FMA Music Discussion (prev music/song/lyrics request)

[GaimeGuy]

Akira Senju has been seriously lazy with Brotherhood, though. It's not that the tracks he's already made are bad, it's just that it's not enough for a series like FMA.

The only new tracks I can really think of from the last ~20 episodes are:
#1: The theme that plays when Roy kills Lust (also has bene used in a few other places since then)
#2: The theme that plays when Ed remembers Nina as he and Ling are fighting Envy (also plays when Kimblee jumps onto Scar's train).
#3: The music that plays when Envy does his transformation (also was used when Sloth was pushed into the elevator, when Ed told Scar about Father + Co being responsible for Ishval, and in several episode previews.)
#4: The music that plays at the end of the episode with mustang seeing the central command, and with Ed waking up in the fake gate. (May actually be part of the same track as #3)
#5: the 20-30 second music that plays when Gluttony goes berserk and breaks free when he hears Mustang.
#6: The music that plays when Winry faces scar for the first time.

There's no excuse for this shit. What's there is good, but the impact of several of the tracks is lost because they're used in a dozen different memorable scenes each. All of the tracks I've listed were first introduced between episodes 19-26ish.
We didn't even get new background music for briggs, or a new track for Pride's reveal. I've never seen a series with so much variety get such little music output. Come the fuck on.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by GaimeGuy

Akira Senju has been seriously lazy with Brotherhood, though. It's not that the tracks he's already made are bad, it's just that it's not enough for a series like FMA.

The only new tracks I can really think of from the last ~20 episodes are:
#1: The theme that plays when Roy kills Lust (also has bene used in a few other places since then)
#2: The theme that plays when Ed remembers Nina as he and Ling are fighting Envy (also plays when Kimblee jumps onto Scar's train).
#3: The music that plays when Envy does his transformation (also was used when Sloth was pushed into the elevator, when Ed told Scar about Father + Co being responsible for Ishval, and in several episode previews.)
#4: The music that plays at the end of the episode with mustang seeing the central command, and with Ed waking up in the fake gate. (May actually be part of the same track as #3)
#5: the 20-30 second music that plays when Gluttony goes berserk and breaks free when he hears Mustang.
#6: The music that plays when Winry faces scar for the first time.

There's no excuse for this shit. What's there is good, but the impact of several of the tracks is lost because they're used in a dozen different memorable scenes each. All of the tracks I've listed were first introduced between episodes 19-26ish.
We didn't even get new background music for briggs, or a new track for Pride's reveal. I've never seen a series with so much variety get such little music output. Come the fuck on.

Olivier's CMoA with Raven got some new music.

And it may not entirely be Senju's fault. Is he the Music Director, or is he just composing the songs? If it's the former, then yeah, it's largely his fault. If it's the latter, he's doing good work, but the production/directorial team is wasting their resource.

[GaimeGuy]

No, that was just the envy music IIRC

[Ziziphus]

Don't know if you have seen this, it's the 4th OP song, Period by CHEMISTRY

It's decent enough, I think I'll like it better with visuals. Can't wait!

[wandering-dreamer]

Fourth OP? Are we really up to that many in Brotherhood or was this one of the ones from the first season? Or is this the next one to come out? I don't recognize it so I'm a bit lost right now, although I really do like it.

[Haladflire65]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

Fourth OP? Are we really up to that many in Brotherhood or was this one of the ones from the first season? Or is this the next one to come out? I don't recognize it so I'm a bit lost right now, although I really do like it.

Yup, that's Brothrhood's fourth, following Again, Hologram and Golden Time Lover. It's the next one that's gonna be coming out soon.

[Vicious108]

I like the song a lot actually, and I think it could turn out to be a great OP and possibly the best one yet if the visuals match well.

[Jarmel]

Definitely my second favorite after Hologram. The visuals for it can be pretty epic. Really looking forward to this. Now I'm interested in how the ED sounds as I hate the current one.

[Krazzy Angel]

I would prefer this as an ending song but it's still pretty good.

[mellomarie]

Originally Posted by Ziziphus

Don't know if you have seen this, it's the 4th OP song, Period by CHEMISTRY

It's decent enough, I think I'll like it better with visuals. Can't wait!

oh wow i'm actually shocked. i was pretty upset when i heard chemistry was going to do the OP (only because they're pretty low-tempo & i hated the 4th OP they did for GSEED Destiny).

it's not that bad, it has some soft-rock feel which more than suffices and it's catchy. i can't wait to see the accompanying visuals.

[Westlo]

The new op and ed are both pretty good.

[Haladflire65]

Originally Posted by Westlo

The new op and ed are both pretty good.

They are indeed. I like both of the songs and the visuals are great, even for the ED! I'm surprised that they have fighting scenes in the ED, and I'm not complaining

My only complaint is that Roy's not even in the OP. Ah, well, I guess that makes sense, since he doesn't have much of a role in this part of the story.

[takachsh]

Amazing OP, Chemistry's song really fits in well! My jaw dropped during those fight scenes in it!!

The ED at least is better then the last one lol.

[ChibiGoku]

Little random tidbit. Two of the composers that are listed in the 4th opening, Jonas Myrin and Peter Kvint, are both swedish. Jonas Myrin, who moved from his home country to the UK at some point, apparently has a bit of history and has worked with a number of people in the past. This guy apparently likes to travel, if his Myspace entry is leading me to believe.

[zebra]

Hmm dunno, I still like the first opening the most The new ending and intro are nice, though. But I'll most definetly skip them later~

Little mash up with FF6 and Ready, Steady, Go and Inerasable Sin:

[Kirarakim]

So OST 2 has finally been announced. It looks like it will be released next month too


Amazon.co.jp Link Here

[Shiroth]

Nice. Still don't see how there's enough material for a second one, though i'm prepared to be surprised with about half of the material on the soundtrack not ever having appeared in the series!

[Vicious108]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Nice. Still don't see how there's enough material for a second one, though i'm prepared to be surprised with about half of the material on the soundtrack not ever having appeared in the series!

Lol my thoughts exactly. It feels like they just use the same 5-10 tracks over and over at this point, so who knows what we'll see in the second OST.

[Haladflire65]

If they're gonna release a new soundtrack, what have they been doing with the tracks it contains? Are they all gonna be brand-new, never-before-heard tracks? This is just too weird.

I just really want the piece that played when Roy blew up Lust. I liked that one. It better be in the 2nd soundtrack.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Haladflire65

I just really want the piece that played when Roy blew up Lust. I liked that one. It better be in the 2nd soundtrack.

I seriously don't see why it won't be.