Listen to and get info about random Yuki Kajiura songs... with over 1000 compositions, there are plenty of overlooked pieces, so here's hoping to introduce you to a new one every day!
The anime itself might be a little on the not-so-deep side, but the music definitely makes up for that! This track starts off slow and deep and ominous, and moves into something dark and epic as it progresses, all because of the way the melody on the strings becomes higher and higher pitched with more and more harmony and complexity. It really shows that even in simplicity, so much can be achieved if done correctly.
On most every OST Yuki Kajiura does, there is a beautiful piano and violin piece. This is that piece for .hack//LIMINALITY, and I think it's one of my favourites of these types of pieces. It is rather melancholy in feeling, however, it also lifts me up somehow at the same time.
Title: Open Your Box From: MADLAX OST 2 Track: 3 Vocals: Fion Language: Kajiurago
Lyrics (thanks to Canta-Per-Me): ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama
ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama
marria perdo yora la casa adoche yama lia yora miia madala ii si canta
ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama
ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama ranma yavari yera rama ranma yavari yera sama
This song is quite awesome, and also a lot different from a lot of Yuki Kajiura's songs. Without the violins, without the higher pitched vocals in the main section, with the more straightforward rhythms, it gives a very different atmosphere to the compositional style we've all gotten so used to. It's a little different, and it's good.
The Aquarian Age soundtrack is not one I am terribly fond of, and I have the same feelings for the Noir and .hack//SIGN soundtracks. Why is this? I feel Yuki Kajiura's music has progressed greatly over the years she has been composing. Her choruses are richer, her instruments have more emotional impact, and the overall picture is much more coherent than on these older soundtracks.
That being said, this is an enjoyable song, considering when it was composed. In fact, it's not just enjoyable, it's good. The song starts out slow, with a vocalist (Kaori Nishina, perhaps? I can't find credits for it, but she sang the other songs, like the well known Zodiacal Sign.) singing subtlely in and out between the instruments.
Title: Human Tool From: Erementar Gerad OST Track: 6
No song link available because I don't actually put them on Youtube, hahaha.
So, since I don't have a link to this song for you, let me try to describe it: heavy piano chords in the bass clef with a dark violin melody atop it. Lots of key signature changes, yet always in a minor key. Percussion reminiscent of the El Cazador de la Bruja OST. Only 1 minute and 15 seconds long, yet still pretty awesome.
This song reminds me a lot of Love Pain from Le Portrait de Petit Cossette, yet without the heavy guitar and bass, and with a more El Cazador de la Bruja feel to it. It's a great mix of a lot of various elements, and it's both simple and complex at the same time. Simple because there's not really a lot of instruments doing a lot of different things, complex because of the key changes and the constant syncopation. Another unsettling song.
Title: We've Got to Believe in Something From: Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra - Disc 1 Track: 3 Vocals: Tokyo Konsei Language: Kajiurago
Lyrics (thanks to Canta-Per-Me): amensa ikagaya iri ista rikagari keresta amaya ikeresta iki ita iyamane irisa ayana ime enka iri ista ikagaya irisa amaya ikeresta iki ita isayane hasa idita amari kata
amensa ikagaya iri ista rikagari keresta amaya ikeresta iki ita iyamane irisa ayana ime enka iri ista ikagaya irisa amaya ikeresta iki ita isayane hasa idita amari kata dita amari kata
dita amari esta dita amari kasa
I always forget about the Xenosaga OSTs, even though they're some of the best work I think Yuki Kajiura has done. This is a good example of that - actually, this entire OST is a good example of that. From this epic song to Godsibb, to the slower and more solemn Hepactica, the music is big and orchestral and everything that she's famous for.
What makes this song the amazingness that it is is that it starts out on the same epic scale that it ends. The orchestral compositional work is amazing from beginning to end, and when the vocals are added, it only heightens what is already an amazing piece of music.
Kara no Kyoukai movie 6 is out in Japan! And the OST is floating around the internet somewhere...
Picture being screwy and not always working.
Title: M24 From: Kara no Kyoukai movie 5 OST Track: 22 Vocals: Hanae Tomaru, Tokyo Konsei, Kalafina (at the time: Wakana, Keiko, Hikaru, and Maya) Language: Kajiurago
Lyrics (thanks to Canta-Per-Me): adiya samiya deita adiya samiya deita
saramiyi adari sora imiya
katidihara ikata tadiha ata imiya adeiha kati amiya sorti amada diya
diya amariya aya
ama samari iya ama sama iya
adiya atisama
What a way to end Kara no Kyoukai week, with an epic song from arguably the most epic of the 5 subbed Kara no Kyoukai movies. Musically, this is a remix of the ending theme, Sprinter. However, it also goes back to the main Kara no Kyoukai theme in the second half, after some amazing piano work in the bass clef. Anyway, it has great choruses, great orchestras, and is fast paced despite the slower melodies.
Starting tomorrow, back to normal, no themed weeks planned for awhile.
