Quote Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru View Post
Anything by Yoko Kanno.
Quote Originally Posted by Omni Legacy View Post
...And of course "Tank!" especially that part near the end. And "The Egg and I"
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Well, "Genesis of Aquarion with Big Brother", the first opening from Genesis of Aquarion, is quite good. It's a beautiful and uplifting melody but doesn't try to hide a tragic and melancholic traits that are hidden in it. I particularly like the calm, contemplative variation of it for choir and piano in the track "Genesis of Aquarion", although the orchestral and choral variation of the theme in "First Love, Final Love" track is very powerful and touching as well.

I've also enjoyed the songs in Wolf's Rain: particularly "Gravity" and "Tell Me What the Rain Knows" are beautiful ending themes that are deeply connected to the story and summarize the emotional aspects of that particular anime in a bittersweet way.
Yoko Kanno is a goddess. In my mind, she is disqualified from these sorts of things because she has so much great stuff out there. Kossage, if you liked Aquarion's music you should definitely check out Escaflowne. The style of her music is of the similarly 'epic orchestral' type, and actually uses the Warsaw Philarmonic Orchestra for both Esca and Aquarion.

Anyway, like I said, Yoko Kanno is disqualified. It's easy to pick a Yoko Kanno song, but for me it's hard to pick *which*. (I have over 20 GBs of Yoko Kanno music at home, and I'm slowly buying all the CDs I can find. So much stuff!)

Right now, I'm really digging "Sora no Kakera" (Pieces of the Sky) by Ikeda Ayako which is the gorgeous ending song to the anime Dennou Coil.