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From anime:
Disco Elysium, Twin Peaks, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo come to mind.
I also really like anything Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross put out for film scores
The OST of Disco Elysium is so perfect and so essential to make up the atmosphere of Revachol, I honestly cannot imagine the game without hearing it's soundscape.
Champloo is the gateway to Nujabes. Itβs a beautiful world to get lost in.
Bebop is just really fucking good.
oh yeah for real, i went down the rabbit hole of nujabes and chillhop after discovering the anime
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme: https://youtu.be/BwbHW8MeHDU
Enough said
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All the openings and endings from Death Note and GTO (animes)
Rose of May from Final Fantasy 9 (video game)
That introduced me to Maximum the Hormone.. I still listen to it today almost 2 decades later.
From games: Mass Effect 3, Purgatory club
From TV: Andor, Niamos! (galaxy mix)
With so many great options, you went with purgatory music? :)
My personal favorites are I Was Lost Without You and Reflections
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The opening song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. A Cruel Angel's Thesis.
From games:
We All Lift Together.
This one's source surprised me when I first heard it in-game. It's from Warframe.
My small brain literally cannot comprehend how something so beautiful and genius can even exist. Pure perfection....
Oh and it blends super nice with this song, although it's not next in the album playlist. I always hear those two together.
Cynthia's theme song from Pokemon. https://youtu.be/WDVd1F3ZI4w
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The song that plays when you know you're fucked. Especially in BW.
Bubblegum Crisis: https://youtu.be/an_0IIRDlc4
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For video game music I really love the whole Transistor soundtrack (Darren Korb) and basically everything from Surviving Mars.
TV would probably have to be Kick Back, the theme from Chainsaw Man.
Edit to add: One Winged Angel But The Genre Keeps Changing is a lot of fun, especially if you know (and like) the original
Love Darren Korb, Bastion and Hades OSTs do it for me, they're great. Although I do feel that generally playing the game does play a lot on your interest on the sound track. I'd say my only exception is the DOOM soundtrack, never played the game but man, that album is awesome
The whole soundtrack of Lineage II by Bill Brown is amazing. Also Jeremy Soule with morrowind and skyrim. Oh, and Halo (Martin OβDonnell) of course.
The opening to Zombie Land Saga Season 2, the first opening for Attack on Titan, the trailer song for GTA Online Heists, the Valentino combat music from Cynerpunk 2077, Jump up, Superstar and Honeylune Ridge Escape from Super Marjo Odyssey are just some of the songs I can think of right now
Reminded me how much I liked Cristobal Tapia Da Veer's soundtrack work on Utopia, Humans, and The Girl With All The Gifts. Looks like he's done some more that I didn't know about so I'll have to check it out
I could name many, many things from video games. But for everyone's sake, I'll list just this one from Digital Devil Saga.
The Witcher 3: the first time you see that Priscilla is about to play, you're gonna think "here we go, this is gonna be super cringe", but then she plays The Wolven Storm, which is one of the most hauntingly beautiful sad songs anywhere, let alone in a video game! π₯²β€οΈ
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A lot of the music from Sailor Moon.
And one of the few good things from the DiC dub of the series was the music.
Call My Name and I'll Be There
Also some of the music from Ranma 1/2.
I've never been one to listen to that much music that's made for music; sometimes I'll catch something and like it, but mostly I run into music I like as part of other media I consume, so yeah, this kinda has made up the majority of the music I listen to. And since I used to watch a lot of anime (don't quite have enough time to keep up lately) a lot of my favorite songs are in Japanese and I don't understand any of it but I can sing along to several of them.
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Basically the entire soundtracks of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia and K-on! (both seasons and the movie) are 110% bangers for me. Also, the opening themes for Evangelion and Vision of Escaflowne.
Others have mentioned all my favorite movie soundtracks, but I feel like Tron bears repeating. I liked the soundtrack for the second Tron movie, but it honestly didn't compare to the original which still holds up as just gorram great music.
And then there's the opening theme for Firefly. That song was perfect for that show.
And I gotta give credit to the classics: Magnum P.I. and Knight Rider have slapping' theme songs, but the GOAT is, of course, Doctor Who.
ETA: forgot to mention Final Fantasy VI and Kingdom Hearts for video games.
Edit: my phone's keyboard does weird shit on Jerboa, including deleting random words. No clue why. Anyway, I noticed a missing word andfixedd it.
Master Theater (Me And My Shadow (open source game nobody ever talks about))
All Saints Street OP (Chinese animated web show (also, not the Japanese dub opening))
Boss of Me (Malcom In The Middle OP)
Valley & The Great Fair (both track course songs from SuperTuxKart (Black Forest and Candela City respectively)
Team Star Boss Battle Theme (pokemon sc/vi)
The whole soundtrack of Xenoblade Chronicles 2
The Mega Man 2 soundtrack has been my favorite VGS since the mid eighties. The "introduction" music is what you hear when the main screen loads after you start the game, and has always given me little chills that I'm about to experience an amazing game.
Wehre do i even fucking start,l lets get the big one out of the way first, GAMES
Entire advance wars series but lets give you a little taste with:
grits theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=3bXM-WqvT18
senseis theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=5a1bFQLvXq0
Jess theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KylAZa2Vu54
hyrule warrios, my fave track is: eclipse of the moon: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=FFnpAiI5bwU
the menu theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=7-U9HKk6o74
aris of sorrows clock tower theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=eEdgubvviYk
rhythm tengoku: bon odori: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=gxC4MtWN0rM
ace attorney pursuit theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=UFcJmOs8DRQ
Katawa shoujo: from start to end but here here some top picks:
wiosna the menu theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=d20d6epERP0
raindrops and puddles: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=LMv-6ATLw2I&list=PLDEA007FAB5D8F479&index=23
Ah Eh I Oh You : https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ARR02AZtaZw&list=PLDEA007FAB5D8F479&index=1
lets go to movies:
the obvious one first, the entire fucking lotr soundtrack, start to finish
the 300 score: returns a king: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=VAZsf8mTfyk
hercules (german version): i cna go the distance: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ZtMv8WXqmqw
Lets get to the magnum opus, anime and weeb shit:
Ben-to opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KHsMv0TIHf0
Little witch academia: excited magic: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=g_Y_nE1IIzY
lottes theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=XxnY_90hpRc
the second opening, if you follow the stars: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=NiK9LSFqImE
anohana opening and ending: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=T3bxbVGWy5k , https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=SJywJjwqIK8
girls und panzer:
SΓ€kkijΓ€rven Polkka: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=KCm2PtSgzkA
Chanson de l'Oignon: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=e_u8LpMRhgM
Katyusha: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=cu9EYHjohp0
Akira, mutation: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=fshgWIpcPeE
Busou Renking opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=6xPGD0KvC7Y (sung the by same dude who did the OPM OP)
Another opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=We_uZ7-_HmM
Angel beats:
opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=zIFV8UUs1-c
My Song: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=VUkxwUhoOSU
Ichiban no Takaramono: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=tm7Xf9818FM
GOSICK opening: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=iOrkj_MFXm8
Kill La Kill:
Before my body is dry: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=uc7EcuqVhPE
2nd opening, ambiguous: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=K42ED-7PWAo
Satsukis main theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=wSAp991JIVs
the ending: Gomen Ne Iiko Ja Irarenai: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=AkkK7IakkbI
One motherfucking Piece, also basically everything but here are some top picks again:
Binks sake: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=ClnlNUOwRAg
Tot Musica: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=V9_ZpqfqHFI
Opening 1 through 5: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=z1FGY-Y69U0
Gear 4th theme: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=kXtfCQSi6IA
Difficult: https://invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watch?v=nMbTTpcvEcw
The theme from White Lotus. Season 1 & 2 are slightly different but both versions of the song are great.
Also the theme song from Raised by Wolves really grew on me after hearing it several times.
I have a favorite anime series called Star Blazers. I know I am carbon dating myself because that was a show from the late 70s to the early 80s.
Ho boy, this could have been long. But here's just a few TV tracks:
"Junk" by Jane Air, from The Boys. Sounds like 1999-2000 rap rock with punk, but I can't understand most of it and it fucking STOMPS.
"White Widow" by Afterhours, from Mr. Robot. Just good hard rock with some tension that fit the scene well. There's the original Italian version out there as well.
"Something for your M.I.N.D." by Super Organism, from Legion. I absolutely hated the direction this show went beyond the first season, and I only watched the last season on some (bad) advice. This song had a trippy backdoor music video in one of the last episodes, which was easily the highlight.
Im amazed no one has mentioned Blade Runner. The 80s movie Flash Gordon is gloriously cheesy and fun-bad, but the Queen soundtrack is a classic banger!
Keeping in that line, Tron had a great soundtrack by Wendy Carlos. She also did Switched On Bach.