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{{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.]]
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.
* ''[[Macross Plus]]'' has a lot of awesome music, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tzllnsQ38 ''Information High''] is one of the best, especially when seen in context.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tud4JUiPDRk "Voices"] can make a person cry with its sheer Awesomeness. It's won its share of "Best Anime Song of X period" awards, and it's easy to see why.
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*** 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
* ''[[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.
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** Gotta toss in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMhSWEu6r6c "Shadow of a Doubt"]. Dat Cello. Such wonderful political intrigue music.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYCeveOuYCM White Dove], the opening recap for the series for the first few episodes, awesome enough from just that until you listen to the soundtrack version and you realize that, Hey there are words in this song!
** The amazingly beautiful [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbnPOKOSKQ "Story of Escaflowne"] that's played during the finale. If the ending doesn't make you misty eyed, this will.
*** Here, watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKyvVBwxhzM last 4 minutes] of the TV series and see for yourself!
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HswhDujrLlk&fmt=18 "Arcadia"], which accompanies Hitomi's vision of the Atlanteans' ancient doomed utopia, and her final epiphany about who she truly loves at the end of the series. Exquisitely poignant dissonances in the strings form the introduction to a literally operatic piece (it's an honest-to-god aria). Transcendentally beautiful.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjB3SQ1EXAU "Sora"] is a truly beautiful song. I can't find any better words to describe it, as trying would just feel redundant.
** Heck, ANY track from the ''Escaflowne'' soundtrack is epicly gorgeous! Revenge, Farewell, Murder, Angel, Wings, Gloria, etc...
** From the ''Escaflowne'' Movie OST, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-qc94lcoQc "Take My Hands"] is an emotionally powerful interlude in the soundtrack when Van's wings are revealed while rescuing Hitomi. Seriously. The last stanza is used in the opening of the Escaflowne Movie DVD.
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Kf545Kg4s Tank!]", <s>Quite possibly the</s> Best. Theme Song. EVER. Especially when played [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TAxm00jOg LIVE!]
** Also the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BQs9onayvU extended version of "The Real Folk Blues"] from the last episode.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S_0ojO3bGc ''No Reply''] is an astoundingly beautiful, passionate song.
*** It doesn't even bother most people that the song is about the dying moments going through the singer's mind as he's committing ''suicide''. It's THAT. DAMN. GOOD.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zRwRatEa8c "What Planet is This"]
*** Not only is the music amazing on its own, but the fact it is used during a protracted dogfight/chase with main character Spike, using what are essentially futuristic fighter jets. Surprisingly, it fits the scene perfectly.
*** On a similar note, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR4TDBXebWc "Elm"] shows that even in the middle of a chase scene, the right song can turn it from being about catching the bad guy to an internal, emotional struggle. Just try replacing this song with anything else, and I swear [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kLVauybm4ag#t=998s Jet's chase scene] will be nowhere near as powerful.
** Along with "Blue", this troper would like to submit "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THslC4gOaWE Green Bird]".
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbBhvv6GI8 "Call Me, Call Me"] has been one of
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdnMOavVElk Is It Real?]". It has such a fatal and tragic message, and yet it's also quite moving.
** It would be easier to simply say that every song on the OST is made of win than to list all of the awesome songs on it.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M3R2WvFQk Yo Pumpkin Head]: dancing in your chair = impossible to resist.
** I cant be the only one who really loves [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYYzKo6S9g Ask-DNA]
** The melancholy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmFAJPArhqM&fmt=18 Road to the West] could be described as a saxophone weeping lyrically for 3 minutes. As one of the comments states, "If I ever break up with my girlfriend and I find myself driving on the highway at night alone, while it's raining, still remembering her and the times we had, this is the song that would be playing in my head." This is actually the emotional context in which it was used in the series.
* One absolutely magnificent piece is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPz_lkRJPq8 Grace Omega] from ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'', which ushers in the end credits in the most spine-tingling way imaginable.
* The ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQlFoiY2KVU "Gravity"] is just such a wonderfully, beautifully melancholy song, that it deserves to be included here.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXnzHCjKIFc "Heaven's Not Enough"], also sung by Steve Conte, for more power ballad goodness.
** This troper would like to add [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAmzRo12Zg "Tell Me What The Rain Knows"], for its sheer beauty and goosebumps-inducing factor. Although it does fall under 'collabs with [[Maaya Sakamoto]]' category, this troper found it special enough to get a separate mention.
** The final track, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJntstcB6w "Go To Rakuen"], is just so beautiful this troper cried first time they heard it. It's really indescribable. Also the heartbreaking [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvUHGqd1Cg "Shiro, Long tails"] that played during some of the most emotional battles.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SJcDd4ICg "Strangers"], sung by Raj Ramayya - the haunting trumpet, the soft vocals, the lyrics filled with desire and hope that lets you believe the wolves really could make it to Paradise. At the same time this makes it very sorrowful, but still no less gorgeous.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYO3LPwlFk "Face On"]. Ho-ly shit... Makes this one cry it's so epic.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1abC9ymNA "Run Wolf Warrior, Run"] is possibly the most poetic and beautiful song this troper has heard, and it definitely deserves mentioning.
** No mention yet of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkn8dwSh6k "Cloud 9"]? Dude, that song practically has awesome written all over it!
* The soundtrack for ''[[Ghost in
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KnGorAuA4 opening song] for ''[[Ghost in
** As amazing as the second opening Rise was, one can never forget the jaw-droppingly amazing first opening, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVgSuuUTwQ Inner Universe].
** Not to mention the opening theme for the terrestrial broadcast of the first season [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqueqtgHeNU Get9] Hip-hopadelic delight, indeed....
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** How about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI-vhtKxYBI I Do], the beautiful Italian song that plays throughout most of the [[Tear Jerker]] scenes in 2nd Gig.
*** If you didn't start crying when this song was used in context with the episode ''"Affection"'', then you truly have no soul. I'm tearing up just thinking about this song right now.
*** ''"Every time that song plays, an angel is born."'' And I get [[Sand in My Eyes
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8OVH5AsuQA "From the Rooftops ~ Somewhere in the Silence (Sniper's Theme)] is just one of ''those'' songs you can listen to whenever you just need to relax. The song itself gives off a relaxing atmosphere that you can't help but immerse yourself in.
** [[Tropers/Sangome|This Troper]] would like to present [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucB30Z-h1Oc Psychedelic Soul]. It's a bittersweet tale, but absolutely beautiful. If I could chose any song to listen to for the rest of time, this would definitely be it.
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** 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
* [[Brain Powerd]] is also worthy of note as sort of a precursor to [[Turn
* 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.
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsR58_izogQ Pride ~Nageki no Tabi]'' is great alone, but when used it becomes pants-wettingly amazing.
** With [[Aquarion Evol
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1OVEIxDlKQ Beast Beat]. That ''bass''.
** [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
** 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 ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVBADRGB34o This song called "O Bento O Tabenagara"] is sung by [[Spice and Wolf|Kiyoura Natsumi]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QujlhpeQGGU "Cloe"] from ''[[Earth Maiden Arjuna]]''. Just... just listen to it.
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