Which anime have the best soundtracks?

[signorRossi]

Originally Posted by Tri-ring

Original sound tracks for Lupin the 3rd is quite good with Jazz and 70's funk music.
There is not as much variety like Cowboy Bebop but the music is great if you're into Jazz.

Yuji Ohno and others did masses of Lupin music and most is quite good...
I enjoy it fairly often.

SignorRossi.

[davie]

The ones I can think of right now is Clannad and Samurai Champloo :-p

[KimmyChan]

The soundtracks to most Studio Ghibli movies are really good aswell

[Tri-ring]

Originally Posted by signorRossi

Yuji Ohno and others did masses of Lupin music and most is quite good...
I enjoy it fairly often.

SignorRossi.

Yeah he sure went over the top.
You really do not hear this kind of music just as BGM.

[ShapetheSky]

Originally Posted by zzeroparticle

Well, if you're a Yuugo Kanno fan (I refer to him as the "other" Kanno), you may want to try listening to his compositions from Toshokan Sensou. The rest of the album is a hit or miss depending on your musical tastes, but the main theme and the arrangement of the theme at the end of the album are absolutely beautiful.

Yeah, I did that, he caught my ear in that show first - but as you said, except the main theme and some parts of other pieces, it's just inferior to his current work...I think it also lacks in thematic development (due to it being shorter). That one theme for the Ryunka in Birdy for example popped up like in every second track (on the first disc).
I'm looking forward to whatever he'll score next.


Hm...Naoki Sato writes wonderful original scores too, especially his work for Heroic Age and Sword of the Stranger is recommendable to listen outside of the anime...if you're into orchestral.
Although the latter did suprise me, a samurai movie with celtic-influenced music? Well, okay...'_'

[KimmyChan]

I love all the music & songs featured in Ah! My Goddess and it's movie

[Sackett]

Hmmm.... Assuming you mean the music as a whole, including OP, ED and score, I'd have to say that Maison Ikkoku has to be high up there near the top.

Space Battleship Yamato too (all though it's been a long time, so my memory might be playing tricks on me)

I thought Ah My Goddess was good.

Of the new anime, I think it's to early to be sure, but I like music for Cross Game so far

I think Soul Eater was also decent.

Maison Ikkoku is what I'd check out first though

[gheekay]

i love all the sound tracks on anime but most of all i have top 3
1.Yakitate!! Japan
2.Samurai Champloo
3.Cowboy Bebop

[ganbaru]

Maybe not the ''best one'' but at least the one than I prefer:
-Aria
-Voice of a distant star
-The place promised in our early day.

[qwertyuiopz]

naruto lol...
clannad
yakitate japan
gintama


i would also say flcl but technically...

[christine_cute]

I really love the soundtracks of clannad and Kanon....

[Hizaki]

Devil May Cry anime or Death Note. The DN soundtrack was very atmospheric and quite creepy and the DMC anime was pure rock-out XD

[Poey]

Bebop and Champloo obviously. I also like Trigun and Elfen Lied.

[Luciany]

At the moment I can think of two.. Which are Code Geass and Gundam 00
I loved the music in those anime

[Yokai]

Lupin 3
FLCL
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Diebuster/Gunbuster
Wolf's Rain
Ghost in the Shell : SAC

Death Note is good, but I feel mixed. But hell, it certainly is worth a mention.

[zzeroparticle]

Just finished writing my review of Red Garden's soundtrack. Took me a few listens, but I think I was fairly happy with the grade I gave it since this soundtrack had no weak spots. At all. Definitely one I'd highly recommend.

[Vicious108]

Escaflowne and Ghost in the Shell are quite possibly my two overall favorite OSTs, so I guess just basically anything by Yoko Kanno is guarenteed to be amazing.

Other honorable mentions go to:
Death Note
Fullmetal Alchemist (first series, Brotherhood so far hasn't been as impressive in that department)
Haibane Renmei
Honey and Clover
Mushishi
Rurouni Kenshin (TV series + OVAs)
Welcome to the NHK (fits the mood and setting of the show so goddamn perfectly)
Wolf's Rain (easily the best part of the show, and again, Yoko Kanno)

[Ender!]

Originally Posted by Luciany

At the moment I can think of two.. Which are Code Geass and Gundam 00
I loved the music in those anime

I second that!

Oh, and I add Clannad and Gurren Lagann.

[violentv]

yeah Clannad has super awesome soundtracks....each soundtrack in the 3 osts
are meaty and well composed.
The more noticeable ones are Roaring tides..shining in the sky...Town, Flow of time and Distant years

and there are 2 pretty awesome image albums accompanying clannad too

Fate stay night has nice tracks too

erm..burst angel may be considered as a 'fail-anime' but its ost album is quite good.

the 4 gundam 00 ost albums are also masterpieces!(As expected of kawai Kenji)
and the transition between each track is smooth... like in Gundam 00 ost2.. track 21 Love Song is followed by track 22 Separation. The tracks have a similar melody but Separation has a slight twist to it that exudes mournfulness .

[Innocent]

xxxholic has atmospheric soundtrack...

Clannad really without a rival.