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littlegreenwolf
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I'll admit, she did better than what I expected, but she didn't really fill up Yasunori Misuda's shoes very well. .hack was too Euro-techno for my enjoyment, and between that and Noir, I'll take Noir with it's repetitive melody any day. However, I think Kaijura's best work has been done on Petite Cossette.
I don't think you have been exposed to enough Yoko Kanno if you think she's just "punky and jazz". Kanno has proven she excels in pretty much all music types, and in doing so is pretty much a musical genius. Yuki on the other hand hasn't had as much of a chance to prove she's at that genius level with different types of music. And Escaflowne did NOT have all the same style of music. Pretty hard to do that when you're jumping from indian, to gregorian, to who knows what else. You also left of Kaijura's work on the Boogiepop Phantom tribute cd. One of the songs on it was perhaps my fave non-Cossette song by her. I think it was called Birds, but I could be wrong. p.s. Saying Kaijura does sentimental and emotional music while at the same time suggesting Kanno does not seems like blasphemy to me. |
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Glory Questor
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I like the .hack//SIGN soundtrack, as well.
However, instead of buying the CDs, I utilized the DVD's score audio track. (In the Language options of each SIGN DVD is a third audio track called "Isolated Score".) This one gives you all the background soundtrack music of all the .hack//SIGN episodes, in full-volume 5.1 and without interruption. Only a few of the pieces are cut (since the track is paced with the show), but most are completely intact. |
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Aromatic Grass
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When I first watched "Obsession", I thought they were singing in Japanese!
 But, then...subtitles really helped.
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Glory Questor
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Many of the songs are English, but they are either hard to understand in cases or they tend to switch to Japanese without notice. Both SIGN and many other animes tend to have multilingual songs that tend to blend together. Sometimes it work, sometimes it doesn't. But, I have yet to see an anime soundtrack with multilingual tracks fail. For example, I've talked to a few people who actually thought that the opening to Stand Alone Complex was in Japanese... but it's really in Russian. (There is also some Italian in there as well.) In the context of the show, though, you don't notice or don't really mind it -- it fits the mood where it is placed well. |
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Aromatic Grass
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I didn't know that either. That's pretty cool that it's in Russian (and Italian). I thought some parts didn't sound Japanese. |
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Proman
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Funny thing is, it took me a while to realize that parts of it were in Russian and it's my native language. |
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BoygetsfireD
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woah...I'll have to listen more closely next saturday
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Eric
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That is a matter of opinion--one I happen to disagree with. Unlike Xenogears, Xenosaga Episode I's music is, in my opinion, unmemorable and easily forgettable. Kajiura's contribution to Episode II more than makes up for Mitsuda's shortcomings in Episode I.
There's English in there as well. |
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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How many languages did they put in one song? |
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Tony K.
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For "Inner Universe," just two, Russian and English. Here are the lyrics: (Untranslated) Angely i demony kruzhili nado mnoj Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti Ne znaet schast'ya ot togo, Kto ego zova ponyat' ne smog... Nalyubuites', nalyubuites' Aeria Gloris, Aeria Gloris Nalyubuites', nalyubuites' Aeria Gloris, Aeria Gloris I am Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling Soboj ostat'sya dol'she... Calling Calling, in the depth of longing Soboj ostat'sya dol'she... Nalyubuites', nalyubuites' Aeria Gloris, Aeria Gloris Stand alone... Where was life when it had a meaning... Stand alone... Nothing's real anymore and... ...Beskonechnyj beg... Poka zhiva ya mogu starat'sya na letu ne upast', Ne razuchit'sya mechtat'...lyubit'... ...Beskonechnyj beg... Calling Calling now, For the place of knowing There's more that what can be linked Calling Calling now, Never will I look away For what life has left for me Yearning Yearning, for what's left of loving Soboj ostat'sya dol'she... Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling Soboj ostat'sya dol'she... Calling Calling, in the depth of longing Soboj ostat'sya dol'she... Nalyubuites', nalyubuites' Aeria Gloris, Aeria Gloris Nalyubuites', nalyubuites' Aeria Gloris, Aeria Gloris (Translated) Angels and demons were circling above me Cutting thorns and Milky Way Don't know happiness from Who knew it but couldn't give it Watch in awe Watch in awe Aeria gloris Aeria gloris Watch in awe Watch in awe Aeria gloris Aeria gloris I am calling, calling now Spirits rise and falling To stay with you longer Calling, calling in the depth of longing To stay with you longer Watch in awe Watch in awe Aeria gloris Aeria gloris Stand alone . . . Where was life when it had a meaning . . . Stand alone . . . Nothing's real anymore and . . . Neverendless run While I'm alive, I can try to fall in flight Not to forget how to dream... to love Neverendless run To stay myself longer... Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling To stay myself longer... Calling Calling, in the depth of longing To stay myself longer... |
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Cool.
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Glory Questor
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The "Aeria Gloris" part is Latin. So, it actually uses three languages in one song. That's a lot of languages, actually. 
To keep on-topic: .hack//SIGN has Japanese, English, and German (in the alternate version of Key of the Twilight). Having at least one song with German makes sense since both Harold Howerick (creator of The World) and Emma Wielant (writer of the Epitaph of Twilight) are both German in the storyline of the .hack series. (Also, the introduction to the .hack//INFECTION video game has a piece of the Epitaph narrated and displayed in its original German.) |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11507 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Yeah, yeah. But it's only two words. I guess I've had my fill of Latin lyrics after singing so much Ave Maria in choir during high shcool . I swear there're too many variations of that song, or Latin choral music in general with either the word Areia or Gloris in it.
We also sang a lot of other songs of which the names I can't quite remember anymore  . Mozart's Coronation Mass in C Major and another song called O Magnum Mysterium or something were a couple of them. And that's pronounced mag-noom, NOT magnum, as in the gun, for those of you who don't know Latin  .
We also sang a few Madrigal pieces here and there, but that was usually reserved for our actual Madrigal singers (which I was one of... unofficially  , because I showed up at their practices in the mornings to do my homework).
And staying on topic, I listened to the first //SIGN OST on my way to school this afternoon. I never realized just how short it was. It lasted me the whole drive there (about 45 minutes). I wish it were a little longer, or that Kajiura-sensei could've made another CD. |
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sariyana
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i'm a big fan of kaijura's music. i like kanno, but i think kaijura's better, personally. my favorite .hack songs are yasashii yoake (but i think everyone likes that one), kioku, kimi ga ita monogatari and tasogare no umi. i didn't really like obsession too much. I also like anna ni issho... from seed. and i knew i couldn't get those lyrics from inner universe, but they're in russian and now i know why i didn't get them.
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trackstar1013
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For me I have been listening to the music of .hack//sign a lot more since I have orriganally wrote this I have to say that I still think that the world is the best song but now I have to say I realy like Aura and Key of the Twilight as my favs. These are good songs. I also realize now that for anyone that playes DDR Initial D has lots of good action pacted songs that DDR uses alot ie Runnin in the 90s. Anyway just wanted to check up, Cowboy Bebop still good, .hack//sign better
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