Which Anime has the best music?

I reckon Fullmetal Alchemist has the best music especially the opening and end songs ^^ Naturo has some pretty good original compisitions too :)
Also there's a song in Suzuka that is awesome but I dunno what its called.
Other Good anime that has good music i think includes Get Backers, espcially the ending song "de javu" and I'll add more to my list later ^^

You ask too many shit questions.


































Stop asking shit questions.

Agreeing with chewey.

I personally think that Trigun has some excellent music. Full Metal Alchemist as well. Oh, and you didn't ask a s**t question, it's a Anime forum, just tell them to suck it. ^_^

^^ yay at least somebody supports me

anyway i found out the really good song from suzuka's title
its called tooi hi no kizuato and you can download it from gendou.com but u hafta sign up >_< but its free ^^ the site has heaps of anime mp3s so its worth it

Ghost in the shell Stand alone complex has the best opening song i've heard

oh and guys, you're supposed to ask questions like this. That's the whole point of it being an ANIME FORUM. So stfu and go moan somewhere else where you may have a valid point.

I personally think that Trigun has some excellent music. Full Metal Alchemist as well. Oh, and you didn't ask a s**t question, it's a Anime forum, just tell them to suck it. ^_^

The fact that this is an anime forum has nothing to do with whether a thread is crap or not.


oh and guys, you're supposed to ask questions like this. That's the whole point of it being an ANIME FORUM. So stfu and go moan somewhere else where you may have a valid point.

Incorrect. You are supposed to ask sensible questions and provide sensible opinions. Asking what anime has the "best" music and responding when you haven't paid attention to the music on more than a handful of shows (and thus have no idea of what is truly best) is not sensible. Then again, sensible has never seemed to be Alvinz's forte.

But if you're really dying for an on-topic reply, then I'll say that some of the best I've heard was from Kare Kano. Its score had an excellent range of styles that adapted very nicely to the constantly changing tones of the story. Also, the insert songs were fairly good, and while not exactly first-rate, they were still upbeat and enjoyable, which suited the show well.

I liked dbz and kenshin music.

Good idea for a thread I meen we got anime lovers and now we know what music they like.

Best anime music?
Record of Lodoss War III. Just listen to the first track and you will know why.

Laputa aka Castle In the Sky. Beautiful score by Joe Hisashi.

ER... prak ur confusing ^^ when i asked the best anime music there is no definite answer because people appreicate different kinds of music so if someone things one song is the greatest song they've eva heard the person beside them might think that that song is one of the worst songs they've eva heard.
So this thread is basically like "which anime has the best music to you" if that makes sense which probably doesnt but oh well =)

I love the kenshin score when people are dying and that really sad tune comes on ^^

I like the music of Escaflowne, Angel Sanctuary, Tsubasa Chronicles and Arjuna (do you notice my liking for Yoko Kanno XD)

Forgot the music to helsing. Fucking awesome.

lol yea hellsing had awesome music

So did Love hina i really like that song when they're in the festival and they sing that starting song but slow ^^

still FMA has the best music i reckon :)

Initial D has the best music. Not the Tokyopop rap crap, but the Eurobeat tracks. They fit so well in the races.

I remember this topic.. too bad two pages were wiped. anyway, in short.. MY-HiME

Man, GTO had the greatest opening and closing songs for most anime I have heard in a long time.

I'm gonna have to go with Akira, then Samuri Champloo.

you guys are all wrong

full moon wo sagashite

look it up, and enjoy =]

The best music would definately have to be anything composed by Yoko Kanno. (cowboy bebop, Escaflowne, Wolf's Rain, Macross, Ghost in the shell)

The best music would definately have to be anything composed by Yoko Kanno. (cowboy bebop, Escaflowne, Wolf's Rain, Macross, Ghost in the shell)
ghost in the shell yea..
but if your talking about the dub versions.. no xD
SAY NO TO BAD DUBS!

NO TO BAD DUBS! raWr.

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NO TO BAD DUBS! raWr.
we shall team up and kill the bad dubs! >=D

Hellsing
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Moon wo Sagashite

All of those have some great music.

Full Metal Alchemist
Inuyasha
Paranoia Agent
Family Guy

i love the naruto sound track!! o ya!! GOOO!! IS THE BEST DOWNLOAD IT HERE
http://files.filefront.com/naruto__go/;5320202;;/fileinfo.html
ok there it is

same here, naruto has a great soundtrack, especially the season 1 closing theme.

hmm.. The intro in Black Cat is pretty nice and the music in Tsubasa Chronicle.. i have only watched some episodes but the music is great

The best music would definately have to be anything composed by Yoko Kanno. (cowboy bebop, Escaflowne, Wolf's Rain, Macross, Ghost in the shell)



exactly what I thought!!! Yoko Kann RuLzZ!!! specially escaflowne Girl at gaea...

exactly what I thought!!! Yoko Kann RuLzZ!!! specially escaflowne Girl at gaea...

x2

The songs used in Bleach were good. My favorite was "Ichirin no Hana" by High and Mighty Color.

:smrt: Samurai Champloo & Paradise Kiss

X 1999 TV OST. The battle themes completly kick all sort amount of asses.

cowboy bebop
& inuyasha

My favorites are InuYasha, Fushigi Yugi, and Hellsing.

Princess Mononoke Score
Full Metal Alchemist (Opening and during)
Wolf's Rain (Opening)
Naruto (kinda)

Beck
Inu Yasha
Full Metal Alchemist

I Like This Thread ^^

Anywayz Animes Best Music. Heres Mine :

InuYasha
Full Metal Alchemist

and Ive been Really Likeing Chrono Crusade's Ost Lately ^^

~Ran

Hmmmm.....

Azumanga Daioh
Chobits
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Tokyo Mew Mew

Hellsing
Full Metal Alchemist
Inuyasha
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL

One Piece has never let me down with the OPs. Eurobeat, wahoo.

Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu's OPs and EDs (1st Season and Deluxe, that is. Fuck Final) also kick major ass. As well as being fricking hilarious.

Bleach has had some good music.

IY, while the openings tend to be good with the exception of Angelus (reggae, ftw?), Wada-san's music tends to be incredibly repetitive. Half the songs on the OSTs have little difference between them.

Fruits Basket
Samuria Deeper Kyo
Chobits
Full Metal Panic!

Ghost In The Shell had good themes if I recall... and Cardcaptor Sakura's soundtrack was huge, and I liked most of the songs. Inuyasha was insanely good too. Oh oh! Also, I'm listening to Chobits songs 24/7 nowadays.

Full Metal Alchemist
Inuyasha
Paranoia Agent
Family Guy


Hellsing
Full Metal Alchemist
Inuyasha
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL

can you say... adult swim nubs?
be creative go explore outside of crappy american dubs!

Hikaru No Go have good theme song too.

Utawarerumono (because Suara is awesome, yup yup)
Naruto (Akeboshi and Asian Kung Fu Generation's songs fit well with the cinematics)
.hack//sign (who doesn't like see-saw?)

and i think both Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny had superb music

One Piece has never let me down with the OPs. Eurobeat, wahoo.


Go you! I love the One Piece openings too. Also, in Enis Lobby, they're using alot of really good music from Movie 7. I say One Piece has the best music! XD

Tsubasa Chronicles has some pretty good music too...

Digimon Themes also good too hear.

I'm very like the Brave Heart title coz that song will make me so Brave!!! :)

I love Hikaru no Go music and Samurai Deeper Kyo never let me down.

The songs used in Bleach were good. My favorite was "Ichirin no Hana" by High and Mighty Color.

What about D-technolife UVERworld, the second bleach opening

I like Naruto's opening theme song.

Gundam Seed ! LoL

I think Gundam Seed is the best anime music XD
A lot of nice nice song ...ecspecially Anna ni Issho Datta No Ni ..the Athrun Feeling ~~

There are lots of good music so it's hard to point just one.
As some people said before Yoko Kanno makes great scores (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop), Joe Hisaishi also (Kaze no tani no Naushika, Mononoke hime, Tenkuu no shiro Rapyuta).
But at the moment I'm mostly listening to music from Leiji Matsumoto animes (Captain Harlock, Yamato, Galaxy Express) and it's apsolutly awsome. These are true oldies but goldies.

easy
.hack//sign
witch hunter robin
wolf's rain
cowboy bebop
chrono crusade
noir
madlax
princess tutu
Read or Die OVA
Earth Girl arjuna
Tenchi Muyo
Azumanga Daioh
Gundam Wing
The big O
Ergo Proxy
Heat Guy J
Evangelion (the end of Evangelion movie)
as you can see I have a large list and this is just the start of it

Bubble Gum Crisis(original and 2040) for some good driving/travelling music.
Its not 'pure' anime, but the opening song to Obun-Star Racers is pretty good.
Forgot to add: Starship Girl Yohko. I swear the one song for the first three episodes are based on a US song from the late 80's.

i love cowboy bebops jazzy tunes, also the acoustic guitar of trigun is cool.
love that scene in evangelion where asuka and shinji have learnt to fight in sync and that operatic song plays. ^_^

Yoko Kanno is a goddess among composers for all of her work, in particular Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne. I absolutely love the title theme for Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu as well (so wonderfully bizarre). I must also admit to my love for the Revolutionary Girl Utena soundtrack, from which stems my love for J.A. Seazer, as I'm probably one of seven people on this planet who both know of his work and like it.

Initial D: Japanese version. American version's soundtrack sucks.

Wait a minute... you actually tried watching the dubbed version long enough to know that? You have far more fortitude than I , amigo.

What do you expect, he's Sephorth. Evil, INSANE, and powerful.

My favs :
AKIRA
Metropolis
Steamboy
Naruto OPs
BECK & KEITH
Keroro Gunso
Cowboy Bebop

FLCL (the pillows... :3)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto (kinda, maybe)
Hellsing (:3)
Fullmetal Panic

Samurai Champloo,Hellsing

Don't quote me...

Samurai Champloo,Hellsing

Don't quote me...

Dammit!

I personally really like the music in Hellsing. The opening music from GitS: 2nd Gig (Rise) is good as well.

I seem to remember Rahxephon, Cowboy Bebop and His and Her Circumstances having decent soundtracks.

In my opinion I think ARIA has the best soundtrack. Choro Club is just awesome. =)

I'm such a loser, but I like the music for Yuugiou. The BGM can be good at times (note: I speak of the japanese version here) and the openings and endings are actually quite good, especially Warriors and Overlap.

Digimon also has some great opeing themes. Target, The Biggest Dreamer, and FIRE = AWSM. 8D

For BGM, I'd have to go with Tsubasa Chronicles, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Noir, and the .Hacks. Yuki Kajiura and Yoko Kanno, anyone? 8D

And of course the Ghibli music. <3 Luff.

This probably varies, but I like the music for Tsubasa Chronicle... Especially their first 3 OSTs. x) FMA has pretty interesting openings / endings as well.

Akira (Keneda.)
Grave of the Fireflys (Futari - Credits.) (Though, I'm irked that the music was extracted from the movie directly. Character dialog, ambience noise, etc.)
Cowboy Bebop (Tank!)
Gundam Seed (Anna Ni Isshodattanoni and Fields of Hope.)

I think the theme tune for Full Metal Alchemist is really cool so I downloaded it! But I think still Full Metal Alchemist has pretty cool music!

Everything by Yoko Kanno: Escaflowne, Arjuna, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain (I love Gravity :-* ) Also the music from Tsubasa Chronicles is quite good. And the one from Magic Knight Rayearth, but only the background music. Mayeb some of Gundam Seed, Full Metal Alchemist, certain themes from Evangelion, Tsukihime, Hack sign, among others.

Gundam Wing
Midori No Hibi
Cowboy Bebop
Welcome to the NHK(well just the opening)

I honestly can't think right now but Gundam Wing always had great music.

4 me the best music in anime starts whit the Macross series and the movie Do you remember love

I think the best is from Samurai X which is Towa no Mirai - by Animetal
such a great song

CardCaptor Sakura and Rurouni Kenshin have the best music in my opinion.

Initial D all the way... I just love Eurobeat!

Gantz have cool music too. You should try it.

Bleach. Mostly because of Asterisk and D-TechnoLife.

My all-time fav anime OST still is the one for Shingetsutan Tsukihime. The musics are just so beautiful and add to the overall mood of the show so well. And it's one of the only animes I've seen that doesn't have a opening theme that can fall under the category of J-pop or J-rock (omigawsh end of the world! =o *faint*)

I prefer X Clamp, Naruto (Wind is great), Record of Lodos War...
Hm... Macross... it should since is it a story where music save the world :)

And Tsubasa Recervoir Chronicle. How could I forget.

Gankutsuou has some fantastic music. It just fits the anime so well, it's some of the best use of classical music i've ever heard. Both the OST and the Classical Compilation CDs make me want to melt into a puddle of goo. It just sounds amazing. <3

Sadly, I don't see Taku Iwasaki being mentioned. He is an established composer who produces great soundtracks for a wide range of anime genres.
A few of his notable accomplishments:

1) Read or Die OST (OPs/EDs and inserts are amazingly good)
2) Witch Hunter Robin (Listen to Robin, Kyrie...)
3) Rurouni Kenshin (LOL...almost every song is decent with some exceptional ones)
4) Rurouni Kenshin (1st OVA: Tsuiokuhen - A Boy Meets The Man is a soulful masterpiece, praised by almost all fans)
5) Rurouni Kenshin (2nd OVA: Seisou Hen - Living Sin and regret makes you feel like shedding tears)

Other animes like Gundam SEED/Destiny, Record of the Lodoss War, The Vision of Escaflowne and Ayashi No Ceres don't lag far behind.

I agree with you, Zala, that Iwasaki is a great composer, but don't forget Kenji Kawaii.
Witch Hunter Robin-Excellent, especially Inspection,STN, and Silence. Kyrie is a classic. I usually listen to Robin, Plot, and Kyrie one after another. They flow in perfectly together.
Avalon- Another amazing soundtrack, this time by Kenji Kawaii, highly reccomended, especially Gray Lady (Ash), and Murphy's Ghost.
Ghost in the Shell- Another amazing soundtrack by Kenji Kawaii, His genius cannot be overstated. Try Floating Museum and Nightstalker, they are truly amazing.
Patlabor 2- Kawaii does it yet again with this amazing atmospheric soundtrack.

definitely fma and loveless <33

Ghost in the Shell 2nd gig has to be my favorite.

I don't know if this counts but........Boondocks I love that beginning theme song.

I don't actually notice the music that often when I'm watching anime... albiet the intros and closings, anyway.

But I did see mention of Ghost in the Shell, and that does have good music.

Re-sublimity
Agony

both are from kannazuki no miko and It's teh only electronica-kind-of music that I actally have felt for.

Wolf's Rain all the way! They have my favorite music.

Trigun
X
Rozen Maiden
.hack//SIGN

Nice mix of genres there.

tough choice it is.. but right now I have in mind;

Macross Plus, Rurouni Kenshin, Cowboy Bebop, BGC tokyo 2040, and Ghost in the Shell (movies and SAC)

i like most anime music in general but the bgm music for kimagure orange road was superb. i also enjoyed the music from d.n.angel especially the song caged bird. i think it's by shinuchi miyamoto not sure. it is a nicely arranged piece i think its beautiful. i'll shut up about that. i also enjoyed the song that plays on the last episode of love hina where naru punches the sand sculpture keitaro is hiding behind.

I love the music from Macross Plus by Yoko Kanno, but I'm not claiming it to be the best, just my personal favorite.

what i can currently think of now,

mononoke hime, naruto and azumanga daioh(cute~)

"Hokuto No Ken"! Cheesy 80's Metal goodness!

Trinity Blood definately.

Kaleidostar has some good music at least for me, mmm also gundam wing just to name a few because I can't really say which one is the best.

Death Note, especially "Dirge" (track number 26 on the ost if I remember correctly)

I haven't seen Death Note yet. People say it's really really god, but I haven't had the time :(

Don't waste your time. If it plays out like the manga, it starts out strong, but starts to drag really badly, especially toward the end. The movies look promising, but the other incarnations are a perfect example of a good concept falling victim to greed and being drawn out so far that the entire thing fails.

His and Her Circumstances, hands down. I actually like it more than the series itself.

AIR has great music.

Cowboy Bebop and FLCL/Fooly Cooly/Furi Kuri have always been my favorite when it comes to music.

An anime music thread an the name Kajiura Yuki hasn't come up once? (I've noticed some of her works mentioned though...). Kajiura Yuki is my hero and personal goddess of anime music. Anyways she created the music of:

.Hack://SIGN (This was a good anime, but it would have been nothing without it's vibrant brain-teasing soundtrack which brought everything to life. From the Indian-desert-sounding Magic and Sword to the the melancholy of Say Goodbye, this soundtrack was perfect.)
Tsubasa Chronicle (5-stars for Tsubasa, styles of music from all over the world seem to complement eachother perfectly. Dark, chanting vocals and haunting violin solos provide a mysterious feel, and sad and exciting sounds are incorperated to perfectly suit each emotion of the story)
Le Protrait de Petite Cosette (A wonderfully melancholy sound, very dark, yet somehow relaxing)
My-Hime (Itis mostly the sad and emotional themes that really shine in this series, but all the music is good)
and more...

other wonderful soundtracks include:
Kanon (I am dying for the 2006 one to come out. Kanon's music has a dreamy feel; like a sort of dramatic lullaby... Piano de Kanon is one of the finest piano solo album's out there.)
Fate/Stay Night (The soundtrack of Fate/Stay Night was simply brilliant, topping my list for anime music of 2006. Again, this soundtrack shines more in it's melancholy themes, but it's more up-beat themes like Dashing Rivals were also wonderful.)
InuYasha (half-assed anime, drug out way to long, but a wide assortment of wonderful music. Affections Touching Across Time is quiet and emotional, very nice.)
Full Moon wo Sagashite (the J-pop songs our heroine sings are simply awsome. A must-see for any rabid J-pop fans.)
Hachmitsu to Clover (Awsome insert songs with great lyrics in every episode really make this series stand out, besides a nice BMG collection, kick-ass EDs too..)

Series with notable OPs and/or EDs/Insert songs:
NANA (All OPs/EDs/Inserts)
Evangelion (Cruel Angel's Thesis)
Wolf's Rain (Gravity)
Elfen Lied (OP/ED (Lilium and Be Your Girl)
Kannazuki no Miko (OP/ED (Re-Sublimity and Agony... Plus Chikane no Theme is absolutely divine)
Paradise Kiss (Lonley in Gorgeous)
Air (Tori no Uta)
Hellsing (Logos Naki World - Oh, hell yeah.)
Jigoku Shojou (Sakasama no Chou)
Death Note (OP/ED (The World and Alumina)
of course this isn't every series I could saythis of, just what comes to mind right now, I could list 100 more if I had the time and patience or thought anyone would read it anyways...

Loveless featured a rather interesting piano solo called aniouxness... I like it. Hatful of Sorrow is also good... Chobits also has some nice piano solos...

My killa mix
1. Ghost in the shell
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Macross Plus
4. Wolf's Rain
5. Akira

Cowboy Bebop, then Ghost in the Shell, the FLCL

wolfs rain,has great music(shiro long tail f.e.)
air ,also but i dont like it soooo much(natsukage 1st perfomance)
gungrave,is really good (pieta)
cowboy bebop,not to tell (blue)
great teacher onizuka,its not that good but i like it(teacher forever)
fma,good good(bratja,betsuri,koukai)
FSN,cool music(requiem)
laputa,joe hisashi is great(whole ost)
samurai x trust and betrayal,really good (the will,memories of kotowari)
samurai champloo,cool(it can obtain bearing,mystline)
death note,great anime cool music(dirge,domine kira,ls theme)

Thanks for reminding me!!! How could I forget Samurai Champloo!??!?!?!

Death Note ^^

I loved:
Kanon's music
Inuyasha's Music.
Chrono Crusades Music.

Initial D (Original Japanese version)

Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Samurai Champloo, and Afro Samurai. Though, it's mostly for the opening songs of the last two.

Shigetsutan Tsukihime

Gundam Seed.

NOIR hast am besten musik

Bleach...

Gundam Seed.

agreed, i really loved the songs form that anime. I also liked the songs from Inuyasha.

1. Joe Hisaishi
2. Yoko Kanno (plus Seatbelts and Mai Yamane)
3. Tsuneo Imahori.

Oh, I also really like both credit songs for Outlaw Star.

I'm going with either Hellsing, Trigun or Outlaw Star.

Off the top of my head I'd say Bleach (Opening Theme : Rolling Star by YUI) has been stuck in my head for weeks now. She's only 19 too :/

Beck has some really good songs too, I really like Moon on the Water.

Ghost in the Shell though, opening themes for both SAC 1 & 2 really stand out to me.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Gundam Seed yet. I have the CD Symphony Seed and there's a lot violin/stringed goodness in there.

Joe Hisaishi - Princess Mononoke, Laputa. All very emotional, lyrical and well orchestrated, as expected of Joe Hisaishi.

Death Note Ending - Alumina is amazing. I love the fast 'tinkly' piano over the roaring electrics and drums in the chorus. Also good contrast between chorus and the verses.

Noir, Canta per me - everyone loves this one. Strong cellos supporting a memorable melodic line.

Elfen Lied - Half of it was really creepy or morbid sounding, which suits the anime of course. I listen to it when I'm in a murderous mood.


Others I enjoy:
Mai Hime, FMA, FMP (had a few good ones in there), Eureka 7 (again, a few good ones in here..for some reason, I love Anemone's theme), DNAngel (very melodious), Kannazuki no Miko (one of the saddest sounding OSTs I've ever heard. It's mellow and emotional. Lots of strings.)

id have to say that miasaki movies have the best soundtracks ever

I mentioned Gundam Seed.

I really liked the OSTs of Hikaru No Go.

I LOOOOOOOOOOVE soundtracks. My favorite right now are Inuyasha's OST. Medieval themes, great openings.

But I have to admit: Elfen Lied's opening song in latin is the best I've ever heard.

Right now I'm really digging the Princess Mononoke OST in HDCD!

Joe Hisaishi = OMGWTFBBQ JAWESOME!

X TV ost,
Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape (all four of them),
Howl's Moving Castle soundtrack
and
Gravitation soundtrack - fantastic J-pop...

EDIT: I forgot FF VII Advent Children ost!

My favorite soundtrack comes from Noir (Yuki Kajiura), then Ghost in the Sell SAC and Movies is excellent. I like the tunes from Cowboy Bebop and Witch Hunter Robin. Hellsing was great too.

oops, sorry, risinggundam, I missed your post.

Yes, witch hunter robin is an excellent soundtrack! Unique, and a bit dark and mysterious.

I liked kyrie, robin, and flame from there.

the intro song for Lain is also good.

RahXephon tops my list. Just a beautiful piece of work.

I also like the music from Saber Marionette J

in my opinion,definetly hellsing. so jazzy

Escaflowne definitely..as well as Cowboy Bebop and Revolutionary Girl Utena fo sho :x

Pokemon and dragonball,
Dragonball has more music than any other anime and 90% of it is the best you can get.

Bruce faulconer being the best,
I bet most of you have never really listened to his stuff.

I actually liked Samurai Champloo's soundtrack alot. Also FLCL's.

Fooly Cooly has the best music! The Pillows are awesome!

Gokudo that anime has GREAT music.

Anything by Yuki Kajiura (.hack series, Tsubasa Chronicle, noir), Kenji Kawai (Vampire Princess Miyu series, Fate/stay night TV), and Shrio Sagisu (Evangelion, BLEACH, Kare Kano)

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni's opening song is the best and Elfen Lied's opening is nice too.

Holy crap, j-pop ftl.

1. Cowboy Bebop
2. Hellsing
3. Beck
4. FLCL
5. Bleach

My favorite anime soundtrack has to be...
Shingetsutan/Lunar Legend

Can anyone say epic? I like the classical style also.

I can't really say an Anime has the best music, but the ones I like( I have albums for )

FLCL
EL Hazard
Giant Robo
Here is Greenwood (lots of great mellow, some fun tracks in this )
Iria Zeiram the Animation
Kare Kano ( Fun Fun is especially my favorite )
Lain
Mahou Tsukai Tai
Ranma
Project A-ko
Record of Lodoss
Rurouni Kenshin
Robot Carnival (Heart and Hand, my favorite )
Slayers
Urusei Yatsura
Yu Yu Hakusho

I should mention, for anybody that likes Joe Hisaishi works should check out Robot Carnival since that's also one of his Compositions.

Naruto
Ruroni kenshin
Fruits Basket

umm... are you asking about the actual music scores featured IN the anime, or the op/ed songs??

for the music, i think key did an amazing job!! look up air and kanon!!

and for op/ed songs, i can't really say, cuz i enjoy a various range of styles.
inuyasha, key, and samurai champloo are only a few.

While Howl's Moveing Castle was good and is one of my fav's, Hellsing was better. Much better

the intro song for Lain is also good.

Lain's intro song is good, but I've got the soundtrack and some of the tracks get really repetitive and old pretty fast. Kind of like Daft Punk. It's cool if you're not REALLY listening too closely.
As for favorite anime OSTs.. I'm sure this has been mentioned ten thousand times already, but Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain OSTs are fantastic, as well as Trigun (very mellow), Neon Genesis Evangelion (anguished and borderline psychotic), and um... Chobits? It's very.. well, I guess I have no excuse for liking the soundtrack from Chobits, other than that I liked the show. Meh.

Rurouni Kenshin, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicles, Arjuna, Escaflowne, Beck, Otogi Zoshi...maaya sakamoto n yoko kanno cool duo ^^

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Ghost in the Shell Innocence. I listen to that soundtrack almost weekly.

I Think Jigoku Shoujo and Arjuna has one of the best Music I've ever heard.
By the way where can I find the OST to Jigoku Shoujo Drama(Dream Catcher from Olivia) and the Arjuna OST? Can I request it somewhere here?*sorry I'm new here xD*

and of course the best music ever is OnePiece *addicted*
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Some of the best music to me is by Yoko Kanno. Very beautiful and it sets the mood perfectly with each anime it's in. But really I gotta say that Wolf's Rain has some of the best (no, not just because I like it) Also so does Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell.

definately Ruroni Kenshin

Definitely not Rurouni Kenshin

Fixed spelling and accuracy.

Seriously, anyone who thinks that show had good music needs to have their ears checked.

The best music would definately have to be anything composed by Yoko Kanno. (cowboy bebop, Escaflowne, Wolf's Rain, Macross, Ghost in the shell)

Oh man, I can't believe I didn't notice Kanno did GitS... I loved the I've heard for the anime (only seen a few eps. must get around to watching the rest.) The more I listen the more I'm finding out I like Kanno's music, take Ragnarok Online II's music XD I can't get enough of it.

I love the music in DNAngel. The emotion that some of that music conveys...It is one of the most beautifully animated and soundtracked animes to be made

I absolutely second that, Yoko Kanno is one of the greatest anime composer out there, the sheer library of unbelievably fantastic and beautiful anime music she has done, does so much to lift the art of japanese animation far in the the limelight of the world.

D-Gray Man all the way :D

Best music? Ummm... Paradise Kiss's opening. http://youtube.com/watch?v=6YR4pehBKko

As for good music throughout the series... Utawaremono, Tsubasa Chronicles, Noein, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Escaflowne.

Ah, Cowboy bebop has nice music. Nice change from all the radical, extreme power up music. Some nice blues/jazz. Good anime though, very... unusual.

Fullmetal Alchemist since I love all the opening, endings, and character songs.

Bleach

Nah, bleach's music is good, i'll give you that, but it's just power-up music really. Cowboy bebop had a much better soundtrack.

Tsubasa chronicle,Hack://sign(Key of twilight),Gumdam SEED,Macross7,Escaflowne,Chrono crusade

Hmm Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Ghost In The Shell and hack.
Yoko Kanno is love<3 ;____;

Aside from saying Cowboy Bebop. I think Kiddy Grade has an awsome soundtrack.

just finished watching samurai champaloo, that has some good music too

Rurouni Kenshin has the most beautiful music.


my other fave's have to be Noir, Inuyasha, Angelic Layer, CCS, And others. I'm braindead at the mo.

Paranoia Agent and Berserk. Susumu Hirasawa, is a master.

Also; Gungrave, Trigun and Bebop are awesome as well; Tsuneo Imahori and his friend, Yoko Kanno, each respectively, are great composers.

Slayers =D

Megumi Hayashibara and Masami Okui... need I say more? Those two make an awesome team.

Tenchi Muyo OVA has good music. I also like the music from the 1st Tenchi film - the one with Kain. The composer for the film was Christopher Franke, better known for his fantastic soundtracking of Babylon 5

Street Fighter II V had some good pieces as did Evangelion. I also loved the music from the .hack anime

Yeah definitely the Tenchi Muyo OAV music... the opening themes especially. All instrumentals. Sort of unusual, but really nice!

Yeah the 1st opening theme for the OVA and Kagato's organ recital are the best. also that BMG playing when zero as ryoko has to kill Tenchi. combined with her scream you really can feel the anguish

Lol though I wonder what the heck Kagato was doing with an organ in the first place... lmao! Though Washu's theme songs are the best, I think!

Personally i think the badies have the best music. Always. Even in a lot of non-anime
In the Dark of the Night for Rasputin in Anastasia
Be prepared for scar in Lion King
etc

in anime --> OWA for sephiroth
The music played for krad in DNAngel
and many others

Gunslinger Girl and the Violinist of Hamelin. In that order. Hands down. And if you haven't heard the "Macross: Rhapsody In Love" CD, you are missing out on all kinds of goodness!

Ive always found the music in evangelion to excellent

Vision of Escaflone with its orchestral masterpieces
Juuni Kokki inspired by clasical asian music

Higurashi no naku koro ni has the best music! i really like all the songs from the game/soundtracks and the anime.

Trigun
nothing else comes close

Devil May Cry Anime series. It really suits DMC well. Even if the story is a little weird sometimes.

Vision of Escaflowne has the best music, Yoko Kanno rules.
But the OST from Berserk comes first place easily, Susumu Hirasawa's music just breathes life into the entire show.

I think that Inuyasha has the best music. The composed version of the OST is even better.

My all-time favorite OST is the original compositions for Gankutsuou. Jean-Jacques Burrel and Kasamatsu Kouji (sp?) for the WIN.

Vision of Escaflowne has the best music, Yoko Kanno rules.
But the OST from Berserk comes first place easily, Susumu Hirasawa's music just breathes life into the entire show.

You almost stole my answer completely. But I'll go with Yoko Kanno's work on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/2nd Gig.

Berserk and FLCL are also some of my favs.

Meh. Double post.

I have a lot of love for Chobits - super sugar pop. And while Mahou Sensei Negima looked atrocious, the voice cast and OSTs were first rate.

Best anime music??????????

Tsubasa Chronicle: especially Voices Silently Sing, I Talk to the Rain, Breathless, Catasthrope and 1 & 0 City

However, the best anime music depends on how people judge it...


I guess I post a lot today...

Cowboy Bebop the music is incredible, also fullmetal alchemist and naruto but Cowboy Bebop is my election probably saint seiya

Samurai Champloo is kinda cool,
like some sort of a 1960's hiphop beat ...

Vision of Escalaflowne's Orchestrated OSTs
is very kawaii too.... (^_^)

Escalaflowne..?
I didn't get the story of that one...
I forgot to write this: I love Inuyasha's My Will and Final Fantasy Unlimited's Romancing Train
I wonder if anyone has heard about "Romancing Train?"

InuYasha is probibly the best, music-wise, in my opinion.
Naruto's music is pretty good too though. (at least thats what I think)

My God, I hate you two.

My God, I hate you two.

Easy, prak... I (or we) didn't offended you or anything, or did I...?
I can't remember posting anything that offending..
Man, whazzup with u anyway?

Anyway, Xenith, if you read this:
Do you know what language they use in Tsubasa Chronicle's "Voices Silently Sing?"

I love InitialD and Dear Boys--- also FFU - Romancing Train!!! I played them 100x a day if I could remembered... "Watch it, you car malfunctioned." (By the way the language they use in Voices Silently Sing is Latin... if I have not mistaken)

Gundam SEED & Destiny
Code GEASS
Super Robot Wars Original Generation

Gundam SEED & Destiny
Code GEASS
Super Robot Wars Original Generation

This is what I called A REAL robotic collection.





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weiB kreuz (all of their songs) and cowboy bebop (ask dna and diggin and real folk blues)

Yeah, its all relative...but I like a number of tracks from various anime...some anime has a greater percentage of good tracks though...

I like: Kanon music (Only watched the original version, not the remake), .hack//Liminality music (specifically, Grandpa's Violin, and Mai's Theme), some Rurouni Kenshin music, some Full Moon music, and some music from a number of other anime shows ^_^

Game music is also good ^_~

Well, its really hard to say, but i would say Glibli Studio's work always produce great soundtrack, like Laputa and Nausicca

IMO I thought Macross Plus was pretty good!

Boogiepop Phantom; especially the ending song...

"Future Century Aki Club - Kyoko"

IMO I thought Macross Plus was pretty good!

Agreed. Macross Plus had incredible music that was very, very memorable.

Even if you don't like Yoko Kanno's work, you should definitely give this OST a chance.

I am a Prick. Just agnore me.

The Kinnikuman character themes are quite catchy, on the basis of the music's cadence representing the mood, nationality, and characteristics of a certain individual from the anime. The introduction tunes are noteworthy, too. They really impart a galvanizing feeling, whereas the ending themes are more facetious and solemn.

oho

Poor Mandark forgot that I can edit posts!

Well I love a lot of music from animes but one of my favourites is the music from Beck: The mongolian chop squad, very cool anime and you guys should give it a try cya.

1)Violinist of Hameln
2) Mononoke Hime
3)Gravitation
4)Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

This is more for a specific track than a particular anime.

One of my all-time favorites is from tenchi muyo. - i dont know what it is called. OVA 3 Episode 4It is that one that is played when everyone is working around the place whilst Seto is sleeping. Could someone tell me what it is called and where i can find it

Anything by Yuki Kajiura nin
.hack//SIGN
Noir

I enjoyed the music of Wolf's Rain and Rurouni Kenshin most.

I enjoyed the music of Wolf's Rain

Same here. =)

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the best ever, as there's lots of anime movies/programmes that I've not yet seen. But I do like the music in that one alot.

Bleach, Naruto, Death Note, Gundam, Sailor Moon, and Xenosaga the Animation.

cowboy bebop,samurai champloo and wolfs rain

Gravitation, FMA, Wolf's rain, Death Note, Naruto...
=D

Samurai Champloo for me. It had a great soundtrack, though at some points it didn't fit.

The second is Death Note. I'm only saying this one because the music made the moments more dramatic with the opera and symphonic add-ins.

i thought Bleach would do it,that was my favorite

bleach
full metal alchemist
naruto
tenjou tenge
D grayman
some of elfin laid

if you mean open/end music, bleach, naruto and d-grayman.
If you mean the best soundtrack, I'd say Full metal alchemist and Samurai Champloo.

I can't decide between Hoshi no Kirby, Pokemon, and Sailor Moon.

D.Gray-Man, Darker Than Black, Bleach, Claymore, & Busou Renkin

Samurai Champloo. Good beat and music.
Noein- This is the prime example of how music is done for a series. Every piece of music fits each scene perfectly. The soundtrack, especially the fight music, is just epic.
Karin - Only time that I watch an intro to a show over and over just to hear the theme song.

I think my favorite anime music has been from the .Hack series and FullMetal Alchemist. And I remember I used to be really into Cowboy Bebop music, too. =D

If you mean strictly OP and ED themes, then that's very hard to say. Now if you were asking what OST I liked from what anime, I'd say a few titles like Air, Hikaru No Go and Ghost in the Shell.

For me, I'd say Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Macross Zero, Macross Plus, definitely Hellsing, Big-O, and Earth Girl Arjuna. I know there's others, but I really haven't been able to listen to anime OSTs lately.

Id have to say the music from mahou shoujo lyrical nanoha and kenshin. Both series have great music, nanoha is more upbeat than kenshin, but kenshin has some good melodies.

The one with the "best" music, naturally.

Ghost in the shell Stand alone complex Has the best in my opinion. I have listened to the OST more times than any other. I lost count actually. Cyberbird is my personal fave.

My favorite is Cowboy Bebop, I just can't get enough of that jazz feeling!

A close second is actually Naruto. I really like how they blend old Japanese instruments with the electric guitar/ other newer instruments.

My top 5 is from what I've seen and heard:

1) Princess Mononoke
2) Kenshin: the second OVA
3) Full Metal Alchemist movie
4) Turn A gundam movie
5) Escaflowne movie

Honorable mention: Wolf's Rain

I always loved the music in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ranma 1/2, and Sailor Moon.

The Last Exile
Vision of Escaflowne
Macross Plus
GiTS a strong fourth

Deathnote

I like the music from God Save Our King!.

Death Note
D.Gray-Man
Ghost In The Shell

Death Note and Claymore. The first Kenshin Movie (Samurai X) had some very good songs in it also.

XXXHolic, Card Captor Sakura and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles; they're my very favorite. :3

Any of the Ginga Densetsu/Nagareboshi Weed/Gin OST's have great themes in theme as well as the Original Project A-ko movie.

MUSHISHI

I still like Naruto's Opening and Ending. Cowboy Bebop's good. Macross. Just basically anything that has a nice ring to it.

Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo have really great soundtracks because one of the focal points of the anime is it's music. Oh, and they're also directed by the same guy.

I also enjoy Hellsing's music... Especially the opening theme.

I really enjoy the ost of Cowboy Bebop and Full Metal Alchemist
oh, and don't forget the ost of Vision of Escaflowne

Get Backers and Rurouni Kenshin OVA's.. anything by taku iwasaki for that matter..

FOOLY COOLY NOM OM :D

Awww man....so many, let's see

Rurouni Kenshin
All Gundam Music
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Alchemist
Zoids New Century
Zoids Chaotic century/Guardian Force
Bleach
Naruto/Naruto Shippuden
Trinity Blood (Major Props)
Wolf's Rain
Witch Hunter Robin

But if I had to narrow it down, it'd be between Gundam Seed Destiny (love Toshihiko Sahashi and Kajiura Yuki) and Rurouni Kenshin (Noriyuki Asakura). Especially the Kenshin movies done by Taku Iwasaki. Yea, anything done by Toshihiko Sahashi and/or Taku Iwasaki is good enough for me. And I dare you Prak to say something about Keshin again.

I do not recall having ever made a comment about something called Keshin before.

Seriously though, fuck off. Do not call me out in random threads.

I seem to be saying Serial Experiments Lain in all of these threads but it was just musically, other than that I would say Cowboy Bebop