Exciting
Discovery of the Anime Soundtrack
Music and Songs from Anime
Soundtracks
Ever wonder about how many
different soundtracks from movies there are? Most
of us think of movies such as “Grease”
and “City of Angels” when we think about
soundtracks but there is a genre of soundtracks
that is quickly gaining popularity here in the
states.
Over the past twenty years,
anime soundtracks from video games, TV shows and
movies are rapidly catching on. There have been
several English versions of Japanese music being
recorded for release over the last
decade.
Nobuo Uematsu and Final
Fantasy Soundtrack
One of the more popular anime
soundtrack composers for video games is a man named
Nobuo Uematsu from Japan. This composer has created
songs for several anime video games, most notably
the Final Fantasy series.
Final Fantasy is a series of
twelve games and more games in this series are due
to be released. Oddly enough, the collection of
songs from this game series has prompted other
soundtracks to emerge as well.
After creating music for
video games for close to two decades, Nobuo Uematsu
began a concert series in 2000. Uematsu brought his
anime soundtrack series to the United States in
2004. He was playing music designed for video games
with the Chicago Pops Orchestra to rave reviews and
sold out venues.
Pop Culture from a Video
Game?
His type of music
incorporates orchestra, opera and pop songs.
Uematsu even utilized members of the group Korn to
do a hard rock-style song for one of the later
games.
Anime movie soundtracks have
been a must have for the anime addict. Shows like
“Ghost in the Shell” and
“Akiria” have been around for years. Back
in the day of these movies a fan of the music had
to get the music from Japan. The United States
really had not opened its doors to these types of
soundtracks until the 90s.
Soundtracks from Cartoon
Movies
The recent explosion of anime
cartoons have opened the door for more
accessibility to the anime soundtrack in that their
growing popularity gave rise to a higher demand for
the music that goes along with the shows. It is not
unusual to find the soundtracks to such shows as
“Samurai Champloo” and
“Inuyasha” in your local record store or
online.
The Best of Anime
Soundtrack
By 1998 the American Rhino
put out an anime soundtrack as a compilation album
called “The Best of Anime”. It included
anime shows like Speed Racer, Gigantor, Sailor Moon
and Astroboy. The growing popularity of the anime
soundtrack has paved way to the J-Pop and J-Rock
craze.
Japan Produces More Than
Karaoke Music
The J-Pop and J-Rock
productions are performed by Japanese singers
performing songs in their native tongue but they
throw in a few English phrases throughout the
course of the song. There is a lot of beautiful
music coming from across the ocean that is worth
listening to. So, if you are a fan, hop on the
anime soundtrack express and listen to the music
you love again.
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A
Definition and Warning about Alternative
Rock
Music
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Kids and teens love it, many parents don't
understand it so here is a quick
definition and a caution flag about
alternative rock music to
consider.
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Rolling
Stone Magazine - What It
Was
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Ever since Dr. Hook sang On the Cover Of a
Rolling Stone the magazine was forever
embedded in the minds of music fans who
wanted to read about their favorite music
groups and performers. But, what about
today? Is it gone
forever?
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