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Catafriggm · 2006-02-03, 18:31

So many Madlax songs you could call my "favorites". Hitomi no Kakera, Fall on You, Lost Command (this was actually the one that first made me take notice of the Madlax music), Hearts, Bank on Me, Madlax, Inside Your Heart, etc.

Thanks for the advice, all. I'll have to check those out.

Heh, looking at Radiosity's signature, I might add that another one of my favorites is Yui Horie's Yakusoku, from Love Hina (which I also like the symphonic music on the second OST CD very much).

Radiosity · 2006-02-03, 18:52

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Originally Posted by Valdra

That should do for now - although Madlax's OST is that good?

I'd wholeheartedly suggest picking it up, there are a lot of really nice pieces on it. Oh, another that just sprang to mind is The Story Begins, quality tune.

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Originally Posted by Catafriggm

Heh, looking at Radiosity's signature, I might add that another one of my favorites is Yui Horie's Yakusoku, from Love Hina (which I also like the symphonic music on the second OST CD very much).

Nice tune again. Yui is just too cool

I'd also agree on Valdra's thoughts on Tsubasa Chronicle, there are some nice pieces but mostly it doesn't live up to Yuki's usual level of production. Song of Storm and Fire, Through the Gate, Ship of Fools, Break the Sword of Justice, and Storm and Fire (a mellow version of Song of storm and fire) are all worthy of a mention.

GokuJunior · 2006-02-15, 06:24

Yuki Kajiura is my favourite composer!!! The first time I heard her music I've finally realized what real music is like, it's just GREAT.
Of course now I've heard a lot of musics from her and seen numerous animes from Bee Train with her songs, great combo

Noir OSTs, Madlax OSTs, Tsubasa Chronicle, Hack, Mai HiME, Mai Otome, Loveless, Chrno Crusade ED, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette... All great anime with great music, she's simply the best of all

Hear first, comment later

Sonhex · 2006-03-10, 10:21

Her latest, the Mai Otome 2nd OST is some of Kajiura's most inventive work since the Madlax OSTs. I find this ironic as the first Mai Otome OST was not up to her usual standard at all. I was beginning to fear she'd slipped into self parody with 'Materialize' which was awful.

I wonder if she'll be doing the .Hack/Roots OST? I know she's doing the OP, which is encouraging...

PEDOS_GRANDE · 2006-03-10, 19:25

Her Madlax work is pretty good, but honestly, ever since then it just sounds like she has been mailing it in. my Hime was absolutely bland.

I think she peaked with Noir and Madlax and has now jumped the shark.

Sonhex · 2006-03-13, 09:56

The Hime OSTs were pretty forgettable, as was Otome Vol1. Thankfully Vol 2 is a welcome return to form and sounds closer to .Hack than her other recent efforts. If she is doing .Hack/Roots we should be rejoicing as Koichi Mashimo (director of Noir and Madlax) is onboard for Roots, and he seems to get the best out of Kajiura...

KONIcchi · 2006-10-09, 21:02

Yuki Kajiura is my FAVOURITE composer. I reallly like all her works though... In fact i like her more than Yoko Kanno. I've watched Cowboy Bebop and I'm not into the music at all..... Maybe CB is not my kind of musicl.. hehe.

Anyway, i do love her music such as Mai-Hime (all OST-really love Mezame), Mai-Otome (I like Materialize! Sei Otome...etc., I prefer the 2nd one. ), Petit Cossette (love it!), Tsubasa Chronicles (all 4 soundtracks), .hack//Sign(the one that introduced me to the composer world... Actually, b4 knew her I never really care who composed the song/music I like...except for Nobuo Uematsu who did for FF7 game), .hack//Liminality(<3), Noir (got all 3 soundtracks), Madlax, Erementar Gerad, Xenosaga Ep.II/III (maybe soe people said it's not a good music, but I think it suit the game really well...) err, the conclusion is I LOVE all her music. My all time favourite composer.

allexiel · 2006-10-10, 12:22

I say everywhere she is the best

I have all of her tracks...

For suggesting you, it's easy, nearly everyhting has been said

Tough I would like to mention I listened yesterday to her last OP chez did...
check out on my blog

http://www.fictionjunction.be

May I add this albums too to the list?:

The velveteen rabbit,
FictionJunction Yuuka - Destination
Boogiepop and others
Hack Liminality

And you should definitaly... listen two the 2 Noir albums... I'm sure you won't find it that bad

-KarumA- · 2006-10-10, 12:23

i love Kaijura's music, she's one of my favorites, even when i dont follow the series she composses for i still check it out,
but did anyone notice that some songs on the Tsubasa Chronicle OST 4 sound almost the same as some used in the Mai Otome series?

Blablabla · 2006-10-10, 17:18

To my mind, Kajiura's level is diving after she worked on Petite Cossette which was her last excellent OST.... Eremental Gerad is to me the worst OST she made, My HiME wasn't that great and Otome-Tsukabsa were just.... flat.

She is working on the new Hokuto no Ken Saga (not Soten no Ken but Shin Kyûseishu Densetsu). The first movie Raoh densetsu movi aired last spring and will be released on dvd the 27th of October, and the first OVA Yuria densetsu is said to air next spring.... but no words on OSTs.

Codex · 2006-10-17, 22:00

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Originally Posted by KONIcchi

Xenosaga Ep.II/III (maybe soe people said it's not a good music, but I think it suit the game really well...)

I'll second that. Not all the songs are brilliant, but there's a good number of them that are. Some may require the context of the game for their full impact, but there are others that stand very well on their own.

I'm listing some of my favourites here. Given that she's really the queen of using the voice as an instrument (i.e. not using real lyrics), I'll mark such vocal pieces with an asterisk (*).

Xenosaga II:
- "Image Theme of Xenosaga"* (mix of "In the Beginning, There was ..."* and "Fatal Fight"*)
- "Xenosaga Opening Theme" (along with the variations as Sakura's theme, and the vocal (real lyrics) ending theme "Sweet Song")
- "Jr"* (and a slower version "Jr#2"*, as well as instrumentals "Jr#3" and "Jr#4")
- "Here She Comes(KOS-MOS)"

Xenosaga III:
- "We've Got to Believe in Something"*
- "Promised Pain"*
- "Testament"*
- "Hepatica (KOS-MOS)"* (although I'm a bit fonder of the purely instrumental "Hepatica#2")
- "Godsibb"*
- "To the Last Place"

"We've Got to Believe in Something" and "Promised Pain" probably rank up there with "Mezame" as three of my favourite Yuki Kajiura vocal songs.

USB500 · 2006-10-17, 22:42

Kajiura Yuki is among the best music composers out there (on par with Yoko Kanno & Nobue Uematsu). I must admit, her music style is weird at first (I had listened to one of the songs in .hack//SIGN OST and I was like, "why it sounds so different?") and I had troubles adapting to it at first. But after times, I grew attached to her music. Now I have collections of her songs from Noir, .hack//LIMINALITY, Chrno Crusade (I really love its ED- Chiba Saeko FTW) Madlax, Xenosaga II & Mai HiME; I'm going to add in more music masterpieces in my must-have list.

I knew that Kajiura Yuki had worked with NAMCO (now NAMDAI) as the composer of Xenosaga II. Now, I'd really like it if she could contribute her music in the next Ace Combat instalment; I find some of the songs really suit the game environment.

(pss... Zero, anyone?)

DoReMiFaSo · 2006-10-17, 23:29

Although this season Kajiura didn't compose OST for any shows, she did compose some OPs. I recommend you to check out the OP for Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto. That one is pretty good.

Gaia · 2006-10-18, 03:37

"Xenosaga II Jenseits von Gut und Böse MOVIE SCENE SOUNDTRACK" is excellent. It starts with with a celtic opening called "in the beginning, there was...". Followed by some bittersweet symphony with many electronic elements. It's hard to find any words for what yuki kajiura did on this soundtrack, but that's her.

"Xenosaga III Also sprach Zarathustra ORIGINAL SOUND BEST TRACKS" is the second Xenosaga soundtrack done by her. It's still very good, but the movie scene soundtrack is by far better, in my opinion.
Well, in the end it depends on the listeners taste. Both soundtracks are a good choice.

Aesir

allexiel · 2006-10-18, 09:02

Xenosaga II and III were indeed made by Yuki Kajiura.
What's really interesting in the II one, is the voice!

Yuki used a english singer, Deb Lyons (deborah). It's so unusual for her to use singers outside japan. Well she did use Deb on her Fiction Album, for the re-recording of "Canta per me", but now they both did an amazing job.

It's nice to see Deb also worked with Emily Bindiger

I'm sure it's Emily who introduced Deb to Yuki!

I personnaly prefer the II too

. Even if some vocal songs on the III are amazing: Gidsibb (by Eri Itoh!!!!) and maybe tomorrow!

KalZion · 2006-10-24, 03:36

Her song "You are my love" in tsubasa chronicles totally rocks!

allexiel · 2006-10-25, 03:21

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Originally Posted by KalZion

Her song "You are my love" in tsubasa chronicles totally rocks!

You have 2 versions of that songs

One sung by Eri Itoh, the other by the Sakura-seiyu

Axis · 2006-11-05, 09:14

She's really bloody great.

I loved all her works in Tsubasa Chronicles, especially "You Are My Love." Sakura's seiyuu sung like an angel...

vrdabomb5717 · 2006-11-15, 00:01

Her songs are awesome. No other comment needed.

Akatsuki no Kuruma (Gundam Seed,) Honoo no Tobira (Gundam Seed Destiny, ) and her newest song, Kouya Ruten, from Bakamatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, are three of my most favorite Jpop songs of all time.

Infinite Freedom · 2006-11-15, 17:48

I am crazy for Akatsuki No Kuruma and Honoo no Tobira...

In fact... the only songs that i listen to while doing things on computer are gundam seed and destiny songs... and akatsuki no kuruma is my all time favorite...

2006-02-15, 06:24	Link #23
GokuJunior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PORTUGAL Age: 37	Yuki Kajiura is my favourite composer!!! The first time I heard her music I've finally realized what real music is like, it's just GREAT. Of course now I've heard a lot of musics from her and seen numerous animes from Bee Train with her songs, great combo Noir OSTs, Madlax OSTs, Tsubasa Chronicle, Hack, Mai HiME, Mai Otome, Loveless, Chrno Crusade ED, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette... All great anime with great music, she's simply the best of all Hear first, comment later Last edited by GokuJunior; 2006-02-19 at 07:08.

2006-10-17, 22:42	Link #32
USB500 facepalm.jpg Author Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gensokyo Age: 40	Kajiura Yuki is among the best music composers out there (on par with Yoko Kanno & Nobue Uematsu). I must admit, her music style is weird at first (I had listened to one of the songs in .hack//SIGN OST and I was like, "why it sounds so different?") and I had troubles adapting to it at first. But after times, I grew attached to her music. Now I have collections of her songs from Noir, .hack//LIMINALITY, Chrno Crusade (I really love its ED- Chiba Saeko FTW) Madlax, Xenosaga II & Mai HiME; I'm going to add in more music masterpieces in my must-have list. I knew that Kajiura Yuki had worked with NAMCO (now NAMDAI) as the composer of Xenosaga II. Now, I'd really like it if she could contribute her music in the next Ace Combat instalment; I find some of the songs really suit the game environment. (pss... Zero, anyone?) Last edited by USB500; 2006-10-17 at 22:44. Reason: add some stuffs

2006-02-03, 18:31	Link #21
Catafriggm Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004	So many Madlax songs you could call my "favorites". Hitomi no Kakera, Fall on You, Lost Command (this was actually the one that first made me take notice of the Madlax music), Hearts, Bank on Me, Madlax, Inside Your Heart, etc. Thanks for the advice, all. I'll have to check those out. Heh, looking at Radiosity's signature, I might add that another one of my favorites is Yui Horie's Yakusoku, from Love Hina (which I also like the symphonic music on the second OST CD very much).

2006-03-10, 10:21	Link #24
Sonhex Not dead. Yet. Graphic Designer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK	Her latest, the Mai Otome 2nd OST is some of Kajiura's most inventive work since the Madlax OSTs. I find this ironic as the first Mai Otome OST was not up to her usual standard at all. I was beginning to fear she'd slipped into self parody with 'Materialize' which was awful. I wonder if she'll be doing the .Hack/Roots OST? I know she's doing the OP, which is encouraging...

2006-03-10, 19:25	Link #25
PEDOS_GRANDE MHD != HD Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Better than studio quality	Her Madlax work is pretty good, but honestly, ever since then it just sounds like she has been mailing it in. my Hime was absolutely bland. I think she peaked with Noir and Madlax and has now jumped the shark.

2006-03-13, 09:56	Link #26
Sonhex Not dead. Yet. Graphic Designer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK	The Hime OSTs were pretty forgettable, as was Otome Vol1. Thankfully Vol 2 is a welcome return to form and sounds closer to .Hack than her other recent efforts. If she is doing .Hack/Roots we should be rejoicing as Koichi Mashimo (director of Noir and Madlax) is onboard for Roots, and he seems to get the best out of Kajiura...

2006-10-09, 21:02	Link #27
KONIcchi Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006	Yuki Kajiura is my FAVOURITE composer. I reallly like all her works though... In fact i like her more than Yoko Kanno. I've watched Cowboy Bebop and I'm not into the music at all..... Maybe CB is not my kind of musicl.. hehe. Anyway, i do love her music such as Mai-Hime (all OST-really love Mezame), Mai-Otome (I like Materialize! Sei Otome...etc., I prefer the 2nd one. ), Petit Cossette (love it!), Tsubasa Chronicles (all 4 soundtracks), .hack//Sign(the one that introduced me to the composer world... Actually, b4 knew her I never really care who composed the song/music I like...except for Nobuo Uematsu who did for FF7 game), .hack//Liminality(<3), Noir (got all 3 soundtracks), Madlax, Erementar Gerad, Xenosaga Ep.II/III (maybe soe people said it's not a good music, but I think it suit the game really well...) err, the conclusion is I LOVE all her music. My all time favourite composer.

2006-10-10, 12:22	Link #28
allexiel Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	I say everywhere she is the best I have all of her tracks... For suggesting you, it's easy, nearly everyhting has been said Tough I would like to mention I listened yesterday to her last OP chez did... check out on my blog http://www.fictionjunction.be May I add this albums too to the list?: The velveteen rabbit, FictionJunction Yuuka - Destination Boogiepop and others Hack Liminality And you should definitaly... listen two the 2 Noir albums... I'm sure you won't find it that bad

2006-10-10, 12:23	Link #29
-KarumA- (｡☉౪ ⊙｡) Author Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes Age: 36	i love Kaijura's music, she's one of my favorites, even when i dont follow the series she composses for i still check it out, but did anyone notice that some songs on the Tsubasa Chronicle OST 4 sound almost the same as some used in the Mai Otome series?

2006-10-10, 17:18	Link #30
Blablabla Zetsubo-sensei daaaaaa !! Join Date: Dec 2005	To my mind, Kajiura's level is diving after she worked on Petite Cossette which was her last excellent OST.... Eremental Gerad is to me the worst OST she made, My HiME wasn't that great and Otome-Tsukabsa were just.... flat. She is working on the new Hokuto no Ken Saga (not Soten no Ken but Shin Kyûseishu Densetsu). The first movie Raoh densetsu movi aired last spring and will be released on dvd the 27th of October, and the first OVA Yuria densetsu is said to air next spring.... but no words on OSTs.

2006-10-17, 23:29	Link #33
DoReMiFaSo Samba!! Join Date: Apr 2006	Although this season Kajiura didn't compose OST for any shows, she did compose some OPs. I recommend you to check out the OP for Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto. That one is pretty good.

2006-10-18, 03:37	Link #34
Gaia ROW! ROW! FIGHT DA POWAH! Graphic Designer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Age: 38	"Xenosaga II Jenseits von Gut und Böse MOVIE SCENE SOUNDTRACK" is excellent. It starts with with a celtic opening called "in the beginning, there was...". Followed by some bittersweet symphony with many electronic elements. It's hard to find any words for what yuki kajiura did on this soundtrack, but that's her. "Xenosaga III Also sprach Zarathustra ORIGINAL SOUND BEST TRACKS" is the second Xenosaga soundtrack done by her. It's still very good, but the movie scene soundtrack is by far better, in my opinion. Well, in the end it depends on the listeners taste. Both soundtracks are a good choice. Aesir

2006-10-18, 09:02	Link #35
allexiel Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Xenosaga II and III were indeed made by Yuki Kajiura. What's really interesting in the II one, is the voice! Yuki used a english singer, Deb Lyons (deborah). It's so unusual for her to use singers outside japan. Well she did use Deb on her Fiction Album, for the re-recording of "Canta per me", but now they both did an amazing job. It's nice to see Deb also worked with Emily Bindiger I'm sure it's Emily who introduced Deb to Yuki! I personnaly prefer the II too . Even if some vocal songs on the III are amazing: Gidsibb (by Eri Itoh!!!!) and maybe tomorrow!

2006-10-24, 03:36	Link #36
KalZion Animaniac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Singapore Age: 31	Her song "You are my love" in tsubasa chronicles totally rocks!

2006-11-05, 09:14	Link #38
Axis Yuusha-Oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia.	She's really bloody great. I loved all her works in Tsubasa Chronicles, especially "You Are My Love." Sakura's seiyuu sung like an angel...

2006-11-15, 00:01	Link #39
vrdabomb5717 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006	Her songs are awesome. No other comment needed. Akatsuki no Kuruma (Gundam Seed,) Honoo no Tobira (Gundam Seed Destiny, ) and her newest song, Kouya Ruten, from Bakamatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, are three of my most favorite Jpop songs of all time.

2006-11-15, 17:48	Link #40
Infinite Freedom Bonjour Join Date: Oct 2006	I am crazy for Akatsuki No Kuruma and Honoo no Tobira... In fact... the only songs that i listen to while doing things on computer are gundam seed and destiny songs... and akatsuki no kuruma is my all time favorite...