Anime opening/closing music that works as a song in its own right
Post anime opening/closing themes that you'd listen to normally as if you heard them on the radio. I'll start
"Sky Hurricane" by Casey Rankin was the opening Orguss. "Sky Hurricane" was regularly played as the show moved on. Casey Rankin is pretty interesting in the sense he was an American musician trying to make it in Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW_SSGnbk7Q [Play]
"Pegasus Fantasy" by Make-Up was the opening for Saint Seiya. What makes it so great is that it matches how cool Saint Seiya the show is.
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I think the most obvious example would be lain's opening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8RufZr5lw [Play]
I think it's one of the most memorable parts of the show and it definitively holds up on its own as a song, even though it fits lain perfectly.
The best ending I've heard's gotta be the samurai champloo one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNplZrRSjeI [Play]
An earlier version of this song was in fact included in one of nujabes' albums, but it's for the show that the singing was added and it became exceptional, imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLV0vt7O-jo [Play]
ushio and toras seson one theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5iwfYxLRPk [Play]
bleu genders opening "set me free"
ergo proxys opening and closing theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlgc3_4WL0M [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExBeFCx3mQ [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkxOqMfxt0 [Play]
I just had to post this, simply the best version!
German speaking kids of the 90's like me were blessed, it was a great time for anime.
I don't know if it really counts since it already was its own song, but I like this one from Gunslinger Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg0k18F2Fkg [Play]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ac4HinM7Sdo [Play]
GREAT soundtrack, found it on a whim, haven't watched the anime yet.
Kind of unrelated, but when I'm listening to music I'm feeling luke warm on, I tend to imagine it in the context of an anime op or ed and it usually helps to make me appreciate it more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDWuip1k5o [Play]
This is probably my favorite op. It works for me since I mostly listen to instrumentals.
I like the full versions of these songs but I will keep them to their Anime OP / ED cuts for the sake of staying in-line with the thread.
>F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu OP - The Meaning of Truth
https://youtu.be/rKXIzkHARjo [Play]
>Rose of Versailles OP - Roses Fall in Beauty
https://youtu.be/eJIeJIqw-J0?t=7 [Play]
https://youtu.be/_yrC46t4Kc0 [Play]
>Rose of Versailles ED - You are the Light, I am the Shadow
https://youtu.be/LFHK2a0t6Gg [Play]
>Hunter x Hunter - Hunting for your Dream
https://youtu.be/tK-d2LJlaaQ [Play]
>Samurai Champloo ED - Shiki no Uta
https://youtu.be/mQAfG3DgG7M [Play]
Another anon posted about Pegasus Fantasy so I'll leave that be. Instead I will add...
>Hokuto no Ken OP - You wa Shock!
https://youtu.be/JKk6hHU0iUs [Play]
In the West, there are a lot of other series that were popularized during their runs on Cartoon Network / Adult Swim. Champloo is such an example, though others also include Full Metal Alchemist, Inuyasha, and others.
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Got reintroduced to anime earlier this year by a good friend of mine. I'm unbelievably late to the game, but I can't stop playing this song on repeat.
Let Me Be With You - ROUND TABLE ft. Nino
Chobits op