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JoshuaStChristopher
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This doesn't seem to happen a lot, but how many animes use Western music? I heard something about Ego Proxy having a Radiohead song in it, which is totally cool.
I really wish stuff like this would happen a little more often. I'd absolutely love to hear, say, some of Beck's Sea Change material in a series, or maybe for the dorky 90s fan in me, Bush. Thoughts? |
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MorwenLaicoriel
 Posts: 1617 Location: Colorado |
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One example I can think of is the Ghibli movie Whisper of the Heart. In the film, the main character translates a song called "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (originally by John Denver) for her school's chorus. A version of the song sung by Olivia Newton-John plays in the beginning of the film, and the main character also writes a spoof of the song called 'Concrete Roads" based on her hometown.
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littlegreenwolf
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I don't think it happens that often due to extremly tight licensing agreements between the music company and the anime.
Genon is going to have to go through a lot of stuff to keep the Radiohead song in their North American and European releases of the anime since in these areas the rights to the Radiohead song are held by pretty much completly different parties here. We'll be extremly lucky to get it in the release here, but so far I'm counting on the song to be replaced by something else in the soundtrack. Only other anime I can remember using using Euro/American music in the show... Paradise Kiss w/ Franz Ferdinan Serial Experiments Lain w/ boa Metropolis w/ Ray Charles Not as mainstream or modern, but Gankutsuou uses a piece from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor. |
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b214
 Posts: 142 Location: Connecticut |
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Didn't they put western music in Wolfs Rain. I only saw the first episode and i thought i heard some.
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littlegreenwolf
Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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That's the magic of Yoko Kanno. All music in Wolf's Rain was written and produced by her. She likes using English a lot, and especially likes using the American singer Steve Conte for some of her songs.
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Gauss
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For those looking for specific song names: Do You Want To (Ed theme) by Franz Ferdinand Duvet (Op theme) by Bôa (not to be confused with a certain Korean songstress) I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles And the song first mentioned would be: Paranoid Android by Radiohead In addition I might also mention a few more: - The Op theme for Gunslinger Girl, The Light before We Land by The Delgados. The same anime also had several background music pieces that were based on famous French and Italian songs, among others the orgasmic Je t'aime... moi non plus (two versions no less) by Serge Gainsbourg and that ever-green Volare. - The Monster Ed theme For the Love of Life by David Sylvain (he of British 80's band Japan fame). - The Legend of Black Heaven Op theme Cautionary Warning by John Sykes (former member of among others Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake). As for more Western music in anime, most definitely. Most of the anime mentioned so far came out after 2000 so we're seeing a new (mini)trend here. |
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abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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Don't forget Hanada Shounen-shi, which features both OP and ED by the Backstreet Boys.
- abunai |
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huh?
 Posts: 130 Location: playing trumpet w/ jesus |
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and two more: the opening of speed grapher was girls on film by duran duran. and the evangelion ending is a remake of a sinatra song
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Gauss
Posts: 519 Location: Finland |
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Ah, I really should have remembered the NGE ending. However, while Fly Me to the Moon (original title In Other Words) was made famous by Ol' Blue Eyes it was first sung a decade earlier by Felicia Sanders (though credit should properly go to the composer Bart Howard).
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Kruszer
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There's also the opening song for Texhnolyze which is a remix of Juno Reactor's "Guardian Angel." Love that song. Yoko Kanno also uses a Russian band called Origa for "Inner Universe" and "Rise" the two opening themes for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
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Akemi_Idaku
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Does Western music in live-action count as well? If so, Densha Otoko (live-action TV) features quite a few pieces. These include: Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, Mr. Roboto by Styx as the first episode's opening song, and an old 80s song (as the opening for the remaining episodes) called Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra. There are actually quite a few others; one that I remember as "Calling All Angels" and the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars.
But it seems like most J-drama and live-action like to involve songs from the western world; it happens often. Through the Rain by Mariah Carey in You're Under Arrest (live-action TV) is just another example. Also, for those who don't know, Lucia di Lammermoor, as mentioned above, can be heard in the first episode (from what I've seen so far) of Gankutsuou. It is the well known opera performed in part by the Diva on The Fifth Element.
That one is definitely original. How much farther can it go than the Backstreet Boys. |
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Stupidman007
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There are a lot of times when I watch anime and TV and think that some anime should endorse some American music. Sorry I cant really name any American songs that I thought would go well in anime series, since it was only a instantaneous though and now it's gone away. Nevertheless it would be a good idea.
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omnistry
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Mr. Big's "Shine" was the end theme to Hellsing.
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d.yaro
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Also, JJ Burnel (ex-Stranglers bassist) wrote and performed the opening sequence song for Gankutsuou...didn't he? Plus, I've seen mention of the Miyako Harumi cover of "The Rose" (of Bette Middler fame) at the end of "Omoide Poro Poro" somewhere in this forum. There was also mention of something by Chopin in some anime I'm not familiar with... |
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bleuster
 Posts: 455 Location: Orange County |
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Alone Again (Naturally) by ...someone was an OP for ...some anime. Wasn't much help, was I?
I almost fell to the floor when I heard The Delgados on Gunslinger Girl. They were in L.A. about a month before I bought the Vol. 1 DVD. |
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