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Line 1: {{creator}}[[File:This_Is_Your_Brain_On_Tank!.gif\|frame\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081119225124/http://homepage.mac.com/merussell/iblog/B835531044/C1483454996/E20051121101556/Media/RussellFluxblogComic550.gif This] is your brain on the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' soundtrack. Let's point out that's supposed to be [[John Williams]]. It's THAT GOOD.]] ~~{{work}}~~ Let's just stop here and agree that the entire musical oeuvre of [[Yoko Kanno]] is a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]. Sort of like how every chapter of the Summa Theologica is a miracle. This era's Mozart or Beethoven. God of Music. You get the picture. Line 14: * The promised movies are equally awesome. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwluBRxGAeI Universal Bunny]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-UQYpsR7U Pink Monsoon]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZ9cglDGf8&feature=related Obelisk]'', and from ''[[Grand Finale\|The Wings of Goodbye]]''? [[This Is the Final Battle\|Try]] '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cmnAmzcRx4 The Wings of Goodbye]'''''. The final soundtrack auspiciously named {{spoiler\|''End of Triangle''}} also featured, as its last song, one more version of ''[[Tear Jerker\|Diamond Crevasse]]'': ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldp48dzdlWs Diamond Crevasse ~ thank you, Frontier]''. * At this point you should realize that ''all'' of the soundtracks count. * Often looked over is her work for ''[[Turn aA Gundam ~~(Anime)~~\|Turn a Gundam]]''. Quite a few of the songs are very well done, especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OlWVTQPJA Black History] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU35fJNtxp8 Moon]. * ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'''s "Dance of Curse." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSlNHi6wgQQ Repetitive, but awesome]. The movie had an up-tempo reprise [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVi2HVWm72c "Dance of Curse II"], and then took it to the next level with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1clgyPLkUg "Black Escaflowne"]. Neither track would have been out of place in an apocalyptic Hollywood movie preview. Line 80: There's also the desperate, melancholy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwwUfCVA0c Christmas in the Silent Forest]. ** To sum up, the soundtrack is really, REALLY good! * Several tracks from ''[[Turn aA Gundam ~~(Anime)~~\|Turn a Gundam]]'': Moon [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_He5ZhyDXUg (especially the live version)], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWJY2zJ8u5s Tsuki no Mayu], and This Troper's personal favorite, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxOU-HTCF6Y Back to the River - Original Vocal Version]. * [[Brain Powerd]] is also worthy of note as sort of a precursor to [[Turn aA Gundam ~~(Anime)~~\|Turn a Gundam]], this was the first collaberation between Kanno and Yoshiyuki Tomino and gave us such great songs as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbBerjcezXM Light of Love], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JaEgxL6VmM Sonne] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9vOyGDTZ8 Flow]. * The ''[[Genesis of Aquarion]]'' soundtrack, especially the theme song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez5Aqj30g8w Sousei no Aquarion]'', composed by her. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDc7e2lBAa0 The English version] is no slouche either. Line 89: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hWbrubooI Aquaria Mau Sora] is just.... [[Manly Tears\|beautiful.]] * The ''[[Please Save My Earth]]'' ova episode ending song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tizpl0S5hk&fmt=18 Toki no Kioku] ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACSbe0fnE0 The Moment's Memory]"), set the nostalgic mood of the anime. The rest of the soundtrack contributes as well, of course.... * I'm going with the entire ''[[Darker ~~Than~~than Black]]'' soundtrack. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6dKJP8P-0 GO Dark] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa6xTnfrfpg Highheel Runaway] in particular. When those songs start, you know some crazy shit is about to go down. Presenting, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0UHq6uv0S8 Deadly Work.] Adding, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w69pwrrXE4 Guy.] ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ZoQmsRrPc Total Eclipse] I can really only describe it as Hei's 'murder music'. * Her collaborations with [[Maaya Sakamoto]]. Unsurprisingly, there isn't a bad song on any of her Kanno-produced albums, and many AWESOME ones. For a sample, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnv7cEA9hYM "Sea Of Miracles"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lPeBeHGtg "Hemisphere"], [http://daitrombe.net/attachments/49624/01_-_Triangler.mp3 "Triangler"]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbLyHa94d4 "Platinum"] the above-mentioned "Gravity" and, the one that started it all, [http://208.53.138.111/soundtracks/vision-of-escaflowne-op-single-maaya-sakamoto-yakusoku-w...-/kakfowcehh/01-yakusoku-wa-iranai.mp3 "Yakusoku wa Iranai"]{{Dead link}} ** And when Steve Conte, who sang most songs of [[Cowboy Bebop]], sings with [[Maaya Sakamoto]], we get this piece of heaven: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJQOqZjmZ4 "The Garden of Everything"], from ''[[RahXephon]]''. * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVBADRGB34o This song called "O Bento O Tabenagara"] is sung by [[Spice and Wolf\|Kiyoura Natsumi]]. 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