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Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

Post your favorite anime background music in this thread :D

No OPs/EDs!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoLs-U7J5y0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yb7RfwXhxs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8f2OzmpsJ8

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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

As always:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAVuyp1yiM

A little more bombastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLbAaiM7WU

Sakurazuka fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Dec 12, 2015

Allarion
May 16, 2009

がんばルビ!
Well I'll always link this given the chance and YouTube not being terrible or dead.

http://youtu.be/xKfjkha6r9I

Also liked this song whenever it played too.

http://youtu.be/q04m8Q5NKmE

Allarion fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Dec 12, 2015

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKnVaDwUg5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deu6u8nyhTc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWYYVvyLonI

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btd1VhmoD0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyxreBGriXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N96g6ehwscY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0HqIhC48c

And of course...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7A7iAsxKho

Butt Frosted Cake
Dec 27, 2010

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgMrxk_WPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkJ8kx0_pk

CubeTheory
Mar 26, 2010

Cube Reversal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3XHgUmaAo

But really, literally any song on that soundtrack.

Also, maybe limit people to their favorite background song or something? This thread is already just an imposing list of youtube links.

CubeTheory fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Dec 12, 2015

korrandark
Jan 5, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYS1PjTkHIQ


Hunter x Hunter has a loving fantastic soundtrack. Especially from York Shin onward.

Ringo Roadagain
Mar 27, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_0fak-7y4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p93eGQ6lzP8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8aZFKOPMEQ

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

CubeTheory posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3XHgUmaAo

But really, literally any song on that soundtrack.

Also, maybe limit people to their favorite background song or something? This thread is already just an imposing list of youtube links.

They can post what they want, music is cool

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgldkETcxk

The entire Kaiba soundtrack is insanely good

Sakurazuka posted:

A little more bombastic
bomb rear end

Theowulv
Feb 21, 2015

My wall can now attack
Getter Robo Armageddon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wG9uLaMLQ

The Big O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52BcC9Qzl-Q

Jin-Roh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPz_lkRJPq8

Spice and Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTScgw-MF94

And of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n55QVlBoDxI

Insurrectionist
May 21, 2007
I'd post Space Lion or Moon or something but everyone's heard them already (also I guess they were posted) so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO5cjevq1CQ

Chalupa Picada
Jan 13, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZlgCXGXV48

The best part of a bad show

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uXLLLjEsCw

i also like every other song

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLOOUz3LWfA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DODppY4LidM

Strange Quark fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Dec 13, 2015

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIUiBIwpus4

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Just pretend I'm posting the entirety of the Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, and Big O soundtracks here because all three of those are pretty much 100% awesome background tunes.

Part one of Naruto had pretty great background pieces.

The Raising Fighting Spirit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjkHg5FOhk
Sadness and Sorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ug070QK674

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRI5eWWZIpo

GorfZaplen
Jan 20, 2012

Space Adventure Cobra has a good soundtrack. Good jazzy stuff with appropriate dramatic pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pPH7sUE1P8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF919CSyHb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_T4W09zmI

Ashita no Joe has a really great soundtrack, it's this minimal jazz soundtrack t hat's really dirty and grungy sounding that fits the Tokyo slums the show takes place in. All I can really find is the character theme for Rikishi Tooru though, which is still a good song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5EhHUVArfc

Even though he's directed some legendary stinkers, Koichi Ohata knows how to pick a soundtrack. M.D. Geist has a really cool jazz fusion soundtrack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOTqeF10GmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KxDZz45Aec

The soundtrack to Cybernetics Guardian is 1980s speed metal by the band Trash Gang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU37Htp_6xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IacgoGWOi5M

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

wherein Hisaishi pretends to be Bela Bartok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxVXpFOsoc

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
Here's something that came to mind :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMLyseKiz5k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8QkkwBI-U


( alternatively: Fly Away or Schranz Chase or Corset's Theme )

dis astranagant
Dec 14, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbwMVno4DUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrJBz-XalL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbshAfeDUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmZ2m_y4YRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkL1DQYwZhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMjpMGd2vMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x-9c7OGCJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw9-c8ZmI78

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

Zas posted:

wherein Hisaishi pretends to be Bela Bartok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxVXpFOsoc

rip The Last Sortie

this one's my favorite tho :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8WffJhSU

Olive!
Mar 16, 2015

It's not a ghost, but probably a 'living corpse'. The 'living dead' with a hell of a lot of bloodlust...
Some elevatorstairs music for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHOFE718uZ0

wielder
Feb 16, 2008

"You had best not do that, Avatar!"
I'll give props to composer Kotaro Nakagawa from Planetes, Gun X Sword, Code Geass and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxIJZczegFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AVRq6KPxF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbzi14EO5ZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUIyPRh-72Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmv5EbQXW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOts2j5pB8

Looking forward to his upcoming work on Active Raid next month.

Crest/Banner of the Stars always had a very nice OST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhJdXgcNqXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99ULlpbiz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poOHZGC11n4

The music in Aim for the Top! Gunbuster and Diebuster also rocked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKhhMdbU5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xqsmaOC8YA

Can't forget G Gundam either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZbdbtSObwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny24zPeQLks

Last but not least, the Saint Seiya soundtrack(s) by Seiji Yokoyama. Best part of the whole show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DsISWM6Fz8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KohAVRmEETo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMo_Fm9U28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-Pj7M6nFQ

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
The music in this show is pure gold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWItsNS1PIY

GorfZaplen
Jan 20, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHqJQUzJuus

Horizontal Tree
Jan 1, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhX4x0ewr0w
This is easily one of my favourite background bits, and jumps into my head all the time. Toradora had so much great background music, I really think its part of what made the show so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewBOcdz29Sw
This one is just really good. Death Parade was amazing.

Yaoi Gagarin
Feb 20, 2014


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwunJgLsm5U

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013


:slick:

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtApcB_E2Vk

I love the entire soundtrack, but I love this song the best. It's so great at making me feel like something is actively wrong with what's going on.

I also like Saika's theme, but it does spoil Saika's identity with its lyrics. Anri, Anri, Anri, Anri

smenj
Oct 10, 2012
If we're talking songs from Durarara, I personally love this one, since it often plays when Izaya's being a smug dick, and is utterly perfect for that purpose.

I guess some picks from other shows would be this great one from Chihayafuru S2 (used pretty sparingly as I remember, and does a great job of hyping up certain moments), and Kong's theme from Ping Pong (fantastic OST in general, but that's my favourite).

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747

GorfZaplen posted:

Even though he's directed some legendary stinkers, Koichi Ohata knows how to pick a soundtrack.

No loving kidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMC57r4PPsw

(this is an insert song so it counts)

Genocyber also has an insanely dope score. Most of it's ambient synth and industrial, with a bit of orchestral stuff peppered in, and it owns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5BwEGQqnI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV-WVC4SGDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7CRs47xcL0

The score from the original dubbed version of Cyber City Oedo 808 also kicks rear end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeLua6NDwIk

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBbR_uODtTY

:love: :love: :love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkpT3eS001M

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Baccano! had a pretty cool everything, including ost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI76wS6tlKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtzPn8dQuO4

GorfZaplen
Jan 20, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp8ALBf3ERI

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Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
I can't believe I forgot the greatest background song of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYrlSjQyrzY

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