Comments on: Macross Frontier soundtrack 1: delicious deculture

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:30:20 +0000

With regards to Kanno not having a bad project yet, I’d have to disagree. The Darker than Black soundtrack didn’t do anything for me.

Also, one of the pieces on here seem to have taken too much from Hans Zimmer’s work on Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean. That’s probably the aspect that I criticized most heavily in my review of this OST on my own blog site. That, and I’m not really sold on May’n’s vocal talents. Megumi Nakajima (sp?) is a far better singer.

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By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:37:19 +0000

It’s more the arrangement and the patterns there; she uses a similar bridge in both Break Out and Vital Force for the first two or so minutes, with only the notes being different - she follows the same ascending/descending pattern along with the timing and the double-notes. Someone pointed out that her Macross Plus OSTs have songs which are very similar to her later works in Bebop and GitS:SAC. After giving the Macross Plus OST’s a second listen, you can find the parallels in Frontier as well.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:46:40 +0000

@Haesslich: well spotted! I’ve been looking for parallels between the OSTs for Plus and Frontier, but you beat me to the pinch. Vital Force does sound very similar - the same Holst-inspired orchestral sound, but a bit more energetic and brighter than Break Out ~ Cantabile. Both are awesome, obviously. ^_^

By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:42:48 +0000

By the way… I suggest giving Vital Force a listen right after “Break Out ~ Cantabile” on Track 8 of the Macross Plus OST 1. You might… find something familiar.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:14:07 +0000

@The Sojourner: good news indeed! My next visit to CDJapan is going to be an expensive one methinks…

@philadlj: absolutely! It’s one of those songs that stirs up a lot of conflicting feelings but does it so wonderfully. Chilling indeed though.

By: philadlj

philadlj — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:31:08 +0000

Whoa, that militaristic remix of “Aimo” is both goddamned beautiful and chilling.

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:52:07 +0000

The second OST for Macross F is coming! The Sojourners last blog post..Macross Frontier: Wounded Lions

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:17:52 +0000

@Philadlj: since you’re a fan of Yoko Kanno’s music I’d recommend Macross Plus if you haven’t seen it already - the DVD edition should include both the four part OAV and the feature film edit of the story. It’s my favourite part of the Macross franchise I’ve seen so far and although it’s Kanno’s first soundtrack it’s one of her best.

By: philadlj

philadlj — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:03:35 +0000

I’m only 4 episodes into Frontier (which means only 4 episodes into Macross, period, it being my first encounter with the franchise) but I’m already loving every minute of it. While there’s a lot to love, Yoko Kanno’s music is one of the things that drew me to the series to begin with. Her work in Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, and Darker than Black, to name a few, was a also crucial factor in my initial interest with those series. She’s just an awesome artist.