2004-09-22, 21:38 | Link #1 |
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The Instrumental Opening
I realized today how much I love instrumental opening songs. I usually feel that an instrumental opening establishes the feel for an anime much better than songs with vocals - this isn't always the case, of course, but all the series that I can think of with instrumental openings always had the opening going for them.
These are the series which I know and love that have instrumental openings: GunGrave Gad Guard Monster Texhnolyze I'm sure there are lots of series that have instrumental openings that I don't know of. I would love to hear everyone else's opinions and suggestions on this. |
2004-09-23, 03:08 | Link #4 |
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ShingetsutanTsukihime and Read or Die OVA/TV have instrumental openings as well. Tsukihime has a dark-themed classical piece for its opening while Read or Die uses a more jazzy piece. Cowboy Bebop also has a jazzy opening.
And just as others have mentioned, other instrumental greats are found in the original El Hazard OVA, Haibane Renmei and Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki). If memory serves me correctly, I think Ninja Scroll TV has an instrumental opening as well. (This one didn't particularly appeal to me though.) |
2004-09-23, 12:57 | Link #5 |
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Bebop has an excellent opening, of course. I knew I was forgetting something, but I had no idea what.
It's also been a while since I've watched El Hazard, but now I do recall the great opening. I've also heard good things about the Shingetsutant opening. Can anyone tell me what it's called? |
2004-09-29, 11:14 | Link #7 |
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I especially love the opening songs of Tsukihime and Cowboy Bebop.
To continue Sperry's idea, IMO, the song in Tsukihime could be considered an instrumental one, because the voices just sound like they are part of the music. |
2004-10-01, 18:46 | Link #10 |
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Some that comes off the top of my head.
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