Favorite 5 anime OST

[Knuckles]

At the risk of creating another useless top/favorite something thread, I would like to
ask what your favorite 5 (more or less) anime OST are.

Mine are as follows:

Escaflowne: Yoko Kanno best work in my opinion.
Evangelion: Love the vocals and the BGM, also some great classical music in between.
Cowboy Bebop: Great jazz, and I am not realy a jazz fan myself
Macross Plus: Also Yoko Kannon, lots of funky music.
Ghost in the shell - Stand alone complex: I like the second OST more though,
but great rock and techno on both OSTs.

Guess you could say Yoko Kannon is my favorite composer.

Other great OST I like to mention are: Utena, Berserk, .Hack Sign, and
Perfect Blue (only because of Ai no Tenshi :))

[Tomomi]

Here's mine:

Last Exile
Inuyasha
Naruto
Card Captor Sakura
Escaflowne

:D

[Keitaro]

My top 5 OSTs as of right now

Furi Kuri
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Princess mononoke
Saikano
Princess Tutu

[LiQuid|J]

I'm really not a big fan of anime OST's, though I love collecting good vocal singles. A few notable exceptions though are Cowboy Bebop and FLCL. Those 2 I think are really set apart from nearly everything else I've ever heard.

[Oneesama]

I love songs........found most anime OST are really really good.........

Hikaru no go "get over"
Inuyasha "Deep forest"
Fruits basket "For"
Gumdam( cant remember which one, I think the Waltz) "rythem emotion" and "White Reflection"
Fullmoon "Eternal Snow" and "Lets sing a song"~ correct me if I am wrong :P

[JacobM5727]

#1 Saishuuheiki Kanojo
#2 Gundam Seed
#3 FLCL
#4 Haibane Renmei
#5 Kiddy Grade

[Sabin]

Ok I'll try to keep it to 5.

1. FLCL
2. Cowboy Bebop (movie and series though i like the movie soundtrack more)
3. Noir and GITS:SAC (tie)
4. .hack//sign
5. RahXephon or Gundam Seed (can't decide which is better)

[144M_HYPERION]

1) Escaflowne "Lovers Only" (Yoko Kanno is very talented)
2) Last Exile OST#1+2 (Dolce Triade is awesome man!)
3) Gundam Seed OST #3 (best among the 3)
4) D.N.ANGEL TV OST #1 (what can I say ... is just great)
5) Neon Genesis Evangelion OST#2 (Thanatos -> very emotional)

[saku~ya]

I love OST's its gonna be hard to choose just 5 :heh:

1.)Cardcaptor Sakura
2.)Stellvia of the Universe
3.)Scrapped Princess
4.)Hikaru No Go
5.)Tenchi Muyo!

[Knuckles]

I love OST's its gonna be hard to choose just 5 :heh:

Well you can list more if you want, like I said "favorite 5 (more or less)",
that can mean almost whatever number n you want, within reasonable bounds.
For example (n : 0 < n < 11 ) ;).

[luckme10]

Noir 1
Noir 2
Noir BLANC DANS 1
Noir BLANC DANS 2
did I mention Noir?

[primitiveone]

#1 - Naruto OST 1
#2 - Inu yasha OST 1
#3 - .hack//sign OST 1
#4 - Full Metal Panic OST 1
#5 - Hellsing Raid

[Jin]

1. Gundam Seed OST (they're all good but 3 is the best)
2. GetBackers
3. Flame Of Recca OST 1
4. .Hack//Sign
5. Naruto

[Seta]

I don't really differentiate between different OSTs for the same series too much.

#1: Cowboy Bebop
#2: FLCL
#3: Escaflowne
#4: Last Exile
#5: Noir

I'm not sure if there are OSTs for Kaleido Star or R.O.D. TV but if there are, they would be up there as well. :D

[Tamahome]

Mine:

1) FLCL
2) Helllsing
3) Sailor Moon
4) El Hazard
5) Noir

[wsheit]

Cool, somebody else likes the Scrapped Princess OST :)

yeah, here's mine:

1. Scrapped Princess
2. Naruto
3. Avenger
4. Spirited Away
5. Princess Mononoke

I pretty sure that Shingetsutan Tsukihime is going to fit in here somewhere when it comes out

[Kenji]

- Noir
- Read or Die
- Cowboy Bebop
- Rurouni Kenshin (Ovas)

The I also like very much, Escaflowne, Hack Sign, Hellsing, Wolf's Rain, Saint Seiya and so on...

[Hannah's_Knight]

Anime music is something that really keeps me watching an Anime...and gets the emotions flowing so these are important choices to me ^.^:

1:Serial Experiments Lain
All OSTs, Original, Bootleg and Cyberia are stunning although I prefer the Cyberia to the rest. I'm obsessed with the track INFANiTY World, that song just RULES!

2: Cardcaptor Sakura
Can't get enough of the cute voices and pretty backings, Anime/Jpop at its finest...brings back many memories too ^^

3: Kanon
I'm sure people'll scorn me for this choice but the only reason I really liked it was because of the way it made me cry listening to the Opening and Ending for the next month after watchig it...I liked a lot of the BGMs too, very pretty

4: Chobits
Although I must have heard so much of the opening that I want to kill myself when I start hearing the "Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah!" of Let me be With You, I still adore this soundtrack.

5: Cowboy Bebop
Anything by Yoko Kanno is stunning so I'll put this down too ^^

[UssoKK]

I don't have a favorite, but here are my top 5 (in no particular order, I probably like them all the same)

Big O OST - Jazz, Classical, even a touch of 50's sci fi, with a good dose of dark humorous tracks in there too

Haibane Renmei- It's impossible to belive this in an anime soundtrack- but since HR is such a beautiful anime, it deserves beautiful music. Pre-Bach, beautiful celtic music.

Victory Gundam- Gundam soundtracks all always great- and this makes heavy use of violins to convery Victory GUndam's epic plot

Gundam 08th MS Team: Recorded in PHALA (Prague) Performed by a live orchestra in Prague, this contains soft, dreamy tracks as well as brass heavy military style songs

Er.....that's all I guess. I also like Kiki's Delvery Service, Spirted Away, Lupin III....

[guynextdoor]

1. FLCL - anything else just doesnt fit here
2.Cowboy Bebop - jazz + yokko kanno = need i say more ?
3.Macross Plus - also by yokko kanno
4.RahXephon - No. 1 OST for a mecha anime
5.Last Exile/Naruto/Gundam Seed - all these are all good

[sperry]

Let's see...

Gundam Seed
.hack//SIGN
Gundam Wing
RahXephon

There aren't really any others where I like all or most of the OST... just random songs here and there.

[Oneesama]

.hack//SIGN

hm... that reminds me of fake wings for some reason~ I love that music~ sound so peaceful ^^

[mimic]

Can u help me to find this soundtrack?, any torrents?, any place?, where did you got it?


Cool, somebody else likes the Scrapped Princess OST :)

yeah, here's mine:

1. Scrapped Princess
2. Naruto
3. Avenger
4. Spirited Away
5. Princess Mononoke

I pretty sure that Shingetsutan Tsukihime is going to fit in here somewhere when it comes out

[hak]

1. haruka kanata - 2nd naruto opening [asian kungfu generation]
2. gto 1st OP - drivers high [l'arc en ciel] (2nd OP not bad at all- Hitori no yoru and also 2nd ending - shinzuku ),
3. gundam wing songs [ two mix]
4. hikaru no go 1st ending - bokura no bouken [Kid's Alive]
5. Gundam Seed Opening - invoke [ T. M. Revolution]
etc.

[ShinDragon]

Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto
Gundam Series
Macross Series
hack//SIGN

[SiL Eighty]

:hmm: I dont like picking favorites, but the ones i listen to the most are:
1. FLCL
2. Ghost In The Shell SAC cant wait till GITS-SAC 2nd Gig OST comes out
3. RahXephon
4. .hack//sign
5. Mezzo DSA I dont know why I like this. Catchy and different I guess lol

GET9 RoXorZ yoUR BoXorZ :)

[Chiaki Nozomi]

Letsie...

Since my favorite soundtracks usually come from the same composer, I'll list the composer and my favorite works by them.

Yoko Kanno - Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Macross.... heck, everything she does I like!

Yuki Kajiura - Noir, .hack//SIGN, Boogiepop and Others, I'm willing to bet I'll adore Petite Cossette's soundtrack as well.

Hari Kunihiko - Twelve Kingdoms

Taku Iwasaki - Witch Hunter Robin

[S7EV3n]

1:Naruto's 4th ending
2:HXH's 1st Open theme
3:Kenshin's ending song around eps 60-80
4:Furi Guri's Instand Music
5:Furi Guri's Ride on a shooting star

[Mephisto03]

I thought we were putting OST's not singles from them? Anyways. In no specific order.

1. Naruto
2. Witch Hunter Robin (OST 1)
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
4. FLCL (OST 1)
5. Gundam Seed (OST 1)

And a honorable mention: Chobits (OST 1)

[saku~ya]

Here are my favorites as of now:

1. Scrapped Princess OST 1 and OST 2
2. Stellvia of the Universe OST
3. Gravitation OST TV tracks
4. Hikaru No Go-Best of OST
5. Card Captor Sakura OST's

[7thMethuselah]

some of my favorites

1. Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex
2. Full Metal Panic : Fumoffu
3. Naruto
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. SaishuuHeiki Kanojo

[fatemegami]

I don't listen to anime OST that often... but oh well:

-Full Metal Panic
-Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
These two are definitely great... especially "Sorega, Ai Deshou" FMPF's opening by Mikuni Shimokawa!

-Gundam Seed
Got quite a few hits in here :) Came across this one cuz I'm a huge fan of Mika Nakashima...

That's all :)

[Mr.Minou]

-Da Capo OST
-Noir OST (all of them :p)
-Hellsing OST
-Tsukihime OST
-Gunslinger Girl OST

and the RahXephon op :)

[Averance]

Noir 1
Noir 2
Tsukihime
Naruto

[Copy Ninja]

1. FLCL (the pillows rock)
2. Gundam SEED
3. NARUTO
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. either s-CRY-ed or original dragonball/z/gt...(hold my hand, head cha la...etc)

[Micchi_fan]

1. Saint Seiya
2. Saint Seiya
3. Saint Seiya
4. Saint Seiya
5. Saint Seiya

Let's not forget it won 2 (two) JASRAC awards.
I also enjoy Takanori Arisawa (Sailor Moon, Digimon) and Hayato Matsuo (Rayearth).
And no, I don't like Yoko Kanno, not at all. She's good at composing and arranging songs, but very weak in anime soundtracks.

[roguenoir]

1) .hack//Sign
2) Noir
3) Love Hina
4) Rahxephon
5) Evangelion

[Shiori]

1. .hack//SignOST1
2. Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G Revolution OST1
3. As Sekira (Priss Vocal Collection <BGC 2040>)
4. Shingetsutan Tsukihime OST1
5. Cowboy Bebop <all>

[Wilcon]

Berserk
Scrapped Princess
Naruto
Onegai Teacher
Onegai Twins

[Shaman]

1# Trigun
2#FLCL
3#Cowboy Bebop
4#.hack//sign
5#Beserk

[Shaman]

1# Trigun
2#FLCL
3#Cowboy Bebop
4#.hack//sign
5#Berserk

[RichMan]

Here are mine(not exactly 5, hard for me to say):

1.) Big O ost
2.) CardCaptor Sakura ost
3.) everything else.....

[M00gle]

FLCL
Hellsing
Gungrave
FFU
Gunslinger Girl

[Serenity-san]

Fruits basket ("memory for you" & "song for ritsuko okazaki)
X/1999 OST1
Hikaru no Go OST 1 & 2
D.N.Angel Vocal collection (awesome)

[Vejita]

5 Last Exile
4 Uchuu no Stellvia
3 R.O.D. & TV
2 Naruto
1 Haibane Renmei

I'm sure we can all agree that this should have been at least a 10 list as 5 makes it ultra-hard. With that in mind...

6 Kiddy Grade
7 Witch Hunter Robin
8 Trigun
9 Noir
10 Chobits

...ahhhh, much better!

[FromageTheDog]

I tend to prefer the more thematic stuff:

1.) Patlabor Movie 2
2.) Macross Plus (Yoko Kanno is outrageously talented)
3.) Jin-Roh (The Wolf Brigade)
4.) Ghost in the Shell Movie
5.) Cowboy Bebop (Kanno-san again)

Other highlights:

FMP! Fumofu OP/ED, Rahxephon OP, just about any of Hayao Miyazaki's movies.

[XxNarutoFanxX]

Not quite OST

Naruto Op 3 - Haruka Kanata
Shaman King - 2nd op(forgot name but i think its called Northen Lights)
Full Metal Panic fumoffu - Kimi Ni Fuku Kaze
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - Hoshizora no Waltz
D.N Angel - True Light

Edit
damn vejita i forgot about Chobits and Trigun

[Seifer_us]

My favorites:

1. The Vision of Escaflowne: For Lovers Only OST
2. Trigun: The Second Donuts OST
3. FLCL OST 1
4. Hajime no Ippo OST 1
5. Cowboy Bebop: Blue

What I've been listening to the most as of late:

1. One Piece: Music and Song Collection 2
2. Gungrave OST 1: - righthead -
3. Love Hina: Original Sound File (Disk 2, and only listening to the symphonic tracks)
4. Piano OST
5. Video Girl Ai OST 1

[Silver_Scorcher]

In no particular order

Noir (Like the anime or not, you have to admit it has an amazing sound track)
RahXephon
Gundam SEED
Gundam X
Neon Genesis Evangelion

[ana785]

I like
Ayashi no ceres
Scrapped princess
Rurouni kenshin
Full moon wo sagashite
Samurai deeper kyo (only opening song)

[Tri]

Boogiepop Phantom OST (my all time favourite)
Juuni Kokki OST
RahXephon OST
Princess Tutu OST
X TV OST

[Shadow Hunter]

Amazing how many diffrent favorite OSTs there is. Mine are..

Hack//sign (1,2,3) OST
Noir(1, 2 and three are ok, but 1s the best) OST
Inu Yasha(1,2,3) OST
Avenger(Im suprised no one added this one..) OST
Cowboy Bebop(1,2,3 and movie) OST

[piccahoe]

Fruits Baskets
Naruto

hmm I usually like one or two songs from the animes I watched.

[xxziggybitsxx]

:thinker:
naruto
chobits
chrno crusade
last exile
Ai Yori Aosh
:heh:

[animelatino]

1. Please save my earth- by yokko kanno, I can't believe no one even mention this one.
2. Love hina OAV
3. kare Kano
4. Saint Saiya Hades
5. Ruroni Kenshin First OTS

[deedlit]

Dug and found this.

1. Spirited Away Soundtrack (had listen to this continusly for a month and still not sick of it)
2. Whisper of the Heart Soundtrack (same as above)
3. The Best of Detective Conan (was listening to it daily, until my sister lost it.....)
4. Piano Solo and Keyboard Animation Best Collection: Hayao Miyazaki

[Wilcon]

In no praticular order...

Naruto
Chobits
Rurouni Kenshin OVA
Initial D(love all of them)
Berserk

[Bandersnatch]

1). Naruto - Only the beginning and ending themes.
2). Berserk - Its all good
3). Inuyasha - Fukai Mori, Dearest, and My Will mostly
4). Cowboy Bebop
5). And uh since I cant think of anymore OST at the moment ill make my own fake one consisting of certain music from Hellsing, Witch Hunter Robin, Silent Mobius, Evangelion. Most evil song ever: The Big O theme song. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

[Kempis Curious]

Oh, mercy's sakes anime music is wonderful.

Listening to a good soundtrack from a great anime is an easy way to remember the emotions stirred up when watching the show. Plus it's often in another language so you won't get bothered by lame love song lyrics! :D

I've seen a lot of anime but my top 5 is similar to a lot of people's:

1. Cowboy Bebop (TV and the Movie). Yoko Kanno already proved herself awesome with Macross Plus... with the addition of her and The Seatbelts, Cowboy Bebop went from an excellent anime to a masterpiece.

2. Noir - Like CB I think this anime was majorly helped by the music. Hearing Yuki Kajiura in concert at the last AX was so unbelieveably cool, too.

3. My Neighbor Totoro - You're not a real anime fan unless you can sing the opening and closing songs, plus hum all of the BGM. "Arukou! Arukou... Watashi wa, genki! ..."

4. Kodomo no Omocha - Oh this anime rocked, and the music kicked ass! Even Sana's improvised raps were mighty good!

5. Ranma 1/2 - For sheer numbers of songs, this anime had enough good ones to make it into the top 5. "Ranma to Akane no Barado" (OVA version) still gives me goose bumps after listening to it for almost a decade.

O'course there's plenty more anime's that deserve a mention: Jungle wa Itsumo always gets me out of my chair and dancing like a maniac, Tenchi Muyo (original) Pioneer did a phenomenal job on this anime, Mahou Tsukai Tai OVAs, Porco Rosso, The Ping Pong Club, Macross, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Akira, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Ah! Megami Sama!, Di Gi Charat, Sakura Wars, Shamanic Princess, St. Luminous Mission High School, Laputa, Yawara, Sailor Moon, Piano, Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar, and Chibi Maruko. That last one has a remarkably creative soundtrack for such a mild anime.


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[LR2]

Well I can't think of five so I'll just talk about my favorite one...

Personally, my all time favorite is the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack. Yoko Kanno did a crazy awesome job with it. You don't have to be a fan of Cowboy Bebop to like it, I told a non-anime fan friend of mine to check it out and he really enjoyed it.

Shinichiro Watanabe was just genius in his execution of Kanno's work. I was reading an interview with Watanabe about a year ago and he said that he picked the music first, then animated the scenes to the music.

Generally, when I watch anime the music plays a secondary role in the anime. However, in Cowboy Bebop it really plays a primary role, it's just great.

[SeijiSensei]

You might want to browse the Best Soundtracks of 2007 poll. The nominations thread is here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=58206), while the voting thread is here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=60412). Of course all such polls conflate reactions to the scores with reactions to the animes themselves.

I'd have to say that Dennou Coil's OST might be the best I've ever heard. I'd also put Ootake Kaoruko's jazz scoring for Bartender in my top five.

[Kyrie]

Jigoku Shoujo
Gundam SEED/Destiny
Blood+
Eureka 7
and Trinity Blood

Those are top ones :D

[Belzifer]

Claymore
Evangelion (anime and movies)
Elfen Lied

:)

[Mueti]

Easy:

1. RahXephon
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. FLCL
4. Eureka Seven
5. NHK ni youkoso!

[Raifuuka]

1. Full Metal Alchemist Anime
2. FMA Movie
3. Bleach
4. Naruto
5. Deathnote

[karasuma]

Ghost in the Shell - SAC
Noir
Hack Sign
Kimagure Orange Road
Trinity Blood
Tsukihime

That's six, oh well...:)

P.S. GS is good too.

[Z3120]

1. Air TV
2. Hikaru no Go
3. Mushishi
4. Gankutsuou/Ouran High School Host Club/Sousei no Aquarion
5. Seirei no Moribito

[Chikaru sama]

Da Capo OST
Air TV OST
CardCaptor Sakura OST
Kanon OST
Tsubasa Chronicles OST

those r mine 5 for now =]

[Kaioshin Sama]

This is a tough one:

1. Victory Gundam
2. Zeta Gundam
3. Megazone 23
4. Eureka Seven
5. Gravitation

Honorable Mentions: Gundam 00, Gundam Wing, Macross Plus, Kimagure Orange Road, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, The Big O, Gaogaigar, Giant Robo, Vision of Escaflowne, Rahxephon, Macross 7, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, City Hunter, Tekkaman Blade, Turn A Gundam, The Legend of Black Heaven

You can see why just because of the sheer number of honorable mentions I have.

[Yggdrasil]

Hm, I would say:

1. RahXephon
2. Toward the Terra
3. Cowboy Bepop
4. .hack//sign
5. Eureka Seven

[Scion]

Not in order but
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Naruto
Rurouni Kenshin
Code Geass

[Flame-X]

Soukyuu no Fafner Right of Left
AIR
Kanon
Escaflowne
Gundam SEED/Destiny

[xXVirgilXx]

1. "Stray" by Steve Conte - Wolf's Rain
2. "Living inside the Shell" by Steve Conte - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
3 ."Born Legend" - Shadow Skill
4. "It's Gonna Rain" - Samurai X
5. "Heart of Sword" - Samurai X

[Doubt]

1) EF A tale of memories ~espressivo~
2) .hack//sign
3) Full Moon wo Sagashite
4) Noir
5) Solid State Society

[FLCL]

1.) initial D
2.) FLCL
3.) TTGL
4.) Kanon
5.) macross 7 (FIRE!)

[Deus ex Digital Boy]

in no order

Spice and Wolf (Yoshino Yuuji)
Arjuna - Into the Another World (Yoko Kanno)
Cowboy Bebop - any (Yoko Kanno)
Baccano! (Yoshimori Makoto)
.hack//SIGN (Yuki Kajiura)
Boogiepop Phantom (Various Artists)

6, but whatever

[Potatochobit]

mine include game soundtracks but this is what I tend to listen to usually

To Heart 2 game OST (2discs)
Pita Ten Best Collection
Shuffle! game OST
Aria the natural OST
Air Gear OST 1

[kk2extreme]

macross frontier
initial d
air
kanon
clannad

[Hazel]

-Initial D [Eurobeats]
-Gundam SEED [Nami.. ^^]
-Digimon series[Dunno why.. But i love them..]
-Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle [Especially season 1 ED]
-Bleach

[-KarumA-]

Ghost in The Shell (all of em X3 <3)
Eureka 7
Gundam Seed Destiny
Souzei no Aquarion
Macross Plus

[Misa-chan]

1. Naruto
2. Bleach
3. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
4. Cardcaptor Sakura
5. Chobits

[Tipsy]

Evangelion/Serial Experiments Lain are the only ones I really liked.

[Usami Haru]

Just five? ;_;

Macross Frontier
Macross Plus
Eureka Seven
Baccano!
Ef - a tale of memories

Also: Macross Zero, Gundam 00, Gundam SEED Destiny, Shakugan no Shana, Mai Otome and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

[DarK BluE]

Mine, not in order:

1- Murder Princess << It feels like you're playing Sonic in Sega.. Enjoyed the sounds a lot
2- hack//SIGN. << Made me glorify Kajiura Yuki
3- Tsubasa Chronicle << first OST I've ever downloaded.
4- Eureka Seven << Techno music amidst the fighting scene <_< It forced me to indulge O_O
5- Jigoku Shoujo << breathtaking music

[Ronin Aquila]

5: Mahoustukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto: Someday's Dreamers.
4: Noir
3: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
2: Mai Hime
1: Dragonball Z (The UN-Raped Japanese Version By Kikuichi Shunsuke sensei)

[Munin]

1. Ghost in the Shell (First Movie)
2. Cowboy Bebop
3. Macross Plus
4. Lain (Bootleg)
5. Patlabor II

[patnam]

ef - a tale of memories
Gundam Seed & Gundam Seed Destiny
Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
Initial D
School Days

[Amray]

"X"
Gunslinger Girl
Fullmetal Alchemist
Gun X Sword
Azumanga Daioh
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu

[X10A_Freedom]

Leaving out movies...and in order of favourates.

1. Mai-HiME (all)
2. ARIA (all)
3. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles OST #1
4. Soukyuu no Fafner (all)
5. Gundam SEED OST#3
(6. Fate/Stay Night)