamond - Wings Of Hope
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) OP - Super Driver
Katsugeki / Touken Ranbu - Mikazuki Munechika's theme
BLEACH - Here To Stay
Samurai Flamenco OP2 - Ai Ai Ai Ni Utarete Bye Bye Bye
Neo Human Casshern OP
Diabolik Lovers - Gothic Horror